MGL_Advanced_Answer_Keys

Module 14

UNIT 62

11 I don’t like being phoned late at night.

2 The form should be completed in black ink.

3 This product has not been tested on animals. 4 The tickets having been paid for, we had no

choice but to continue.

5 Ibrahim regrets not having been sent to a better school.

6 Those sheets need washing.

7 It was the first palace to have been built/to be built on the east bank of the Nile.

8 He ought to have been sent to prison for life.

5C The information is collected from retail outlets and entered on the database.

6A The lift in our block has been vandalised.

8A/B Foxes are hardly ever seen in daylight.

10B The man was convicted (by the jury) and sentenced to fifteen years in jail (by the judge).

11C Milk is heated to 110°C and then rapidly cooled to produce the final pasteurised product.

12A The twins have been given a kitten for their birthday.

14C Application forms must be signed and submitted by the end of January.

16D China is said to be the world’s fastest growing economy.

17B/C An invoice will be sent after the final consignment of goods has been delivered.

18A An investigation of the circumstances surrounding the kidnapping is being carried out.

20C The tips are divided up and shared equally amongst the staff.

UNIT 63

11 was made to open my suitcases by

2 were given permission/were allowed to park in

3 is felt that the government is

4 is considered to be unworkable.

5 was seen to hide something

6 getting taken over by a large multinational.

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UNIT 64

1 1 B 2 D 3 C 4 C 5 A 6 A 7 A 8 C

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1 1 line 4 a French officer discovered a strange stone a strange stone was discovered by a French officer

2 lines 6/7 the British seized the stone and the British moved it to the British Museum in London the stone was seized by the British and moved to the British Museum

3 lines 8/9 somebody asked a French scientist named Jean François Champollion to look a French scientist named Jean François Champollion was asked to look

4 lines 12/13 hieroglyphs, a type of writing in which pictures represent sounds and meanings hieroglyphs, in which sounds and meanings are represented by a type of writing.

5 line 14 somebody had solved the puzzle of their written language the puzzle of their written language had been solved

6 lines 14/15 it became possible for scholars to decipher the inscriptions on all the great monuments. it became possible for the inscriptions on all the great monuments to be deciphered.

7 lines 15/16 Thus people finally unlocked the mysteries of Egypt’s fabulous history and culture. Thus the mysteries of Egypt’s fabulous history and culture were finally unlocked.

31 get your travel agent to arrange

2 had the palace built

3 It is believed to have been constructed/that it was constructed

41 is said that the new government

2 unruly football fans got (themselves) arrested

3 regret not having been given

4 Have/Get this mess cleaned up/Make sure (that) this mess is cleaned up

5 to have been accepted

6 weren’t allowed/permitted to take photos

7 I’m getting someone to drive

8 having been completed, the company

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Module 15

UNIT 65

1 1 E 2 H 3 C 4 J 5 B

UNIT 66

7accuse, of

8disagree with/agree with, over/about

9depend on/rely on, for

10agree with, about/over

11rely on /depend on, for 12 quarrel with, about

UNIT 67

11 It was set up by our IT engineer.

2 turned the old barn into a beautiful house.

3 held them up for several hours.

4 put it off until tomorrow.

5 Can you help me work it out?

6 can put him up in the spare room.

7 how to turn it off.

8 will fill it out automatically.

21 Would you mind sorting it out yourself?

2 I ran into him by chance at the supermarket this morning.

3 I’ve fixed it up for ten o’clock tomorrow.

4 You’re always running them down.

5 I’m sure the police will look into it.

6 The builders carried it out very professionally.

7 Could you pick them up from school tonight?

8 Has Perry got over it yet?

9 They really take after her, don’t they?

10 Would you point them out for me?

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UNIT 68

REVIEW

11 put up with her 12 talk about

13 looks down on me 14 takes her coat off 15 sits down 16 looking at everything

31 Lizzie’s going to use her inheritance to set up a charity.

2We were astonished at/by the quality of her singing voice.

3It’s important to stand up for the rights of minorities.

4Can you keep an eye on the children while I’m at the shops?

5Do you think his behaviour had an effect on the outcome of the election?

6I’ve got no objection to your sleeping on the sofa.

7The new legislation is concerned with deregulation of the airline industry.

8Have you taken account of your parents’ reaction?

9The daily swim seems to be good for him/ do him some good.

10I couldn’t see the details until the guide pointed them out.

11My brother is engaged in an exciting renewable energy project.

12She took pity on all the homeless children.

13Ramon has difficulty in coping with stress.

14The current political situation is fraught with danger.

15Looking up to sports stars is a common trait amongst teenagers.

16I take pleasure in helping people less fortunate than myself.

