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Answer key: Unit 8

6 1 B C and B make different points, but they both 3 1 assure you 2 tell me 3 gave it to me 4 allow us
suggest that there are positive benefits to be to 5 introduced me to 6 wish you
gained from reality TV. C: ‘reality programmes
provide “an important social glue” … help to
bind people together’ – B: ‘the educational value Writing | Part 2
of observing how the contestants cope … This
insight into the human condition is invaluable.’ A proposal
(A and D express no positive opinions about 2 1 Yes 2 Yes 3 Suggested answer: In the second
reality TV shows.) paragraph some verbs can be strengthened to
2 A A claims that the popularity of reality TV is bad sound less tentative and more confident: The first
for young people: ‘Although it is impossible to programme should focus on … The programme should/
ignore their popularity, … many reality shows would highlight … with which many viewers can/will
send an unfortunate message encouraging a cult identify … It is / will be important …
of instant celebrity … this addiction to celebrity In the fourth paragraph Hopefully is rather weak –
culture is creating a dumbed-down generation.’ the sentence could be rephrased: I am sure/certain
B, C and D express the view that it has no that this will/would encourage viewers …
harmful effect on the audience.
3 D B: ‘characters have been selected to encourage 3 Suggested answers
disagreements or tension and then cynically 1 I suggest that the company should consider
manipulated’ – D: ‘contestants who have making a programme about wildlife in the region.
undergone a meticulous selection process … 2 This would/should include a feature on animals
This situation is then stage-managed’, ‘in order native to the region.
to create tensions … encouraging conflict … 3 I am sure/certain/convinced that viewers would find
provoking behaviour’. (A and C do not mention this fascinating / very appealing / of great interest.
the way participants are controlled.) 4 Programmes about animals appeal to the majority
4 B A, C and D all express the view that reality shows of people.
are inauthentic (A: ‘pretending to imitate real 5 Research suggests that many young people would
life’; C: ‘they do not reflect reality’; D: ‘provoking welcome such a programme / a programme of this
behaviour very different from what would kind.
happen in real-life survival situations’). However,
B’s view is that what is shown is authentic: 4 1 from 2 to 3 to 4 on 5 with, with 6 to 7 in, in
‘reality shows … feature real people operating
without scripts’, engineering by the programme
makers ‘does not take away from the reality of Vocabulary and grammar review |
the programmes; in fact it adds to it.’
Unit 7

Grammar 1 1 afford 2 rent 3 earns/makes 4 sell
5 hired 6 earn/make 7 cost, paying 8 spend
Transitive verbs
2 1 B 2 A 3 D 4 C 5 A 6 B 7 D 8 A
1 1 allowed, warned, instructed, required
2 told, reminded, convinced, informed
3 Suggested answers
1 (While) dealing with his mother’s absence, an
2 1 a intransitive, visit someone’s home eleven-year-old boy tries to understand his family
b transitive, give a name to (somebody) and stop it from breaking apart, (all of) which he
2 a intransitive, move very quickly finds very difficult.
b transitive, manage (an organisation) 2 A man called Black, whose brain becomes
3 a intransitive, succeed in doing something difficult magnetised, unintentionally destroys every tape in
b transitive, be in charge of (an organisation) a video store, (which is) owned by his best friend.
4 a intransitive, depart Feeling sorry for the store’s most loyal customer,
b transitive, let (something) remain where it is an elderly woman who is losing her memory,
5 a intransitive, go to live in a different place Black and his friend set out to remake the lost
b transitive, change the position of (something)

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