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UNIT 6

GRAMMAR

I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of
the following questions.
1. ………… it was expensive, the CD was not in very good quality.
A. Although B. In spite of C. Despite D. In spite
2. Alice walked in quietly ………… wake up the baby.
A. so that she would B. so as to C. in order not to D. so that
3. All flights were delayed ………… the storm yesterday evening.
A. since B. because of C. as D. because
4. She kept walking ………… she was tired.
A. although B. in spite of C. despite D. in spite
5. I called him ………… I don’t know how to use this machine.
A. as B. because of C. due to D. in spite of
6. We will phone him ………… he will be informed about the meeting.
A. as B. in order to C. so as to D. so that
7. Jerry did not eat anything ………… feeling hungry.
A. despite B. even though C. in spite of the fact D. although
8. I love cycling ………… my best friend does not.
A. due to B. whereas C. in spite D. so that
9. They refused to take the money ………… they needed it.
A. although B. despite C. in spite of D. due to
10. He can not find a job ………… he has a university degree.
A. despite B. as C. because D. although

II. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it.
1. Although our sales fell a little in Japan, we had a reasonable year in Asia.
Despite ...............................................................................................................................................
2. In spite of my illness, I still went to work.
Although ............................................................................................................................................
3. Sarah didn’t like karaoke bars although she went with her Japanese clients.
Despite ...............................................................................................................................................
4. Although the sales increased, the profits fell.
In spite ...............................................................................................................................................
5. In spite of having a headache, the manager still chaired the meeting well.
Although ............................................................................................................................................
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VOCABULARY

I. SYNONYM

Circle a word or phrase that has the same meaning as or mostly relates to the word given on
the left.

1. the peak the lowest point the highest point

2. preceding before after
3. amaze believe surprise
4. owing to because of regardless of
5. to pursue to follow to postpone
6. a lack a mistake a shortage
7. to engage in to think of to participate in
8. out of date recent old-fashioned
9. countless many none
10. to derive from to get, take from something to give, provide something

II. COLLOCATION

Fill in each blank with the word on the left that most naturally completes the phrase on the
right.

1. the Internet / a problem to point out________

2. comma / side the opposite ________
3. an effect / a reason to have________ on something
4. to / with one thing is an alternative________ another thing
5. importantly / significantly the new plan will reduce taxes________
6. involved / participated to be________ in an accident
7. healthy / fashion a ________lifestyle
8. gain / risk to reduce the________ of skin cancer
9. strong / serious a________ illness
10. for / on there is no longer a demand_______ black and white TVs.
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III. WORD FORM

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words given in captial.

WORRIES ABOUT A FACTORY

There is considerable public concern in Shaston (0) following the FOLLOW
discovery on Tuesday evening of a metal (1) __________filled with CONTAIN
(2) __________ liquid. The object was found by a local POISON
(3) __________ walking his dog in a field behind a newly-built RESIDE
chemical factory. As yet, the factory has been (4) __________ to ABLE
provide any (5) __________ as to how the object came to be in the EXPLAIN
field. A spokesperson stated that a full (6) __________was taking INVESTIGATE
place and that (7) __________procedures were being reviewed. SECURE
People living in the (8) __________ are angry, as a year ago they had NEIGHBOUR
withdrawn their objections to the (9) __________ to build the factory DECIDE
here after the company stated that no (10) __________ chemicals DANGER
would be produced on this site.

IV. BUILDING BETTER VOCABULARY

Find the answers to the questions. Use the words in the box.

basketball cricket football (soccer) golf hockey squash

table tennis tennis volleyball

1. In which sport do players try to score goals by kicking a ball a net?

_______________
2. In which sport do players use sticks to try to score goals, either on grass or on ice?
_______________
3. In which sport do two or four players hit a small ball over a net on a table with small bats?
_______________
4. In which sport do players try to hit a ball into nine or 18 holes using a long thin stick (called
a club)?
_______________
5. In which sport do players hit a ball over a high net with their hands and arms?
_____________
6. In which sport do players hit a small against a wall using rackets?
_______________
7. In which sport do players try to score points by throwing ball through a high hoop?
_______________
8. In which sport players try to hit a ball as far as possible using a bat and then run between two
sets of wooden posts?
_______________
9. In which sport do two or four players hit a ball over a net with rackets?
_______________
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READING COMPREHENSION

PASSAGE 1

Question 1-6: Complete the labels on the diagram below. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO
WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER from the passage for each answer.

The Electric Revolution

Your next car may be electric. We look at the technologies that will bring the revolution.

The main reasons why electric cars are not more popular at present are their price and their relatively
small range. Existing battery systems only allow electric cars to travel a distance of between 100 and
160 km. However, this distance may not be a problem for urban drivers. A recent Sydney study
reported that 70 percent of journeys were 30km or less, and recent data from the US suggests that 77
percent of trips taken there are 48 km or less.

