Unit 9　The Magic of Science

I

1 sore  2 contain  3 secret  4 realize  5 laboratory

6 situation  7 polished  8 soothe  9 perform  10 scientific

11 improvement  12 products  13 additional  14 impressive

II  1 D  2 A  3 B  4 B  5 B  6 D  7 C  8 B

III  1 A  2 C  3 B  4 C  5 D

IV

A

1 The blue sweater is cheaper than the purple one.

2 There are more bottles of milk in the brown basket than in the blue one.

3 Lucy finished her homework earlier than Kathy.

4 Lillian types faster than Marcy.

5 Judy looks younger than Faith.

B

1 I always wash my hands before eating.

2 Rita checked over her answers before handing in her answer sheet.

3 After taking a shower, Emily wrote about her day on her blog.

4 Buck stopped at the supermarket before going home.

5 Everyone should warm up before swimming.

V

1 go; ahead  2 on; hand  3 dressed; up  4 as; if; by; magic

5 What’s; worse

VI  1 C  2 D  3 A  4 B

Unit 10　The Phantom of the Opera

I

1 unfortunately  2 underneath  3 evil  4 struggled  5 escaped

6 huge  7 captured  8 stage  9 manager  10 middle

11 horrible  12 magician

II

1 not; at all  2 in public  3 have; (all) to himself  4 gave in

5 washed away

III  1 C  2 A  3 D  4 B  5 D  6 C  7 A

IV  1 C  2 B  3 D  4 A  5 B

V

A

1 A good night’s sleep made me feel energetic all day.

2 The teacher had the students write something about their families.

3 Ray let his sister read his comic books.

4 Please have the waiter bring me a glass of water.

5 The story made me believe that true friendship came from the heart, not from the eyes.

B

1 To me, the most important holiday is not Christmas, but the Chinese New Year.

2 Molly is not my classmate, but someone who often reads my blog.

3 The place where Kurt came from was not New York but Washington.

4 My favorite food is not pizza but sushi.

5 The note was written not by Tommy but by Julian.

VI

1 all; the; time  2 stood; behind; the; wall

3 tears; of; rolled; down  4 in; the; end

VII  1 C  2 C  3 A  4 B

Unit 11　Dancing to Nobody’s Tune

I

1 quit  2 determination  3 expected  4 refused  5 striving

6 social  7 prefer  8 challenge  9 career  10 pursue

11 earnings  12 inspiration  13 committed  14 skillful

15 profession

II

1 without a doubt  2 working on  3 hold on to  4 at most

5 dance to his tune

III  1 C  2 B  3 B  4 A  5 D  6 C  7 D  8 C

IV

A

1 Those who give up easily will never succeed.

2 The person who always smiles is believed to be friendly.

3 Those who are always kind to others will receive kindness in return.

B

1 I had cleaned my apartment

2 Kate had left for New York

3 I had finished lunch

4 Ricky had finished college

5 Jack had left his office

V

1 believe; in; Where; will  2 kept; on  3 The; road; to

4 strive; to

VI  1 C  2 C  3 B  4 C  5 D

Unit 12　A Poem for the Young at Heart

I

1 reminded  2 awful  3 laughter  4 outskirts  5 humor

6 criticizes  7 pinched  8 memorized  9 assignments

10 overnight  11 continual  12 offend  13 character

14 attractive

II

1 passed away  2 turned on  3 laid down  4 were meant to

III  1 A  2 D  3 A  4 D  5 B  6 C  7 A  8 D

IV  1 B  2 A  3 D  4 C  5 A

V

A

1 Jack may either watch movies at home or go out with his girlfriend tonight.

2 Neither Rita nor Judy went to school yesterday.

3 I am likely to take a vacation either in Kenting or in Hualien.

4 I want to eat neither pizza nor hamburgers.

B

1 We can’t forget the day when we won first prize in the basketball game.

2 Mother often talks about the past when she lived a happy life in the country

3 I will never forget the evening when I saw a superstar at the airport.

VI

1 best-loved; of; all; ages  2 the; real; the; imaginary

3 teases; in; ways

VII  1 B  2 D  3 D  4 A