Cover of the textbook Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 08 - Preparation for the textbook Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education

Question

Work in pairs or groups of four. Student / Pair A: Turn to page 128 and read the story of Isidor Fink. Student / Pair B: Turn to page 130 and read the story of Travis Walton.

Answer

Isidor Fink

  • Lithuanian immigrant, owned a laundry, found dead from gunshot wounds inside his securely locked apartment
  • a neighbour heard screams, called a police officer
  • no gun in the apartment, suicide ruled out, no money taken

Travis Walton

  • forestry worker, claimed to have been abducted by aliens
  • six colleagues, driving with him, saw a golden disc and a beam of light that threw Travis to the ground, he disappeared for a few days, colleagues confirmed part of his story
  • witnesses passed lie detector tests during investigation, Travis himself failed one and passed two more