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Unit 1
Exercise 1
Part A
1. d
2. b
3. b
4. b
5. d
Part B
1. a
2. d
3. d
4. b
5. d
Exercise 2
1. b
2. c
3. c
4. d
5. b
6. b
7. d
8. c
9. a
10. c
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F / Marcus occupies a house with his family.
2. T
3. F / A problem arises for Marcus because the blacksmith didn't pay him.
4. T
5. F / Marcus wasn't compensated for his work.
6. T
Part B
1. d
2. c
3. c
4. b
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Unit 2
Exercise 1
Part A
1. c
2. a
3. d
4. b
5. b
Part B
1. c
2. b
3. a
4. b
5. d
Exercise 2
1. b, d
2. a, b
3. b, d
4. b, d
5. a, c
Exercise 3
1. newcomers/fake
2. acquire/lodge
3. repay/neglected
4. discouraged/offenses
5. shepherd/venturing
6. deceive/ridiculous
7. hut/wheat
8. caretaker/awkward
9. overlook/ inferior
10. hatred/satisfactory
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F / The shepherd couldn't take the sheep outside because it was too cold.
3. F / The shepherd gave the wild sheep more wheat than his own.
4. T
5. T
6. F / The shepherd realized that he was wrong.
Part B
1. c
2. a
3. d
4. d
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Unit 3
Exercise 1
Part A
1. b
2. c
3. b
4. a
5. a
Part B
1. a
2. c
3. b
4. a
5. d
6. a
7. b
8. d
9. b
10. c
Exercise 2
1. ax/pine
2. tease/offend
3. loose/overnight
4. chore/grateful
5. alley/sled
6. elbow/scar
7. bunch/persist
8. kids/irritate
9. decent/valentine
10. disgrace/sensation
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F / Mike found a bunch of wood boards.
3. F / Joe was not a decent person at the beginning of the story.
4. T
5. F / Mike used to put together the loose pieces.
6. T
Part B
1. c
2. a
3. d
4. b
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Unit 4
Exercise 1
Part A
1. c
2. a
3. d
4. c
5. b
Part B
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. c
5. c
6. c
7. a
8. b
9. a
10. a
Exercise 2
1. distant/compact
2. eclipse/pulse
3. mankind/grace
4. spice/desserts
5. bloom/decay
6. whistled/refresh
7. wool/curls
8. leisure/fairy
9. dipped/sneezing
10. passion/pillow
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F / Tina wore a dress made of wool.
3. T
4. F / Tina had a passion for flowers.
5. T
6. F / Wilma gave Tina some cake for dessert.
Part B
1. d
2. c
3. a
4. d
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Unit 5
Exercise 1
1. cursed/scared
2. cemetery/skeletons
3. fancy/hood
4. flashlight/ riddles
5. disguise/wicked
6. nourish/rotted
7. starving/spoiled
8. inhabitant/shortly
9. publication/thrill
10. acquainted/pirates
Exercise 2
1. d
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. d
Exercise 3
1. shortly
2. acquaint
3. riddles
4. publication
5. inhabitant
6. scared
7. fancy
8. flashlight
9. curse
10. hood
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F / People from places like Ireland, China, Egypt, and Mexico believed souls needed food.
2. F / Many cultures believed that souls needed food for their journey to heaven.
3. F / Housewives gave children food if they sang or danced.
4. T
5. T
6. F / Inhabitants from villages started trick-or-treating in the early 1900s.
Part B
1. b
2. c
3. c
4. a
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Unit 6
Exercise 1
1. senator, districts
2. tapped, skull
3. worm, underneath
4. consoled, broadcast
5. tremendous, executed
6. bulletin, endure
7. grasp, stir
8. alerted, rear
9. drawer, chop
10. closet, bump
Exercise 2
1. consoled
2. broadcast
3. closet
4. underneath
5. senator
6. tremendous
7. bump
8. district
9. executed
10. chopped
Exercise 3
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. a
5. d
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. T
3. T
4. F The cook found a pipe in the closet.
5. F The cook knew he was going to hit the worm hard.
6. F The worm slid off the senator's head.
Part B
1. a
2. d
3. c
4. c
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Unit 7
Exercise 1
Part A
1. b
2. c
3. d
4. a
5. b
Part B
1. b
2. b
3. c
4. d
5. a
6. a
7. d
8. c
9.a
10. c
Exercise 2
1. c
2. a
3. d
4. c
5. a
6. c
7. a
8. d
9. b
10. d
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F / Her owners did not want her because she could not hear. So they abandoned her.
