Key to Exercises Ex.1A

1.A.his homework B.quickly,to play 2.A.The huge black horse B.the race 3.A.have thought about B.going into space 4.A.warms up and crawls B.out of the bag

5.A.one of the most beautiful planets to look at through a telescope B.because of the many rings that surround it 6.A.165years B.to complete its path,or orbit ,around thc sun 7.A.you and your brother B.How many pairs of shorts

8.A.the most expensive meal listed on the menu B.What 9.A.an \ B.their members

10.A.can blow B.as fast as180miles (290 kilometers)an hour

11.A.The spiral of heated air and moist air B.to twist and grow and spin

12.A.The direction a hurricane's spiral moves B.counterclockwise 13.A.does not shine B.At the north pole;for half of the year

14.A.The cold winds that blow off of the Arctic Ocean B.a very cold place 15.A.might have been B.guilty of murder Ex.1B 1.SVC

Within the stricken area,not a single soul remained alive, and the city centre looked as if it had been razed by a monster steam-roller. 2.SV

The bomb exploded 1000 ft.above the ground. 3.SVO

On August 6,1945,an American aircraft dropped a bomb on the Japanese town of Hiroshima. 4.SVoO

Three days later,yet another bomb of the same kind gave the town of Nagasaki the same fatal Blow. 5.SVOC

The explosion made one and a half square miles of the city an expanse of reddish rubble. 6.SVA

Within the fraction of a second,the bomb changed from a metalcylinder into an immense mass of expanding gas, millions of degrees hot. 7.SVOA

A tremendous blast of hot air whirled the debris of stone, concrete,metal,and wood over the ground. Ex.1C

1.Walden Pond,once praised by Thoreau for its natural beauty,is now the site of many tourist stands.

2.Almost every summer night the cooling northeast wind swept through our bedroom

windows, making air conditioning unnecessary and a light blanket welcome./Sweeping through our bedroom windows almost every summer night ,the cooling northeast wind made air conditioning unnecessary and a light blanket welcome.

3.The steep surrounding slopes were capped with snow, which fed two streams plunging down to join in the valley below.

4.With the river on one side and a large tree providing shade, this is a good spot for a picnic,and we can spread our blanket on the grassy knoll.

5.Panting for breath after running up the stairs, Mr Wood stood at his neighbour's door and knocked again and again till someone opened it.

6.The town folk envied Horace,who had come into a small fortune with which he bought a big house and obtained a partnership in the biggest grocery in town.

7.Standing in front of the mirror, Jim looked at his image, wondering at the big change that had come over him in recent years.

8.The idea that his only daughter whom he had greatly wronged might never forgive him almost drove him mad.

9.The story,written in plain language,consists of three parts with an interesting plot centering round an aristocratic family living in 17th-century France.

10.Mud-covered and shivering,John sat hunched over a bowl of hot broth prepared by his father to drive off the chill.

11.Far above the waters of a beautiful lake and over thc tops of the tall pine trees growing on the steep slopes of a hill stand five Chinese-style pavilions.

12.Farther down the street, the old man stopped and leaned against a lamp-post,listening to a cheerful song coming out of a restaurant on the opposite side of the street.

13.Sarah sank in the nearest chair,completely exhausted,her limbs stiff with cold,her mind a piece of blank.

14.Throughout the day Mrs Rymer behaved very properly,her pleasant,refined face wearing a grave look,her elegant figure wrapped in deep mourning while occasionally she uttered a sigh or a sob.

15.Tony thought it necessary to break the news to his family, that Mr. Jacob,his former employer, had promised him a half-day job at 20 pounds a week.

16.The thought that he might have wronged his friend who had rendered him good services on many occasions troubled his mind,already overburdened with worries and cares.

17.The men of the disbanded royal bodyguard, suddenly turned loose onto the street of a capital seething with unrest,unemployed and perhaps disgruntled at their abrupt dismissal ,were a potentially dangerous clement.

18.For many years London has been a business centre with hotel accommodation for visiting businessmen together with well-to-do travellers but completely inadequate for the swarms of short-stay tourists landing at Heathrow or disembarking at Dover.

