Key to the Exercises about the Text

I. Vocabulary:

1. 1) prefer … to 2) were about to 　3) proclaims　4) choked up
   5) bring out 　6) sounds like　  7) go off 　 　8) jump off
   9) work out 　10) at … expense
   
   
2. 1) Flush 　2) Anniversary 　3) Date 　4) Altar
   5) Vow　　6) Passion
   
   
3. Example 1:
   1) The lecture given by that student was three hours long.
   2) When you are sailing around the Cape Horn, you can get waves fifty feet high.
   3) After he had served in prison for five years, he was already thirty-seven years old.
   
   Example 2:
   1) He quickly fell in sleep after a two-day-long exhausting tour.
   2) His new apartment is in a nine-storey-high building.
   3) In a one-year-long period, this freshman's reading speed has been doubled.
   
   Example 3:
   1) This is a seventeenth-century boat.
   2) We are the fourth year students.
   3) A first class concert is advertised in the newspaper.
   
   

II. Structure:

1. 1)Being patient was the way he dealt with such kind of situation.
   2) That was the way the artist worked out the design for a sweater.
   3) This is the way I think of this problem.
   
   
2. Example 1:
   1) He opened his mouth as if to say something.
   2) He rushed to her as if to smash her to the ground with his fist.
   
   Example 2:
   1) Jane talked about India as if she had been there.
   2) The old man behaves as if he were the master of this house.
   
   Example 3:
   1) This pudding tastes as if home-made.
   This budding tastes as if it is home-made.
   2) The coat feels as if made of cotton.
   The coat feels as if it is made of cotton.
   
   Example 4:
   1) His suggestion sounds as if encouraging.
   His suggestion sounds as if it is encouraging.
   2) After a day's hard work, my father looks as if very tired.
   After a day's hard work, my father looks as if he is very tired.
   
   Example 5:
   It seems as if he has traveled a long way.
   The old man feels as if he has been left behind of the times.

III. Translation

1. She prefers the city to the country.
   
2. She managed a smile as if nothing had happened.
   
3. Could you work out a traveling plan as soon as possible?
   
4. Wearing a sword embarrassed his movements.
   
5. At the marriage ceremony people vow to be faithful to each other.
   
6. The investigation is sure to bring out some surprising things.

Supplementary Reading:

　　1. b　　2. b　　3. a　　4. d

The sentences that should be omitted are:
"The food was lousy, anyway." / "We complained to the administration, but it didn't do any good."