3. If the day turns out to be wet, we may have to change our plans.
4. Upon reflection, she decided to accept his offer.
5. For the sake of a successful exhibition we should try our best to collect more famous paintings.
6. We reserved two tickets in the name of Brown.
7. We had to resign ourselves to taking a loss on the sale.
8. Economic and social inequalities can never be viewed as positive and constructive forces.
9. If he did move to Beijing, he’d stand a chance of getting a job.
10. These policemen are frightened at the prospect that they face a population which has the most advanced automatic arms at its disposal. Unit 9
Section A
Vocabulary III.
1. invitation 2. enforced 3. cited 4. awkward 5. inherited
6. dispute 7. exposure 8. valid 9. verified 10. justification
Exercises on Web course only:
11. editing 12. division 13. bind 14. payments 15. headline IV.
1. She has certainly gained in confidence over the last couple of years.
2. The actor made the headlines for having an affair.
3. Greg’s parents are worried about his exposure to the kind of people they don’t approve of while he’s at college.
4. The opposition parties are calling for the minister’s resignation over the scandal.
5. The administration is in the process of drawing up a peace plan.
6. She’ll end up penniless if she keeps spending as much as that.
7. She lays bare her three unhappy marriages in her autobiography.
8. Hoping that he might be able to shed light on the problem, I asked Paul to look at the engine.
9. The outside influences have no bearing on what you can do for your basketball team.
10. Thank you; I’ll store that piece of ness away for a time when I might need it.
Exercises on Web course only:
11. “Make no mistake about it,” he said, “this is the most serious threat our educational system has ever seen.”
12. They worked much harder when they learned that they were in line for a wage increase.
13. For a time, they argued over which TV program to watch.
14. A car was stolen last nigh right under the nose of a security guard. V.
1. N 2. G 3. I 4. J 5. E 6. M 7. D 8. K 9. C 10. B
Collocation VI.
1. institutions 2. security 3. independence 4. rewards 5. markets
6. crisis 7. situation 8. aid 9. position 10. damages
Word Building VII.
1. a tradition perfected by the Elizabethans
2. an exhibition of fine Victorian furniture
3. dance music with African roots