Culture Bank 7, page 114
Exercise 2
1 grandmother
2 school
3 1661
4 1667
5 home
6 Mathematics
7 1687
8 1727
Exercise 3
1 was
2 got
3 went
4 began
5 fell
6 said
7 became
8 wrote
Exercise 4
The best summary is 2.
Exercise 5
1 Caroline was twelve years younger than William.
2 She did the cooking and cleaning for him.
3 She discovered eight comets and fourteen nebulae.
4 She successfully calculated distances to planets and stars.
5 She was 97 when she died.
Culture Bank 8, page 115
Exercise 2
Karen Flory
Exercise 3
1 league
2 club
3 football fan
4 kit
5 pitch
6 salary
Exercise 5
Sentence 1
Exercise 6
1 1895
2 1991
3 1921
4 1969
Culture Bank 9, page 116
Exercise 1
The President of the United States lives in the White House. It’s in the U.S. in Washington D.C.
Exercise 2
1 a
2 c
3 b
4 b
5 c
6 a
Exercise 3
1 George Washington
2 John Adams
3 They started calling it the White House in 1901.
4 The Oval Office has been the president’s office since 1909.
5 It’s got a swimming pool, a tennis court and a jogging track.
6 30,000 people visit the White House each week.
Exercise 4
1 wall
2 ceiling
3 window
4 fireplace
5 clock
6 painting
7 statue
Exercise 5
1 the Roosevelt Room
2 the Cabinet Room
3 the secretary’s office
4 the Oval Office
Exercise 6
1 the Roosevelt Room
2 President Nixon
3 the Cabinet Room
4 the President’s secretary’s office
5 because it’s 200 years old and is his favourite pieces
6 each president