5) It was very thoughtful of the hostess to give the house a thorough cleaning before we arrived.
2. Not rich himself, Uncle Li never hesitates to help others. Previous
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to/Before his retirement, through Project Hope he located the
addresses of two country kids who grew up in poor families but had a
keen desire to study. From then on he sent them money regularly. Later
the two made their way to college, and even got a chance to study
overseas.
Unit 7
Content Questions
Pair Work
1. He thinks animals will probably do their best thinking when it serves their own purposes, not when scientists ask them to.
2. Because he believes they may encounter animal intelligence in their daily life.
3. He regards them as a new window on animal intelligence.
4. She wanted to get more pineapple.
5. He expanded the money supply by breading chips in two.
6. It shows he is clever and sly. He ate up the fruit leaving nothing but stems to share with Miles.
7. They say that animals cooperate when they learn it is in their interest to do so.
8. The author thinks that what behaviorists say is right, but he doesn’t think their explanation is satisfactory enough.
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9. Because Orky was the most intelligent animal she had worked with.
10. Corky is a female whale because she is Orky’s mate and delivered a baby whale.
11. Because she thought the orange must have rolled off somewhere inaccessible.
12. Towan hid his orange underneath his foot. The act reveals some animals are intelligent enough to know how to deceive.
Text Organization
1. Eugene Linden wants to tell the reader that animals do have, at least, some limited intelligence, and the personal experiences of those who
are in close contact with animals are more convincing evidence than that
any experiments can provide.
2. Let’s Make a Deal: Some animals are intelligent enough to know how to bargain with people.
Tale of a Whale: Animals like whales can assess a situation and act
accordingly.
Primate Shell Game: Animals can attempt to deceive.
Language Sense Enhancement
1. (1) controversy (2) consciousness (3) explore (4) serves their own
purposes (5) encounter (6) lack of it (7) convinced
(8) mental feats (9) captivity (10) humans
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Language Focus
I. Vocabulary
1. 1) go (very) far 2) has expanded 3) in the interest(s) of 4) only to
5) encountered 6) has cooperated 7) assessed 8) (had) switched
9) horizons 10) gaze 11) disaster 12) wiped out
2. 1) … a long/long running controversy over whether the book should be
published or not
2) … felt relieved after her first meeting with Tom had gone smoothly
3) ... suddenly went wrong with my computer when I was in the middle of
writing the essay
4) … is obvious that our company is still maintaining its composition as
market leader in software.
5) … give in until they give her a pay rise
3. 1) have undertaken, original, to explore
2) evidence convinced, underneath, extending to
3) to negotiate, encounter, to figure out, explore
II. Confusable Words
1. firstly 2. first, first 3. At first 4. First/Firstly 5. first
6. First 7. at first 8. first
III. Usage
1. animal intelligence whose 2. zoo keeper where
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3. eye contact through what 4. money supply of what
5. killer whale what kind 6. baby whale how old
7. family member of what 8. sea turtle what kind/where
Comprehensive Exercises
I. Cloze
1. (1) emergency (2) evidence (3) original (4) sizing up (5) negotiates
(6) reveal (7) make a deal (8) dominant (9) in their interest(s)
(10) deceiving (11) controversy (12) judgment (13) explore
2. (1) protect (2) However (3) type (4) situation (5) sights
(6) together (7) rang (8) associate (9) without (10) environment
II. Translation
1. 1) A local business undertook the project but went bankrupt before it
was completed.
2) Let’s make a deal—you wash my car, and I’ll let you use it tonight.
3) We got to the village which we thought must have been wiped out in
the severe earthquake, only to find it slightly damaged.
4) My garden is dry and shady—few plants thrive in that condition
5) Mystery still surrounds the exact truth behind the film star’s
death/exact circumstance of the film star’s death.
2. When I was young I used to visit the zoo in my hometown. There what
attracted me most was a couple of tigers, especially the male. They