ANSWER KEY:

Spotlight on Advanced (Workbook)

Unit 1
Getting started
1
Across Down
1 inaugurate 1 initiate
5 prompts 2 embark
6 trigger 3 provoke
8 kick off 4 establish
10 produce 7 generate
11 launch 9 found
12 stimulate

Reading
1 2
1 - 7: T 1: A, B, D
8 - 10: F 2: B, D
11 - 13: T 3: A, B
14: F 4: A, B, C

3
1C 2D 3 B 4D

Unit 2
Reading
1 2
1 Three people are mentioned. 1D 2B 3G 4F 5E 6A
2 Two people speak.
3 Joseph Hooper and his son, Edmund.

Grammar
1 3 (possible answers)
1b 2a 3a 4b 5b 1 had her camera
2 is having/getting his washing machine
2 3 get/have he hair
1a nine-year-old James Edwards is very 4 had/got our sitting room window
talented. 5 his hand
1b very talented.
2a is/has been rumored that Mrs Reed is
leaving the school.
2b is rumoured to be leaving the school.
3a was thought/felt/believed that the new
sports programme had benefited the school.
3b was believed to have benefited from the
new sports programme.
4a has been suggested that graphic novels
could encourage children to read.
4b have been made that graphic novels
could encourage children to read.
5a is often assumed that an only child will
be selfish.
5b are often made that an only child will be
selfish.

Unit 3
Grammar
1 2
1B 2C 3D 4A 1 e 2 f 3 a 4 b 5 h 6 i 7 j 8 d 9 g 10 c

3 4
a 1 b 2, 4, 5 c 3 d 6, 7, 10 e 8, 9 1a 2b

Use of English
1
1 which 2 from 3 each 4 or 5 another
6 whoever 7 to 8 something

Unit 4
Language Development Grammar
2 1
1 began to tell 1 a 2 b 3 a 4 b 5 b 6 b 7a
2 tell them apart
3 tell on 2
4 as far as I can tell 1 in ten minutes
5 I told you so 2 in three weeks time
6 only time will tell 3 by then
7 never can tell 4 as soon as
8 tell tale 5 until then

Use of English
2
1 inevitable
2 unhealthy
3 epidemiologist
4 unexpected
5 exposure
6 findings
7 typically
8 implications

Unit 5
Getting Started Reading
1 1
1 Fraud 2 Arson 3 Crimewave 1F 2C 3A 4E 5B 6G
4 Sentence 5 Hacking 6 Confess
7 Incriminate 8 Acquit 9 Virus
10 Convict 11 Implicate 12 Murder
13 Kidnapping 14 Victim 15 Charge

Language Development
2 3
1 T 2 F 3 T 4 T 5 F 6 T 7 F 8T 1 enforce 2 obey 3 break 4 lay down

4
1B 2A 3C

Unit 6

Getting Started 2
1 1 herbalism
a acupuncture 2 acupuncture
b aromatherapy 3 aromatherapy
c herbalism 4 homeotherapy
d homeopathy 5 reflexology
e reflexology 6 meditation
f meditation

3
1 aromatherapy
2 homeotherapy
3 acupuncture

Reading
1
1D 2C 3A 4B

Language Development
1 2
1B 2B 3A 4A 5B 6B 1 lifelong friends
2 lay down their lives
3 life-threatening illness
4 fact of life
5 have the time of their lives
6 the life and soul of the party
7 a lifetime’s ambition
8 a matter of life and death
9 life-jackets
10 a new lease of life

Unit 11

Grammar
1 2
1 Jenny told Ed that she wished they could 1 [It] wasn’t me who broke the vase!
go on holiday the following week. 2 I’m paying for lunch. [Anyway,] it’s my
2 Michael asked if/whether he could have a birthday.
salad for lunch. 3 [You] spoiled the surprise party we had
3 Mum wanted to know if/whether I/we had planned for Dad!
any homework to do.
4 Philip said it was the best meal he had
eaten this/that.

