4000 Essential English Words 5 – Answer Key
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Unit 1
Exercise 1
1. a
2. b
3. d
4. d
5. c
6. b
7. d
8. d
9. a
10. c
Exercise 2
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. a
5. d
Exercise 3
1. a
2. c
3. b
4. c
5. a
Exercise 4
1. C
2. C
3. I
4. C
5. I
6. I
7. I
8. C
9. C
10. I
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F …so she gathered a massive pile of beans for her cache.
2. T
3. T
4. T
5. F ... Mary had a paltry amount of food.
Part B
1. Beth’s primary job was to gather food.
2. She thought that food would just come to her, and she wouldn’t have to work.
3. Mary not having anything to eat.
4. Mary took the bag and went to work gathering beans.
5. She knew her sister was right.
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Unit 2
Exercise 1
1. a
2. a
3. d
4. b
5. d
Exercise 2
1. prairie
2. rugged
3. arid
4. moisture
5. fast
6. cathedral
7. abundant
8. scarce
9. oath
10. eligible
Exercise 3
1. I
2. I
3. C
4. C
5. C
Exercise 4
1. arid
2. inland
3. drought
4. abbey
5. nonetheless
6. speculated
7. ample
8. adjoined
9. ragged
10. deprived
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. T
3. F ...had to help the families nonetheless.
4. T
5. T
Part B
1. The abbot said, “All were eligible.”
2. When the monks grumbled, the young monk speculated that if more families came, then they wouldn't make it through the winter.
3. The monks fasted and slept in the churchyard that adjoined the cathedral so that the families would have enough food and shelter.
4. The monks had taken an oath to help those that need help.
5. They learned that sometimes helping others means you must give more help than you first expected.
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Unit 3
Exercise 1
1. b
2. d
3. c
4. a
5. d
Exercise 2
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. d
5. c
6. a
7. c
8. a
9. b
10. d
Exercise 3
1. I
2. I
3. C
4. C
5. C
6. I
7. C
8. I
9. I
10. C
Exercise 4
1. mythology
2. asserts
3. theoretical
4. radioactive
5. cognitive
6. celestial
7. diploma
8. relativity
9. keen
10. bachelors
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F ...the movements of celestial objects and how to harness the power of radioactive substances .
3. T
4. F ... geology didn’t give the bachelor a wonderful feeling
5. F Helping others, not his cognitive talents, had ...
Part B
1. As soon as he had received his diploma, he asserted to everyone he met that he was the smartest person in town.
2. One day while strolling through the town, the bachelor witnessed a collision between two cars.
3. The bachelor felt the best he had in his entire life.
4. Despite his analytic abilities, he failed to notice he was missing something very important in his life.
5. Besides a brain, the bachelor realized that you must also have a heart.
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Unit 4
Exercise 1
1. c
2. b
3. a
4. d
5. c
6. a
7. d
8. b
9. c
10. a
Exercise 2
1. I
2. C
3. I
4. I
5. C
6. C
7. I
8. I
9. C
10. C
Exercise 3
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. d
5. c
Exercise 4
1. incentive
2. transaction
3. legislated
4. bribed
5. retail
6. administrator
7. headquarters
8. corrupt
9. legitimate
10. revenue
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F Mr. Pig was an administrator...
2. F ...made to the factory were not legitimate.
3. T
4. F ...disposing of the factory's rubbish in the river.
5. F ...created more revenue.
Part B
1. His boss told him, “If the factory makes more money, then you will too.”
2. After Pig automated his factory, the other animals had no jobs.
3. According to the officials, Pig manipulated the law in order to get more money.
4. When all transactions stopped, the factory lost money, and Pig lost his job.
5. The stores could no longer sell goods at retail because the machines didn't make products as well as the workers, and customers were disappointed with the factory's merchandise.
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Unit 5
Exercise 1
1. d
2. a
3. d
4. b
5. c
6. a
7. c
8. b
9. d
10. d
Exercise 2
1. terminal
2. extract
3. impulse
4. subsequent
5. assess
6. ongoing
7. essence
8. fabulous
9. astonished
10. publicity
Exercise 3
1. haste
2. significance
3. molecules
4. commenced
5. proximity
6. latter
7. synthetic
8. assess
9. remedy
10. pharmaceutical
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. T
3. F ...The infection caused by the bacteria he was working on was terminal.
4. T
5. F Whenever the fungus was close to the...
Part B
1. In his haste to go on vacation, Alexander Fleming left his laboratory in a mess.
2. The significance of the fungus was that it could kill the bacteria.
3. While he was cleaning, he had an impulse to examine the fungus.
4. The scientist extracted molecules from the fungus.
5. The discovery received a lot of publicity.
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Unit 6
Exercise 1
1. d
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. d
Exercise 2
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. c
5. c
6. a
7. d
8. b
9. a
10. b
Exercise 3
1. I
2. C
3. C
4. I
5. C
6. C
7. I
8. I
9. C
10. C
11. C
12. I
13. I
14. C
15. C
16. I
17. I
18. C
19. C
20. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F Bob implemented a plan to return home to his spouse and children.
3. F His shoulder injury impaired his ability to carry the materials.
4. T
5. T
Part B
1. Insight about the island and finding something to help him escape.
2. Because he wanted to make it home.
3. He dragged tree limbs and vines.
4. By keeping a good attitude.
5. He believes that optimism and ambition make anything possible.
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Unit 7
Exercise 1
1. temperate
2. Celsius
3. parasite
4. aquatic
5. bizarre
6. companion
7. biosphere
8. ecology
9. vulnerable
10. feat
Exercise 2
1. tolerance
2. repetitive
3. prominent
4. nucleus
5. coarse
Exercise 3
1. I
2. C
3. C
4. I
5. I
6. C
7. I
8. C
9. C
10. I
11. I
12. C
13. C
14. C
15. I
16. I
17. I
18. C
19. I
20. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F Protists have a high tolerance for extreme conditions.
2. T
3. F A protist splits its own nucleus in fission.
4. T
5. T
Part B
1. The protest could be comfortable in water that was 150 degrees Celsius.
2. Protists were the first life form on Earth.
3. A protists releases nitrogen gas.
4. It swims up to one and swallows it whole.
5. A protists undergoes the reproductive process of fission
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Unit 8
Exercise 1
1. a
2. c
3. b
4. c
5. a
Exercise 2
1. hostile
2. dominate
3. misconception
4. culinary
5. medication
6. prescription
7. edible
8. peel
9. malnutrition
10. intake
Exercise 3
1. c
2. d
3. b
4. a
5. c
Exercise 4
1. I
2. C
3. C
4. C
5. I
6. C
7. C
8. I
9. I
10. I
11. C
12. I
13. I
14. C
15. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F The hostile army wanted to dominate and oppress the people.
