Assignment

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Unit 4

• Assignment

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Exercises of Section A
Comprehension
????2 EX II, P. 95
????2 EX III, P. 95
Vocabulary
????2 EX IV, P. 96
????2 EX V, P. 96
Word Building
????2 EX VI, P. 97
????2 EX VII, P. 98
Structure
????2 EX VIII, P. 98
????2 EX IX, P. 98
Translation
????2 EX X, P. 98
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Keys to the exercises of unit 4, book 2
Section A Studying
AbroadSection B Experiences in
ExileSection C My First Day
Abroad
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Section A

• Studying Abroad

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Comprehension of the Text Ex. II. Answer the
following questions
1. Why is the flight to Los Angeles not an
ordinary one for those 38 young passengers?
The flight is a start of their new experience,
and they have to live without their parents for a
period of time.
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Comprehension of the Text Ex. II. Answer the
following questions
2. What are their purposes for going to the
United States?
They go there to become fluent in English, finish
high school, and understand the American way of
life as much as possible.
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Comprehension of the Text Ex. II. Answer the
following questions

• How can these students get the certificate
  granted by the American government?

They can get it if they can pass the final exams
at the end of each semester.
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Comprehension of the Text Ex. II. Answer the
following questions
4. Can these students get everything ready
before they leave for the United States?
No. most of them have difficulty making all
necessary arrangements.
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Comprehension of the Text Ex. II. Answer the
following questions
5. How does Gloria Marcato succeed in finding a
host family?
She wrote a detailed letter, which showed that
she was a religious and loving girl.
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Comprehension of the Text Ex. II. Answer the
following questions
6. Do they need their parents to help with
packing? Why?
Yes, they do because they dont have enough
experience in packing, and they tend to take
unnecessary things with them.
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Comprehension of the Text Ex. II. Answer the
following questions
7. Why do these students feel nervous while
waiting for the domestic flight?
They really have to rely on themselves for
everything from then on, and they are not sure
whether they can manage to adapt to new
situations.
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Comprehension of the Text Ex. II. Answer the
following questions
8. What are the two problems encountered by the
students after they settle down?
Most of them are not used to food and long for
home some find it difficult to observe the
regulation about time.
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VocabularyIII. Fill in the blanks with the words
given below. Change the form where necessary.
1. He set up an old peoples home with the money
_______ by the government in 2001.
granted
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VocabularyIII. Fill in the blanks with the words
given below. Change the form where necessary.
2. Online learning has marked a new _________ in
education now the students have more resources
to turn to.
departure
3. Though the newspaper has been silent, the news
of the presidents illness spread _______
everyone is talking about it now.
abroad
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VocabularyIII. Fill in the blanks with the words
given below. Change the form where necessary.
adapt
4. The girl found it difficult to ______ to new
customs when she first came to Shanghai.
domestic
5. The president has good control of ________
affairs, but many people think that he does not
have enough control in the area of
foreign affairs.
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VocabularyIII. Fill in the blanks with the words
given below. Change the form where necessary.
6. She called her parents just to tell them that
she had become __________ to life at the
university.
accustomed
command
7. He has a good _________ of French and German,
which enables him to work in these two countries
successfully.
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VocabularyIII. Fill in the blanks with the words
given below. Change the form where necessary.
8. The pilot, thinking his plane was in danger,
_________ quickly he wanted to have the plane
checked at once.
descended
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Vocabulary IV. Fill in the blanks with the
phrases or expressions given below. Change the
form where necessary.

