Cover of the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5.1 - Bright ideas? for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

Read the article again. Are the sentences true (T), false (F) or not given (NG)? Where possible, underline the phrase or word that helped you decide.

Answer

  1. T → Americans are the ultimate fast food eaters ...
  2. NG → It only says that reality TV started with Candid Camera (Making its debut in 1948 with Candid Camera ...) but we don't know how popular this programme was.
  3. F → ... men who smoke are twenty-two times, and women twelve times, more likely to develop lung cancer ...
  4. T → ... the modern car was initially the toy of the wealthy, but falling prices have made it a key part of family life.
  5. F → But a green (i.e. alternative) fuel is unlikely to take over from petrol soon ...
  6. T → Nuclear power plants cost more to construct and operate than fossil fuel ones ...
  7. NG → The article doesn't talk about the dangers of mobile phones in relation to age.
  8. F → Nuclear weapons were the worst offender ...