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6.3 2 covered 8 consists
3 regions 9 Earth
4 contrasts 10 climate
5 covers 11 distance; distance
6 landscape 12 minus; degrees
7 temperature
6.4 Possible answers:
1 In England, 30°C is about the highest; minus 5 degrees is about the lowest during the day.
2 I like the fact it isn’t too hot or too cold, but I would like more sun and less rain.
3 It’s flatter in the east, and there are more hills in the west. There is also an area in the north of England
with some large lakes. There are more mountains in Scotland.
4 We have a number of long canals, and lots of caves. We don’t have any famous waterfalls.
5 It’s very hilly, with several large rivers nearby.
6 I live in a medium-sized town which is ten miles from Bristol.
Unit 7
7.1 2 f 3 g 4 c 5 a 6 b 7 d
7.2 2 It’s snowing. 3 It’s cloudy. 4 It’s raining. 5 It’s icy. 6 It’s sunny.
7.3 2 False. It’s not nice to sit outside when it’s freezing. / It’s nice to sit outside when it’s warm.
3 True
4 False. A shower is a short period of rain.
5 True
6 False. If it’s humid, the air will feel warm and wet.
7 False. A mild winter means it is warmer than usual.
8 True
7.4 2 cold 5 degrees; zero; extremely 8 temperature
3 shower 6 thunderstorm 9 cool
4 pouring 7 came
7.5 Possible answers for England:
We sometimes get humid weather in the summer. We occasionally get thick fog in the
winter, especially in the morning. We sometimes get storms in winter. Thunderstorms
sometimes occur in the summer at the end of a period of hot weather. Temperatures below
zero are not common during the day, but do occur at night in the winter. We sometimes
get strong winds in the autumn and winter, and showers can be frequent at any time of the
year, but especially in the spring.
Unit 8
8.1 farm animals wild animals insects
horse, goat, bull, pig, donkey monkey, elephant, tiger, fly, bee, mosquito, ant,
camel, leopard butterfly
8.2 3 different 6 different 9 different
4 different 7 same 10 different
5 same 8 different
8.3 2 wild 3 cage 4 insects 5 rare 6 protect
8.4 2 Monkeys 4 Whales 6 Snakes 8 Parrots
3 Camels 5 Giraffes 7 Elephants
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