UNIT 9, 9E Word Skills, Verb + preposition, page 101
Exercise 3
for search for, prepare for
about learn about
of consist of
to adjust to
with cope with
Exercise 4
from
Exercise 5
1 apologised
2 about
3 of
4 asked
5 laugh
6 with
Exercise 7
1 a of
b about
2 a for
b about
3 a about
b of
4 a to
b at
5 a to
b about
6 a to
b with
Exercise 8
1 about
2 with; about
3 about
4 to
5 in
6 to
UNIT 9, 9F Reading, Great inventions?, page 102
Exercise 4
A 2 (1925)
B 4 (2 BC)
C 1 (1897)
D 3 (1865)
Exercise 5
A 4
B 1, 2, 3
C 1, 2, 3
D 4
E 2
F 1, 3
Exercise 6
The text says that ‘the other two weighed nearly 200,000 kg!’ We don’t know which one was the heaviest or if they were both the same weight.
Exercise 7
1 T
2 F
3 DNS
4 T
5 DNS
6 T
7 DNS
8 T
Exercise 8
a invention
b recordings
c deafness
d baldness
e movement
f arrangement
g discovery
h reconstructions