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4000 Essential English Words 4 – Answer Key

Unit 1 5. j
6. e
Exercise 1 7.f
1. rapid / rate 8.c
2. contemporary / vary 9. d
3. humid / toxic 10. b
4. texture / aroma
5. cluster / combined Reading Comprehension
6. subtle / soothing Part A
7. cultivated / odor
8. palate / beverage
1. T
2. T
o m
9. condensed / divine
.f c
3. F The Aztecs cultivated chocolate
10. paradise / plantations

h atrees on plantations.
4. T
Exercise 2
Part A
e s 5. F The first chocolate beverages
were made by the Mayans and
1. i
2. e
n k Aztecs.
6. T
3. c
.e
4. g
5. b w Part B
1. a
6. a w 2. c
7. f
8. h
w 3. d
4. c
9. d
10. j

Part B
1. g
2.i
3. h
4. a

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Unit 2 3. wreck
4. accident
Exercise 1 5. character
Part A
1. a Reading Comprehension
2. d Part A
3. d 1. T
4. b 2. T
5. b 3. F The admiral put branches with

Part B 4. F
m
sharp thorns in the monkey’s cages.

o
The steward had a good
1. c
.f c
conscience.
2. b
3. a
h a 5. F The steward was horrified
because the monkeys were thin and
4. b
5. d
e s weak.
6. T

Exercise 2
n k Part B
1. admiral
.e 1. b
2. sour
3. Kerosene w 2. b
3. c

w
4. conscience 4. b

w
5. grapefruits
6. steward
7. fiery
8. string
9. hay
10.hoop

Exercise 3
1. stake
2. flesh

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Unit 3 4. i
5. a
Exercise 1 6. c
1. option / idiot 7. d
2. torment / admonished 8. g
3. pinpoint / echoed 9. b
4. brag / perfect 10. f
5. switch / beware
6. eventual / pastime
7. awesome / disagreed Part A
o m
Reading Comprehension

8. audible /conscious
.f c
1. T
9. immense / indirect
10. hint / thorough
h a 2. T
3. T

Exercise 2
e s 4. F When the young man had an
option of two trails, he always chose
Part A
1. b
n k the more difficult of the two.
5. T
2. j
.e 6. F When the young man arrived
3. f
4. a w home, he knew that he had acted like
an idiot.
5. i w
6. e
7. d
w Part B
1. d
8. g 2. b
9. h 3. a
10. c 4. a

Part B
1. e
2. j
3. h

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Unit 4 Reading Comprehension


Part A
Exercise 1 1. T
Part A 2. F Eagle had a roost near the pit.
1. a 3. T
2. c 4. T
3. b 5. F Fox was oblivious to the hidden
4. a animals.
5. c 6. T
6. b
7. a Part B
o m
8. a
.f c
1. b
9. d
10. b
h a 2. c
3. d

Exercise 2
e s 4. d

1. perish / oblivious
2. roost / fond
n k
3. rim / pit
.e
4. soars / flight
5. moan / weep w
w
6. typical / immoral

w
7. except / beak
8. trivial / disapprove
9. utterly / ivy
10. slippery / damp

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Unit 5 5. i
6. b
Exercise 1 7. f
1. operate / cyberspace 8. h
2. recent / global 9. d
3. ignorant / weird 10. a
4. essays / edit
5. semester / index Reading Comprehension
6. fainted / lecture Part A
7. typewritten / highlighted
8. resolution / gymnasium
1. T
2. F
o m
The private study rooms were
9. moral / awhile
.f c
downstairs.
10. evaluated / private

h a3. F The computers in the private


study rooms were operating correctly.
Exercise 2
Part A
e s 4. T
5. F The geography test was worth
1. g
2. e
n k seventy percent of the final grade.
6. T
3. a
.e
4. i
5. c w Part B
1. c
6. b w 2. a
7. j
8. h
w 3. b
4. b
9. f
10. d

Part B
1. e
2. g
3. c
4. j

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Unit 6 2. c
3. j
Exercise 1 4. b
Part A 5. f
1. b 6. d
2. a 7. h
3. c 8. a
4. b 9. i
5. a 10. g

Part B
o m
Reading Comprehension
1. b
.f c
Part A
2. a
3. a
h a 1. F
on folks.
Jack Frost likes playing tricks

4. d
5. c
e s 2. T
3. F Jack Frost’s role is to decorate

Exercise 2
n k everything with frost and ice.
4. T
Part A
.e 5. T
1. g
2. c w 6. F When Jack Frost set fire to the
food, the butter started to melt.
3. b w
4. j
5. f
w Part B
1. a
6. i 2. d
7. d 3. b
8. a 4. c
9. e
10. h

