4000 Essential English Words 2 – Answer Key

Unit 1 Unit 2

Exercise 1 Exercise 1
Part A 1. b, c
1. d 2. a, d
2. a 3. c, d
3. b 4. a, c
4. c 5. b, d
5. d
Exercise 2
Part B 1. wing
1. b 2. statues
2. a 3. steam
3. c 4. submit to
4. b 5. upper
5. a
Exercise 3
Exercise 2 1. a
1. b 2. b
2. a 3. b
3. b 4. a
4. a 5. a
5. a 6. b
6. b 7. a
7. b 8. a
8. a 9. b
9. a 10. b
10. b
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension 1. c
1. d 2. a
2. b 3. d
3. c 4. b
4. b 5. The boy covered himself with weeds to
5. They wanted to ask the Twelve Months hide his smell.
for gifts.

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Unit 3 Unit 4

Exercise 1 Exercise 1
Part A Part A
1. log, bow 1. b
2. enemy, military 2. c
3. obey, trust 3. a
4. secured, intended 4. c
5. disadvantage, battle 5. d

Part B Part B
1. c 1. threat
2. a terror
3. d 2. confidence
4. b consequence
5. b 3. victim
disaster
Exercise 2 4. disturb
1. entrance satisfy
2. chief 5. rough
3. weapon sensitive
4. hardly
5. laughter Exercise 2
6. arrow 1. b
7. brave 2. a
8. twist 3. a
9. steady 4. a
10. unless 5. a
6. b
Reading Comprehension 7. a
1. c 8. b
2. b 9. b
3. b 10. a
4. d
5. The soldiers did whatever the chief asked Reading Comprehension
them because they trusted and obeyed their 1. d
leader. 2. a
3. c
4. c
5. They kept getting caught in trees.

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Unit 5 Unit 6

Exercise 1 Exercise 1
1. c Part A
2. a 1. b
3. b 2. c
4. c 3. a
5. b 4. c
6. d 5. d
7. a
8. d Part B
9. b 1. a
10. c 2. a
3. b
Exercise 2 4. a
Part A 5. a
1. a, c
2. b, c Exercise 2
3. a, d 1. permits
4. c, d 2. favor
5. a, c 3. chase
4. palace
Part B 5. protest
1. angle 6. disappointed
2. ancestor 7. guy
3. silent 8. forever
4. legend 9. fee
5. pure 10. abroad

Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension

1. a 1. b
2. d 2. b
3. a 3. a
4. c 4. d
5. He wrapped his coat around himself 5. She thought the frog would die if he
because the air was very cold on the leaves the pool.
mountain.

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Unit 7 Unit 8

Exercise 1 Exercise 1
Part A 1. valley
1. b, c 2. concentrate
2. a, d 3. broad
3. b, d 4. convey
4. a, b 5. destination
5. b, c 6. edge
7. path
Part B 8. bush
1. mission 9. capable
2. colleagues 10. resort
3. route
4. factual Exercise 2
5. colony 1. cheat
2. shadow
Exercise 2 3. suspect
1. a 4. succeed
2. a 5. dictate
3. a 6. confident
4. b 7. conclude
5. a 8. delight
6. b 9. definite
7. b 10. considerable
8. b
9. a Reading Comprehension
10. b 1. a
2. d
Reading Comprehension 3. a
1. b 4. c
2. b 5. He had been tricked by a family of slow
3. c turtles.
4. a
5. He could not find the talking bird after
looking for one month.

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Unit 9 Unit 10

Exercise1 Exercise 1.
1. a 1. b
2. b 2. c
3. b 3. d
4. a 4. a
5. b 5. b

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

Exercise 3 Exercise 3.
1. a 1. citizen
2. a 2. council
3. b 3. funeral
4. a 4. trial
5. b 5. declared
6. b 6. enormous
7. b 7. rid
8. b 8. ought
9. b 9. fog
10. a 10. extraordinary

Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension

1. d 1. b
2. c 2. b
3. a 3. a
4. b 4. c
5. He had to work and could not play. 5. He did not want to be put on trial and go
to jail.