An innovative company called Better Place is aiming to make electric cars an option for all drivers. It
wants to see existing vehicles replaced by electric vehicles which, it says, offer a number of benefits.
Firstly, they can be powered by renewable energy which produces zero emissions. What is more,
electric motors are more efficient and can convert more than 90 percent of power into movement,
whereas the efficiency of diesel or petrol engines is less than 20 percent. To achieve its aim, Better
Place plans to use technology which is already available.

The plan is simple but revolutionary. It starts with the installation of a home charge point. And through
this, the vehicle will be plugged into the electricity grid whenever it is in the garage, typically at night.
In the morning, with a fully charged battery, the car is capable of as much as 160 km in urban motoring
conditions. In addition to the home charge point, the battery can be topped up by charge points at work
and at supermarkets.

The battery is linked to a control centre by smart technology inside the vehicle. Better Place can then
ensure that the car is charged with electricity from renewable sources at the cheapest price. For longer
trips, a navigation system directs the driver to the nearest switch station, where the depleted battery
can be replaced with a charged one by a robot within a couple of minutes.
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PASSAGE 2
Read the passage carefully and choose TWO letters (A-E) for questions 1-7
Humpback Whale Breaks Migration Record
A whale surprises researchers with her journey. A lone humpback whale travelled more than 9,800
kilometres from breeding areas in Brazil to those in Madagascar, setting a record for the longest mamal
migration ever documented.

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are known to have some of the longest migration
distances of all mammals, and this huge journey is about 400 kilometres farther than the previous
humpback record. The finding was made by Peter Stevick, a biologist at the College of the Atlantic in
Bar Habor, Maine.
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The whale’s journey was unusual not only for its length, but also because it travelled across almost 90
degrees of longitude from west to east. Typically, humpbacks move in a north-south direction between
cold feeding areas and warm breeding grounds – and the longest journeys which have been recorded
until now have been between breeding and feeding sites.

The whale, a female, was first spotted off the coast of Brazil, where researchers photographed its tail
fluke and took skin samples for chromosome testing to determine the animal’s sex. Two years later, a
tourist on a whale-watching boat snapped a photo of the humpback near Madagascar.

To match the two sightings, Stevick’s team used an extensive international catalogue of photographs
of the undersides of tail flukes, which have distinctive markings. Researchers routinely compare the
markings in each new photograph to those in the archive.

The scientists then estimated the animal’s shortest possible route: an arc skirting the southern tip of
South Africa and heading north-east towards Madagascar. The minimum distance is 9,800 kilometres,
says, Stevick, but this is likely to be an underestimate, because the whale probably took a detour to
feed on krill in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica before reaching its destination.

Most humpback-whale researchers focus their efforts on the Northern Hemisphere because the
Southern Ocean near the Antarctic is a hostile environment and it is hard to get to, explains Rochelle
Constantine, who studies the ecology of humpback whales at the University of Auckland in New
Zealand. But, for whales, oceans in the Southern Hemisphere are wider and easier to travel across,
says Constantine. Scientists will probably observe more long-distance migrations in the Southern
Hemisphere as satellite tracking becomes increasingly common, she adds.

Daniel Palacios, an oceanographer at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, says that the record-breaking
journey could indicate that migration patterns are shifting as populations begin to recover from near-
extinction and the population increases. But the reasons why the whale did not follow the usual
migration routes remain a mystery. She could have been exploring new habitats, or simply have lost
her way. ‘We generally think of humpback whales as very well studied, but then they surprise us with
things like this,’ Palacios says. ‘Undoubtedly there are a lot of things we still don’t know about whale
migration.’
1. What TWO aspects of the whale’s journey surprised researchers?
A. the destination
B. the direction
C. the distance
D. the reason
E. the season
2. The passage mentions reasons why whales generally migrate.
What TWO reasons are given?
A. to avoid humans
B. to be safe
C. to eat
D. to keep warm
E. to produce young
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3. What TWO methods did researchers use to record the identity of the whale near Brazil?
A. They analyzed part of the whale’s body.
B. They marked its tail.
C. They made notes of its behaviour.
D. They recorded the sounds it made.
E. They took a picture.
4. The passage mentions places the whale may have passed close to on its journey.
Which TWO places may the whale have passed?
A. Antarctica
B. Hawaii
C. Maine
D. New Zealand
E. South Africa
5. The passage says that more research is done in the Northern Hemisphere.
Which TWO reasons are given for this?
A. It contains more whales.
B. It has friendlier surroundings.
C. There are more samples available.
D. It is easier to reach.
E. It contains smaller whales.
6. The passage suggests why the whale made a different journey from usual.
Which TWO reasons does it suggest?
A. She did not know where she was going.
B. She did not want to breed.
C. She wanted to escape a danger.
D. She was looking for a new place to live.
E. She was recovering from an illness.
7. Which TWO methods of finding out where whales migrate are mentioned in the passage?
A. attaching radio transmitters
B. comparing pictures taken in different places
C. following them in boats
D. placing cameras in key positions
E. following their movements from space