7 interest 8 efficiency 9 strength 10 creativity

VII

1 appearance

2 utterance

3 attendance

4 hindrance

5 maintenance

6 resistance

7 performance

8 existence 9. occurrence 10. acceptance

VIII

1. world-famous 2 ice-cold 3 snow-white 4 waterproof 5 waist-deep 6 carefree

IX

1 Mr. Howe, my favorite professor, has received a Distinguished Teacher Award.

2 Yesterday I went fishing, some thing I hadn’t done in years.

3 Some women are normally inactive but then all of a sudden start a program of intense exercise, an action that breaks the laws of sports science.

4 Even a brief visit to Greece, a modern country with ancient civilization, gives you a deep sense o

f its culture.

5 The ancient Chinese, a people of inventors, discoverers, philosophers, soldiers, poets, craftsme n, gave the world many of its most useful things.

X

1 His homework done, his composition written, Larry decided to go and see the film.

2 The manager sat quietly in the office, (his) eyes closed, waiting for the telephone to ring.

3 The room was a mess, empty bottles and beer cans (being) everywhere.

4 When I walked in, Grandpa was sitting at the kitchen table, the newspaper spread before him.

5 Diana stood motionless at the end of the diving board, tears streaming down her cheeks.

XI

7. The defendant, a woman of only 30, kept insisting on her own innocence.

8. All tings considered, dates, beans and some leafy green vegetables are the best sources of iron.

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