• ---What is Gail busy about after the bitter
  argument with her parents?
• ---She ________ getting married in the near
  future.

plans on
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Vocabulary IV. Fill in the blanks with the
phrases or expressions given below. Change the
form where necessary.
2. The old couple worked very hard day and night
and _____________ the time of financial
difficulties. 3. Have you ever ___________
becoming a top musician?
lived through
dreamed of
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Vocabulary IV. Fill in the blanks with the
phrases or expressions given below. Change the
form where necessary.
4. Dont ________ too much work at once, or you
will make yourself too tired. 5. This year the
company _____________ to double their domestic
sales.
take on
hit the target
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Vocabulary IV. Fill in the blanks with the
phrases or expressions given below. Change the
form where necessary.
6. The Grand Hotel located in the town center is
playing _______ the companys sales meeting this
year. 7. We must _____________ water because it
is difficult to find much water in such an area
during summer time.
host to
economize on
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Vocabulary IV. Fill in the blanks with the
phrases or expressions given below. Change the
form where necessary.
8. I had a terrible time at the meeting every
one of them attacked my research work _______.
in turn
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Ex. V. Add ness to the adjectives given below.
Make changes in spelling where necessary. Then
complete the following sentences with some of the
new nouns thus formed.
The suffix ness can be added to adjectives to
form nouns with the meaning of the quality of or
condition of being For example, great ---
greatness cold --- coldness
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Ex. V. Add ness to the adjectives given below.
Make changes in spelling where necessary. Then
complete the following sentences with some of the
new nouns thus formed.
1. I have enjoyed my stay in your city very much
and I have been missing my home at the same time.
So it is with a mixed feeling of _______ and joy
that I say good-bye to you.
sadness
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Ex. V. Add ness to the adjectives given below.
Make changes in spelling where necessary. Then
complete the following sentences with some of the
new nouns thus formed.
2. He never complains that there are any problems
he cannot deal with or that he is under too much
pressure he believes that such complaints are a
sign of _________.
weakness
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Ex. V. Add ness to the adjectives given below.
Make changes in spelling where necessary. Then
complete the following sentences with some of the
new nouns thus formed.
carelessness
3. The slightest ___________ in handling the
current financial crisis can result in a crash on
the countrys stock market.
illness
4. If your child shows any signs of ______, take
him to the hospital without delay.
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Ex. V. Add ness to the adjectives given below.
Make changes in spelling where necessary. Then
complete the following sentences with some of the
new nouns thus formed.
5. The light went out and the entire hall sank
into complete ________. All of us had to sit
still, daring not to move about.
darkness
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Ex. V. Add ness to the adjectives given below.
Make changes in spelling where necessary. Then
complete the following sentences with some of the
new nouns thus formed.
6. She writes home saying that she never feels
she is two thousand miles away from home, because
she has been treated with great ________ by the
local people.
kindness
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Ex. V. Add ness to the adjectives given below.
Make changes in spelling where necessary. Then
complete the following sentences with some of the
new nouns thus formed.
7. Some people are unwilling to work because
their standard of living is ensured by social
assistance. Current employment laws will have to
be changed to reward effort and punish _______.
laziness
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Ex. V. Add ness to the adjectives given below.
Make changes in spelling where necessary. Then
complete the following sentences with some of the
new nouns thus formed.
nervousness
8. He opened the letter with such __________ that
he could not stop the trembling of his hands.
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?.Now form adjectives by adding -y to the nouns
listed below. Make changes in spelling if
necessary. Then complete the following sentences
with some of the adjectives thus formed.

• The suffix -y can be added to nouns to form
  adjectives with the meaning of full or, covered
  with, having the quality of, or inclined to. For
  example,