3. T
4. T
5. F / A new law made all dogs wear a collar and get shots.
6. F / She couldn’t bark.
Part B
1. a
2. b
3. d
4. c
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Unit 8
Exercise 1
1. anniversary, elegant
2. arithmetic, upwards
3. ashamed, couch
4. burst, dripped
5. carpenter, sew
6. highlands, coal
7. needle, ivory
8. mill, threads
9. polish, fabric
10. shed, trim
Exercise 2
1. arithmetic
2. thread
3. trim
4. fabric
5. upwards
6. shed
7. highlands
8. mill
9. sew
10. polished
Exercise 3
1. d
2. b
3. a
4. d
5. b
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F / Joe and Stella were poor, but not ashamed.
2. T
3. F / They used coal to heat their home.
4. F / Together, they trimmed the bushes outside to look nice.
5. T
6. T
Part B
1. d
2. d
3. a
4. a
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Unit 9
Exercise 1
Part A
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. d
5. b
Part B
1. d
2. c
3. c
4. c
5. d
6. a
7. a
8. d
9. b
10. b
Exercise 2
1. boasting
2. bully
3. carbohydrate
4. defeated
5. stinging
6. dial
7. nod
8. rival
9. ailed
10. torture
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F / Dalton was a nice boy, but sometimes the other boys made fun of him because he was so tall and skinny.
3. F / Dalton pretended that a bee stung him so he wouldn’t have to play.
4. F / Dalton’s biggest problem was Mitch.
5. F / Mitch was dominant in every event.
6. T
Part B
1. d
2. b
3. a
4.c
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Unit 10
Exercise 1
1. a
2. d
3. b
4. d
5. c
Exercise 2
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. b
5. d
6. b
7. b
8. d
9. c
10. a
Exercise 3
1. aloud, nowhere
2. infant, wrinkles
3. divorced, absence
4. reproduce, urgent
5. sucked, patted
6. bald, rhymes
7. vanished, crept
8. wagon, kidnap
9. relief, nap
10. blanket, imitating
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F / Grace was bald and had no wrinkles.
3. T
4. T
5. F / When Anna came back from her room, she found that Grace had vanished.
6. F / Anna called aloud for Grace to find her.
Part B
1. c
2. a
3. c
4. c
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Unit 11
Exercise 1
Part A
1. c
2. b
3. a
4. c
5. d
Part B
1. d
2. a
3. a
4. b
5. b
Exercise 2
1. c
2. a
3. b
4. d
5. a
Exercise 3
1. ecosystem, pond
2. recited, dialect
3. abnormal, dwarf
4. manuscript, impatient
5. proverbs, patience
6. pursuit, marsh
7. blossom, perfume
8. dishonest, fatal
9. leaves, bamboo
10. wilderness, compass
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F / When people entered the Magic Marsh, they never came out.
