ENGLISH FOR UNIVERSITY TEACHING KEYS TO EXERCISES

ENGLISH FOR UNIVERSITY TEACHING

KEYS TO EXERCISES

UNIT 6 Japan’s Declining Population

B. Comprehension Questions

Exercise 1.

1. Japan’s current problems are its growing number of old people and dwindling birth rate.
2. Because Japan’s education system is costly and competitive.
3. There will be a decline in the work force that will affect the economy.
4. One solution to increase the number of population is to encourage couples to have more babies for the national well-being.
5. Because larger population will destroy the environment and downgrade the quality of life.

Exercise 2.

1. T
2. T
3. T
4. T
5. F
6. F
7. T
8. T

C. Words Study

Exercise . 1 A

Verb	Noun	Adjective	Adverb
1. encourage	courage	courageous	courageously
2. finance	finance	financial	financially
3. compete	competition	competitive	competitively
4. produce	production	productive	productively
5. prevent	prevention	preventive	preventively
6. predict	prediction	predictive	-
7. control	control	controllable	controllably
8. complete	completion	complete	completely

Exercise 1 B.

1. courageous
2. finance
3. competition
4. productive
5. preventive
6. prediction
7. control
8. completely

Exercise 2.

1. are afraid
2. rate
3. avoid
4. forecasted
5. can not
6. influence
7. keep

D. Grammar and Usage

Exercise 1.

Growing, dwindling, falling, graying, changing

Exercise 2.

1. interesting
2. frightened; frightening
3. broken
4. burning
5. boring; bored
6. smiling
7. wounded

Exercise 3.

1. The amusing show makes him happy.
2. The police could not find the stolen car.
3. She gave a convincing argument.
4. We don’t like frozen food.
5. I found a trembling cat in the corner of that empty room.

E. Writing

Exercise 1.

1. Japan is worried about its growing number of old people.
2. The nations’ falling birthrate could endanger population.
3. Early action must be taken to stop the declining trend.
4. The main cause was the increasing number of single people.
5. Poor housing and working condition are keeping the birth rate low.

Exercise 2.

1. refuse
2. damage
3. are against
4. affect
5. the work force

UNIT 7 Cattle Droving

B. Comprehension Questions

Exercise 1.

1. They would ride through some of Australia’s most exciting grassland and deserts.
2. It would take five days to get to the nearest railhead.
3. Because he was not considered old enough.
4. Because he knows a lot about cattle for his age and he has done a lot of works in the cattle station lately.
5. Geoff actually did Burke’s task lately.
6. He muttered and kicked the veranda railing.

Exercise 2.

1. F
2. T
3. F
4. F
5. T
6. F

Exercise 3.

1. in order to train his pony.
2. by not letting him come on the droving
3. to replace Burke
4. he told the truth at last
5. as they both admitted their fault

C. Words Study

Exercise 1.

1. a
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. b

Exercise 2.

1. a
2. b
3. b
4. c
5. b
6. c

Exercise 3.

1. bird, cat, monkey, etc.
2. run, jump, crawl, etc.
3. memorize, imagine, visualize, etc.
4. miserable, heartbreaking, depressing, etc.
5. pleased, delighted, thrilled, etc.

D. Grammar and Usage

Exercise 1.

Adjectives: big, great, exciting, new, etc.

Examples of sentences:

He is a big boy. He is exciting about going abroad.

Adverbs: lately, well.

Examples of sentences:

He always studies lately. He does everything well.

Exercise 2.

1. angrily
2. good
3. bitterly
4. extremely
5. gloomy
6. guilty
7. happily
8. glad

Exercise 3.

1. The train never comes late.
2. The bus is always late.
3. She wants to take an early bus.
4. I get up early every morning.
5. The students did their exam fast.
6. I hardly recognized him because of his new hair cut.

E. Writing

Exercise 1.

1. Burke knows a lot about cattle, and does too. (... and so does Ann.
2. Geoff didn’t want to go, and Burke didn’t either (...and neither did Burke.)
3. Grandfather was happy to learn about the boys’ honesty, and Mr. Blair was too. (...and so was Mr. Blair.)
4. Grandfather would take the cattle to the nearest railhead, and Mr. Blair would too. (...and so would Mr. Blair.)
5. Geoff couldn’t cheat his best friend, and Burke could not either. (...and neither could Burke.).

Exercise 2.

2. In the beginning, only Burke could go with them because he had done a lot of work around the cattle station.
3. But, in fact, it was Geoff  who had been doing Burke’s chores lately.
4. Yesterday after Geoff fed the horses in the pen, he didn’t use the chain to fasten the gate.
5. The horses got out and Mr. Blair was angry with Burke.
6. At first, Geoff wanted to put the blame on Burke who had taken the credit for the work he didn’t do.

UNIT 8 Food Preservation

B. Comprehension Questions

Exercise 1.

6. It starts to decay and gives off a very bad smell.
7. The two causes of food spoilage are: the growth of microorganism on the outside and the chemical changes on the inside.
8. Because they are preserved.
9. Because they can cause food poisoning.
10. Drying and curing have been practices for a long time.
11. Pasteurization can be used for protecting milk from bacteria.
12. It makes the meat more tender.

Exercise 2.

9. F
10. F
11. T
12. F
13. F
14. F
15. F

C. Words Study

Exercise 1.

1. break down
2. packed in
3. give off
4. turn into
5. made of
6. drives out
7. used for

Exercise 2.

9. preservation
10. preserve
11. sterilization
12. sterilized
13. sterile
14. sterilization
15. spoils
16. spoils

Exercise 3.

8. imagination
9. understanding
10. analysis
11. concentration
12. realization
13. prediction
14. solution

D. Grammar and Usage

Exercise 1.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Wise	Wiser than	The wisest
Strange	Stranger than	The strangest
Famous	More famous than	The most famous
Interesting	More interesting than	The most interesting
Bad	Worse than	The worst
Little	Less than	The least
Good	Better than	The best
Far	Farther than	The farthest

Exercise 2.

8. better
9. worse
10. heavier
11. more carefully
12. most courageous
13. least

Exercise 3.

6. She plays piano more often that she studies English.
7. He bought more potatoes than what he cooked.
8. The soup smells better than it tastes.
9. He goes to campus more often than he plays basketball.
10. The secretary types a letter faster than she takes notes.
11. She meets people friendlier than she speaks on the telephone.

E. Writing

Exercise 1.

6. I couldn’t hear what he said.
7. Please tell me what happened.
8. I don’t know who she is.
9. Do you know when they are coming?
10. I can’t remember how much it costs.
11. Could you tell me who is coming to the party?
12. Do you know whose pen this is?
13. Where she went  is none of your business.
14. I don’t know when she will come.
15. I wonder what she needs.

Exercise 2.

1. Do you know how much the plan ticket will cost?
2. Budi has forgotten where/when/why he left his bag in the room.
3. They should listen to what she is saying.
4. She asked me what I told him yesterday.
5. Tuti does not remember how/when/why she got lost in downtown.
6. His mother asked Roni how he would like his tea.
7. Do you know who suggested that?
8. I asked her why she is bored and sad.

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