5) Except for

　　6) Except that

　　7) except

　　8) except when

　　9) except to

　　10) except what

　　11) except where

　　12) except that

　　III. British and American English

　　Vocabulary:

　　AME: can, candy, faculty, mail, railroad, store

　　BRE: flat, lift, ground floor, trousers, tube/underground, maize

　　Spelling:

　　AME: favorable, meter, defense, plow, tire

　　BRE: paralyse, catalogue, leveling, programme, practice, characterise

　　Comprehensive Exercises

　　I.

　　5. 1) insane

　　2) current

　　3) candid

　　4) capable

　　5) was taken aback

　　6) in good condition

　　7) constitution

　　8) go all to pieces

　　9) gone broke

　　10) vacancy

　　11) mild

　　12) deceptive

　　6. 1) suspected

　　2) pleading

　　3) confirmed

　　4) stunned

　　8) urge

　　9) spell

　　10) arrested

　　II.

　　5. 1) I have an instinct that Henry will seek to join the expedition, because he is something of an adventurer.

　　2) He is capable of sticking to the task at hand, even if he is exposed to noises.

　　3) The trademark was registered in accordance with the laws hitherto in force.

　　4) Oddly enough, many people volunteered to help organize the meeting, but only a few turned up.

　　5) The teacher’s affectionate words, along with his candid comments, changed the way Mike perceived the society and

　　himself.

　　6. For my own part, I find that appearances are all too often deceptive. For instance, you might be wrong if you judged by

　　appearances only people like Edward Hyde Burton. In appearance, he seemed a man all of a piece. He was a tiny little fellow with white hair and mild blue eyes, gentle and candid. Nevertheless, he turned out to be very cruel he insulted and fooled Lenny who was down and out and made him commit himself to an insane venture. What was still more surprising was that he was completely indifferent to Lenny’s death. Without doubt, Burton was a man with a heart of stone.