3. F / Peter drank some water and fell asleep.
4. T
5. F / Peter didn’t know the dwarf was dishonest.
6. T
Part B
1. a
2. c
3. b
4. b
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Unit 12
Exercise 1
Part A
1. b
2. b
3. c
4. d
5. a
6. a
7. d
8. c
9. b
10. d
Part B
1. d
2. a
3. c
4. b
5. c
Exercise 2
1. beam
2. triumph
3. caution
4. exploded
5. rag
6. swift
7. casual
8. scent
9. scatter
10. puff
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. T
3. F / You have to fasten the beam.
4. F / Sam washed the germs off his hands.
5. T
6. T
Part B
1. c
2. b
3. d
4. a
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Unit 13
Exercise 1
1. voyage / vessel
2. port / aboard
3. sweat / sheriff
4. millionaire / fountain
5. harbor / worship
6. inhabit / enforce
7. trigger / bullets
8. unify / march
9. startle / devil
10. bitter / drift
Exercise 2
1. voyage
2. aboard
3. trigger
4. sheriff
5. fountain
6. startle
7. unify
8. harbor
9. inhabit
10. devil
Exercise 3
1. c
2. a
3. b
4. b
5. c
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F / Dan pulled the trigger on his gun and shot bullets in the air to scare people in the town.
3. T
4. T
5. F / Dan was sent on a voyage to the middle of the ocean.
6. F / Every person who inhabited Ocean-town disliked Dan.
Part B
1. b
2. c
3. d
4. c
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Unit 14
Exercise 1
1. a
2. c
3. b
4. d
5. a
Exercise 2
1. luxury
2. crown
3. chef
4. bleed
5. horrible
6. impolite
7. kneel
8. massive
9. bond
10. fiber
Exercise 3
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. a
5. d
6. d
7. a
8. c
9. a
10. d
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F / The chef was a horrible person that everyone hated.
3. T
4. T
5. F / The chef was very impolite and always scolded his workers.
6. T
Part B
1. c
2. d
3. b
4. c
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Unit 15
Exercise 1
1. b, c
2. a. c
3. a, b
4. c, d
5. c, d
Exercise 2
1. diameter
2. theft
3. scheme
4. bless
5. famine
6. exploited
7. slim
8. routine
9. Pardon
10. pharaohs
Exercise 3
1. ripe, roasted
2. Pardon, theft
3. famine, pharaoh
4. stove, cereal
5. harvest, slim
6. nut, diameter
7. affair, merry
8. routine, bless
9. exploit, assembly
10. cheerful, scheme
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F / The pharaoh’s party was a great affair.
2. T
3. T
4. F / Monkey repeated the routine for four days.
5. T
6. F/ Monkey asked the pharaoh, “Pardon?”
Part B
1. b
2. b
3. a
4. c
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Unit 16
Exercise 1
1. b
2. a
3. b
4. b
5. a
Exercise 2
1. a
2. b
3. a
4. a
5. b
Exercise 3
1. adolescents
2. sorrow
3. journalism
4. swell
5. hindered
6. punishment
7. slices
8. straws
9. liberty
10. tidy
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F / The boy leaning against the pole complimented Matthew’s jacket.
3. T
4. T
5. F / Matthew wants to work in journalism when he grows up.
6. T
Part B
1. c
2. c
3. b
4. c
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Unit 17
Exercise 1
1. b
2. d
3. d
4. b
5. a
Exercise 2
1. miserable
2. agency
3. shallow
4. confine
5. ash
6. navigate
7. originated
8. affection
9. vibrating
10. sympathy
Exercise 3
1. superstition / originated
2. agency / dismissed
3. slope / lava
4. fate / vibrated
5. confine / sympathy
6. ash / erupted
7. miserable / retrieve
8. affection / wander
9. remainder / shallow
10. navigate / spanned
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F / The trip to find the magic cup was very difficult.
