Speaking Guidebook ch13-31 answers

Chapter 13 Festivals

1. Listening practice
1. small
2. end-of-year
3. spring colors
4. candy
5. gather
6. dead

2. 1. Easter
2. Day of the Dead
3. Christmas

3. d [Malaysia, America, Mexico, Ecuador, Guatemala, Central America and South America]

4. a

5. a) dead
b) hidden
c) promote
d) sales

6. It is the day on which people on earth welcome dead souls back. It is not at all a sad event for it is a time to remember people’s dead beloved.

7. c

8. Christmas and Easter are both about Jesus Christ. On the other hand, Day of the Death is about relatives who are dead.

Chapter 14 Sportsmanship

1. Listening practice
1. bliss
2. peer
3. Equally
4. pleasant
5. people

2. b

3. d

Chapter 15 Facebook

1. Listening practice
1. online
2. party
3. sure
4. six
5. just

2. c

3. d

4. d

5. a) In some cases
b) not uncommon
c) comfortable with
d) for permission

6. d

7. a) On
b) annoying
c) have been
d) manners





Chapter 16 Skycrapers

1. Listening practice
1. common
2. increased
3. aim
4. hills
5. time

2. c

3. b

4. c

5. a

6. A) is becoming
B) in
C) so
D) will die

7. A) The race for
B) an alarming trend
C) be wary of

Chapter 17 Motherland

1. Listening practice
1. local
2. Beijing
3. status
4. flag
5. Chinese

2. Great Wall, Yuan Ming Yuan, the Bird's Nest, the Water Cube, Tiananmen Square

3. A) sense
B) important
C) impressed
D) outlook

4. B ; A ; A

5. A) NOT MENTIONED
B) TRUE
C) FALSE

6. Because we are part of this country and we are Chinese. We have be aware of what is happening on the Mainland.

Chapter 18 Pandemic Disease

1. Listening practice
1. right
2. four
3. view
4. danger
5. planned

2. A) noun
B) noun
C) noun
D) noun

3. A) wary of
B) far from perfect
C) vulnerable to
D) of utmost importance

4. A) comes
B) such a hurry
C) inconvenience
D) this

5. D

6. A

7. Any acceptable answers


Chapter 19 Exam

1. Listening practice
1. guess
2. plenty
3. usual
4. were
5. begins

2. That a Chinese slang was found in the HKCEE Chinese Language paper, which was supposed to be a very formal paper.

3. a

4. b

5. a) stunned
b) positive
c) sensible
d) tackle

6. c

7. b

8. No. he just hopes that there will be.

9. Any acceptable answers

10. [This book is not only a best-seller in Hong Kong, but also a best-seller in the world.]

Chapter 20 Lone Survivor

1. Listening practice
1. Since
2. three
3. books
4. meaningful
5. cultures

2. c

3. a) voluntary
b) social
c) apply
d) overseas

4. b

5. a) NOT MENTIONED
b) NOT MENTIONED
c) NOT MENTIONED
d) TRUE

6. a) between
b) student is
c) players
d) luggage

Chapter 21 Connecting Teens around the World

1. Listening practice
1. 32
2. similar
3. Italy
4. Paris
5. afterwards

2. Maria Mura

3. True

4. Any acceptable answers

5. (1) there are gardens and parks
(2) the place is not heavily polluted
(3) plenty of entertainment
(4) rich culture

6. [She gave a vibrant performance in the leading role in the school play.]

7. Any acceptable answers

8. A

9. Yes


Chapter 22 UFO1. Listening practice
1. interested
2. answer
3. aliens
4. balloons
5. crash

2. d

3. d

4. a

5. a) conspiracy
b) believe in
c) covered up
d) debris

6. d

7. a) but
b) but
c) secret
d) improve

Chapter 23 Paparazzi

1. Listening practice
1. right to privacy
2. result
3. respect
4. back
5. people

2. d

3. d

4. d

5. a) Under the law
b) a result of
c) brought into the limelight
d) I am not saying

6. d

7. a) by
b) with
c) delete “on”
d) delete “about”



4. d

5. c

6. a) insisted on
b) basics
c) complete

7. a) At
b) Any / Every
c) an insult / insulting
d) things

Chapter 24 A Greener Way of Life

1. Listening practice
1. green
2. hope
3. environment
4. development
5. issue

2. d

3. d

4. d

5. a) have to
b) When it comes to
c) brainstormed ideas
d) become used to

6. c

7. a) delete “so”
b) protecting
c) about / on
d) solve



Chapter 25 Space Exploration

1. Listening practice
1. race
2. tourism
3. affordable
4. passengers
5. curved

2. A) TRUE
B) FALSE
C) TRUE
D) TRUE

3. A) adverb
B) adjective
C) adjective
D) verb

4. A) advances
B) set their sights on
C) more affordable
D) panoramic view

5. A) delete “around”
B) whopping
C) which will help

6. The commander deployed his men along the railway.

7. Any acceptable answers

Chapter 26 Min Wage Max Hour

1. Listening practice
1. fixed
2. unions
3. ever
4. low-skilled
5. guards

2. A) TRUE
B) TRUE
C) FALSE
D) FALSE

3. A) delete “to”
B) from
C) delete “up”

4. A) long overdue
B) as a threat
C) its widest
D) make ends meet

5. A) fixed
B) overdue
C) myopic
D) unsustainable

6. A

Chapter 27 Bullying

1. Listening practice
1. at
2. one
3. build
4. according
5. place

2. c

3. “everyday” is an adjective meaning “commonplace” or “ordinary” e.g. James’ everyday life is as bored as one can imagine;
“every day” means “on all occasions”. “every” always takes a singular pronoun, as in “Every student works hard” and “I go to Japan every year.”

4. a) harmonious
b) victim
c) constitute
d) campaign

5. Any acceptable answers

6. They are used to denote words not said by the part i.e. Mr. Wong but were added instead by the writer in order to give further explanation.

7. b

Chapter 28 East Meets West
1. Listening practice
1. exactly
2. indeed
3. a very large extent
4. attractiveness
5. cultural heritage

2. a. wear off
b. intriguing
c. reminiscent
d. blend

3. c

4. d

5. handed over ; wore off ; western ; unique ; attractive ; fascinates ; visitors

6. d

Chapter 29 Domestic Violence

1. Listening practice
1. two
2. four
3. systemic
4. young
5. Europe

2. A

3. A) baffled
B) identified
C) dimension
D) addressed

4. Yes. They were baffled at first and did not understand the problem.

5. A

6. D

7. A) campaigning
B) healing medicine
C) shortage of

Chapter 30 Chinese Medicine

1. Listening practice
1. opening ceremony
2. latest
3. work alongside
4. expected
5. specialists

2. a

3. d

4. a) in collaboration with
b) provide...for
c) enable...to

5. c

6. a) latest
b) appropriate
c) advanced
d) practitioners

7. a) opens
b) delete “The”
c) use
d) delete “to”

Chapter 31 Soft_Paper_Hard_Work

1. Listening practice
1. village
2. interesting
3. school
4. continued
5. take

2. c

3. a

4. a) sweat
b) spare
c) skillfully
d) tiring

5. Any acceptable answers.

6. a) timidly
b) remote
c) holiday
d) sorting

7. a) old
b) turn on
c) wooden furniture
d) was...at
e) is

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