5.Do something（五单元）

1.b:The man is finishing his 43rd marathon in less than two months. He ran the marathons to raise money for charity.

c:1 He ran 43 marathons in less than two months and he had only had five weeks of training.2 He ran for six days out of seven.3 They joined him on his run.4 Because it was very painful. He had to have his feet bandaged, lost several toenails and had many blisters.5 He started slowly at first. But, more importantly, he wanted to make a difference to people’s lives.

2.a:

b:1 third 2zero 3second 4first

c:1 second 2 zero 3 first 4 third

3.1 sign 2Join 3Hand out 4Make 5raise 6 Do

4.b:1Politics. 2 Because they have economic and number power. 3 A book about politics.

c:1a 2b 3b 4b 5b

6.a:1No 2Yes 3No 4No

b:past, third; past perfect, second

c:1e 2a 3f 4b 5c 6d

d:2 If I really understood maths, I wouldn’t have failed the test. 3 If I hadn’t spent all my money on CDs, I would have some money today. 4 If I spoke Spanish, I would have understood what they said. 5 If I could swim, I would have been able to save the young girl.

7.a:buy a pet 12 work part-time 13 be legally responsible for a crime they commit 10

drive 17 buy a lottery ticket 16 become a Member of Parliament 21 leave school 16

give blood 18 borrow money from a bank 18

8.a:1. 626 2.over $250,000 3. The Children’s Voice

b:1 It was raining too heavily to play.

2 It has organized events like ‘Twestival’, ‘Tweetsgiving’ and ‘Tweet-a-thon’.

3 She produced six copies for important people in her life and a seventh for charity. (It also matched the number of Harry Potter novels)

9.a:1 James MacDonald. 2 A charity called Have a Heart. 3 A half-marathon. 4

Sponsorship of individuals by members of the public and institutional sponsorship by

companies or organisations. 5 It’s to a business.

b:1 In the top right corner. 2 Dear Sir/Madam, 3 No, he doesn’t. 4 Yours faithfully, (Because he doesn’t know the name of the recipient.)