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?.Now form adjectives by adding -y to the nouns
listed below. Make changes in spelling if
necessary. Then complete the following sentences
with some of the adjectives thus formed.
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?.Now form adjectives by adding -y to the nouns
listed below. Make changes in spelling if
necessary. Then complete the following sentences
with some of the adjectives thus formed.
1. He has to shut himself in his own room reading
and writing, because his little daughter is
usually active and ______ in front of the
television in the sitting room all evening.
noisy
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?.Now form adjectives by adding -y to the nouns
listed below. Make changes in spelling if
necessary. Then complete the following sentences
with some of the adjectives thus formed.
2. In order to narrow the gap between the rich
and the poor, the government has recently adopted
a measure to raise income tax on those ________
international business people.
wealthy
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?.Now form adjectives by adding -y to the nouns
listed below. Make changes in spelling if
necessary. Then complete the following sentences
with some of the adjectives thus formed.
3. Though it was middle January, the weather was
surprisingly warm and ______, so we stayed out of
doors the whole morning to enjoy the sunshine.
sunny
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?.Now form adjectives by adding -y to the nouns
listed below. Make changes in spelling if
necessary. Then complete the following sentences
with some of the adjectives thus formed.
4. He was _____ that it was only an empty beer
can that knocked him on the head.
lucky
5. I think that the food is very _____ at the
restaurant, though the service needs to be
improved.
tasty
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?.Now form adjectives by adding -y to the nouns
listed below. Make changes in spelling if
necessary. Then complete the following sentences
with some of the adjectives thus formed.
6. You said that you dont feel very well these
days. I think you need to lead a more balanced
life to become _______ and happy.
healthy
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?.Now form adjectives by adding -y to the nouns
listed below. Make changes in spelling if
necessary. Then complete the following sentences
with some of the adjectives thus formed.
7. She stayed up very late the night before, so
she was still tired and ______ when he woke her
the next morning.
sleepy
8. An ___ wind from the north had been blowing
the whole night, so the temperature dropped below
zero early this morning.
icy
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VII. Combine the following parts into sentences,
using it as the formal subject.
Model more important, learn to speak English,
than, receive a certificate from the American
government
It is more important to learn to speak English
than it is to receive a certificate from the
American government.
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VII. Combine the following parts into sentences,
using it as the formal subject.
1. necessary, the manager, finish the whole task,
before leaving for a holiday
It is necessary for the manager to finish the
whole task before leaving for a holiday.
2. a shame, take so much money, for doing so
little
It is a shame to take so much money for doing so
little.
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VII. Combine the following parts into sentences,
using it as the formal subject.
3. our responsibility, who are in trouble, help
people around us
It is our responsibility to help people around us
who are in trouble.
4. for us all, a surprise, realize he has been
cheating us
It is a surprise for us all to realize he has
been cheating us.
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VII. Combine the following parts into sentences,
using it as the formal subject.
5. for the mother, growing into a young lady,
pleasant, see her daughter
It is pleasant for the mother to see her daughter
growing into a young lady.
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VIII. Translate part of the sentences with as
long as.

as long as she got her fathers
agreement

• Sandy promised to marry John _________
• ___________________________(???????????).

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VIII. Translate part of the sentences with as
long as.
As long as you set a goal for yourself
2. ________________________________(??????????),
you will get somewhere someday.
3. ___________________________________(???????????
), she can go to visit her aunt in Los Angeles.
As long as she covers all expenses herself
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VIII. Translate part of the sentences with as
long as.

as long as she does her routine job well
4. The secretary will get a pay raise _________
_________________________(?????????).
5. ___________________________(???????), no
difficulty is too great to triumph over.
As long as you never lose heart
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IX. Translate the following into English.
1.???????, ??????????????????????????????????????
For most parents, the decision to send children
abroad for study is made after careful thinking.
They will try to have everything worked out
before their children leave.
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IX. Translate the following into English.
2.???????????, ?????,??????????????????
Jack has only been working for three months, so,
for lack of experience, he will have difficulty
finishing the task alone.
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IX. Translate the following into English.
3.??????????????, ????????????????
As long as you specify what we are expected to
do, well try our best to help you get everything
ready.
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IX. Translate the following into English.
4.????????????????, ????????????,????????
Susan had thought she would adapt to life there
soon, but she found later things were not so
easy, and she began to feel homesick.
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IX. Translate the following into English.
5.????????,??????????????,????????????????????????
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Tension descended on these children when it was
time for departure, since they didnt know
whether they could adapt to the life without
parents.
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X. Translate the following into Chinese.
1. All of them go to the U.S. for the same
reasons --- to become fluent in English, complete
high school, and understand everything they can
about the American way of life.
??????????????---?????????????????????????????????
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X. Translate the following into Chinese.
2. For the majority of the students, the decision
to study abroad is taken only after a period of
at least six months of careful planning.
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X. Translate the following into Chinese.
3. For me, says seventeen-year-old Gloria
Marcato, its more important to learn to speak
English and to live through this experience than
it is to receive a certificate from the American
government.
????,17?????????? ???????????????????????????
????
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X. Translate the following into Chinese.
4. Even young students who plan on staying in the
United States just long enough to finish two
semesters of high school have difficulty finding
a host family. Very few arrive in the country
with all the details worked out.
???????????????????????????????????
?????????????,??????????????
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X. Translate the following into Chinese.
5. Another moment of tension descends while
students await the domestic flight that will take
them to their temporary home in America. From
then on its everyone for himself.
?????????????????????????????????????,????????????
?
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Ex. ?. Story Summary
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. B 6. A
7. C 8. C 9.B 10. B 11. C 12. B 13.
A 14. A 15. A 16. B 17. C 18. A 19. B
20. C
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Section B

