LESSON 2
What Is Your Life’s Blueprint?
PART A
1. struggle for survival
2. may serve as a bedroom
3. have a strong belief in
4. dropped out of
5. It fell to Jim’s lot to
6. have a responsibility to take good care of them.
7. is seeking to increase the birthrate
8. Parents should be involved in
PART B
1. (a) My older brother never plays basketball without doing
(b) My sister and I never leave for school without eating breakfast first.
2. (a) whether (or not) you want to go to the concert with us
(b) Whether you like the subject or not is not important. The question is whether you want to study it or not.
3. (a) whatever their teachers say
(b) Whenever I have questions, I surf the Internet for the answers.
4. (a) Even if the girl says that she loves her boyfriend
(b) Even if his girlfriend becomes ugly, the man still loves her and wants to marry her.
5. (a) Don’t allow anybody to cause you to do
(b) My teacher urged us to keep trying.
6. (a) In spite of the bad weather
(b) Ken backed out in spite of his parents’ encouragement.
7. (a) as if she were seriously ill
as if she is seriously ill
(b) Jim spent money as if he had won the lottery.
8. (a) If we set off right away
(b) If Tom can’t solve the problem by the end of the week, he will be fired.
PART C
I.
1. D 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. D
6. A 7. D 8. C 9. B 10. D
11. A 12. C 13. B 14. D 15. A
II.
1. have, responsibility, to
2. allow, to, urged, to, study
3. whenever, feel
4. If, you, don’t, agree
5. falls, to, lot, to
III.
1. Tom asked Mary whether (or not) she wanted to marry John.
2. I never study English without listening to music.
3. Even if my mother does not allow my father to smoke, he still keeps on smoking.
4. He often says, “Whether I quit smoking or not, I will still die one day.”
5. Whenever he says this, my mother stares at him.
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