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Unit 11
Unit 12
Exercise 1
1. super Exercise 1
2. forecast Part A
3. row 1. b
4. exhibit 2. a
5. dinosaurs 3. b
6. wet 4. c
7. admission 5. b
8. astronomy
9. interferes Part B
10. principal 1. a, b
2. a, d
Exercise 2 3. b, d
1. b 4. b, c
2. b 5. a, c
3. b
4. b Exercise 2
5. a 1. a
2. b
Exercise 3 3. b
1. chemistry / despite 4. a
2. exhibit / admission 5. a
3. dinosaur / geography 6. b
4. gentle / Lightly 7. a
5. fame / genius 8. a
9. b
Reading Comprehension 10. b
1. d
2. a Reading Comprehension
3. b 1. a
4. d 2. b
5. No. It was going to rain very hard that 3. d
day. 4. c
5. He gave customers free meals to celebrate
his big change.

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Unit 13 Unit 14

Exercise 1 Exercise 1
1. d 1. d
2. b 2. c
3. c 3. a
4. a 4. c
5. b 5. a
6. b 6. b
7. c 7. d
8. a 8. b
9. a 9. c
10. d 10. a

Exercise 2 Exercise 2
Part A Part A
1. a 1. uniform
2. b 2. obvious
3. b 3. remind
4. a 4. severe
5. a 5. dormitory

Part B Part B
1. potential 1. ignores
guarantee 2. secretary
2. lends 3. apparent
tutors 4. commit
3. intense 5. blind
billions
4. initial Reading Comprehension
quit 1. d
5. anxiety 2. c
emergency 3. a
4. b
Reading Comprehension 5. Working so hard could have severe results
1. c for Sue.
2. c
3. b
4. d
5. His plan works every time.

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Unit 15 Unit 16

Exercise 1 Exercise 1
1. b Part A
2. d 1. stared
3. c 2. recovered
4. a 3. lasted
5. b 4. shy
5. fever
Exercise 2
1. b Part B
2. a 1. a
3. d 2. a
4. c 3. b
5. b 4. a
5. b
Exercise 3
1. a Exercise 2
2. a 1. tower / chamber
3. a 2. perspective / likeness
4. b 3.trade / rational
5. b 4. shocked / stared
6. b 5. moreover / flu
7. a 6. gesture / interrupted
8. b 7. relied / thus
9. b 8. lasted / recovered
10.b 9. shy / deny
10. emphasized / freeze
Reading Comprehension
1. a Reading Comprehension
2. d 1. c
3. a 2. b
4. b 3. c
5. The dirt became heavier because the 4. b
ground had absorbed a lot of water. 5. Sam didn’t like the prince’s chamber
because it was cold at night.

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Unit 17 Unit 18

Exercise 1 Exercise 1
1. d 1. a
2. c 2. d
3. b 3. c
4. b 4. b
5. a 5. b
6. c
Exercise 2 7. a
1. junior 8. d
2. height 9. d
3. labor 10. b
4. sincere
5. carriage Exercise 2
Part A
Exercise 3 1. joy
1. b odd
2. b 2. diary
3. a faith
4. b 3. cartoons
5. a profession
6. a 4. greeted
7. b convinced
8. a 5. labels
9. a abilities
10. b
Part B
Reading Comprehension 1. a, c
1. b 2. c, d
2. c 3. b, c
3. b 4. a, d
4. d 5. b, d
5. The prime reason was to save money.
Reading Comprehension
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. d
5. The priest got a diary because he liked to
write.

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Unit 19 Unit 20

Exercise 1 Exercise 1
Part A 1. refrigerate
1. c 2. statistics
2. a 3. approve
3. c 4. poverty
4. b 5. barrier
5. d 6. pretend
7. duty
Part B 8. instant
1. a 9. insert
2. b 10. rent
3. b
4. a Exercise 2
5. b Part A
1. a
Exercise 2 2. a
1. reception 3. b
2. fool 4. a
3. illustrate 5. b
4. costume
5. rejected Part B
6. silence 1. immigrant
7. begged 2. elementary
8. stream 3. barrier
9. origin 4. failure
10. forbids 5. recognition

Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension

1. d 1. c
2. b 2. b
3. a 3. d
4. b 4. c
5. Because he thought that Mrs. May should 5. Albert’s family lived in poverty because
not adopt the girl. his father lost his job.