Module 16

UNIT 69

1 sammy suitable suitable

josh voluntor volunteer, persistant persistent, permanous permanent

della ridiculent ridiculous, subvalue undervalue, successible successful

alex differant different, pre-flatmate ex-flatmate, overnational international

UNIT 70

21 Eleanor is an attractive and self-confident person. 2 The Midlands is Britain’s main car-manufacturing

region.

3 They were soon engulfed by the fast-moving water.

4 Each new member of staff must take part in a three-hour training session.

5 Northumberland is a rarely visited part of England.

6 The home-made desserts are the main feature of our restaurant.

3 1 genetically-engineered 2 animal lovers

3 asthma sufferers 4 Research scientists

5carefully-extracted

6allergen-free/hypoallergenic

UNIT 71

Module 17

UNIT 72

10 the doors them 11 Alice and Jasper they

12On the first-floor landing Here

13the chairs them 14 no other room none

UNIT 73

21 that he had had no involvement it/that

2 If he/she doesn’t answer the question correctly If not, / If he/she doesn’t,

3 they hurt they do (a human)

4 applauding during play doing so

5 pushed myself too hard done that/done so/done it

6 The increased number of burglaries This

7 it would be a one-sided match (thought) so

8do not agree do not

9helped them did so

10held a referendum done it/done so

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UNIT 74

11 A B

2 A (B would be acceptable if rewritten as: ‘… better that the usual pianist does.’)

3 A B 4 B 5 A 6 A B

21 The students could either take the exam in June or they could take it in December.

2The children were delighted with the party lights and they wanted to see them turned on again.

3We enquired whether the new restaurant would be open on Sunday evenings, like the one it replaced, but the new owners could only tell us that it might be open on Sunday evenings.

4The casual labourers didn’t earn much money during the summer, though they had expected to earn some.

5The young woman plays the violin superbly and her brother plays the cello equally well.

6Baxter’s sick tonight, which is unfortunate as he can play better than all the others can.

7We thought that the old woman had been looking after the house, but she can’t have been looking after it as she was in hospital at the time.

8The task states that candidates should not write more than the number of words given, but it doesn’t state how many words that is.

3This popular course examines literature from the last twenty years and it examines literature from a variety of countries across the English-speaking world. It was due to be replaced this year, but because of its popularity it has not been replaced; instead, it will run for two more years.

•The course is a compulsory Level 3 component in Literature degrees and the course forms an optional part of the English language degree.

•For this course you are required to have studied at least two previous literature courses at Level 2 and you are required to have passed them with Grade 3 minimum. If registering for this course from another educational institution, you may be asked to provide proof of previous study and you may be required to take an internal test.

UNIT 75

1 1 L 2 B 3 F 4 A, J 5 D 6 H

21 No, it was because he got stuck in a traffic jam that he was late.

2No, what Nick did was (to) call his manager from his hands-free phone.

3No, it was on Monday morning that he was late.

4No, what she did was (to) reschedule the meeting for the afternoon.

5No, not the town centre; it was on the ring road that he got stuck.

6No, it was because Nick was late that she had to reschedule the meeting.

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7No, it was because he was (going to be) late that he rang her.

8No, she didn’t feel a little annoyed. What she felt was furious!

31 The person who/that called the strike was the union representative.

2It isn’t his dedication that political analysts question.

3What these criminals are is totally ruthless.

4The place around the corner is where Dickens used to live.

5The one who complained was the next-door neighbour.

6The only thing the children did not inherit was the house.

7It was at six o’clock that the climbers reached the peak.

8What they did was to engage two au pairs to look after the children.

9The last thing we did (before leaving) was (to) switch off the power supply.

10What the company has done is imposed a ban on private emails.

11All the customers wanted was to get their money back.

12It was the managing director who/that informed the staff of the news.

13All our mechanics need to change the tyres is just five minutes.

14The thing that led to the loss of the American colonies was the introduction of stamp duties.

UNIT 76

1 1 B 2 A, C 3 A, B 4 C 5 C 6 A 7 C 8 B

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2 Little we knew Little did we know

3 as most of the marketing team

as are most of the marketing team

4 5 so it be so be it

6put they on a great display put on a great display they did

7 8 Now the time is Now is the time

9Rarely the early explorers had encountered Rarely had the early explorers encountered

1011 as those are as are those

12did the old city walls run ran the old city walls

13he managed to escape did he manage to escape

14No doubt didn’t he realise No doubt he didn’t realise

31 Exhausted though he was, he managed to reach the finishing line.

2To make the pilgrimage to Makkah is Selim’s life’s ambition.

3Boyd’s most complete work is The New Confessions.

4That proposal the school governors really can’t accept.

5On the table was placed an enormous flower display.

6Much more challenging for the dedicated skier is the Cresta Run.

7Also included in the report were several sharp criticisms of ministerial conduct.

8Lying in the shop doorway was an elderly man.

9To get to the bottom of the mystery proved impossible.

10So severe was the damage that the pilot couldn’t regain control.