Part B
1. e

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Unit 7 8. volunteered
9. habitat
Exercise 1 10. gratitude
Part A
1. b Reading Comprehension
2. a Part A
3. c 1. F The architect wanted to build a
4. b new office building.
5. d 2. T

Part B
3. T
4. T
o m
1. c
.f c
5. F The people could not conceal
2. d
3. b
h a their gratitude, so they cheered.
6. T
4. a
5. c
e s Part B

Exercise 2
n k 1. b
2. c
1. a
.e 3. a
2. c
3. b w 4. d

4. d w
5. d
w
Exercise 3
1. resources
2. rally
3. memorable
4. offense
5. account
6. obliged
7. proclaimed

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Unit 8 5. b
6. a
Exercise 1 7. d
1. replace / conduct 8. c
2. influenced / laws 9. j
3. gripped / snapped 10. g
4. enclosed / whatsoever
5. impending / constantly Reading Comprehension
6. cracks / tends Part A
7. device / mode
8. halted / access
1. F
m
Janie thought constantly about

o
a device that played music.
9.valid / version
.f c
2. T
10. perspired / sly

h a 3. F Janie found the player when


she reached into the bag.
Exercise 2
Part A
e s 4. T
5. F When Linda put the player to
1. f
2. a
n k “on” mode, it didn’t work.
6. T
3. e
.e
4. b
5. j w Part B
1. a
6. d w 2. b
7. g
8. c
w 3. a
4. b
9. h
10. i

Part B
1. h
2. i
3. e
4. f

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Unit 9 3. b
4. a
Exercise 1 5. b
Part A
1. a Reading Comprehension
2. c Part A
3. b 1. T
4. a 2. T
5. d 3. F George was a strong boy with

Part B
a large appetite.
4. T
o m
1. b
.f c
5. F George was a lazy student who
2. a
3. d
h a didn’t like any subjects.
6. T
4. a
5. d
e s Part B

Exercise 2
n k 1. a
2. b
1. alongside
.e 3. c
2. assist
3. rumor w 4. d

4. wagesw
w
5. smashed
6. feeble
7. efficient
8. subject
9. outraged
10. forgave

Exercise 3
1. b
2. c

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Unit 10 Reading Comprehension


Part A
Exercise1 1. T
Part A 2. F Anton had a longing to become
1. a famous.
2. d 3. T
3. c 4. T
4. b 5. F Anton drew diagrams of the
5. c bacteria.

Part B Holland.
o m
6. F The scientists took a ferry to

1. a
.f c
2. b
3. c
h a Part B
1. d
4. a
5. d
e s 2. b
3. d

Exercise 2
n k 4. a

1. particle / animate
.e
w
2. numerous / handy
3. classify / upright

w
4. longing, plea

w
5. worthwhile, sophisticated
6. concept, review
7. isolate, diagram
8. constructed, decades
9. ferry, concede
10. refrain, surrender

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Unit 11 10. g

Exercise 1 Part B
1. c 1. e
2. b 2. h
3. d 3. a
4. a 4. j
5. b 5. b
6. d
Exercise 2
1. sort
7. i
8. c
o m
2. enchanted
.f c
9. f
3. applause
4. vain
h a 10. g

5. diverse
6. genre
e s Reading Comprehension
Part A
7. ceremony
8. defense
n k 1. F Baker’s first job was to carry
messages written in code to and from
9. obstacles
.e Resistance members.
10. exception
w 2. T
3. T

w
Exercise 3 4. F In 1940, armed soldiers entered
Part A
1. e
w Paris.
5. T
2. h 6. T
3. i
4. a Part B
5. f 1. a
6. d 2. c
7. b 3. b
8. c 4. a
9. j

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Unit 12 Reading Comprehension


Part A
Exercise 1 1. T
1. muscles / violence 2. F The North Wind did not blow
2. bid / belly the jacket off of the man.
3. timid / disrespect 3. T
4. enthusiasm / continent 4. F The man was the target for the
5. meantime / lean North Wind.
6. avenue / alternative 5. F The Sun was usually timid but
7. rescue / conflict
8. terrain / harsh 6. T
o m
did teach the North Wind a lesson.