3. T
4. F The doctor showed the woman a dense patch of edible plants.
5. F The woman gave the doctor a ceramic bowl to show her thanks.
Part B
1. He wanted to use a new medication to treat the sick people.
2. She thought bread and water would be enough for him.
3. He wanted her to increase her son’s intake of vegetables.
4. He gave her a prescription for pain medicine.
5. He wanted her to help her son stay healthy.
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Unit 9
Exercise 1
1. b
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. c
Exercise 2
1. c
2. a
3. d
4. c
5. b
Exercise 3
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. c
5. a
Exercise 4
1. C
2. I
3. C
4. I
5. C
Exercise 5
1. peninsula
2. diminish
3. dependence
4. drawbacks
5. proportion
6. components
7. impose
8. refuted
9. spectacular
10. benevolent
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F The mayor of Netherton didn’t want Joseph to impose his radical fad on the town.
2. T
3. F The mayor of Wilton couldn’t refute the fact that the machine had drawbacks.
4. T
5. T
Part B
1. A large proportion of the people worked in weaving.
2. Cloth made by hand will soon be obsolete.
3. If he bought the machine, the people would lose their jobs.
4. He realized the machine could bring money and prestige.
5. Nobody bought the poor cloth from Netherton anymore.
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Unit 10
Exercise 1
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. a
5. a
Exercise 2
1. d
2. a
3. b
4. b
5. b
6. c
7. d
8. b
9. a
10. d
Exercise 3
1. C
2. C
3. I
4. I
5. C
6. I
7. C
8. C
9. I
10. I
Exercise 4
1. soy
2. precaution
3. Accountants
4. monetary
5. preliminary
6. saturated
7. financed
8. capitalist
9. indifferent
10. dedicate
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F Bill was indifferent about the company’s success.
3. F Bill irrigated his crops as a precaution for the upcoming dry summer.
4. T
5. F ...and planted soy and cabbage.
Part B
1. “You’re crazy!”
2. Bill had contempt toward his job.
3. Bill was happy.
4. Buying land and tools
5. The simplicity of a life on a farm
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Unit 11
Exercise 1
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. a
5. d
Exercise 2
1. biography
2. acute
3. aggression
4. virtue
5. narrated
6. partiality
7. outdated
8. legacy
9. notorious
10. compel
Exercise 3
1. I
2. C
3. I
4. C
5. C
6. I
7. C
8. I
9. C
10. I
11. I
12. C
13. I
14. C
15. I
16. C
17. C
18. I
19. C
20. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. T
3. F It was inevitable that Beethoven would lose his hearing altogether.
4. T
5. F Beethoven’s legacy lives on because great music never becomes outdated.
Part B
1. The young Beethoven developed a partiality for classical music.
2. He first learned to play the piano when he was five.
3. He began to cry.
4. His passion for music compelled him to keep performing.
5. It was one of the finest in history.
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Unit 12
Exercise 1
1. c
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. a
Exercise 2
1. consecutive
2. masculine
3. compatible
4. muscular
5. undergraduate
6. tattoo
7. posture
8. symmetry
9. ignorance
10. crude
Exercise 3
1. C
2. C
3. I
4. C
5. C
6. C
7. I
8. C
9. I
10. C
11. I
12. I
13. C
14. C
15. C
16. I
17. C
18. I
19. I
20. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F John laughed at Mark’s ignorance.
3. T
4. T
5. F John was an undergraduate who studied history and anthropology.
Part B
1. They were applauded for their hard work.
2. He thought he could build a good statue.
3. John told him what Tut looked like.
4. Mark conferred with John about every detail.
5. When we put our talents together, we are capable of greatness.
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Unit 13
Exercise 1
1. a
2. b
3. a
4. a
5. b
Exercise 2
1. brook
2. consumption
3. pedestrians
4. escort
5. hound
6. faculty
7. spectators
8. facility
9. impersonal
10. considerate
Exercise 3
1. b
2. d
3. c
4. d
5. d
Exercise 4
1. hounds
2. crust
3. spectator
4. ornaments
5. criteria
6. sanctuary
7. faculty
8. heap
9. brook
10. entitle
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F Elvis possessed the criteria to be a great racing dog.
2. T
3. T
4. F In the interior the facility, there was a heap of bones and bread crusts for consumption.
5. T
Part B
1. His faculties were not as strong as they used to be.
2. Elvis was entitled to a better life.
3. He never lost a race in the northern hemisphere.
4. Elvis was escorted to a beautiful facility.
5. There was a sign on the external door that said, “Dogs Welcome!”
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Unit 14
Exercise 1
1. c
2. a
3. c
4. b
5. a
6. b
7. a
8. d
9. b
10. a
Exercise 2
1. b
2. a
3. a
4. c
5. b
Exercise 3
1. I
2. I
3. C
4. C
5. C
6. C
7. I
8. I
9. C
10. C
11. C
12. I
13. I
14. C
15. C
16. C
17. C
18. I
19. C
20. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F At first, Sam is a skeptic. He thinks the assignment will be easy.
3. F When Sam goes into the kitchen, he can’t read the newspaper.
4. T
5. F Without his sense of sight, Sam has worse spatial awareness and isn’t able to coordinate his movements easily.
Part B
1. According to the teacher, the premise of the experiment is to help the students understand what it’s like to be blind.
2. Sam realized how important hearing was for blind people.
3. Sam wasn’t able to perform simultaneous activities because he had to make sure he was safe first.
4. Sam noticed that the bud seemed to be covered with wax.
5. It showed him sight was an asset that should be appreciated and taught him to revere the talents of blind people.
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Unit 15
Exercise 1
1. c
2. b
3. c
4. d
5. a
Exercise 2
1. inferred
2. adequate
3. innate
4. facilitate
5. pouch
6. update
7. fleet
8. saturated
9. mast
10. inflated
Exercise 3
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. c
5. a
6. b
7. a
8. c
9. d
10. c
Exercise 4
1. I
2. I
3. I
4. C
5. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. T
3. F When Ernest saw the man standing next to the mast, he decided to help him out of his dilemma.
4. T
5. F Ernest had the innate desire to help others.
Part B
1. There was an elaborate painting of a naval battle on the side of his boat.
2. Their clothes were saturated with seawater.
3. Ernest thought the boy was suffering from nausea.
4. There were several large fish in a pouch in the boat.
5. Ernest learned it better not to offer help unless it was asked for.
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Unit 16
Exercise 1
1. d
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. b
Exercise 2
1. courtyard
2. chaotic
3. corresponded
4. cited
5. fraud
Exercise 4
1. C
2. I
3. C
4. I
5. C
6. C
7. I
8. C
9. C
10. I
11. C
12. I
13. I
14. C
15. I
Exercise 3
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. b
5. a
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F There is no archeological evidence that the Chinese actually made parachutes.
