Saturday, 24 October 2009

Unit 9 Answer Key

Unit 9.2

1.

beside

4.

while

7.

attractions

10.

leave

2.

across/ long

5.

tickets

8.

World



3.

at

6.

in

9.

marine




Unit 9.3

1.

N

5.

E

9.

M

2.

F

6.

Q

10.

H

3.

D

7.

J



4.

P

8.

A




Unit 9.4

1.

1

2.

4

3.

4

4.

4

5.

3




Unit 9.5

1

Hui started to take in homeless children when she took in the two orphaned children of a friend who died in an industrial accident.

2

Yes, it has.

She too became homeless at age 11 when her parents were sent to prison camps during the Cultural Revolution.

3

The “foster mothers” live with the children and take care of them.

4

She was abandoned because her mother had died in childbirth.

5

There are more girls in the orphanage. Many parents in rural areas of China only want male children.

6

Hui quit her job as a schoolteacher to start the orphanage.

7

She has been running the orphanage for about three years.

8

The money comes from Hui’s own savings / pocket.

The sentence is “But she has to meet the monthly $1200 running costs herself.”

9

It refers to Hui.

10

She meant that although she had given the children a chance to live, she could not guarantee the outcome of their future.


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