3 4
1 begged Sara not to leave
2 threatened to tell Mum
3 advised Jim to get his arm seen (to)
4 admitting to having had/ that he had had
5 mother encouraged her to take
6 blamed Tony for the fact that
7 complained that his beer was warm
Use of English
1 decided to wear/ put on
2 dismay that he was
3 feeling slightly hurt
4 he liked
5 couldn’t see what
6 that she had already decided to wear
7 that they couldn’t go
8 annoyed
9 she had a number of dresses
10 him he was being ridiculous
11 that if he was going to wear
12 wouldn’t go

2
1 luck 6 luck
2 range 7 range
3 mental 8 mental
4 luck 9 shook
5 shook 10 range

Spotlight on Advanced (Coursebook)

Review 1 (pp. 46-47)

1 2
1b 2d 3b 4a 5c 6d 7b 8c 9a 1 had moved, went, hadn’t been, decided,
10 c have opened/opened, is doing
2 am going, was coming, forgot, will have to,
are going to, really liked, made
3 did it happen, was riding, was, was
shining, could, came, crashed

3 4
1 skipped 1 get/will have finished
2 provoked 2 will be conducted
3 instigating 3 has finished/finished, will be able
4 bounded/leapt/clambered 4 am going to tell, will believe/believes
5 hop 5 will be trekking
6 prompted 6 will no longer use/beusing
7 marches 7 am seeing, are thinking
8 embarking on 8 is taking, is bound to
9 wades
10 initiated

5
1 has been able to dance 5 may be regarded/viewed with
2 might have been friends for 6 can’t have seen Paul with
3 has been rumoured that
4 they had been engaged for

6 7
1 as 2 ago 3 like 4 instead 5 there 1 down 2 an eyelid 3 the slate clean
6 in 7 so 8 might/may 4 rein 5 take 6 down to 7 wild 8 scratch

Review 2

1 2
1 confessed 2 digest 3 erected 1 turning … down 2 brought about
4 sustain 5 run 6 enhance 7 consume 3 looked up to 4 brought back
8 confide 9 convict 10 incite 5 turned out 6 look into 7 turn in
8 bring up

3
1 spill the beans 5 brought it home to me
2 look the other way 6 on the road to recovery
3 go down that road 7 bitten off more than you can chew
4 lay down her life 8 is above the law

4 5
1B 2A 3D 4B 5C 1 deter from 2 accused of 3 turn off
4 charged with 5 resorted to 6 bringing forward

6 7
1 preconceptions 2 consumption 1 denied setting the house on
3 destruction 4 digestive 5 restoration 2 went on talking about
6 strengthen 7 maintenance 3 for Jasper’s warning not to
8 prescription/prescribed 4 no account must you
5 before have I seen such
6 neither of whom has/have

8
1 take 2 do 3 run 4 make 5 give
6 fall

Review 3
1
1 tediously dull 6 fully aware
2 ridiculously small 7 thoroughly/most annoying
3 deeply offended 8 greatly mistaken
4 most kind 9 deliciously mouthwatering
5 bitterly disappointed 10 perfectly reasonable

2
1 tough going 6 out of the question
2 out of luck 7 rock the boat
3 taken its toll 8 bottom line
4 nitty gritty 9 out of your mind
5 out of order 10 out of the blue

3
1 awareness 5 sustainable
2 activists 6 unfashionable
3 materialistic 7 penniless
4 unethical 8 unwanted

4
1 you should do is go out and meet people more
2 wanting to disturb them, I left without saying goodbye
3 he managed to work it out that way, U don’t know
4 you need is a break from the computer
5 was the weather that they decided to light a fire
6 dreamed of going to Alaska all her life, Grace was extremely excited
7 he gets his bad temper from, I don’t know
8 to become an Olympic swimmer, Hannah trained very hard
9 having seen Mike and Helen for several years, we had a lot to talk about
10 though this car is, it is very reliable

5 6
1 might have got 1 apologised for missing/having missed
2 can’t have got 2 denied putting/having put
3 would have phoned 3 threatened to kill
4 won’t/may not have 4 accused her of lying/having lied
5 would be 5 recommended the Indian restaurant on
6 may/might as well go the corner to him
7 ‘ll be 6 admitted to taking/having taken
8 might/could have called 7 predicted that
9 would have done 8 warned us not to go/against going
10 could order

