I. Vocabulary

1. 1) weighs　2) has reached 3) reflected 　4) quite
   5) objects　6) looked　　　7) body　　　8) much
   9) away　　10) heavenly
   
   
2. 1) in 　2) to 　3) in 　4) In 　5) in / at

II. Structure

1. 1) because he was too careless
   2) because it was raining
   3) because he wants us to make rapid progress
   
   
2. 1) although he is poor
   2) Although the stars appear small
   3) although he has a lot of money
   
   
3. 1) but a native speaker never says it that way
   2) but she did not succeed in the end
   3) but I can't write it

III. Translation

1. I am not interested in fishing.
   
2. We have no children of our own.
   
3. He gave the same answer as before.
   
4. This room is three times the size of that room.
   
5. The end of the movie isn't as/so good as the beginning is.

Key to the Writing Exercise

The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New York (v.m ) from Southampton (v.m ) on April 10, 1912 (v.m ). She was carrying 1,312 passengers, a crew of 891 (n.m ). Even by modern standards (v.m ), the 46,000-ton Titanic was a colossal ship. At that time (v.m ), however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built, but was regarded as unsinkable, for she had sixteen watertight compartments. Even if two of these (n.m ) were flooded, she would still be able to float. The tragic sinking of the great liner (n.m ) will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage (v.m ) with heavy loss of life (v.m ).