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Answers - August 2007

The answers are given below to the exercise questions in the August lesson - except for the final word search.

Before reading

The answers to each of the numbered questions are -

  1. c
  2. b
  3. d

While reading

The answers to each sub-question are -

  1. A giant motionless worm. It's an extremely long traffic jam that isn't moving.
  2. The police/motor-cyclists/motorists/pedestrians.
  3. Up into the hills of a shanty-town. To avoid the traffic jam.
  4. He has to drive on the left.
  5. London buses.
  6. Hugo Chavez and Ken Livingstone.
  7. Both socialists.

The answers to each sub-question are -

  1. 9
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. 5
  5. 8
  6. 6
  7. 7

Other possible traffic-related problems: the police do nothing, motorists drive through the narrow streets/on the wrong side, slow rush-hour speeds, cars/buses are un-roadworthy and spew out fumes, there's been a sudden increase in cars on the road due to cheap petrol.

After reading

The answers to each sub-question are -

  1. deal
  2. announced
  3. receive
  4. expertise
  5. in exchange for
  6. discount
  7. brainchild
  8. take shape
  9. experts
  10. inspect
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