Answers for Concepts chapter 8 “Too Soon Old, Too Late Wise”
A. Fact Finding Exercise (p159)
1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. F 6. T
B. Reading Analysis (p. 159)
1. c 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. c 6. the Equal Employment Opportunity
commission 7. a 8. b 9. a. They are well-known philosophers who
worked until they were quite old. b. The previous sentence refers to
philosophers getting wiser as they get older. It is logical that the next
sentence gives examples of such people. 10. a 11. c 12. b 13. a. 2. b.
students who came to Alfred Whitehead’s room at Harvard 14. a. the
administrators at Catholic University b. for emphasis 15. a. 2 b. a poor
memory.
C. Word Forms (p.163)
1. a. equal b. equality
2. a. infirmity b. infirm
3. a. publicity b. public
4. a. senility b. senile
5. a. insurance b. will insure / insures
Part 2
1. a. defied b. defiance
2. a. don’t disturb / do not disturb b. disturbance
3. a. insurance b. insist
4. a. didn’t refer / did not refer b. references
5. a. insurance b. will insure / insures
D. Dictionary Skills (p. 165)
1. (3) extremely unpleasant
2. (3) stated emphatically
3. (4a) lawsuit; action in law (legal action)
4. (3) not thinking clearly; not expressing his thoughts clearly
I. Cloze Quiz (p. 170)
1. pilots 2. age 3. infirmity 4. profession 5. supposed 6. worked 7. until
8. determined 9. even 10. wait 11. insists 12. care 13. allowed 14. after
15. operation 16. Such 17. unprecedented 18. students 19. modest 20.
compares