9. mischief / succession
.f c
10. blow / current

h a Part B
1. a
Exercise 2
1. continent
e s 2. d
3. c
2. terrain
3. succession
n k 4. d

4. avenue
.e
5. lean
6. alternative w
w
7. current

w
8. meantime
9. harsh
10. violence

Exercise 3
1. a
2. a
3. c
4. a
5. c

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Unit 13 Reading Comprehension


Part A
Exercise 1 1. F Alex has a nightmare that he
1. b fell during the race.
2. a 2. T
3. a 3. F Alex wanted to eat something
4. a nutritious for breakfast.
5. a 4. T
5. T
Exercise 2
1. autograph
6. T

o m
2. nightmares
.f c
Part B
3. maximize
4. van
h a 1. b
2. c
5. workout
6. irritable
e s 3. b
4. a
7. horn
8. lag
n k
9. warns
.e
10. nutritious
w
w
Exercise 3
1. c
2. b
w
3. a
4. a
5. a
6. b
7. a
8. a
9. d
10. c

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Unit 14 Reading Comprehension


Part A
Exercise 1 1. T
1. a 2. T
2. b 3. F The dough needed to be soft
3. a and flexible.
4. c 4. F The younger brother uttered a
5. b sigh.
5. T
Exercise 2
1. d
6. F
m
A slight mistake now became a
major problem.
o
2. a
.f c
3. b
4. b
h a Part B
1. b
5. d

e s 2. b
3. b
Exercise 3
1. lump / brick
n k 4. d

2. uttering / reconciled
.e
3. shutters /sparkled
4. stale / flushed w
w
5. crumbled / dough

w
6. sift / shattered
7. fist / flexible
8. mixture / sprinkle
9. expressed / slight
10. ruined / injured

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Unit 15 5. h
6. i
Exercise1 7. c
1. await / research 8. f
2. beloved / misery 9. d
3. variety / complained 10. g
4. confused / due
5. establish / climate Reading Comprehension
6. Although / prior Part A
7. furnace /entire
8. midst / mature
1. T
2. F
o m
Wires were applied to Laika’s
9. leash / measured
.f c
skin so that scientists could know
10. apply / buried

h a how she felt.


3. F Although Laika could not be
Exercise 2
Part A
e s buried, a memorial was established in
her honor.
1. a
2. d
n k 4. T
5. F In a prior launch scientists sent
3. f
.e a man- made object into space.
4. c
5. i w 6. T

6. b w Part B
7. j
8. h
w 1. a
2. a
9. e 3. c
10. g 4. a

Part B
1. a
2. b
3. e
4. j

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Unit 16 5. g
6. c
Exercise 1 7. b
1. misfortune, negative 8. f
2. bruise, altogether 9. a
3. sake, per 10. e
4. pleaded, disobedient
5. source, glimpsed Reading Comprehension
6. hoop, stitched Part A
7. bound, custom
8. stern, ripped
1. T
2. T
o m
9. thump, scraped
.f c
3. F There were six girls per team.
10. foresee, vehement

h a 4. T
5. F Stephanie asked Gwen to try
Exercise 2
Part A
e s her best for the sake of the team.
6. T
1. i
2. c
n k Part B
3. f
.e 1. b
4. b
5. h w 2. d
3. b
6. j w 4. b
7. a
8. e
w
9. d
10. g

Part B
1. d
2. i
3. h
4. j

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Unit 17 Reading Comprehension


Part A
Exercise 1 1. F Tracy invites Kara to go
1. lid / convenient camping with her family.
2. folded / shield 2. T
3. urban / exit 3. T
4. mighty / civilization 4. T
5. swayed / stormy 5. F The weather is sunny on the
6. waded / reeds second day.
7. flock / dew
8. poison / drastic
6. T

o m
9. den / mushrooms
.f c
Part B
10. native / loomed

h a 1. d
2. a
Exercise 2
1. poison
e s 3. c
4. d
2. mushrooms
3. dew
n k
4. native
.e
5. shield
6. den w
w
7. folded

w
8. flock
9. lid
10. exit

Exercise 3
1. c
2. b
3. d
4. b
5. d

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Unit 18 1. i
2. b
Exercise 1 3. e
Part A 4. g
1. b 5. a
2. c 6. f
3. a 7. c
4. c 8. j
5. d 9. d

Part B
10. h

o m
1. a
.f c
Reading Comprehension
2. b
3. d
h a Part A
1. F The title of the script was The
4. b
5. b
e s Lost Glove.
2. T

n k 3. F Peter declined Robby’s offer to


practice together.
Exercise 2
.e 4. T
Part A
1. e w 5. T
6. T
2. j w
3. d
4. a
w Part B
1. b
5. g 2. b
6. b 3. c
7. c 4. b
8. h
9. i
10. f

Part B

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Unit 19 10. h

Exercise 1 Part B
1. b 1. e
2. a 2. g
3. b 3. c
4. b 4. h
5. a 5. j
6. b
Exercise 2
1. atmosphere
7. d
8. i
o m
2. stated
.f c
9. a
3. chapters
4. notified
h a 10. f

