Key to the Exercises about the Text

Text Organization

  1. history
  2. Greece / 2700 / religious festival
  3. 776 B.C. /outdoor / running
  4. Roman Emperor / every / different / winter / summer

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) waves that were fifty meet high
    2) that this fort is six hundred years old
    3) that was three hours long

  2. 1) It was not until after midnight that her husband came home.
    2) It was not until it was very dark that the farmer stopped harvesting.
    3) It was not until he had finished his homework that he went to bed.

III. Translation:

  1. The Olympic Games will be held in Beijing in 2008.
  2. It was not until the 1950s that TV came to control people's spare time.
  3. The human ear can be divided into three parts: the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear.
  4. The illegal copying of records (or: The illegally copied record) should be prohibited by law.
  5. Qi Hui broke the record for women's breaststroke at the National Games.
  6. He kept on studying hard and eventually got a high score on the College English Achievement Test - Band 4.
  7. This sports committee consists of three Japanese, five Australians and six Englishmen.
  8. The lion is the symbol of courage.

Key to the Writing Exercise

(1) I am very surprised that she left her father, who was very ill, at such a time.
(2) He introduced me to his students, most of whom were from abroad.
(3) Thank you for the birthday gift you sent me last week