Cover of the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9.2 for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Workbook with authors Frances Eales, Steve Oakes and Louis Harrison from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Complete the article with the words in the box.
  2. The quotes are from people who fell for one of the scams in the article. Write the correct number of each scam next to the sentences.
  3. Match the meanings 1-8 with the words and phrases in bold in the article.

Answer

a)

  1. greed
  2. pride
  3. curiosity
  4. fear
  5. sympathy

b)

  1. 4
  2. 3
  3. 5
  4. 1
  5. 2

c)

  1. preys on
  2. legitimate
  3. plight
  4. recognition
  5. subtle
  6. unverifiable
  7. vulnerability
  8. bogus