E n g L i s h jenni Currie Santamaria

city travel tips
I-B 1. c 2. f 3. d 4. b 5. a 6. e
I-C what to wear, the weather, going to restaurants, interesting places to visit, 
public transportation, making conversation, parking
III 1. 
F 2. 
T 3. 
T 4. 
T 5. 
F 6. 
F 7. 
T 8. 
T 9. 
T 10. 
F
IV-A 1. c 2. e 3. a 4. f 5. g 6. h 7. d 8. b
IV-B 1. steep 2. pedal 3. thereabouts 4. herd 5. Hailing 6. newsworthy
7. regret 8. paddle
IV-C 1. unforgettable 2. quirky 3. local 4. steep 5. local 6. unforgettable
7. quirky 8. steep
V-D 1. If you go to San Francisco, be sure to visit Golden Gate Park. 2. N/A
3. If you want to visit nearby cities, you can take a ferry or BART. 4. If you have 
children, you should visit the Exploratorium. 5. N/A
V-E 1. visit 2. will see 3. rains 4. will need 5. ask
VI 1. Do not bring your parka and ski gloves; do not go to the Civic Center 
after dark; do not assume the ticket you bought for BART works on MUNI; do 
not call the city “Frisco” or “San Fran.” 2. Parking is near impossible; you can 
rent a bike; the public transportation is rather good.

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a guide to city neighborhoods
I-B 1. d 2. g 3. h 4. f 5. b 6. a 7. c 8. e
I-C Grant Street: the oldest street in San Francisco; Lombard Street: sinuous 
curves of the street; Mission Dolores: the oldest structure in San Francisco
III 1. Grant Avenue and Bush Street 2. exotic shops, food markets, temples, 
and small museums 3. Notre Dame in Paris 4. Russian hunters who were 
active in California waters in the early 1800s 5. Some of the best weather in the 
city with an abundance of fog-free days 6. New restaurants and nightspots
IV-A
 
1. noun 2. verb 3. verb 4. adjective 5. verb 6. verb 7. noun
8. noun 9. adjective 10. noun 11. adjective 12. adjective
IV-B
 
verbs: 1. comprises 2. boasted 3. took place 4. took advantage of
adjectives: 5. sinuous 6. adjacent 7. exotic 8. noble
nouns: 9. replica 10. hunter 11. abundance 12. remedy
V-B 1. tallest 2. longest 3. busiest 4. most expensive 5. steepest 6. largest
VI Examples: Chinatown’s Grant Avenue is the oldest street in San Francisco.; 
Nob Hill includes Russian Hill, which is most famous for the sinuous curves of 
Lombard Street.; The Mission District has the best weather.
a new gold rush
I-B
 
1. c 2. f 3. b 4. e 5. a 6. d
I-C 1. A piece of equipment used to sift for gold. 2. A deep red gemstone.
III 1. 
F 2. 
F 3. 
F 4. 
T 5. 
T 6. 
T
IV-A
 
1. a 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. b 6. a 7. a 8. b.
IV-B 1. strike it rich 2. promising 3. rushing 4. illusions 5. hopped
6. hiked 7. jutting out 8. reined
IV-C hiked, hopped, looked, shoveled, sifted, sorted, deposited
V-B 1. PT 2. ST 3. C 4. ST 5. C 6. PT
VI 1. Mike Gavin is a Los Alamitos roofer, and Mark Montelius is a self-
employed handyman. 2. The sluicer is placed into the river to let water run 
through it as it catches the heaviest particles in its carpetlike bottom.
caught up in the 1906 earthquake
I-B 1. c 2. a 3. b 4. e 5. f 6. d
I-C The tenement house collapsed, and Mrs. Whitlaw’s fence toppled over.
III 1. b 2. a 3. b 4. a 5. b
IV-A 1. debris 2. collapse 3. immense 4. mound 5. twists 6. shuddered
7. collapsed 8. twisted 9. mounds 10. immense 11. debris 12. shudder
V-B 1. had moved 2. had fallen 3. had gotten hurt 4. had broken
V-C 1. had woken up, hit 2. realized, had not prepared 3. destroyed, had not 
fallen 4. went, had collapsed 5. remembered, had shuddered
VI 1. Metal, bricks, wood, and wood nails 2. Tearing, crashing, breaking free, 
cracking, tinkling

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