• Experiences in Exile

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Exercises of Section B
Comprehension
Ex. XV. Choose the best answer to each of the
following questions.
Vocabulary
Ex. XVI. Fill in the blanks with the words given
below. Change the form where necessary.  
Ex. XVII. Replace the underlined words or
expressions in the following sentences with the
expressions given in parentheses.
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Directions Choose the best answer to each of the
following questions.
1. On their way to Vancouver, they dont go to
the dining cars in the train because ____. A.
they think it is too expensive to have meals
there B. they prefer the food that
they have brought with them C. they
dont know there are dining cars in the
train
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Directions Choose the best answer to each of the
following questions.
2. It seems to the author that the ceaseless
rhythm of the wheels is like scissors cutting a
three-thousand-mile rip through her life because
____. A. the rhythm of the wheels really
sounds like scissors cutting
something B. she is comparing the infinite
territory to a piece of cloth and the
train to scissors C. she feels her life
divided into the past and the future
while listening to the rhythm of wheels
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Directions Choose the best answer to each of the
following questions.
3. The author shrinks into a silent indifference
because ____. A. she feels tired of the
journey B. the landscape is tedious and she
has lost her interest C. the
strange landscape hurts her soul as
well as her eyes
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Directions Choose the best answer to each of the
following questions.
4. On the second day, my father enters into a
dynamic conversation with a passenger who speaks
Yiddish to ____. A. kill the time of the
journey B. get some information about life
for the Polish in the strange land
C. make a new friend on the journey
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Directions Choose the best answer to each of the
following questions.
5. After we hear the story about a Polish Jew,
my father is excited while I become even more
silent because ____. A. I believe the
passenger is telling a lie B. I feel unhappy
about the possibility of making
pickles C. such words as millionaire and
emigration mean little to me
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Directions Choose the best answer to each of the
following questions.
6. The boys mother tells them to get off on the
right foot because ____. A. it is safer to
do so. B. she believes it will bring them
good luck C. it is a custom in Vancouver
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Directions Choose the best answer to each of the
following questions.
7. The author describes the rainy day, the empty
platform, and the gray background to show that
____. A. she is heavy-hearted and uncertain
about their future life in the strange
land B. the weather is so bad that the girl
feels depressed C. the station
seems to be a deserted place
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Directions Choose the best answer to each of the
following questions.
8. The title Experiences in Exile implies that
____. A. the family have committed some
crime and are forced to leave their
home country B. the family have to leave
their hometown and move to a strange
land for some reason C. the family feel happy
about the chance to live in a new,
prosperous land
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Fill in the blanks with the words given below.
Change the form where necessary.
1. The young girl managed to __________ to Europe
after she married a French man.
emigrate
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Fill in the blanks with the words given below.
Change the form where necessary.
2. Tom is making rapid progress in his work under
Johns _________.
guidance
3. We must take everything into view before we
make any decision, because a wrong decision could
do _________ harm to us.
infinite
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Fill in the blanks with the words given below.
Change the form where necessary.
4. The boss always encourages his employees to go
all out for a ___________ business.
prosperous
5. The little girl is so shy that she ________
from meeting any stranger.
shrinks
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Fill in the blanks with the words given below.
Change the form where necessary.
6. Hearing his words, I felt a huge wave of
________ inside myself and couldnt help crying.
warmth
7. After looking through mug shots, I pointed to
a picture of a red-capped young man and told the
police there was no doubt ___________ that he
must be one of the robbers.
whatsoever
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Fill in the blanks with the words given below.
Change the form where necessary.
8. Owing to his _________ efforts, Jack, in his
late twenties, became the youngest professor at
this university.
ceaseless
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Replace the underlined words or expressions in
the following sentences with the expressions
given in parentheses.
1. The Rockefeller family acquired a lot of
wealth in the oil business. (make a fortune)
made a fortune
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Replace the underlined words or expressions in
the following sentences with the expressions
given in parentheses.
2. He wrote again just to confirm that everything
had been going on according to their time
schedule. (make sure)
make sure
3. Later comers were not allowed to enter as the
spacious music hall was filled to its capacity.
(full of )
full of people
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Replace the underlined words or expressions in
the following sentences with the expressions
given in parentheses.
4. He put on his jeans and a thick sweater to
protect himself from the cold. (be dressed in)
was dressed in
5. Richard has a cold heart he never cares about
the sufferings of the people around him. (be
always indifferent to)
is always indifferent to
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Replace the underlined words or expressions in
the following sentences with the expressions
given in parentheses.
6. That country has decided to undertake the
agreement with European countries on the trade
relationship. (enter into)
enter into
7. It was three years ago when I started online
learning at that time I had no knowledge about
the technology. (know about)
did not know about
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Replace the underlined words or expressions in
the following sentences with the expressions
given in parentheses.
8. To celebrate the 100 anniversary of the
university, they are to host a huge dinner party
for about more than 1,000 people. It has been a
headache for the university authorities as to who
would financially support the party. (pay for)
pay for
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Section C

