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Unit 20
1) The old man had a quarrel with his daughter.
2) The daughter left home
3) The old man tried to contact his daughter but failed
4) The old man suffered a stroke
5) The old man was admitted to Intensive Care Unit
6) The old man had a seizure
7) The old man asked the narrator to contact his daughter
8) The old man wrote a note to his daughter
9) The old man passed away
10) The distraught daughter came and read the note.
Free Response1) The narrator is a nurse as she says in the third paragraph, ‘some of us nurses’.
2) a) He was suffering from a stroke and was in a critical condition. b) He would often graze out of the window into the distance, and be immersed in self contemplation. He also cried often and seemed lonely.
3) His ultimate wish was to meet his daughter and have her forgive him.
4) He had not met her for years ever since they had a quarrel over and boyfriend which made her leave home. Her parting words were “I hate you,” and the old man had been trying to reconcile with her.
5) He was afraid that he might not see his daughter and wanted to express his forgiveness towards her.
6) She thought about the joy which the daughter must have brought the old man long ago as it always did to the parents she encountered at the maternity ward.
7) The medical team made various attempts to revive him but to no avail.
8) The narrator’s purpose in telling us this story is to convey the message that we should always treasure the time we have with our loved ones and never take them for granted.
Vocabulary1) worsen 2) deep thought 3) anguished 4) shocked 5) gave in
SummaryThe narrator noticed that a patient she attended to often wept and seemed to be deeply troubled. After a seizure one night, he revealed that he had lost contact with his daughter ever since a quarrel made her leave home. His final wish was to see her and he asked for a piece of paper before the narrator rushed out to contact her. He was dead by the time she got back and all attempts to revive him failed. The grief-stricken daughter arrived and discovered the note in which he said she was forgiven.
Comprehension Cloze1) mess
2) unease
3) trouble
4) wonder
5) survive
6) wished
7) prepare
8) remembered
9) strain
10) announced
11) calmly
12) advertisements
13) interviews
14) pride
15) noticed
16) stressed
17) flash
18) before
19) learn
20) wait
Unit 211) F
2) T
3) T
4) F
5) T
6) F
Free Response1) They needed the powers to protect them against the magical and dangerous forces around and to find their way home.
2) This was because she was the youngest in the group and nobody could see that she was actually very intelligent for her age.
3) A) No, she was not hurtb) I think so because she was so used to their taunts that she had become immune to them.
4) This was because they discovered a huge dragon
5) A) The sentence is “A mere flick of the dragon’s long spiny tail sent Peter flying through the air like a beach ball”. b) This was because all the other had failed to subdue the dragon. Peter’s strength was no match for that of the dragon, Derek’s flute could not be heard and Christine’s attempts to lure it away were ineffective.
6) The dragon did so because it thought the children wanted to harm or steak its egg.
7) They were caused by Peter’s vigorous flapping of his arms on the floor of his bedroom.
8) This was because he had been reading a fantasy book before he fell asleep.
Vocabulary1) aggressive
2) mockery
3) blocking
4) unsuccessful
5) thinking deeply
SummaryWhen the children reached the Gate of Naga, they found a dragon blocking their way. They were sneaking past it when it suddenly awoke. Although Peter and Christine used their magic powers, they were unable to draw it away from the gate. Derek was unable to put it back to sleep with his magic flute. When Sandy used her power to communicate with the dragon, she discovered it was just a misunderstanding and that the dragon would let them pass. The others showed Sandy their appreciation and Peter apologized for his earlier treatment of her.
Contextualized Vocabulary1) faiing, importance
2) ignore, invisible
3) tough, immune
4) amazed, survive
5) stung, ridicule
Unit 221) Charlie and Mario were in the drug business.
2) Mario was shot by his bodyguard
3) Mario became a paraplegic
4) Eli Parker found evidence against Charlie
5) Charlie decided to kill Eli Parker
6) Charlie briefed his men on the plan
7) Chalie and his men got ready to kill Eli Parker
8) Charlie’s men turned to kill him.
Free Response1) It means that Charlie was not a man who should be treated casually
2) They lived according to what he wanted and did everything he asked them to do.
3) It was necessary as a test of their competence in carrying out the commands and their loyalty towards him.
4) He was described as such because he resembled a dead man in that he was paralysed and therefore unable to move or care for himself.
5) It means that Charlie had the bodyguard killed instantly
6) It could land him in prison for all the crimes he had committed as well as his involvement in the drug industry.
