Unit 8 Focused Practice A

1. Thank you very much for not smoking around the children.

2. Our family goes cross-country skiing every Saturday in the winter.

3. I'm bothered by Andy's dominating every conversation.

4. Not giving myself enough time to complete the job was a big mistake.

5. My husband spends a lot of time gardening.

6. Betty is used to having her friends near her.

7. Anyone who has pneumonia usually has difficulty breathing.

8. Bob really dislikes being awakened by an alarm clock.

9. Pamela is still annoyed at not having been invited to the wedding.

10. Avatar is a movie worth seeing on the big screen.

11. My husband is strongly in favor of my going back to work.

Unit 8 Focused Practice B
1 . Mary loves cooking

2. Earning a master's degree is my goal

3. I enjoy skiing every winter

4. I'm used to taking vacations with friends

5. That movie is worth seeing

6. I have trouble getting up early in the morning

7. I hate being awakened by my alarm clock in the morning

8. Having learned a lot in college, I was qualified for the job after graduation
Unit 9 Focused Practice B
1. We'd like to invite you to our housewarming.

2.I warned you not to put off starting your term paper.

3.On her way home, Mary stopped to get something at the drugstore.

4. Friendship is an important thing to cultivate

5.There is not enough time to get to the station to meet their train.

6.You seem to have forgotten that your income taxes are due today.

7.James doesn't study much, but he certainly ought to

8.Fortunately, Jane remembered to buckle her seat belt before getting on the
freeway.

9.Most students want to be praised by their teachers.

10.We asked you not to bring any food into the theater
Unit 9 Focused Practice C
Good afternoon. I'm Jan Arthur with live coverage of the collapse of the Inland
Causeway Floating Bridge. Heavy winds during the night caused the bridge to
sway dangerously, and the highway department decided to close the bridge
early this morning. Fortunately, no one was on the structure when it collapsed
and sank shortly after the closure.

The one-mile bridge spanned the Inland Waterway and was built in 1954 to
handle increasing traffic between Centerville and the peninsula and was
supposed to be widened eventually.

As the population grew, traffic increased much more rapidly than highway
planners had expected it to expected it to, and a year and a half ago engineers
determined that the bridge needed Correct answer: to be structurally
reinforced and repaired.
County officials asked voters to approve a bond issue to finance the repairs,
which they did.

The bridge was scheduled to be closed to be closed for a six-month period for
this renovation Correct answer: to be done to be done.

According to the original schedule, the renovation was to be completed by

February of this year, but disagreement between the state highway department
and the governor's office forced the project to be delayed to be delayed.

In an angry statement to the press, the chief engineer of the state blasted the
governor, saying, To ask for additional time for safety's sake is one thing, but
to let petty jealousies and inertia get in the way of completing this renovation
is criminal. This is an obvious case of procrastination and stonewalling."

Meanwhile, motorists are asked not to travel on any of the roads near the
disaster area and Correct answer: to call 724-1929 for updates.
Unit 10 Focused Practice A
Please bring me a cup of tea.

Let me inform you a piece of news

We bought several pieces of furniture

I gave the dog a piece of meat

My father gave me a piece of advice

Calculus is a branch of mathematics

We need several new pieces of equipment

I try to drink eight glasses of water day

There hasn't been a drop of rain in the last two months

Uh-oh! The dog ate everything in the bowl except a few grains of rice
Unit 10 Focused Practice B
1.Fusion cooking involves a combination of several different cuisines

2.Heavy rains have been falling throughout East Asia in the last few days.

3.There are a number of spices in the stew that I can't identify.

4.The aurora borealis and aurora australis are amazing atmospheric

phenomena

5.Many different cheeses, including Camembert and Brie, are produced in

France

6.Ludwig von Beethoven wrote many significant musical works during his
lifetime.

7.The Rahanweyn are an indigenous people of Somalia

8.What are your criteria for supporting that global treaty?

9.The Hutu and the Tutsi are two distinct peoples living in Rwanda

10.We caught a lot of fish on our trip to British Columbia

Unit 11 Focused Practice A
1.Can you get me some stamps when you go to the post office

2.Brazil is a major producer of coffee

3.Many new countries have joined the E.U. in recent years

4.Professor Mansfield is an old family friend who has helped us in a lot of

ways

5.The wheel is certainly considered one of the greatest inventions of all time

6.Hal has been learning to play the clarinet since he was 7 years old

7.I read an interesting article about the stock market on the Internet.

8.Microwave ovens can cook food very quickly.

Unit 11 Focused Practice D
Telephone

-I bought my daughter a telephone.

-telephones are found in virtually every office today.
-The telephone that I bought my daughter was quite inexpensive.
-The telephone was invented in 1878 by Alexander Graham Bell.