UNIT 77

1 1 C 2 E 3 B 4 A 5 D 6 E

2 1 A 2 B 3 B 4 A 5 A 6 A 7 B 8 A

31 At this height, the light from space is not affected by interference from the Earth’s atmosphere.

2This makes it the most useful tool in our search for distant stars and planets.

3the American astronomer used his close observation of the Andromeda Galaxy to develop the theory that the universe is expanding.

4Only two months after it went into orbit, scientists at NASA discovered that the main mirror had become distorted and could not be used with any accuracy.

5The name of the solution was COSTAR (corrective optics space telescope axial replacement).

6The repairs were completed in January 1994 and/ The repairs being completed in January 1994, the Hubble Space Telescope is now working correctly and sending its astonishing data back to Earth.

UNIT 78

11 D Despite being commercially successful

2 B to write a third is near impossible!

3 A The selection of Arnold Makepeace as the new Professor of Literature

4 B it’s also a gripping story.

5 D Apparently,

6 A The publication of several biographies of Princess Diana very soon after her death was

7 C customers are requested not to bring food and drink into the shop.

21 We’ve heard that Apparently

2 to fall asleep to falling asleep to

3 The crowd and the riot police The situation

4 You ought to press Press/Then press

5 Professor Mills explained at length the principles Professor Mills’ lengthy explanation of the principles behind the theory of gravity to the students, which made them made the students

6 really special exceptional

7 with exceptional punctuality at ten, and an exhausting period of three hours was spent unloading on the dot of ten,/right on time at ten, and we spent an exhausting three

hours unloading

31 outbreak

2 the town’s residents/the town’s population

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1… where childless couples they must undergo a series of intrusive interviews and examinations and, if they are successful, they will then be put on a waiting list for an unspecified period of time.

An Inuit couple wanting to adopt simply makes the fact that they want a child it known and soon enough the couple they will receive a call from

a woman who is prepared to give up her child. She may want to give up her child This may be because she already has too many children and she does not want another child one , or the call may come from a relative or friend who wishes to help someone less fortunate than themselves. Traditionally, the couple would be asked if

the couple they would like the child and, if they do so , a simple handover would take place. Today, however, the handover system this has been replaced by bureaucracy in the form of civil registration, although the tradition itself has not

been replaced. The tradition It survives even in the twenty-first century.

21 sooner had Rick entered the room

2 all that any aspiring actor wants

3 so sparse was the vegetation

4 it was the chief inspector

5 Much more interesting were

6 It was the decadence

7 seldom had we been treated

8 The last thing Anastasia wanted was

Module 18

UNIT 79

11 I’d like to know why it took you so long to deliver this parcel.

2Can you tell me whether Harriet has finished the minutes of the meeting yet or not?

3Please let me know when the new curtains for the hotel suites will be ready.

4Does the brochure say how often the bed linen in the villas is changed/how often the bed linen is changed in the villas?

5Do you know which metro station we should go to for the Eiffel Tower?

6I wonder whether or not Vettel won yesterday’s race/whether Vettel won yesterday’s race or not.

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UNIT 80

UNIT 81

UNIT 82

11 Imagine what would have happened if they hadn’t got a receipt.

2Use a power breaker when you mow the lawn in case you cut the electric lead.

3What if the police find/found out!

4Suppose we go to the beach tomorrow?

5It’s high time we had the car serviced.

6Say we don’t get there in time? (What will happen?)

7Leave me a set of keys in case I need to get in while you’re away.

8Supposing they refused to give you a visa? (What would you do?)

2 1 C 2 A 3 A/C 4 B 5 C 6 B/C 7 A 8 B

UNIT 83

11 She won’t’ve got back by the time the show starts. 2 They were trying to find a nice hotel for two

hours last night.

3 He mightn’t’ve known that it was you at the door.

4 Alison and Steve’re taking us out for a meal tomorrow.

5 They really should’ve told you about their decision.

21 A Do you see that printer icon?

B No, I don’t see it.

AIt’s at the top of the screen.

BOh yes. There on the left. 2 A What are you doing, Jim?

BI’m fixing this loose connection.

ADo you need any help?

BI don’t think so, thanks.

3A How are you feeling? B I’m not so great today.

A Have you got a headache? B Yes, I have got a headache.

4A Have you heard the news? B No, I haven’t heard it.

5A Do you think they’ll be here soon?

B I’m not sure. Anyway, it’s time for me to leave now.

A OK. I’ll see you later.

6A The doorbell’s ringing!

B Is there anybody downstairs? A I don’t know.

7A There are some snacks here. Are you hungry? B Yes. I am hungry.

A Would you like a sandwich? B Yes, I’d love one.

A And what about some cake?

B No thanks, I wouldn’t want to put on weight!

8A Do you want to watch TV?

B OK. It should be the football results around now.

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