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

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 were dept in a huge iron cage at first, but later were released from it and moved to a place called Tiger Hill. Twenty years later I revisited the zoo and was relieved to find Tiger Hill was still there, but greatly extended. Moving around now were six tigers, old and young, instead of two!