2. T
3. T
4. F / A superstition said that anyone who retrieved the magic cup would get their greatest wish.
5. T
6. T
Part B
1. d
2. d
3. b
4. d
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Unit 18
Exercise 1
1. a, d
2. a, b
3. c, d
4. b, c
5. a, c
Exercise 2
Part A
1. c
2. a
3. d
4. b
5. c
Part B
1. a
2. c
3. a
4. d
5. b
Exercise 3
1. yield
2. spear
3. thunder
4. retreated
5. troops
6. armor
7. steep
8. independence
9. invasion
10. boom
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. T
3. F / The knight wore armor, and the warriors used spears.
4. T
5. T
6. F / The flames scared the enemy.
Part B
1. a
2. b
3. b
4. c
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Unit 19
Exercise 1
Part A
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. c
5. a
Part B
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. a
5. d
Exercise 2
1. b
2. c
3. b
4. d
5. b
Exercise 3
1. daisy, mist
2. dispute, confronted
3. bench, sighed
4. horror, incident
5. pregnant, spare
6. revenge, plotted
7. stems, rage
8. supper, tender
9. orphan, sneak
10. objects, shame
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. T
3. F / The girl plotted to get revenge against the farmer.
4. F / The girl sighed because the farmer wouldn’t give her a pear.
5. T
6. F / The orphan hadn’t eaten supper for days.
Part B
1. a
2. a
3. c
4. a
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Unit 20
Exercise 1
1. a
2. b
3. d
4. a
5. c
Exercise 2
1. magnificent
2. necessity
3. supreme
4. outcome
5. evident
6. dissatisfied
7. seize
8. dawn
9. pile
10. cub
Exercise 3
1. c
2. b
3. a
4. b
5. d
6. a
7. a
8. d
9. b
10. a
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F / Mother Wolf knew how to seize prey.
3. T
4. F / Mother Wolf made a den beneath the tree.
5. T
6. T
Part B
1. b
2. c
3. d
4. d
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Unit 21
Exercise 1
1. b
2. a
3. d
4. d
5. d
Exercise 2
1. dim
2. accustomed
3. leak
4. stiff
5. clan
6. astonished
7. feast
8. glowing
9. tragic
10. instincts
Exercise 1
1. fable, astonished
2. banged, instincts
3. feast, accustomed
4. physician, joint
5. emphasis, affirm
6. hollow, stiff
7. clan, tunes
8. dim, stroked
9. tragic, sacrifices
10. leak, glowing
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. T
3. F / The old man’s joints were stiff from sitting under a tree for a long time.
4. F / The old man’s instincts told him there was something in the forest.
5. T
6. T
Part B
1. d
2. b
3. c
4. b
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Unit 22
Exercise 1
Part A
1. a
2. b
3. d
4. b
5. b
Part B
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. b
5. a
Exercise 2
1. inquired, dose
2. peered, pose
3. portrait, commissioned
4. coincided, accommodate
5. circus, dyed
6. extent, headline
7. messenger, stripe
8. ranch, informal
9. gender, steering
10. tempted, tame
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F / Ben wasn’t tempted by money when he had his own circus.
3. T
4. T
5. F / Ben learned about the circus from a messenger with newspaper headlines.
6. F / An artist could be commissioned to paint informal portraits of people posing in front of a funny picture.
Part B
1. c
2. a
3. d
4. d
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Unit 23
Exercise 1
1. a
2. c
3. d
4. b
5. b
6. c
7. c
8. a
9. b
10. a
Exercise 2
1. Aborigine, cottage
2. outlaw, prospects
3. wizard, shaved
4. cautious, gamble
5. ban, daytime
6. lawn, faded
7. desperate, purse
8. mow, fierce
9. terrified, confess
10. seldom, rod
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F / Hans went to the old man’s cottage because he liked the prospect of food and warmth.
3. F / The old man in the cottage was a wizard.
4. F / When daylight faded, Hans returned to the cottage.
5. T
6. T
Part B
1. a
2. a
3. b
4. d
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Unit 24
Exercise 1
Part A
1. b
2. a
3. d
4. c
5. d
Part B
1. b
2. d
3. b
4. a
5. c
Exercise 2
1. symphony, initiated
2. graze, cattle
3. nerve, optimist
4. lane, paved
5. herd, bundle
6. widow, greed
7. parade, posters
8. portable, bulb
9. phantom, fled
10. baggage, scratched
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F / Larry was a cow, Harry was a rooster and Lester was a duck on the widow Riley’s farm.
