Unit 8-Key to exercises

Unit 8-Key to exercises p. 145 Text comprehension I. B

II. 1. F; 2. T; 3. F; 4. T; 5. F III. 1. Refer to Paragraph 1. He liked Valentine’s Day best. 2. Refer to Paragraph 2. She thought of him as her “Valentine Man” because he displayed his special love for her on every Valentine’s Day. 3. Refer to Paragraph 3. Each of them decorated a “mailbox” and placed it on their desks for others to put their cards in. 4. Refer to Paragraph 4. She wore it with pride for it was given to her by her father, her forever valentine, and she took the small piece of red glass for a ruby. 5. Refer to Paragraph 5. As she grew older, the author had placed her hopes and dreams on receiving cards and gifts from other people, who she thought were more important to her than her father was. 6. Refer to Paragraph 7. She found a card addressed to her in her mother’s handwriting. 7. Refer to the last paragraph. It means that she will always keep in mind how her father observed the traditions of love with a generosity of spirit, his tender, everlasting love for her, and the simple acts he performed to show it.

IV. 1. The festival that really delighted him was Valentine’s Day. 2. My fist memory of the joy Dad brought to me on Valentine’s Day goes back to the year when I was six. 3. That box and its contents led to a series of memories which were a mixture of the sweet ones and the bitter ones. 4. As I was getting older, the gifts were replaced by heart-shaped boxes.

p.146 Vocabulary I. 1. regarded him as 2. brought back to mind a series of experiences, both happy and unhappy one after another 3. aroused your strong emotion and made you cry 4. were gradually replaced by 5. to a greater degree

II. 1. legible 2. timed 3. surpassing 4. sensed 5. relegated 6. signaled 7. perfunctory 8. generosity 9. teasing 10. mark

III. 1. C 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. A 8. D

IV. 1. a. formed b. shaping c. formed d. shaped

2. a. contest b. competition c. competition d. contest

3. a. memories b. memory c. recollection d. recollection

4. a. cheap b. cheap c. inexpensive d. inexpensive

V. 1. The traditional holidays in our house when I was a child were spent timing elaborate meals around football games. Synonyms: rich, well-prepared, complicated, complex

2. My father tried to make pleasant chitchat and eat as much as he could during half time. Antonyms: unpleasant, displeasing, disagreeable, bitter, nasty 3. I don’t know whether it was because work at the office slowed during February or because the football season was over. Synonym: slacken, decelerate

4. Over the years I fondly thought of him as my “Valentine Man.” Antonyms: coldly, bitterly, hatefully, spitefully

5. … the tender care I gave to the card from the cutest boy in class. Synonyms: lovely, lovable, attractive

6. I remember wearing that ring with a pride that all the cards in the world could not surpass. Antonyms: shame, disgrace, humiliation

7. In those years my thank-yous became more of a perfunctory response. Synonyms: indifferent, half-hearted, thoughtless

8. I had a father who continued a tradition of love with a generosity of spirit. Antonyms: selfishness, greediness, meanness

VI. 1. We insist on having your answer tonight at the latest. 2. My father is gong to let me borrow his car tonight. 3. We look upon it as a wonderful opportunity. 4. You surely don’t want a fifth ice cream, do you? 5. There is hardly anything in the house to eat tonight. 6. This block of flats now belongs to the bank. 7. Should we really freeze this sort of food? 8. Don’t bother to telephone me when you arrive.

p. 150 Grammar II. 1. If you lower the temperature of water to 0℃, it freezes. 2. If you fly west, you gain time. 3. If it rains, I stay at home. 4. If water boils, it vapourizes. 5. if your documents are in order, you may leave at once. 6. If there is a shortage of any product, the price of that product goes up. 7. If you heat ice, it turns to water. 8. If you are waiting for a bus, you’d better join the queue.

III. 1. pour 2. will be 3. will pick