5) Except for
6) Except that
7) except
8) except when
9) except to
10) except what
11) except where
12) except that
III. British and American English
Vocabulary:
AME: can, candy, faculty, mail, railroad, store
BRE: flat, lift, ground floor, trousers, tube/underground, maize
Spelling:
AME: favorable, meter, defense, plow, tire
BRE: paralyse, catalogue, leveling, programme, practice, characterise
Comprehensive Exercises
I.
5. 1) insane
2) current
3) candid
4) capable
5) was taken aback
6) in good condition
7) constitution
8) go all to pieces
9) gone broke
10) vacancy
11) mild
12) deceptive
6. 1) suspected
2) pleading
3) confirmed
4) stunned
8) urge
9) spell
10) arrested
II.
5. 1) I have an instinct that Henry will seek to join the expedition, because he is something of an adventurer.
2) He is capable of sticking to the task at hand, even if he is exposed to noises.
3) The trademark was registered in accordance with the laws hitherto in force.
4) Oddly enough, many people volunteered to help organize the meeting, but only a few turned up.
5) The teacher’s affectionate words, along with his candid comments, changed the way Mike perceived the society and
himself.
6. For my own part, I find that appearances are all too often deceptive. For instance, you might be wrong if you judged by
appearances only people like Edward Hyde Burton. In appearance, he seemed a man all of a piece. He was a tiny little fellow with white hair and mild blue eyes, gentle and candid. Nevertheless, he turned out to be very cruel he insulted and fooled Lenny who was down and out and made him commit himself to an insane venture. What was still more surprising was that he was completely indifferent to Lenny’s death. Without doubt, Burton was a man with a heart of stone.