2. F A Da Vinci drawing of a parachute corresponds with modern parachute design.
3. T
4. F He used two umbrellas to restrict his speed as he traveled to the gound.
5. T
Part B
1. Sebastian used umbrellas because he had a small budget.
2. Sebastian thought that a parachute would restrict the jumper from gaining too much speed as they fell.
3. Sebastian jumped off a tall building on a French estate and landed safely in the courtyard.
4. Jean-Pierre was a proponent of using parachutes to jump out hot air balloons instead of using them to jump out of burning buildings.
5. Jean-Pierre first used the parachute when he had a chaotic experience and the balloon he was riding in burst.
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Unit 17
Exercise 1
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. c
5. b
Exercise 2
1. a
2. c
3. b
4. b
5. b
6. a
7. c
8. c
9. a
10. b
Exercise 3
1. graduated
2. donor
3. tuition
4. stimulus
5. implicated
6. graffiti
7. chronic
8. discipline
9. gossip
10. terminate
Exercise 4
1. C
2. I
3. I
4. C
5. I
6. C
7. I
8. C
9. C
10. C
11. I
12. C
13. I
14. C
15. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F The principal hung the painting in front of the office as a stimulus for the students to play sports.
2. T
3. F Billy was implicated because a fellow student said she saw him do it.
4. T
5. F The principal threatened to terminate Billy’s education if his parents didn’t pay for the painting.
Part B
1. The principal said that Billy was a chronic liar.
2. His suspicion was that the tape from the security cameras would show who really did the crime.
3. The videotape showed another boy leaving graffiti on the painting, holding a knife by the shaft and stabbing it, then using the knife to sever the string that held it up.
4. The attorney suggested that the boy responsible needed discipline.
5. Billy said he wanted to major in law and became an attorney so he could be a guardian of justice like Mr. Meyers.
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Unit 18
Exercise 1
1. d
2. a
3. c
4. a
5.c
Exercise 2
1. b
2. b
3. a
4. c
5. d
6. c
7. a
8. a
9. c
10. d
Exercise 3
1. b
2. b
3. d
4. b
5. a
6. d
7. c
8. a
9. a
10. c
Exercise 4
1. C
2. I
3. C
4. I
5. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F The prisoner was led from the compound to the arena.
3. F While he meditated, the soldier was not distracted by his opponent.
4. F The king gave the brave soldier amnesty.
5. T
Part B
1. The captive seemed like he was dumb because he was quiet.
2. Making captives fight one another was commonplace during the reign of the enemy king.
3. His opponent was skilled in the realm of sword fighting.
4. The soldier was nicked on the cheek.
5. The quiet soldier proved that peace can conquer violence.
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Unit 19
Exercise 1
1. b
2. c
3. d
4. a
5. a
Exercise 2
1. secondhand
2. dock
3. distort
4. fore
5. accordingly
6. context
7. intricate
8. overlap
9. designate
10. grease
Exercise 3
1. C
2. C
3. I
4. I
5. C
6. I
7. I
8. C
9. I
10. I
11. C
12. C
13. C
14. I
15. C
16. C
17. I
18. C
19. I
20. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F Jane thought she would precipitate a disaster if she made her frequent mistakes.
2. T
3. F Jane put grease on the intricate motor’s gears.
4. T
5. T
Part B
1. She had to steer the boat back to the dock to find help.
2. She pulled up the anchor with all of her might.
3. They painted the name on the fore of the ship
4. She was trying to offset the wind.
5. It was to prove to her that she was capable and important.
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Unit 20
Exercise 1
1. b
2. b
3. a
4. c
5. a
Exercise 2
1. viral
2. antibiotic
3. database
4. ratio
5. phase
6. spiral
7. magnet
8. input
9. prevalent
10. immune
Exercise 3
1. prevalent
2. phase
3. viral
4. antibiotics
5. complement
6. input
7. database
8. pinch
9. metabolism
10. spiral
Exercise 4
1. C
2. I
3. C
4. C
5. I
6. C
7. I
8. C
9. C
10. I
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F Chips express the aggregate number of immune and infected cells in a ratio.
3. T
4. T
5. F Putting microchips in humans is becoming more prevalent.
Part B
1. The special magnet copies the chip’s data.
2. Microchips hold about the same amount of data as most computers.
3. The next phase of the process involves putting it underneath the person’s skin.
4. Microchips scan the patient’s body.
5. Medicine and computer technology complement each other.
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Unit 21
Exercise 1
1. a
2. a
3. a
4. c
5. b
Exercise 2
1. b
2. d
3. b
4. c
5. c
6.d
7.d
8.c
9.b
10.a
Exercise 3
1. I
2. I
3. I
4. I
5. C
6. C
7. I
8. I
9. C
10. I
11. C
12. C
13. C
14. I
15. I
16. C
17. I
18. I
19. C
20. C
Reading Comprehension.
Part A
1. F The girls looked like clones, and they used the same colloquial language.
2. F ... Katie was a linguist and Alice ...
3. T
4. F Alice was astounded when she saw Katie wearing nice clothes.
5. T
Part B
1. Alice wasn’t interested in French.
2. Alice felt very messy next to her.
3. In the past they’d always told each other everything in detail.
4. Before their birthday, they’d talk all night long.
5. It’s totally plausible for twins to have different interests.
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Unit 22
Exercise 1
1. a
2. b
3. b
4. c
5. a
Exercise 2
1. manufactures
2. mechanisms
3. administration
4. cholesterol
5. deceptive
6. explicit
7. coalition
8. prone
9. framework
10. straightforward
Exercise 3
1. C
2. C
3. I
4. C
5. I
6. C
7. I
8. C
9. C
10. C
11. I
12. C
13. C
14. I
15. C
16. I
17. C
18. I
19. C
20. I
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F … manufactured drugs to treat diabetes and high cholesterol.
2. T
3. T
4. T
5. F After the company minimized air pollution, the motto became apt.
Part B
1. “Make the Earth a better place.”
2. Jack stood up to give a speech.
3. We can fix things if we all work together.
4. The workers threatened to quit.
5. Since I can’t afford to lose all my workers, I guess we’ll just have to fix things.
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Unit 23
Exercise 1
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. b
5. a
6. c
7. d
8. c
9. d
10. a
Exercise 2
1. d
2. c
3. b
4. b
5. d
6. a
7. b
8. c
9. a
10. c
Exercise 3
1. a
2. c
3. c
4. a
5. b
Exercise 4
1. crescent
2. roamed
3. craters
4. breadth
5. fragment
6. atom
7. embedded
8. solitary
9. radiates
10. status
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F …through the debris of broken asteroids.
