Unit 1 Keys to the exercises
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1. T
2. F
3. T
4. T
5. F
6. F
7. T
8. F
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1. solutions 2. ignore 3. persuade 4. assign
5. deadline 6. approach 7. stuck 8. essential
9. managed 10. necessarily 11. retained 12. due, draft
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1. put in 2. make the most of
3. put down 4. lead to
5. get her hands on 6. put away our picnic things
7. to stick to 8. time after time
9. has cut down on smoking 10. counts for much more
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1. announcement 2. collection 3. examination
4. development 5. connection 6. imagination
7. government 8. discussion 9. organization
10. improvement 11. expression 12. permission
13. movement 14. concentration 15. division
16. solution 17. participation 18. revision
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1…thus cutting down our costs
2…while having his breakfast
3…so that he can memorize a couple of/ a few new words every day while cooking his meals.
4…thus generally increasing his reading speed.
5…while studying Chinese modern history at BeijingUniversity
6…thus being able to do very well in their work.
7…while doing his homework.
8…so that you can become one, too.
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1. used to do 2. got used to getting
3. used to study, had got used to working 4. used to say
5. used to write, got used to communicating
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1.
Tom spent a lot of time preparing for the final exams.
2.
S smart students spends a few minutes writing two or three sentences about the lesson’s main point.
3.
Alex spent the rest of the afternoon playing tennis with Amanda.
4.
Paul spent about 2 hours looking for a missing notebook.
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1.
went unnoticed
2.
go unpunished
3.
go uncorrected
4.
goes unnoticed (or) unmentioned
5.
go unreported
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Interruption/waste concentrate organize/make the most of
Irrelevant Taking retain/digest/absorb
whether approaches do/perform
schedule/search
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1. A very curious boy, Tom is interested not only in whats but also in whys and hows.
l
2. Happiness, according to Prof. Smith, is the ability to make the most of what you have.
l
3. You
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d better keep the book where your 15-year-old son cannot get his hands on it.
l
4. The story was so funny that Bill kept laughing all the time while reading it.
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5. High-achieving students do not necessarily put in more time at their studies than their lower-scoring classmates.
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6. How did you manage to persuade these students to take the speed-reading course?
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7. Working hard is important, but knowing how to make the most of one
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s abilities counts for much more.
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8. she asked her students to think for themselves rather than telling them what to think.
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3. organize your materials Keep your desk neat; keep two folders for each subject
4. organize your time Aim to finish assignments before they’re due; stick to a study schedule
5. Learn to read Look at the table of contents and pictures first; be an active reader
6. Take good notes Divide a page into two parts; write notes on the right and put down the main ideas on the lest. At the end of each class, write a few sentences about the lesson’s main points.
7. Ask questions Show intellectual curiosity; show the teacher you are interested
8. Study together Discuss assignments with each other; explain solutions to one another
Text B
Exercise A
1.
T
2.
T
3.
F
4.
F
5.
F
6.
T
7.
T
8.
T
Exercise B
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C
2.
D
3.
C
4.
A
5.
D
6.
A
7.
B
8.
B
Text C
Exercise A
1.
F
2.
T
3.
T
4.
F
5.
F
6.
F
7.
F
8.
T
9.
F
10.
T
Exercise B
1.
A
2.
C
3.
D
4.
D
5.
A
6.
B