7
1 might have apologised to her for
2 insisted on seeing the manager
3 having been delayed
4 didn’t cancel dinner as
5 not knowing where
6 someone would tell Nick to

Vocabulary Organiser

Page 162
1 2
1 launched 5 initiated 1 inaugurate
2 inaugurated 6 originated 2 embark on
3 set off 7 instigated 3 set off (on)
4 launched/set 8 embarked on 4 originate
up/established 5 instigate

3 4
1 invaluable 1 make it up 5 make out
2 hoarse 2 make for 6 make up for
3 resounding 3 make up 7 make into
4 establishments 4 make off 8 make something of

Page 163
1 2
1 clambered 5 hopped 1 ruddy 5 thrive
2 bounded 6 slide 2 pioneers 6 frustrated
3 wrestling 7 paddled 3 curriculum 7 toxin
4 waded 8 heaved 4 oblivious to 8 sedentary

3 4
1 neck a pain in the neck
2 foot b wet behind the
3 mouth ears
4 head c tongue in cheek
5 shoulder d see eye to eye
e (don’t) bat an
eyelid

6
1 do what you can to recover from a bad situation
2 ask for help with a problem
3 choose from a group
4 criticise something
5 walk very carefully to avoid obstacles
6 something someone does or has when they are feeling tired or unwell
7 a thief who steals from your person
8 someone who is difficult to please
9 examine something closely
10 look through something

Page 164

1 2 3
1 Awesome 1 Stakes 1 din
2 Terrifying 2 Strengthen his resolve 2 distress call
3 Reassuring 3 Atrocious 3 estricated
4 Exhilarating 4 Put on the line 4 daft
5 Exhausting 5 atrocious
6 put on the line
7 the stakes
8 strengthen my resolve

4
1 I’m down to 2 get up to something 3 get down to (work) 4 I’m feeling down
5 not up to much 6 be down to
5 6
we’ve been having problems 1 take for 7 take over
2 take back 8 take out
3 take after 9 take to
4 take down 10 take apart
5 take on 11 take back
6 take up 12 take out

Page 165

1 2
1 paleontology 2 forensic science 1 vague 2 avian 3 swift 4 predators
3 astronomy 4 prehistory 5 eroding 6 serpents 7 gestating 8 fertile

3 4
1 produce an image in someone’s mind 1 black and blue
2 an unpleasant death 2 the black
3 to show that they were big and heavy and 3 red-handed
made a loud noise when they moved 4 green with envy
4 to show that birds are small and light,
unlike dinosaurs
5 duck, geese or even small children
6 beneath their physical appearance

5 6
1 off, a 1e 2f 3h 4 a 5 d/g 6 c 7 g/b 8 b
2 apart, b

Bank of English
1 technophobe 2 technique 3 technology
4 techno 5 technical support 6 technician
7 technicolor 8 technicality

Page 166

2 3
1 suspected Larry Jones of committing 1 to 2 in 3 off 4 over 5 down
2 accused Wayne of stealing
3 arrested Jones
4 confessed/admitted to robbing
5 denied helping
6 charged the couple with committing
7 convicted Larry of
8 sentenced him to three years imprisonment

4 5
1B 2C 3D 4A 5B 1 to 2 from 3 to 4 of 5 for

Bank of English
Battle cry: a phrase used to encourage support
for a protest or campaign.
Cry out: need sth desperately.
A far cry from: sth very different from sth else.
A shoulder to cry on: someone to listen
sympathetically.
Cry off: say you cannot do sth you have agreed
to do.
Cry wolf: ask for help when you don’t need it.
Cry foul: protest that sth is wrong or unfair.
A crying shame: say that sth is very sad or
upsetting.
It’s no use crying over spilt milk: don’t waste
time feeling sorry about a mistake that cannot be
changed.

