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

 

l       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 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.

l       5. High-achieving students do not necessarily put in more time at their studies than their lower-scoring classmates.

l       6. How did you manage to persuade these students to take the speed-reading course?

l       7. Working hard is important, but knowing how to make the most of one s abilities counts for much more.

l       8. she asked her students to think for themselves rather than telling them what to think.

 

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

1.       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