Whale

-Authorities have rescued a whale that had beached itself in a local inlet.
-We see killer whales every summer when we go to the islands to spend our
vacation.
-The whale that we saw jumping near our boat was an orca.
-We need to put considerable effort into saving The whale.

Competition

-Competition is often a very positive phenomenon

-My son's class has a math competition every Friday afternoon
-the constant competition between our son and our daughter is driving us
crazy.
-The five separate competitions that took place at the all-star game were all
won by newcomers.
Unit 12 Focused Practice B
Different students have different learning styles and preferences. Some students like
to learn through imagery; others learn best through hands-on activities. The most
effective college professors are able to successfully address a great many learning
styles through several different types of student-centered activities. But in order to
achieve academic success, most students need more than just a great professor.
Namely, they need to become aware of their unique learning preferences when
studying at home and employ a number of study techniques that are well aligned with
those preferences.

Visual Learners

If you learn best through what you see, you're probably a visual learner. Visual
learners find information presented visually to be the most helpful. They also like
order and pay a lot of attention to the appearance of their surroundings. If their work
environment is chaotic, they have problems concentrating on their work. Additionally,
most visual learners find it difficult to study when noise, such as music or
conversation, is present. If you're a visual learner, try to take notes and highlight any
information you find important and use tables and plenty of other visuals to support
your studying. You may also want to try to create diagrams to better understand new
concepts and to remember important events.

Auditory Learners

If you retain information best through what you hear, chances are you're an auditory
learner. While visual learners prefer to read a book, auditory learners prefer to listen
to an audio book. Auditory learners remember most of what their professor said in
class, but may not be able to summarize what they have read in a textbook. They also
enjoy conversing with others and learn through participating in discussions and
debates. If you're an auditory learner, try to utilize several listening techniques,
auditory media and music when you're studying. For instance, replacing the lyrics of
a song with information you're trying to memorize can be a highly effective study
method for some auditory learners.

Kinesthetic Learners

If you prefer to learn through doing and experiencing things, you may be a kinesthetic
learner. Kinesthetic learners need lots of hands-on interaction. They tend to get
frustrated when sitting in class for a long time. Kinesthetic learners like to move and
need a lot of space. They like to participate in projects, games, discussions, and other
activities. If you're a kinesthetic learner, you should take frequent stretch breaks
during a study session. Also, try to integrate both touch and interaction when
studying at home. For instance, if you're learning about different types of rocks and
minerals, read your notes first and then spend a little time outdoors looking for and
examining different types of rocks.
Unit 12 Focused Practice C
1 .How much money did you spend on the new coursebooks?

2. I don't have many friends at my new school.

3 .Helen doesn't have much stress in her life anymore.

4 .How many pizzas should we get for the study group this evening?

5 .I didn't have any problems completing the latest assignment, but others
found it difficult.

6 .The professor reviewed some of my grades because I did a lot of additional

assignments.

7. I have some homework to do for tomorrow.

8 . Sam didn't miss any of the guest lectures this year.

9 .Mary has a few new friends at the university

10 .Frank has little patience with people who make mistakes.

11 .It's easier to prepare for a big test if you do a little studying every day

12 .Few students managed to fulfill Professor Smith's course requirements

13 .All of the students passed the exam.

14 .Bill has absolutely no money saved, so he'll have to stay home during
spring break

15 .Most of the students in my group passed the final exam with flying colors

16 .You missed several questions on the grammar section of the exam.

Unit 13 Focused Practice A
1 .I'm bored by mathematics, but I'm very interested in physics

2 .Strawberry yogurt is yogurt that has strawberries in it.

3 .The American hockey team beat the Soviet team in the 1980 Winter
Olympics

4 .As I turned on the overhead light, I saw a lot of 20-legged creatures running
across the crumb-covered floor.

5 .Our 18-year-old cat has a wonderfully unique personality.

6 .The exciting news caused everyone to want to leave work early.

7 .There's an ugly new 62-story building next to the old street market
downtown
Unit 13 Focused Practice B
1 .The movie terrified me. It was a terrifying movie.

2 .The building is eight stories high. It's an eight-story building.

3 .The boss bores us when he speaks at meetings. He's a boring speaker.

4 .The graphics were generated by a computer. They're computer-generated

graphics

5 .My son is nine years old. He's a nine-year-old boy

6 .The experience upset us a lot. It was an upsetting experience

7 .The child has had a tiring day. She's a tired child

8 .The book really interests me. It's an interesting book.

9 .Everything bores Frank. He seems to be a bored person

10 .Sally amuses me whenever we're together. She's an amusing person.

11 .Mr. Brown's classes are very interesting to his students. They're very
interested students

12 .The film won an Academy Award. It's an Academy-Award-winning film