Prime Time 7, Coursebook plus Semester Self-checks

Statements T F First four words 0 The Smithsonian Institute organises a travelling exhibit every year. ✘ This year the annual 1 There is more than one prison in Canon City. 2 Calvin Ford won the Department of Corrections poetry competition. 3 Correctional facilities haven’t had a long tradition in Canon City. 4 Jacob Ind conspired with his stepfather to murder his mother. 5 Jacob Ind realises where his barriers really are. Can scan longer texts in order to locate desired information, and gather information from different parts of a text […] in order to fulfil a specific task. (B1) Writing: An article about graffiti You often spend your lunch break at Mr Wong’s restaurant just around the corner of your school. The restaurant owner has a lot of problems with graffiti that are regularly applied to the walls of his property. You have decided to draw attention to this issue by writing an article for your school’s newspaper. In your article you should: • outline Mr Wong’s situation • discuss graffiti as art vs. graffiti as vandalism • make suggestions for dealing with the issue Give your article a title . Write around 250 words . 2  Can write […] a report which develops an argument, giving reasons in support of or against a particular point of view and explaining the advantages and disadvantages of various options. (B2) Language in use: Using tenses Read the three paragraphs. Some words are missing. Change the word in brackets to form the missing word for each gap (1–12). Write your answers in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. 1. The headline already …  0 (ask) the basic question which …  1 (raise) but …  2 (not answer) in the article. The first paragraph …  3 (inform) us about what …  4 (happen) to start the present discussion. 2. This article by Jennifer Cline …  5 (publish) in the New York Times in the year 2007. The author …  6 (accept) the arguments against genetic engineering but she …  7 (not agree) with a total ban. As long as we …  8 (believe) this process can solve all our problems […] . 3. This issue …  9 (deal with) in every newspaper and magazine at the moment, but this article …  10 (offer) a real solution to the problem. Since the USA …  11 (alter) their position on global warming, the writer …  12 (think) real progress is a possibility. 0 asks ✔ 1 5  8 2 6 10 3 7 11 4 8 12 3  121 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eige tum des Verlags öbv