Set 17 Ans. key.

51) amount

52) due

53) with

54) less

55) into

56) foot

57) discovered

58) conducted

59) number

60) cure

61) supply

62) faces

63) part

64) down

65) become

66) Mr Tan asked a question which I could not answer.

67) Steve would rather hike in the wilderness than canoe to offshore islands.

68) Had the security guard been more vigilant, he would not have fallen for the lies of the beautiful stranger at the gate.

69) This sack of potatoes is as heavy as that carton of oranges.

70) Owing to the fact that he is diligent, he will do extremely well in the examinations.

71) The word is "contradict".

72) They read their guide books and discussed their destinations to prepare themselves for their trip.

73) Sophie thought that the ferry had arrived as its destination as a violent jolt rocked the boat and all was quiet.

74) The two-word phrase is "went out"

75) The ferry had hit something and the ferry tilted more sharply, the strong waves also splashed onto the deck, causing the surface to be slippery, thus they had trouble maintaining their balance on the deck.

76) Lynn was 'paralysed with fear' as the last glimmer of hope, the owering of the second life raft into the water was gone as the crane itself was jammed, thus they needed to jump into the sea with life jackets.

77) If they did not leave the ship promptly, they would be sucked into the water and eventually drown.

78) No, Sophie was not prepared to die at the sea. After thinking of her loved oes and all the things that she had yet to do in life, she thrashed with all her might to the surface of the water.

79) They fired their distress rockets and shone their flash lights that were attatched to their life jackets.

80) They were traumatized by their experience and they had just been through a life and death ordeal.