2. T
3. F The tail shined with…
4. T
5. T
Part B
1. While roaming through the gloom of the galaxy, the little rock felt sad.
2. The moons had craters and shiny crescents.
3. The circumference of the planet was hundreds of times larger than the breadth of the small rock.
4. The little fragment of rock was filled with despair because he was surrounded by beauty and greatness, yet he was just a small and ugly rock.
5. The tail looked like a galactic cape.
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Unit 24
Exercise 1
1. a
2. d
3. c
4. b
5. a
Exercise 2
1. employs
2. expelled
3. furnished
4. hygiene
5. lease
6. mend
7. personnel
8. plumbing
9. trendy
10. utility
Exercise 3
1. I
2. C
3. C
4. I
5. C
6. I
7. I
8. I
9. C
10. C
11. I
12. C
13. I
14. C
15. C
16. I
17. I
18. C
19. C
20. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1 F If the tenants didn’t pay the lease, the landlord could not pay his mortgage and…
2. T
3. T
4. F The carpenter mended…
5. T
Part B
1. In addition to dressers, the tenants furnished some of the apartments with new beds and chairs.
2. If the landlord did not conform to the city’s mandatory hygienic standards, his tenants would have to leave by the end of the month.
3. He had requested an extension, but the city denied it.
4. The tenant who had worked for the city’s utilities repaired the building’s plumbing.
5. When they were done, all of the people dispersed, and the landlord went home to rest.
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Unit 25
Exercise 1
1. a
2. b
3. b
4. c
5. a
Exercise 2
1. canyon
2. fatigue
3. stereotype
4. primitive
5. trail
6. aesthetic
7. termites
8. twig
9. creek
10. welfare
Exercise 3
1. a
2. c
3. d
4. a
5. c
6. d
7. b
8. a
9. a
10. d
Exercise 4
1. twigs
2. sticky
3. primitive
4. primates
5. fatigue
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F The executive did not care about…
2. T
3. T
4. F The executive walked up the steep incline of the jungle’s hills.
5. F The executive’s stereotype of the primate was wrong.
Part B
1. The honey on the twig that made it sticky enough to capture termites.
2. Fatigue and hunger weakened him.
3. Because he had a bias against the primitive ways of the monkey, he had gone hungry.
4. He used the twig like it was a drill.
5. He never perceived that his arrogant attitude was the cause of all his problems.
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Unit 26
Exercise 1
1. b
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. a
Exercise 2
1. globe
2. behalf
3. rite
4. overview
5. provided
6. loaf
7. inward
8. relevant
9. oracles
10. orbit
Exercise 3
1. a
2. b
3. d
4. a
5. c
Exercise 4
1. previous
2. oracle
3. horizontal
4. preview
5. loaf
6. inward
7. hum
8. provide
9. stall
10. glacier
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. T
3. F In Dano’s summary, he told Cosmo to keep his body horizontal against the winds of the Pacific Ocean.
4. F Cosmo flapped his wings and orbited the globe.
5. F Cosmo hummed a tune while he flew and enjoyed the view.
Part B
1. Cosmo’s inward thoughts about falling were no longer relevant.
2. Dano told Cosmo that the mountain tops will look like loaves of bread.
3. “I’ll do my best.”
4. The rivers of the world would look like pieces of blue string.
5. He declared Cosmo a man.
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Unit 27
Exercise 1
1. a
2. c
3. c
4. b
5. a
Exercise 2
1. therapy
2. biological
3. fantasy
4. adapt
5. cellular
6. rigid
7. dynamic
8. pioneer
9. sequence
10. revived
Exercise 3
1. C
2. C
3. I
4. I
5. C
6. C
7. I
8. C
9. I
10. C
11. C
12. I
13. I
14. I
15. C
16. I
17. C
18. I
19. I
20. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F Internal organ transplants were a fantasy before 1954.
2. F Dr. Murray was a pioneer of new surgical procedures.
3. T
4. T
5. T
Part B
1. Robert’s working kidney was substituted for Richard’s bad one.
2. They had the exact same biological traits and cellular features.
3. Doctors prescribed physical therapy to revive Richard's strength.
4. The surgeons made minimal cuts in the twins’ sides.
5. Richard was a healthy, happy person.
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Unit 28
Exercise 1
1. b
2. b
3. c
4. a
5. a
Exercise 2
1. b
2. c
3. d
4. a
5. b
6. a
7. a
8. b
9. d
10. c
Exercise 3
1. I
2. C
3. I
4. I
5. C
6. C
7. I
8. I
9. I
10. C
11. C
12. C
13. I
14. C
15. I
16. C
17. C
18. I
19. C
20. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. T
3. F If Joe wrote an autobiography, he would write that this was the happiest day of his life.
4. T
5. F When he opened the door, he saw a beautiful woman.
Part B
1. Joe thought the naughty neighborhood children were playing a trick on him.
2. He took out some stationery to write a letter to the zoo.
3. He bought healthy food for them.
4. He probed Joe to learn why he spent his money on the zoo instead of on himself.
5. He would describe this day as the happiest day of his life.
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Unit 29
Exercise 1
1. a
2. b
3. a
4. b
5. a
Exercise 2
1. tusks
2. antique
3. monarch
4. Majesty
5. applicants
6. register
7. authentic
8. refund
9. fossil
10. artifact
Exercise 3
1. d
2. a
3. b
4. d
5. b
Exercise 4
1. tusk
2. authentic
3. recruit
4. punctual
5. chronology
6. fossil
7. excerpt
8. lyric
9. epic
10. renown
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. T
3. F Jen bumped into the fossil of an authentic elephant tusk.
4. F Jen was chosen because she was friendly, punctual, and had a great attitude.
5. T
Part B
1. Jen hoped that the rest of the tour would go better.
2. Jen wanted to talk about the chronology of Ancient Egypt.
3. She sneezed and tore a page of the epic.
4. Jen thought she was a horrible tour guide.
5. Hard work
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Unit 30
Exercise 1
1. b
2. b
3. b
4. a
5. c
6. a
7. b
8. a
9. b
10. b
Exercise 2
1. sociable
2. tramped
3. crafted
4. rigged
5. merged
Exercise 3
1. d
2. c
3. a
4. a
5. b
6. b
7. c
8. a
9. d
10. d
Exercise 4
1. I
2. C
3. I
4. I
5. C
6. C
7. I
8. C
9. C
10. I
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F ... by how high the water had risen.