5. tray
6. afflicted
e s Reading Comprehension
Part A
7. etc.
8. aisle
n k 1. T
2. F Isaac listened to music and
9. breakdown
.e read a book by his favorite author.
10. author
w 3. T
4. F Isaac was still scared after the

w
Exercise 3 shaking stopped.
Part A
1. f
w 5. F The pilot stated that the
conditions in the atmosphere were
2. c bad.
3. g 6. T
4. i
5. d Part B
6. e 7. b
7. b 8. d
8. j 9. a
9. a 10. c

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Unit 20 Reading Comprehension


Part A
Exercise 1 1. F The land near the King’s fort
1. a was rife with enemies.
2. a 2. F When Clara and Susie met,
3. d Susie was sweeping the path.
4. b 3. T
5. b 4. T
5. F Clara commented to her father
Exercise 2
1. sole 6. T
o m
that he shouldn’t distrust people.

2. pray
.f c
3. choked
4. ceased
h a Part B
1. d
5. mass
6. dent
e s 2. b
3. a
7. distrust
8. rife
n k 4. b

9. betrayed
.e
10. cross
w
w
Exercise 3

w
1. blast / choke
2. fort / treachery
3. sweep / tuck
4.sole / lining
5. distrust / betray
6. founded / ceased
7. commented / civil
8. bracelet / dent
9. mass / cross
10. rife / pray

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Unit 21 10. g

Exercise 1 Part B
1. sum 1. e
2. vein 2. d
3. relate 3. b
4. chronicles 4. f
5. copper 5. i
6. millennium 6. a
7. background
8. venom
7. h
8. c
o m
9. trustworthy
.f c
9. j
10. update

h a 10. g

Exercise 2
1. c
e s Reading Comprehension
Part A
2. d
3. a
n k 1. F A teller at a bank thought her
fellow employees were stealing.
4. a
.e 2. T
5. a
w 3. F The venom was taken from a
poisonous snake.

w
Exercise 3 4. T
Part A
1. f
w 5. F Three of her coworkers were
scratching their hands and arms.
2. i 6. T
3. j
4. e Part B
5. b 1. d
6. a 2. b
7. h 3. c
8. c 4. d
9. d

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Unit 22 Reading Comprehension


Part A
Exercise 1 1. T
1. mocking, temper 2. F The trees were important to the
2. scribes, unity western areas' economy.
3. hitchhiked, cozy 3. T
4. charity, goods 4. F The emperor sat upon his
5. heeded, neutral throne, and the scribe stood in front
6. empire, commerce of him.
7. victor, throne
8. reduced, pity
5. F
m
The emperor condemned the

o
citizens of the western areas to starve.
9. persecuted, economy
.f c
6. T
10. depleted, condemned

h a Part B
Exercise 2
1. goods
e s 1. b
2. c
2. depleted
3. charity
n k 3. d
4. a
4. persecuted
.e
5. victors
6. hitchhiked w
7. mock w
w
8. reduced
9. unity
10. empire

Exercise 3
1. c
2. b
3. d
4. a
5. c

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Unit 23 5. c
6. i
Exercise 1 7. d
1. b 8. g
2. d 9. a
3. a 10. h
4. a
5. d Reading Comprehension
6. c Part A
7. d
8. d
1. T
2. F
o m
A tiny insect may have been
9. c
.f c
the biggest factor in the death of
10. a

h a these huge creatures.


3. T
Exercise 2
Part A
e s 4. F A vast majority of dinosaurs,
from the vegetarians to the meat
1. g
2. d
n k eaters, died.
5. F In addition, scientists have
3. f
.e found the genetic material of
4. h
5. j w mosquitoes in fossils.
6. T
6. e w
7. b
8. i
w Part B
1. d
9. a 2. a
10. c 3. b
4. a
Part B
1. b
2. e
3. j
4. f

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Unit 24 Reading Comprehension


Part A
Exercise 1 1. T
Part A 2. F The innkeeper staggered
1. c outside.
2. b 3. T
3. a 4. T
4. d 5. F He did not want to withhold
5. d the truth any longer. He just wanted

Part B 6. T
o m
to foster happiness.