7) They had never let him down before
8) Eli could have bribed him with money to kill Charlie.
Vocabulary1) without mercy
2) achieve by force
3) felt upset about
4) causing unfortunate results
5) took delight in
SummaryCharlie was regarded seriously by people because of his strong spirit; it formed as a result of his struggle to improve his status. He was merciless in dealing with his enemies, and tested and employed five men to work for him. Charlie had complete faith in them as they had obeyed him and never failed him. Although he ordered them to commit crimes for him, he sometimes regretted his decisions to commit them. Charlie’s latest task for his men was for them to murder a lawyer who had evidence against him that could endanger both him and his career.
1) setting
2) delight
3) showing
4) proud
5) tending
6) talking
7) invite
8) lately
9) approached
10) collected
11) lying
12) seemed
13) became
14) darkness
15) knocked
16) waited
17) guilt
18) attention
19) rushed
20) forgotten
Confusing words – Test 21) curtail
2) flex
3) scull
4) impeded
5) whet
6) doubtless
7) defer
8) dual
9) adapted
10) ascent
11) dissimulate
12) besmirch
13) commemorate
14) separate
15) aural
Test 31) hoarse
2) teeming
3) croon
4) credible
5) indefinitely
6) emigrating
7) corroborated
8) grit
9) artistes
10) lethal
11) blossomed
12) accede
13) bereft
14) committee
15) complementary
Test 41) rural
2) temporary
3) transparent
4) inedible
5) invaluable
6) boost
7) wither
8)rote
9) wreak
10) censor
11) vain
12) troupes
13) enumerate
14) revue
15) reek
Test 5 1) horde
2) wrest
3) mettle
4) incident
5) acquainted
6) adjourned
7) verve
8) babble
9) quibble
10) emigrants
11) pursed
12) axle
13) liberality
14) loath
15) momentous
Test 61) pact
2) premiere
3) mourn
4) alight
5) eliminate
6) shrill
7) specific
8) itinerary
9) truce
10) versus
11) forging
12) extricate
13) continually
14) discreet
15) fallacy
Test 71) review
2) eminent
3) razed
4) rebukes
5) pare
6) alter
7) heartache
8) contracted
9) impartial
10) locusts
11) grazing
12) hackles
13) grisly
14) inflammable
15) impassible
Test 81) sheer
2) stalks
3) poll
4) foreign
5) apiary
6) watchful
7) lineage
8) spark
9) sparse
10) irrelevant
11) berate
12) droves
13) exhaustive
14) epitaph
15) expansive
Test 91) swoops
2) paced
3) mined
4) correct
5) wonders
6) almanac
7) vicious
8) quip
9) legitimate
10) funeral
11) scope
12) embalming
13) numerable
14) mendacity
15) proportion
Shark ComprehensionSection A:1) consisted
2) buried
3) mass
4) process
5) formed
6)deeper
7)lower
8) combined
9) produced
10) combined
11) types
12) layer
13) mainly
14) embedded
15) compressed
16) popular
17) hardest
18) found
19) changes
20) squeezed
Section B:1) Sharks are considered an enemy because certain species attack Man.
2) The most dangerous species of shark is the Great White Shark.
3) Cartilage is a strong and elastic substance. The cartilage replaces the bones in a shark and forms its endoskeleton.
4) Only the fossilized teeth can be used to trace the history of sharks.
5) Sharks are not able to stop swimming in water because they do not have air bladders to help them stay afloat.
6) The shark’s teeth are not locked in the sockets of its jaws. The teeth are able to move forward in rows to the outer edge of the mouth to replace old and worn out teeth.
7) A shark can detect the presence of prey using its keen sense of smell.
8) Most sharks are found in the warmer seas and oceans of the world such as the waters surrounding South Australia to he mid-Atlantic states of America.
9) a) barbaric, ruthlessb) developc) deteriorates, decaysd) hardened into stone by naturee) moving
10) Sharks live in the warmer oceans of the world. Their endoskeletons are made of cartilage. Their bodies consist of massive banks of muscles which give them great power. Their streamlined shape enables them to move easily in water. However, due to the absence of air bladders, sharks cannot stop swimming as they are unable to stay afloat. Should they sink, it may cost them their lives. Their teeth are not locked into their sockets but move in rows toward the outer edge of the mouth to replace old and worn out teeth.