3. T
4. T
5. F ... reunion with her dog and cow.
Part B
1. The man turned into a hybrid of a human and a fish.
2. She was overwhelmed by how high the water had risen.
3. He asked for the first living thing that crosses the bridge.
4. She shivered because she realized that he had taken advantage of her innocence and rigged a trap for her.
5. He called her a “crook.”
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Unit 1
Exercise 1
1. a
2. b
3. d
4. d
5. c
6. b
7. d
8. d
9. a
10. c
Exercise 2
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. a
5. d
Exercise 3
1. a
2. c
3. b
4. c
5. a
Exercise 4
1. C
2. C
3. I
4. C
5. I
6. I
7. I
8. C
9. C
10. I
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F …so she gathered a massive pile of beans for her cache.
2. T
3. T
4. T
5. F ... Mary had a paltry amount of food.
Part B
1. Beth’s primary job was to gather food.
2. She thought that food would just come to her, and she wouldn’t have to work.
3. Mary not having anything to eat.
4. Mary took the bag and went to work gathering beans.
5. She knew her sister was right.
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Unit 2
Exercise 1
1. a
2. a
3. d
4. b
5. d
Exercise 2
1. prairie
2. rugged
3. arid
4. moisture
5. fast
6. cathedral
7. abundant
8. scarce
9. oath
10. eligible
Exercise 3
1. I
2. I
3. C
4. C
5. C
Exercise 4
1. arid
2. inland
3. drought
4. abbey
5. nonetheless
6. speculated
7. ample
8. adjoined
9. ragged
10. deprived
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. T
3. F ...had to help the families nonetheless.
4. T
5. T
Part B
1. The abbot said, “All were eligible.”
2. When the monks grumbled, the young monk speculated that if more families came, then they wouldn't make it through the winter.
3. The monks fasted and slept in the churchyard that adjoined the cathedral so that the families would have enough food and shelter.
4. The monks had taken an oath to help those that need help.
5. They learned that sometimes helping others means you must give more help than you first expected.
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Unit 3
Exercise 1
1. b
2. d
3. c
4. a
5. d
Exercise 2
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. d
5. c
6. a
7. c
8. a
9. b
10. d
Exercise 3
1. I
2. I
3. C
4. C
5. C
6. I
7. C
8. I
9. I
10. C
Exercise 4
1. mythology
2. asserts
3. theoretical
4. radioactive
5. cognitive
6. celestial
7. diploma
8. relativity
9. keen
10. bachelors
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F ...the movements of celestial objects and how to harness the power of radioactive substances .
3. T
4. F ... geology didn’t give the bachelor a wonderful feeling
5. F Helping others, not his cognitive talents, had ...
Part B
1. As soon as he had received his diploma, he asserted to everyone he met that he was the smartest person in town.
2. One day while strolling through the town, the bachelor witnessed a collision between two cars.
3. The bachelor felt the best he had in his entire life.
4. Despite his analytic abilities, he failed to notice he was missing something very important in his life.
5. Besides a brain, the bachelor realized that you must also have a heart.
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Unit 4
Exercise 1
1. c
2. b
3. a
4. d
5. c
6. a
7. d
8. b
9. c
10. a
Exercise 2
1. I
2. C
3. I
4. I
5. C
6. C
7. I
8. I
9. C
10. C
Exercise 3
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. d
5. c
Exercise 4
1. incentive
2. transaction
3. legislated
4. bribed
5. retail
6. administrator
7. headquarters
8. corrupt
9. legitimate
10. revenue
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F Mr. Pig was an administrator...
2. F ...made to the factory were not legitimate.
3. T
4. F ...disposing of the factory's rubbish in the river.
5. F ...created more revenue.
Part B
1. His boss told him, “If the factory makes more money, then you will too.”
2. After Pig automated his factory, the other animals had no jobs.
3. According to the officials, Pig manipulated the law in order to get more money.
4. When all transactions stopped, the factory lost money, and Pig lost his job.
5. The stores could no longer sell goods at retail because the machines didn't make products as well as the workers, and customers were disappointed with the factory's merchandise.
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Unit 5
Exercise 1
1. d
2. a
3. d
4. b
5. c
6. a
7. c
8. b
9. d
10. d
Exercise 2
1. terminal
2. extract
3. impulse
4. subsequent
5. assess
6. ongoing
7. essence
8. fabulous
9. astonished
10. publicity
Exercise 3
1. haste
2. significance
3. molecules
4. commenced
5. proximity
6. latter
7. synthetic
8. assess
9. remedy
10. pharmaceutical
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. T
3. F ...The infection caused by the bacteria he was working on was terminal.
4. T
5. F Whenever the fungus was close to the...
Part B
1. In his haste to go on vacation, Alexander Fleming left his laboratory in a mess.
2. The significance of the fungus was that it could kill the bacteria.
3. While he was cleaning, he had an impulse to examine the fungus.
4. The scientist extracted molecules from the fungus.
5. The discovery received a lot of publicity.
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Unit 6
Exercise 1
1. d
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. d
Exercise 2
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. c
5. c
6. a
7. d
8. b
9. a
10. b
Exercise 3
1. I
2. C
3. C
4. I
5. C
6. C
7. I
8. I
9. C
10. C
11. C
12. I
13. I
14. C
15. C
16. I
17. I
18. C
19. C
20. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F Bob implemented a plan to return home to his spouse and children.
3. F His shoulder injury impaired his ability to carry the materials.
4. T
5. T
Part B
1. Insight about the island and finding something to help him escape.
2. Because he wanted to make it home.
3. He dragged tree limbs and vines.
4. By keeping a good attitude.
5. He believes that optimism and ambition make anything possible.
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Unit 7
Exercise 1
1. temperate
2. Celsius
3. parasite
4. aquatic
5. bizarre
6. companion
7. biosphere
8. ecology
9. vulnerable
10. feat
Exercise 2
1. tolerance
2. repetitive
3. prominent
4. nucleus
5. coarse
Exercise 3
1. I
2. C
3. C
4. I
5. I
6. C
7. I
8. C
9. C
10. I
11. I
12. C
13. C
14. C
15. I
16. I
17. I
18. C
19. I
20. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F Protists have a high tolerance for extreme conditions.
2. T
3. F A protist splits its own nucleus in fission.
4. T
5. T
Part B
1. The protest could be comfortable in water that was 150 degrees Celsius.
2. Protists were the first life form on Earth.
3. A protists releases nitrogen gas.
4. It swims up to one and swallows it whole.
5. A protists undergoes the reproductive process of fission
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Unit 8
Exercise 1
1. a
2. c
3. b
4. c
5. a
Exercise 2
1. hostile
2. dominate
3. misconception
4. culinary
5. medication
6. prescription
7. edible
8. peel
9. malnutrition
10. intake
Exercise 3
1. c
2. d
3. b
4. a
5. c
Exercise 4
1. I
2. C
3. C
4. C
5. I
6. C
7. C
8. I
9. I
10. I
11. C
12. I
13. I
14. C
15. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F The hostile army wanted to dominate and oppress the people.