1. c
.f c
2. d
3. b
h a Part B
1. d
4. d
5. a
e s 2. b
3. d

Exercise 2
n k 4. a

.e
1. cherish / moderation
2. growl / predator
w
3. sane / compassion

w
4. snatch / saucer

w
5. core / foster
6. cunning / grind
7. tumbled / dizzy
8. withhold / consent
9. tense / stumble
10. equilibrium / stagger

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Unit 25 8. zoology / nurture


9. rural / overhead
Exercise 1 10. principle / concrete
Part A
1. c Reading Comprehension
2. a Part A
3. d 1. F The journey on the aircraft to
4. c Australia took twenty hours.
5. d 2. F Gilbert was a professor of

Part B
zoology.
3. F
o m
Gilbert was hardier than Eliza.
1. c
.f c
4. T
2. c
3. b
h a 5. T
6. T
4. b
5. b
e s Part B

Exercise 2
n k 1. b
2. c
1. b
.e 3. a
2. b
3. b w 4. a

4. b w
5. d
w
Exercise 3
1. hardy / traverse
2. celebrity / institute
3. migrate / aircraft
4. jealousy / esteemed
5. extinct / swamp
6. species / secluded
7. decisive / ethical

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Unit 26 2. g
3. d
Exercise 1 4. e
Part A 5. c
1. b 6. f
2. b 7. i
3. c 8. b
4. a 9. j
5. b 10. a

Part B
o m
Reading Comprehension
1. c
.f c
Part A
2. d
3. c
h a 1. T
2. F It was impossible for the
4. b
5. a
e s colonel to extinguish the fire on the
plane.

Exercise 2
n k 3. F The plane did not have any
gasoline left after the crash.
Part A
.e 4. T
1. e
2. h w 5. F The couple searched for help in
the forest for three days.
3. i w 6. F The forest people led Wilbur
4. a
5. j
w and Mary through the trees and they
promptly arrived at a small town.
6. c
7. f Part B
8. g 1. a
9. d 2. a
10. b 3. c
4. b
Part B
1. h

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Unit 27 3. b
4. d
Exercise 1 5. a
Part A
1. b Reading Comprehension
2. c Part A
3. a 1. F Rainforests provide much of
4. c the world’s oxygen supply.
5. b 2. T

Part B
3. T
4. F
o m
These humid, wooded
1. a
.f c
mountaintops are mainly in African
2. b
3. a
h a and Central and South American
countries.
4. b
5. a
e s 5. T
6. T

Exercise 2
n k Part B
1. wooded
.e 1. a
2. distributed
3. federal w 2. a
3. c

w
4. objective 4. d

w
5. exotic
6. oxygen
7. comprehensive
8. equator
9. comparative
10. beneficial

Exercise 3
1. d
2. a

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Unit 28 Reading Comprehension


Part A
Exercise 1 1. F In 430 BCE, a horrifying plague
Part A broke out in Athens.
1. d 2. T
2. d 3. T
3. a 4. F Thucydides was incredulous
4. a that the plague was caused by the
5. c gods.

Part B
5. T
6. T
o m
1. c
.f c
2. a
3. c
h a Part B
1. b
4. b
5. d
e s 2. c
3. d

Exercise 2
n k 4. b

1. riot / shrine
.e
w
2. paraphrased / defined
3. presently / expand

w
4. avail / solitude

w
5. fundamental / worsen
6. scribble / linger
7. horrifying / dreaded
8. incredulous / stark
9. summon / organism
10. random / plague

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Unit 29 Reading Comprehension


Part A
Exercise 1 1. T
1. candidate / enhance 2. T
2. era / solar 3. F The cars incorporate solar
3. pollute / incorporate panels onto the outside that lie
4. corporate / confidential parallel to each other.
5. phenomenon / mobile 4. F These cars drive over 3,000
6. automobile / parallel kilometers across the Australian
7. transportation / ridiculed
8. guidelines / intervals
territories.
5. T
o m
9. modify / territories
.f c
6. F They must stop at certain
10. tournament / interact

h a intervals to charge their batteries.

Exercise 2
1. pollute
e s Part B
1. c
2. tournament
3. parallel
n k 2. a
3. d
4. modify
.e 4. a
5. ridiculed
6. era w
w
7. interact

w
8. incorporate
9. automobiles
10. candidate

Exercise 3
1. d
2. c
3. b
4. b
5. a

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Unit 30 5. f
6. b
Exercise 1 7. i
1. a 8. c
2. a 9. g
3. d 10.d
4. b
5. d Reading Comprehension
6. d Part A
7. a
8. c
1. F
m
Martin was a farmer who grew

o
organic ginseng and poultry.
9. b
.f c
2. T
10. d

h a 3. T
4. F Tom’s stance on discipline was
Exercise 2
Part A
e s too strong.
5. T
1. i
2.d
n k 6. F The brothers could not see the
land’s boundary.
3. b
.e
4. j
5. g w Part B
1. c
6. e w 2. d
7.f
8. a
w 3. a
4. d
9. c
10. h

Part B
1. j
2. h
3. e
4. a

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