Listening&Speaking
Skillful
Answer Key
LEVEL 3
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4 T
5 F Iris recognition is used.
6 F The speaker believes the use of biometric information
is the most reliable way to identify people. He doesnt
say it is likely to increase.
Vocabulary skill
1
related to: structural
capable of: attainable, manageable
state or result: information, recognition, variation,
verification
quality of: nationality, probability, reliability
2
1 national
2 probability
3 verification
4 information
5 flexibility
Grammar
1
A: but, or
B: whereas
A: so, while
B: rather than
2
Students own answers
Speaking skill
1
1 Youre kidding!
2 I cant believe it.
3 It was a guy you didnt recognize?
4 That sounds interesting.
Pronunciation skill
1
1 What / do identification cards tell us / about who
someone is?
2 An ID card from India / will include / about 16
personal details.
3 I hope to be / a skillful doctor / some day.
4 The lab used several samples / before they got a good
match.
5 The patterns in the iris of the eye / are unique to every
person.
UNIT 1 Identity
Vocabulary preview
1 a 2 b 3 b 4 b 5 b 6 a 7 a 8 a
LISTENING 1 Life events
Global listening
1
interviewee 1: marriage
interviewee 2: making the swim team/becoming a school
athlete
interviewee 3: getting a drivers license
interviewee 4: discovering a new talent/skill/hobby
2
Students own answers
Close listening
1 T
2 F [2-children]
3 F [all summer]
4 T
5 T
6 F [some talked about defining moments]
LISTENING 2 Beyond the ID card
Global listening
1
1 All except for student ID, and face scan.
2
1 Biometrics is the measurement and analysis of a unique
feature of a person
2 Photo IDs can be lost or stolen.
3 biometric
Close listening
1
1 c 2 a, d 3 c 4 c 5 d 6 b
2
1 T
2 T
3 F We all share about 99% of the same DNA features,
only a small amount of DNA features vary from person
to person.