3. T
4. F The doctor showed the woman a dense patch of edible plants.
5. F The woman gave the doctor a ceramic bowl to show her thanks.
Part B
1. He wanted to use a new medication to treat the sick people.
2. She thought bread and water would be enough for him.
3. He wanted her to increase her son’s intake of vegetables.
4. He gave her a prescription for pain medicine.
5. He wanted her to help her son stay healthy.
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Unit 9
Exercise 1
1. b
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. c
Exercise 2
1. c
2. a
3. d
4. c
5. b
Exercise 3
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. c
5. a
Exercise 4
1. C
2. I
3. C
4. I
5. C
Exercise 5
1. peninsula
2. diminish
3. dependence
4. drawbacks
5. proportion
6. components
7. impose
8. refuted
9. spectacular
10. benevolent
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F The mayor of Netherton didn’t want Joseph to impose his radical fad on the town.
2. T
3. F The mayor of Wilton couldn’t refute the fact that the machine had drawbacks.
4. T
5. T
Part B
1. A large proportion of the people worked in weaving.
2. Cloth made by hand will soon be obsolete.
3. If he bought the machine, the people would lose their jobs.
4. He realized the machine could bring money and prestige.
5. Nobody bought the poor cloth from Netherton anymore.
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Unit 10
Exercise 1
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. a
5. a
Exercise 2
1. d
2. a
3. b
4. b
5. b
6. c
7. d
8. b
9. a
10. d
Exercise 3
1. C
2. C
3. I
4. I
5. C
6. I
7. C
8. C
9. I
10. I
Exercise 4
1. soy
2. precaution
3. Accountants
4. monetary
5. preliminary
6. saturated
7. financed
8. capitalist
9. indifferent
10. dedicate
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F Bill was indifferent about the company’s success.
3. F Bill irrigated his crops as a precaution for the upcoming dry summer.
4. T
5. F ...and planted soy and cabbage.
Part B
1. “You’re crazy!”
2. Bill had contempt toward his job.
3. Bill was happy.
4. Buying land and tools
5. The simplicity of a life on a farm
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Unit 11
Exercise 1
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. a
5. d
Exercise 2
1. biography
2. acute
3. aggression
4. virtue
5. narrated
6. partiality
7. outdated
8. legacy
9. notorious
10. compel
Exercise 3
1. I
2. C
3. I
4. C
5. C
6. I
7. C
8. I
9. C
10. I
11. I
12. C
13. I
14. C
15. I
16. C
17. C
18. I
19. C
20. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. T
3. F It was inevitable that Beethoven would lose his hearing altogether.
4. T
5. F Beethoven’s legacy lives on because great music never becomes outdated.
Part B
1. The young Beethoven developed a partiality for classical music.
2. He first learned to play the piano when he was five.
3. He began to cry.
4. His passion for music compelled him to keep performing.
5. It was one of the finest in history.
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Unit 12
Exercise 1
1. c
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. a
Exercise 2
1. consecutive
2. masculine
3. compatible
4. muscular
5. undergraduate
6. tattoo
7. posture
8. symmetry
9. ignorance
10. crude
Exercise 3
1. C
2. C
3. I
4. C
5. C
6. C
7. I
8. C
9. I
10. C
11. I
12. I
13. C
14. C
15. C
16. I
17. C
18. I
19. I
20. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F John laughed at Mark’s ignorance.
3. T
4. T
5. F John was an undergraduate who studied history and anthropology.
Part B
1. They were applauded for their hard work.
2. He thought he could build a good statue.
3. John told him what Tut looked like.
4. Mark conferred with John about every detail.
5. When we put our talents together, we are capable of greatness.
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Unit 13
Exercise 1
1. a
2. b
3. a
4. a
5. b
Exercise 2
1. brook
2. consumption
3. pedestrians
4. escort
5. hound
6. faculty
7. spectators
8. facility
9. impersonal
10. considerate
Exercise 3
1. b
2. d
3. c
4. d
5. d
Exercise 4
1. hounds
2. crust
3. spectator
4. ornaments
5. criteria
6. sanctuary
7. faculty
8. heap
9. brook
10. entitle
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F Elvis possessed the criteria to be a great racing dog.
2. T
3. T
4. F In the interior the facility, there was a heap of bones and bread crusts for consumption.
5. T
Part B
1. His faculties were not as strong as they used to be.
2. Elvis was entitled to a better life.
3. He never lost a race in the northern hemisphere.
4. Elvis was escorted to a beautiful facility.
5. There was a sign on the external door that said, “Dogs Welcome!”
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Unit 14
Exercise 1
1. c
2. a
3. c
4. b
5. a
6. b
7. a
8. d
9. b
10. a
Exercise 2
1. b
2. a
3. a
4. c
5. b
Exercise 3
1. I
2. I
3. C
4. C
5. C
6. C
7. I
8. I
9. C
10. C
11. C
12. I
13. I
14. C
15. C
16. C
17. C
18. I
19. C
20. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F At first, Sam is a skeptic. He thinks the assignment will be easy.
3. F When Sam goes into the kitchen, he can’t read the newspaper.
4. T
5. F Without his sense of sight, Sam has worse spatial awareness and isn’t able to coordinate his movements easily.
Part B
1. According to the teacher, the premise of the experiment is to help the students understand what it’s like to be blind.
2. Sam realized how important hearing was for blind people.
3. Sam wasn’t able to perform simultaneous activities because he had to make sure he was safe first.
4. Sam noticed that the bud seemed to be covered with wax.
5. It showed him sight was an asset that should be appreciated and taught him to revere the talents of blind people.
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Unit 15
Exercise 1
1. c
2. b
3. c
4. d
5. a
Exercise 2
1. inferred
2. adequate
3. innate
4. facilitate
5. pouch
6. update
7. fleet
8. saturated
9. mast
10. inflated
Exercise 3
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. c
5. a
6. b
7. a
8. c
9. d
10. c
Exercise 4
1. I
2. I
3. I
4. C
5. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. T
3. F When Ernest saw the man standing next to the mast, he decided to help him out of his dilemma.
4. T
5. F Ernest had the innate desire to help others.
Part B
1. There was an elaborate painting of a naval battle on the side of his boat.
2. Their clothes were saturated with seawater.
3. Ernest thought the boy was suffering from nausea.
4. There were several large fish in a pouch in the boat.
5. Ernest learned it better not to offer help unless it was asked for.
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Unit 16
Exercise 1
1. d
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. b
Exercise 2
1. courtyard
2. chaotic
3. corresponded
4. cited
5. fraud
Exercise 4
1. C
2. I
3. C
4. I
5. C
6. C
7. I
8. C
9. C
10. I
11. C
12. I
13. I
14. C
15. I
Exercise 3
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. b
5. a
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F There is no archeological evidence that the Chinese actually made parachutes.