2. T
3. T
4. F / The only things the animals took with them were a portable microphone, a flute and a drum.
5. F / Lester was an optimist.
6. F / Harry knocked over the lamp to break the bulb.
Part B
1. b
2. c
3. b
4. a
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Unit 25
Exercise 1
Part A
1. a
2. a
3. d
4. c
5. b
Part B
1. c
2. b
3. b
4. a
5. d
Exercise 2
1. a, d
2. b, c
3. a, d
4. a, b
5. b, d
Exercise 3
1. fraction
2. dynasty
3. ray
4. illusion
5. via
6. circulated
7. resigned
8. frost
9. trembled
10. lieutenant
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F / The sun’s rays don’t shine on Greenland for three months.
2. F / He wanted to start a dynasty in his name in Greenland.
3. F / Erik the Red’s consequent punishment for killing his neighbor was to leave Iceland.
4. T
5. T
6. F / Erik gave it the name Greenland because he wanted many people to settle there.
Part B
1. c
2. b
3. b
4. b
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Unit 26
Exercise 1
1. a, d
2. b, c
3. a, d
4. a, c
5. b, c
Exercise 2
1. disgusting
2. collapsed
3. wiped
4. curved
5. embraced
6. autumn
7. wire
8. altered
9. drain
10. receipt
Exercise 3
1. collapsed, altered
2. ginger, blend
3. autumn, envied
4. aside, wires
5. crushed, receipt
6. fireworks, fuse
7. paste, wiped
8. curved, embraced
9. jealous, disgusting
10. flour, drain
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F / The brothers blended flour and ginger together when trying to make cookies.
2. T
3. F / The model rocket worked after the wires were moved.
4. F / The mailbox collapsed because the rocket curved into it.
5. T
6. T
Part B
1. a
2. b
3. d
4. d
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Unit 27
Exercise 1
Part A
1. a
2. a
3. b
4. b
5. a
Part B
1. a
2. a
3. d
4. a
5. c
Exercise 2
1. Meanwhile
2. ambassador
3. necklace
4. acknowledge
5. insult
6. conquered
7. precious
8. stack
9. rumors
10. prejudice
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F / The Spanish had blonde hair.
3. T
4. T
5. F / Atahualpa thought that Pizarro had insulted him.
6. F / Pizarro did not agree that Atahualpa was both a go and a king.
Part B
1. a
2. a
3. b
4. b
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Unit 28
Exercise 1
Part A
1. a
2. b
3. c
4. b
5. d
Part B
1. c
2. b
3. b
4. d
5. c
Exercise 2
1. postponed
2. congress
3. merchant
4. institution
5. chemist
6. dairy
7. splash
8. suburb
9. tide
10. ache
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F / The chill of the arctic water made Marcus’s finger ache.
3. F / Marcus didn’t work in an institution with his father.
4. F / In the end, everyone was very happy with Marcus.
5. T
6. T
Part B
1. b
2. a
3. d
4. c
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Unit 29
Exercise 1
Part A
1. a
2. c
3. b
4. c
5. b
Part B
1. d
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. c
Exercise 2
1. traced, bomb
2. circumstances, nuclear
3. glance, certificate
4. grief, coffin
5. devastated, cope
6. rotated, souvenir
7. criticism, frowned
8. gazed, microscope
9. license, submarine
10. portrayed, groom
Reading comprehension
Part A
1. F / The photographs portrayed important events from the grandfather’s life.
2. T
3. T
4. T
5. F / The certificate was from the day the grandfather got married.
6. T
Part B
1. c
2. a
3. c
4. c
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Unit 30
Exercise 1
Part A 1. c 2. b 3. b 4. a 5. d Part B 1. d 2. a 3. d 4. d 5. a
Exercise 2 1. spine
2. basin 3. cupboard 4. hopped 5. emerged 6. hook 7. caterpillar
8. strip 9. sleeves 10. stain
Reading Comprehension Part A 1. T 2. F / The caterpillar had no bones, not even a spine. 3. T 4. F / Cory hopped off the counter and ran into the kitchen. 5. T 6. T Part B 1. a 2. c 3. c 4. a
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