Gateway to the world B1 Unit 9

I can’t understand how this new printer works. Did it come with a ____________?

On the first day, the actors sat in a circle and read through the ____________.

If you’re going to the newsagent, could you pick up my monthly computer ____________?

Jamie’s got a really good ____________ on his website, and he updates it every week.

If you’re visiting Rome, take this ____________ – it’s got lots of useful information.

Match the extracts from the books to the genres in the box. There is one extra genre you do not need.

1. Planet Zargon was now less than a day away, but Captain Kay was worried about oxygen levels in the spaceship.                

2. He held her in his arms as she looked up at him. ‘I love you’, he whispered.        

3. My earliest memory is walking through a beautiful forest with my mother when I was three or four, with the sunlight streaming down through the leaves.              

4. She screamed when she saw his frightening face staring through the window. The monster moved and pushed against the door.       

5. Take this letter to the land beyond the snow-capped mountains of Moroa. There you must ask for Samarkand, the King of the Flying Horses, who will help you on your journey.        

Complete the sentences with a word from A and a word from B. Put the verbs in the correct form.

1. I picked up the magazine and                 it quickly but didn’t see anything interesting.

2. The headteacher          my name, so I got up and went to collect my prize.

3. On your laptop,             to the bottom of the page and click on ‘Send’.

4. The story she told me was a complete lie. She         the whole thing.

5. If you make mistakes when you         the form, they’ll send it back, so check it carefully.

What is the purpose of the sign?

Marco has written this message to...

What is this sign telling people to do?

What is the main idea of this notice?

Simon...

Like a lot of places in Europe, more and more public libraries in the UK are closing. In a recent interview, the Scottish author Ali Smith said that this          [is, has been, was, had been] a problem because libraries are an important tradition for the UK. She also said that this            [will have, has, would have, can have] an impact on the next generation of writers. In 2015, Smith published a collection of short stories called Public Libraries and Other Stories. She said that, a few years           [previous, ago, before, following] , she           [asked, had asked, would ask, asks] everybody she knew to      [say, talk, tell, told] her about their experience of public libraries. When she asked them what                [did they mean, had they meant, they mean, they had meant] to them, most people said that libraries            [making, had made, make, are making] them into better people. Smith        [said, asked, told, answer] the interviewer that while she had been writing the stories, a thousand public libraries             [have closed, were closed, had closed, are closing] . She also asked other writers         [what, how, whether, if] they thought about the libraries closing, and they also said it was a serious problem.