2. F A Da Vinci drawing of a parachute corresponds with modern parachute design.
3. T
4. F He used two umbrellas to restrict his speed as he traveled to the gound.
5. T
Part B
1. Sebastian used umbrellas because he had a small budget.
2. Sebastian thought that a parachute would restrict the jumper from gaining too much speed as they fell.
3. Sebastian jumped off a tall building on a French estate and landed safely in the courtyard.
4. Jean-Pierre was a proponent of using parachutes to jump out hot air balloons instead of using them to jump out of burning buildings.
5. Jean-Pierre first used the parachute when he had a chaotic experience and the balloon he was riding in burst.
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Unit 17
Exercise 1
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. c
5. b
Exercise 2
1. a
2. c
3. b
4. b
5. b
6. a
7. c
8. c
9. a
10. b
Exercise 3
1. graduated
2. donor
3. tuition
4. stimulus
5. implicated
6. graffiti
7. chronic
8. discipline
9. gossip
10. terminate
Exercise 4
1. C
2. I
3. I
4. C
5. I
6. C
7. I
8. C
9. C
10. C
11. I
12. C
13. I
14. C
15. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F The principal hung the painting in front of the office as a stimulus for the students to play sports.
2. T
3. F Billy was implicated because a fellow student said she saw him do it.
4. T
5. F The principal threatened to terminate Billy’s education if his parents didn’t pay for the painting.
Part B
1. The principal said that Billy was a chronic liar.
2. His suspicion was that the tape from the security cameras would show who really did the crime.
3. The videotape showed another boy leaving graffiti on the painting, holding a knife by the shaft and stabbing it, then using the knife to sever the string that held it up.
4. The attorney suggested that the boy responsible needed discipline.
5. Billy said he wanted to major in law and became an attorney so he could be a guardian of justice like Mr. Meyers.
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Unit 18
Exercise 1
1. d
2. a
3. c
4. a
5.c
Exercise 2
1. b
2. b
3. a
4. c
5. d
6. c
7. a
8. a
9. c
10. d
Exercise 3
1. b
2. b
3. d
4. b
5. a
6. d
7. c
8. a
9. a
10. c
Exercise 4
1. C
2. I
3. C
4. I
5. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F The prisoner was led from the compound to the arena.
3. F While he meditated, the soldier was not distracted by his opponent.
4. F The king gave the brave soldier amnesty.
5. T
Part B
1. The captive seemed like he was dumb because he was quiet.
2. Making captives fight one another was commonplace during the reign of the enemy king.
3. His opponent was skilled in the realm of sword fighting.
4. The soldier was nicked on the cheek.
5. The quiet soldier proved that peace can conquer violence.
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Unit 19
Exercise 1
1. b
2. c
3. d
4. a
5. a
Exercise 2
1. secondhand
2. dock
3. distort
4. fore
5. accordingly
6. context
7. intricate
8. overlap
9. designate
10. grease
Exercise 3
1. C
2. C
3. I
4. I
5. C
6. I
7. I
8. C
9. I
10. I
11. C
12. C
13. C
14. I
15. C
16. C
17. I
18. C
19. I
20. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F Jane thought she would precipitate a disaster if she made her frequent mistakes.
2. T
3. F Jane put grease on the intricate motor’s gears.
4. T
5. T
Part B
1. She had to steer the boat back to the dock to find help.
2. She pulled up the anchor with all of her might.
3. They painted the name on the fore of the ship
4. She was trying to offset the wind.
5. It was to prove to her that she was capable and important.
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Unit 20
Exercise 1
1. b
2. b
3. a
4. c
5. a
Exercise 2
1. viral
2. antibiotic
3. database
4. ratio
5. phase
6. spiral
7. magnet
8. input
9. prevalent
10. immune
Exercise 3
1. prevalent
2. phase
3. viral
4. antibiotics
5. complement
6. input
7. database
8. pinch
9. metabolism
10. spiral
Exercise 4
1. C
2. I
3. C
4. C
5. I
6. C
7. I
8. C
9. C
10. I
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F Chips express the aggregate number of immune and infected cells in a ratio.
3. T
4. T
5. F Putting microchips in humans is becoming more prevalent.
Part B
1. The special magnet copies the chip’s data.
2. Microchips hold about the same amount of data as most computers.
3. The next phase of the process involves putting it underneath the person’s skin.
4. Microchips scan the patient’s body.
5. Medicine and computer technology complement each other.
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Unit 21
Exercise 1
1. a
2. a
3. a
4. c
5. b
Exercise 2
1. b
2. d
3. b
4. c
5. c
6.d
7.d
8.c
9.b
10.a
Exercise 3
1. I
2. I
3. I
4. I
5. C
6. C
7. I
8. I
9. C
10. I
11. C
12. C
13. C
14. I
15. I
16. C
17. I
18. I
19. C
20. C
Reading Comprehension.
Part A
1. F The girls looked like clones, and they used the same colloquial language.
2. F ... Katie was a linguist and Alice ...
3. T
4. F Alice was astounded when she saw Katie wearing nice clothes.
5. T
Part B
1. Alice wasn’t interested in French.
2. Alice felt very messy next to her.
3. In the past they’d always told each other everything in detail.
4. Before their birthday, they’d talk all night long.
5. It’s totally plausible for twins to have different interests.
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Unit 22
Exercise 1
1. a
2. b
3. b
4. c
5. a
Exercise 2
1. manufactures
2. mechanisms
3. administration
4. cholesterol
5. deceptive
6. explicit
7. coalition
8. prone
9. framework
10. straightforward
Exercise 3
1. C
2. C
3. I
4. C
5. I
6. C
7. I
8. C
9. C
10. C
11. I
12. C
13. C
14. I
15. C
16. I
17. C
18. I
19. C
20. I
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F … manufactured drugs to treat diabetes and high cholesterol.
2. T
3. T
4. T
5. F After the company minimized air pollution, the motto became apt.
Part B
1. “Make the Earth a better place.”
2. Jack stood up to give a speech.
3. We can fix things if we all work together.
4. The workers threatened to quit.
5. Since I can’t afford to lose all my workers, I guess we’ll just have to fix things.
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Unit 23
Exercise 1
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. b
5. a
6. c
7. d
8. c
9. d
10. a
Exercise 2
1. d
2. c
3. b
4. b
5. d
6. a
7. b
8. c
9. a
10. c
Exercise 3
1. a
2. c
3. c
4. a
5. b
Exercise 4
1. crescent
2. roamed
3. craters
4. breadth
5. fragment
6. atom
7. embedded
8. solitary
9. radiates
10. status
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F …through the debris of broken asteroids.
