Key to quiz 5&7

Key to quiz 5&7

Part I

1-5irritate, unventilated, fidget, asphyxiate, indiscreet

6-10 inquisitive, obstinacy, aptitude, escapism, counterpart

11-15 circulation, elope, bed-ridden, stumble, scot-free

16-20 plague, persistent, ex-directory, alternative, couchette

21-25 distressing, foreboding, complexion, inaugurate, diameter

26-30 screech, breach, thunderous, quirk, champagne

Part II

1-5 BCABD 6-10 DDBDD

11-15 CCBAB 16-20 ABAAC

Part III

1. It serves you right if you fail your maths test again. You’ve cut too many maths classes this semester.

2. They worked day and night in the laboratory

for a whole month only to find that they were attempting the impossible.

3. The town inaugurated its first world-class bridge with a motorcycle parade.

4. Thunderous applause erupted and rocked the hall as the professor closed his speech.

5. “I would rather you work on your own to find a new solution from your failures than following convention without any new discovery,”the supervisor said to him.

Part IV

1. Thanks to one of the remarkable construction achievements of the 20th century, whether one likes it or not, England and France are on the way of getting geographically connected.

2. As far as the British are concerned, the Chunnel has changed the geographical pattern which long separated Britain from Continental Europe.

3. It’s your own fault if you cannot keep away from some lazy of curious gossip, or from

someone who wants something but to offer anything in turn.

4. a book which can be seen in more places than Shakespeare or the Bible.

5. And soon the whole French population will take the Chunnel transport and come over to visit Britain.