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Language Focus: Read and Simulate > Exercise 7

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7. Read the following sentences carefully, and then make your own sentences using the patterns in bold.

1. I had just returned to the United States, after an absence of 11 years during which I lived in a refugee camp in Bethlehem.
     had just returned to , after an absence of .
2. The distance between Marianna's house and Jerusalem is no further than the distance from my South Austin home to downtown.
     The distance between and is no further than the distance from .
3. No Palestinian can venture into the Holy City without a special Israeli-issued permit.
     No can venture without .
4. But adjusting to my sudden freedom paled in comparison to overcoming my fears and my nightmares.
     paled in comparison to .
5. Hard as I tried, I couldn't shake the sounds away.
     Hard as I tried, I couldn't .

1. The Smiths had just returned to their hometown, after an absence of five weeks they spent touring Europe.
2. The distance between New York and Washington, D.C. is no further than the distance from Chengdu to Chongqing.
3. No tourist can venture into the rain forests without an experienced guide.
4. Our regional development plan paled in comparison to the national environmental operations.
5. Hard as I tried, I couldn't live up to my mother's expectations.