Page 167

1 2
1 plenty of fresh fruit 1 i a ii b iii c
2 foods high in fats or sugar 2d
3 your immune system is to eat raw 3a
vegetables 4b
4 much healthier for you
5 fighting off any viruses or bacteria
6 if you have a serious illness
7 exercise and meditation
8 cause of the problem

3 4
1 fact 1 take 2 do 3 run 4 make 5 give 6 fall
2 matter 7 fall 8 let
3 lay

Bank of English
2
bus, provider, school
3
a incorrect: get better, improve
d incorrect: make me better

Page 168

1 2
1 sprawl 2 overawed 3 bustling Positive description: amazing, appealing,
4 surge 5 autonomy 6 trepidation breathness, cosy, grand, industrious,
7 chains 8 haunt magical, passionate, remarkable, sparkling,
unique.
Negative description: crumbling,
disgusting, dusty, eerie, horrible, run down,
shoddy, sober.
4
1F 2T 3F 4T 5F 6F 7T

Bank of English

Verb: travel by train, car or plane; travel Noun: air travel, on their travels, rail travel,
light; travel widely. travel agent, travel rug, travel sickness,
traveller’s cheque, travel expenses,
travelogue.

Adjective: travelling musician, travelling

salesman.

Page 169

1 2
1 massive 2 awe-inspiring 3 peculiar 1 innovative 2 sustainable 3 accessible
4 imposing 5 unattractive 4 flexible 5 inspirational 6 empowering

3 4
1 bring off 2 bring down 3 bring along 1 down 2 home 3 herself 4 knees
4 bring out 5 bring forward 6 bring back 5 rear 6 alive
7 bring about 8 bring up

5 6
1 destruction 2 obsession 3 starvation 1 housing 2 residence 3 abode
4 mythology 4 dwelling 5 place 6 habitat

Bank of English

a outhouse b get on like a house on fire c housekeeper d Houses of Parliament

e housing benefit

Page 170

1 2
1 alluring 2 angular 3 astounding 1 meandering 2 angular 3 understated
4 compelling 5 endless 6 extensive 4 compelling 5 endless 6 tedious
7 frustrating 8 intricate 9 meandering 7 frustrating 8 redundant 9 intricate
10 redundant 11 reflective 12 rich 10 extensive
13 shallow 14 tedious 15 understated

3 4
1 attention 2 a compliment 3 for itself 1 nostalgia 2 rebellious 3 deceit
4 the penalty 5 my respects 4 transition 5 harmony 6 stability
7 joy 8 unique 9 balance
10 sophisticated
Bank of English
2 3
It means there is something wrong with the a intentionally, on purpose
design of an object b ambitious plans
c wants to acquire/buy it
d art of designing advertisements, books
and magazines
e babies whose parents have chosen the
colour of their eyes, hair, etc.
Page 171

1 2
something that conforms to a set of 1 uproot
principles or moral values (adj.) 2 undermine
unethical (antonym) 3 bachelor
ethics (n. pl.) 4 frenetic
ethically (adv.) 5 intolerable

3
1 nitty gritty 5 stress and strains
2 rock the boat 6 alarm bells started to sound
3 take their toll on 7 up sticks
4 tough going 8 the bottom line

4 5
1 pulling your leg 1 heavy
2 pulling his weight 2 depths
3 pull off 3 value
4 pulled down 4 solid
5 pulling a fast one on us 5 contract
6 pull through 6 packet
7 pulled strings
8 pull over

Bank of English

1 conscience
2 dilemma
3 ethics
4 morals
5 scruples

Practice Test Answer Key

Reading and Use of English

Part 1 Part 2
1A 2B 3C 4B 5D 6A 7C 8D 9 instead 10 in 11 who 12 which
13 more/better 14 had
15 Although/Though/While/Whilst
16 as
Part 3
17 dreadful 18 enthusiasts
19 comparable
20 excessively/exceedingly
21 disagree 22 length 23 enables
24 broaden
Part 5
31 B 32 A 33 C 34 D 35 A 36 D
Part 7
41 C 42 F 43 E 44 A 45 D 46 G
Part 4
25 is said to have been built
26 he would like me to help
27 nobody/no one would have any interest
28 impressed by/with/at how fluent she was/
is
29 as though everyone/everybody apart
30 has been an increase of
Part 6
37 B 38 C 39 D 40 C
Part 8
47 D 48 F 49 A 50 C 51 A 52 B
53 F 54 D 55 B 56 E