Page 97 - Think 4. Teacher's Book B2

Units 7 & 8
B2 First for Schools

1 In B2 First Reading and Use of
English Part 2, candidates have to B2 First for Schools
fill eight gaps in a text using only
one word in each gap. This part REAdING ANd USE OF ENGLISH
of the exam tests candidates’ Part 2: Open cloze workbook page 71
understanding and knowledge of 1 For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word
grammatical structures, phrasal in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
verbs and common phrases.
Encourage your students to do Reasons to be cheerful
the following when they approach Despite 0 what you may hear on the news, the future is looking bright for British
this task: teenagers. According to a government report, the economy is 1 the point of
making a dramatic recovery. And 2 the report is correct, those who will benefit
• Skim the text to find out the most are the young. In fact, it predicts that 3 the time today’s 13-year-olds
topic and general meaning. leave school, unemployment will 4 fallen to an all-time low. The report, which
was carried 5 by a leading employment agency, predicts that this growth will
• Think of a possible word which principally be in IT technology, because of constant technological innovation. It strongly recommends
makes sense in each gap. 6 increase in the funding of science and technology and points out that
• Check if the word fits the failure to do this will mean that the UK will fall behind its competitors. The message is clear: as

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as the country continues to take education seriously, tomorrow’s school leavers
meaning and grammar of the 8 enjoy a prosperous future.
sentence and the whole text.
• Check the spelling is correct
Part 3: Word formation workbook page 107
• Read the completed text again
to check that it makes sense. 2 For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form
a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
1 on 2 if 3 by 4 have 5 out
6 an 7 long 8 will
Workbook p71 The benefits of being an optimist
It is 0 commonly believed that it’s better to be optimistic than COMMON
2 In B2 First Reading and Use of pessimistic. But is that always true? Some people think that there are BENEFIT

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times when being pessimistic can be 1
English Part 3, candidates have to Philosopher Alain de Botton starts with a 2 CENTRE
read a text containing eight gaps. question: what is it that causes us to be unhappy?
At the end of some of the lines And he thinks that often our 3 comes from too SAD
there is a stem word in capital much hope. His 4 is that in the modern age, BELIEVE
we have learned to hope for so much that we cannot deal with the
letters. Candidates need to form 5 that comes when the things we hope for don’t SATISFY
an appropriate word from the happen. In this way we get put more and more pressure on ourselves.
given stem word to fill each gap. On the other hand, if we start from a pessimistic viewpoint, and
This part of the exam tests have negative 6 for the future, we can be EXPECT
7 surprised when events turn out better than we’d PLEASANT
understanding of structure, lexis hoped. In 8 , we don’t feel so bad if things don’t ADD
and more specifically how turn out so well.
prefixes, suffixes and compounds
are used.
Encourage your students to do
the following when they approach
this task: 82
• Skim the text to have a sense of
the topic and general meaning.
• Read the text more carefully.
Think of a possible word which
makes sense in each gap.
• Check which part of speech is
needed and if the word needs
to be singular or plural, positive
or negative.
• Check if the word fits the
meaning and grammar of the
sentence and the whole text.
• Check the spelling is correct.
• Read the completed text again
to check that it makes sense.
1 beneficial 2 central 3 sadness
4 belief 5 dissatisfaction
6 expectations 7 pleasantly
8 addition
Workbook p107

T82 B2 First for Schools | Units 7 & 8