Key to the Exercises of Unit One

I. Vocabulary:

1. satellite 2. protect 3. forecast 4. warning 5.destroyed
6. mean 7. atmosphere 8. result 9. danger 10. prevent

II. Structure:

  1. 1) My daughter is not talking on the phone.
    2) Mr. Smith is not watering flowers in the garden.

  2. 1) -- Is Alice watching TV in the sitting room?
    -- Yes, she is.
    2) -- Are the boys playing football on the sports ground?
    -- No, they are not.

  3. 1) -- What are the factories sending out?
    -- They're sending out smoke.
    2) -- Who is getting a warning?
    -- Mike is.

III. Translation:

  1. English is one of the most important languages.
  2. Man is trying to get the weather under his control.
  3. Children are not happy at all because they don't have time to play.
  4. What are the farmers doing in the fields? They are getting the crops.
  5. Weather forecasts protect people and their houses.

Key to the Writing Exercise

(1) When he drove down the street, a dog was injured.
(2) Examining my shopping receipts, I realized I was overcharged at the cloth store.
(3) Seem from the top of Lanshan Mountain, Lanzhou is covered with poisonous smog.
(4) Having found the bottle of whisky, the man declared that he would drink to the bottom of the bottle.