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Unit 21 Unit 22

Exercise 1 Exercise 1
1. b Part A
2. a 1. a
3. d 2. a
4. b 3. c
5. c 4. b
6. b 5. d
7. c
8. b Part B
9. d 1. d
10. d 2. c
3. a
Exercise 2 4. b
1. angels / astronauts 5. b
2. satellite / participate
3. permission / grants Exercise 2
4. minerals / jewels 1. a
5. pipe / telescope 2. b
3. a
Exercise 3 4. a
1. underground 5. b
2. participate 6. a
3. permission 7. a
4. awake 8. b
5. jewel 9. a
10. b
Reading Comprehension
1. d Reading Comprehension
2. c 1. d
3. b 2. a
4. a 3. c
5. He participated in a mission to outer 4. b
space. 5. The race was going to be from the barn to
the farmer’s garage.

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Unit 23 Unit 24

Exercise 1 Exercise 1
Part A 1. b
1. architecture, substance 2. b
2. artificial, alike 3. a
3. stock, shortage 4. a
4. distinct, distinguish 5. b
5. roof, tomb
Exercise 2
Part B 1. inspected
1. b 2. chew
2. c 3. nutrients
3. a 4. overcome
4. d 5. surgery
5. d
Exercise 3
Exercise 2 1. a
1. inherit 2. a
2. thief 3. b
3. dust 4. a
4. chain 5. b
5. heal 6. b
6. wound 7. b
7. mount 8. a
8. annoy 9. b
9. solid 10. a
10. manner
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension 1. c
1. c 2. a
2. a 3. b
3. d 4. c
4. c 5. It made them laugh together.
5. The king was annoyed because he didn't
know how the gold could be gone.

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Unit 25 Unit 26

Exercise 1 Exercise 1
Part A Part A
1. d 1. fuel
2. a cotton
3. b 2. loss
4. c insure
5. b 3. coral
reef
Part B 4. amuse
1. inspire surfed
2. penalty 5. task
3. neat shut
4. bowl
5. mere Part B
1. strict
Exercise 2 2. opera
1. b 3. grand
2. b 4. accuse
3. a 5. shut
4. a
5. b Exercise 2
6. a 1. accused
7. b 2. plain
8. a 3. amuse
9. a 4. adjust
10. b 5. engaged
6. cotton
Reading Comprehension 7. hurricane
1. b 8. Shut
2. b 9. crash
3. c 10. zone
4. d
5. He inspired the criminal to be good and Reading Comprehension
tell the truth. 1. c
2. a
3. b
4. d
5. When his ship reached the hurricane the
wind blew it into the reef, and it crashed.

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Unit 27 Unit 28

Exercise 1 Exercise 1
Part A Part A
1. witch 1. a
2. apology 2. d
3. jail 3. b
4. resemble 4. a
5. pronounce 5. c

Part B Part B
1. twin 1. a
2. resembles 2. c
3. capture 3. b
4. ordinary 4. d
5. permanent 5. a

Exercise 2 Exercise 2
1. a 1. b
2. b 2. b
3. b 3. a
4. a 4. a
5. b 5. a
6. a 6. b
7. a 7. a
8. b 8. b
9. b 9. a
10. a 10. b

Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension

1. b 1. b
2. b 2. d
3. b 3. a
4. c 4. d
5. They resembled each other because they 5. George dared the fisherman to prove his
were twin brothers. skill.

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Unit 29
Unit 30
Exercise 1
Part A Exercise 1.
1. furniture 1. c
2. intelligence 2. a
3. curtains 3. c
4. ideal 4. b
5. obtain 5. b
6. a
Part B 7. d
1.graves 8. a
2. flood 9. c
3. fertile 10. c
4. clay
5. cloth Exercise 2.
Part A.
Exercise 2 1. a
1. b 2. a
2. a 3. b
3. b 4. a
4. b 5. b
5. a
6. a Part B.
7. a 1. practical
8. b 2. borrow
9. b 3. downtown
10. a 4. urge
5. appeal
Reading Comprehension
1. c Reading Comprehension
2. d 1. a
3. c 2. a
4. d 3. c
5. The people built Osiris and Isis a 4. d
pyramid. 5. He urged Peter to take the money.

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