19.Nearing the top, he climbed recklessly faster and faster, his eyes already glowing with triumph, but suddenly he slipped and fell, tumbling to the ground and lying motionless there, a crumpled pile of arms and legs.

20.Bertrand Russell was one of the very few persons who have received both the Order of Merit , which was conferred on him by the British government in 1949, and the Nobel Prize for literature, conferred in Norway in 1950. Ex.2A

1. come 2. are 3.has/have 4. are 5. are 6. are 7. was/were 8. is 9. costs 10. were 11. are 12. are 13. was 14. are 15. lie 16. were 17. are 18. is 19. is 20. was 21. Has 22. were 23.is 24. is 25. are 26. is 27. are 28. cover, are 29. is/ are 30. was/were Ex.2B

1.were 2. have 3. is,is 4. was 5. were 6. is 7.is 8. are 9. is 10. are, are 11. have 12. are, their, their 13. was, It, was 14. It/ They , is/ are 15. are, their, they, disapprove 16. were, they 17. was 18. are 19. were 20. were Ex.3A

1. is 2. was 3. is 4. has 5. were 6. means 7. is 8. is 9. is 10. is 11. were 12. sells 13. is 14. are 15. are 16. are 17. is 18. is 19. was 20. provides 21. are 22. was 23. stops 24. is 25. is 26. does 27. produces 28. is 29. is 30. was Ex.3B

1.?s 2. are 3. is 4. are 5. is 6. was 7. is 8. were 9. is 10. ?s 11. is 12. is,is,is 13. are 14. is 15. have 16. is 17. are 18. looks 19. are 20. are 21. understand 22. has 23.was 24. have 25. was 26. was 27. are 28. is 29. is 30. was 31. is 32. is/ are 33. leaves 34. is/are 35. are 36. are 37. is 38. comes 39. is 40. live 41. are 42. points/point 43. are 44. is 45. are 46. was 47. is/are 48. is 49. has 50. was Ex.3C

1. is/are 2. is/are 3. is 4. is/are 5. is/are 6. remain 7. is 8. are 9. has/have 10. care/cares 11. is 12. plays 13. is 14. am 15. are/is 16. was 17. is, has 18. was 19. come 20. is Ex.4A

1. description 2. arrangement 3. attendance 4. peculiarity 5. expectation 6. argument 7. dependence 8. originality 9. exaggeration 10. measurement 11. purity 12. persistence 13. extension 14. statement 15. generosity 16. entrance 17. loneliness 18. forgetfulness 19. happiness 20. seriousness Ex.4B

1. strange sounds 2. foods are

3. chiefs,tribes,their,salmon(s)

4. The runners-up were given pound notes\\The runners-up were each given a pound note.

5. bodies,their heroes 6. mice,tooth-marks 7. Crises,occur,families 8. / 9. /

10. these businesses 11. /

12. fruits are 13. /

14. these articles are well written 15. /

16. several personal kindnesses 17. /

18. sufferings 19. professors

20. children are playing,sands Ex.4C

1.experience 3.for advice 5.for it is fun 7.Poultry 9.militia 11.merchandise has 13.experiences 15.clippings,were 17.foliage is 19.12-page Ex.4D

1.blade 3.choir 5.lump 7.grain 9.staff 11.fleet 13.bundle 15.team 17.ear 19.herd 21.flock 23.troupe 25.grove 27.suite 29.band Ex.4E

1.B 2.C 3.A 6.C 7.B 8.D 11.A 12.D 13.B 16.B 17.D 18.C 2.waters

4.an important piece of information

6.were not numerous 8.directors are 10.geniuses 12.sympathies

14.were times,rivalry 16.lookers-on 18.photos 20.Luggage is 2.piece 4.flash 6.gang 8.head

10.collection 12.cluster 14.bunch 16.piece 18.bar 20.pack

22.crowd/swarm 24.bench 26.collection 28.squadron 30.library 4.D 5.C 9.A 10.B 14.B 15.C 19.A 20.B