• My First Day Abroad

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Exercises of passage C
Reading Skills
Ex. X?. For each of the following sentences from
Reading Passage C, write down the key idea in
your own words in the blank space.
Comprehension of the Text
Ex. ??. Choose the correct version of the
statements below so that each reflects what the
author stated in the article.
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Ex. X?. For each of the following sentences from
Reading Passage C, write down the key idea in
your own words in the blank space.
1. I had come the night before and I could not
see anything clearly on the way from the
airport. 2. The new underclothes made me feel
uncomfortable. 3. I slept deeply that night. 4.
Seeing the sun, I got up and put on a dress. 5.
This realization divided my life into two parts,
one past and one future.
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Ex. ??. Choose the correct version of the
statements below so that each reflects what the
author stated in the article.
1. In my imagination before I really came here,
it would be a pleasant thing to visit those
famous places. (This is obvious in the first
paragraph. ) 2. Seeing those things once existing
in my daydream with my own eyes, I realized they
were not as good as I had imagined. (This can be
seen from the first paragraph.)
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Ex. ??. Choose the correct version of the
statements below so that each reflects what the
author stated in the article.
3. Disappointment is a familiar feeling for me in
my life. (This is implied in the second
paragraph. ) 4. On my first night in the new
place, there were some new experiences for me.
(This is implied in the second paragraph. )
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Ex. ??. Choose the correct version of the
statements below so that each reflects what the
author stated in the article.
5. I had a nice sleep that night because I wanted
to find a kind of refuge for my soul. (This is
implied in the last sentence in the second
paragraph. ) 6. The bright sunshine on the
morning of my first day made me feel less sick
for home at once. (This is clearly stated in the
third paragraph. )
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Ex. ??. Choose the correct version of the
statements below so that each reflects what the
author stated in the article.
7. I was not used to a sunny but cold day because
the climate was so different from the tropical
area where I came from. (This is implied in the
third paragraph. ) 8. I felt cold inside and out
mainly because I realized I was in a strange
place where my future was unpredictable. (This is
implied in the end of the text. )