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The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Vocabulary 9 for the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Match the words which are often found in news headlines (1-12), with the meanings (a-l).
  2. Work in pairs and discuss what you think the headlines below might mean.

Answer

a)

  1. i
  2. d
  3. j
  4. h
  5. c
  6. l
  7. f
  8. g
  9. k
  10. b
  11. e
  12. a

b)

  1. A well-known Hollywood actor has been involved in a tense situation in a bank, maybe a robbery.
  2. A very successful sports personality is going to leave the sporting life.
  3. politician has been involved with a spy in some way.
  4. A prince and a shop assistant are planning to get married.