2. T
3. F The tail shined with…
4. T
5. T
Part B
1. While roaming through the gloom of the galaxy, the little rock felt sad.
2. The moons had craters and shiny crescents.
3. The circumference of the planet was hundreds of times larger than the breadth of the small rock.
4. The little fragment of rock was filled with despair because he was surrounded by beauty and greatness, yet he was just a small and ugly rock.
5. The tail looked like a galactic cape.
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Unit 24
Exercise 1
1. a
2. d
3. c
4. b
5. a
Exercise 2
1. employs
2. expelled
3. furnished
4. hygiene
5. lease
6. mend
7. personnel
8. plumbing
9. trendy
10. utility
Exercise 3
1. I
2. C
3. C
4. I
5. C
6. I
7. I
8. I
9. C
10. C
11. I
12. C
13. I
14. C
15. C
16. I
17. I
18. C
19. C
20. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1 F If the tenants didn’t pay the lease, the landlord could not pay his mortgage and…
2. T
3. T
4. F The carpenter mended…
5. T
Part B
1. In addition to dressers, the tenants furnished some of the apartments with new beds and chairs.
2. If the landlord did not conform to the city’s mandatory hygienic standards, his tenants would have to leave by the end of the month.
3. He had requested an extension, but the city denied it.
4. The tenant who had worked for the city’s utilities repaired the building’s plumbing.
5. When they were done, all of the people dispersed, and the landlord went home to rest.
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Unit 25
Exercise 1
1. a
2. b
3. b
4. c
5. a
Exercise 2
1. canyon
2. fatigue
3. stereotype
4. primitive
5. trail
6. aesthetic
7. termites
8. twig
9. creek
10. welfare
Exercise 3
1. a
2. c
3. d
4. a
5. c
6. d
7. b
8. a
9. a
10. d
Exercise 4
1. twigs
2. sticky
3. primitive
4. primates
5. fatigue
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F The executive did not care about…
2. T
3. T
4. F The executive walked up the steep incline of the jungle’s hills.
5. F The executive’s stereotype of the primate was wrong.
Part B
1. The honey on the twig that made it sticky enough to capture termites.
2. Fatigue and hunger weakened him.
3. Because he had a bias against the primitive ways of the monkey, he had gone hungry.
4. He used the twig like it was a drill.
5. He never perceived that his arrogant attitude was the cause of all his problems.
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Unit 26
Exercise 1
1. b
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. a
Exercise 2
1. globe
2. behalf
3. rite
4. overview
5. provided
6. loaf
7. inward
8. relevant
9. oracles
10. orbit
Exercise 3
1. a
2. b
3. d
4. a
5. c
Exercise 4
1. previous
2. oracle
3. horizontal
4. preview
5. loaf
6. inward
7. hum
8. provide
9. stall
10. glacier
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. T
3. F In Dano’s summary, he told Cosmo to keep his body horizontal against the winds of the Pacific Ocean.
4. F Cosmo flapped his wings and orbited the globe.
5. F Cosmo hummed a tune while he flew and enjoyed the view.
Part B
1. Cosmo’s inward thoughts about falling were no longer relevant.
2. Dano told Cosmo that the mountain tops will look like loaves of bread.
3. “I’ll do my best.”
4. The rivers of the world would look like pieces of blue string.
5. He declared Cosmo a man.
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Unit 27
Exercise 1
1. a
2. c
3. c
4. b
5. a
Exercise 2
1. therapy
2. biological
3. fantasy
4. adapt
5. cellular
6. rigid
7. dynamic
8. pioneer
9. sequence
10. revived
Exercise 3
1. C
2. C
3. I
4. I
5. C
6. C
7. I
8. C
9. I
10. C
11. C
12. I
13. I
14. I
15. C
16. I
17. C
18. I
19. I
20. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. F Internal organ transplants were a fantasy before 1954.
2. F Dr. Murray was a pioneer of new surgical procedures.
3. T
4. T
5. T
Part B
1. Robert’s working kidney was substituted for Richard’s bad one.
2. They had the exact same biological traits and cellular features.
3. Doctors prescribed physical therapy to revive Richard's strength.
4. The surgeons made minimal cuts in the twins’ sides.
5. Richard was a healthy, happy person.
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Unit 28
Exercise 1
1. b
2. b
3. c
4. a
5. a
Exercise 2
1. b
2. c
3. d
4. a
5. b
6. a
7. a
8. b
9. d
10. c
Exercise 3
1. I
2. C
3. I
4. I
5. C
6. C
7. I
8. I
9. I
10. C
11. C
12. C
13. I
14. C
15. I
16. C
17. C
18. I
19. C
20. C
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. T
3. F If Joe wrote an autobiography, he would write that this was the happiest day of his life.
4. T
5. F When he opened the door, he saw a beautiful woman.
Part B
1. Joe thought the naughty neighborhood children were playing a trick on him.
2. He took out some stationery to write a letter to the zoo.
3. He bought healthy food for them.
4. He probed Joe to learn why he spent his money on the zoo instead of on himself.
5. He would describe this day as the happiest day of his life.
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Unit 29
Exercise 1
1. a
2. b
3. a
4. b
5. a
Exercise 2
1. tusks
2. antique
3. monarch
4. Majesty
5. applicants
6. register
7. authentic
8. refund
9. fossil
10. artifact
Exercise 3
1. d
2. a
3. b
4. d
5. b
Exercise 4
1. tusk
2. authentic
3. recruit
4. punctual
5. chronology
6. fossil
7. excerpt
8. lyric
9. epic
10. renown
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. T
3. F Jen bumped into the fossil of an authentic elephant tusk.
4. F Jen was chosen because she was friendly, punctual, and had a great attitude.
5. T
Part B
1. Jen hoped that the rest of the tour would go better.
2. Jen wanted to talk about the chronology of Ancient Egypt.
3. She sneezed and tore a page of the epic.
4. Jen thought she was a horrible tour guide.
5. Hard work
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Unit 30
Exercise 1
1. b
2. b
3. b
4. a
5. c
6. a
7. b
8. a
9. b
10. b
Exercise 2
1. sociable
2. tramped
3. crafted
4. rigged
5. merged
Exercise 3
1. d
2. c
3. a
4. a
5. b
6. b
7. c
8. a
9. d
10. d
Exercise 4
1. I
2. C
3. I
4. I
5. C
6. C
7. I
8. C
9. C
10. I
Reading Comprehension
Part A
1. T
2. F ... by how high the water had risen.
3. T
4. T
5. F ... reunion with her dog and cow.
Part B
1. The man turned into a hybrid of a human and a fish.
2. She was overwhelmed by how high the water had risen.
3. He asked for the first living thing that crosses the bridge.
4. She shivered because she realized that he had taken advantage of her innocence and rigged a trap for her.
5. He called her a “crook.”
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