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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 1. T
8. palate / beverage 2. T
9. condensed / divine 3. F The Aztecs cultivated chocolate
10. paradise / plantations trees on plantations.
4. T
Exercise 2 5. F The first chocolate beverages
Part A were made by the Mayans and
1. i Aztecs.
2. e 6. T
3. c
4. g Part B
5. b 1. a
6. a 2. c
7. f 3. d
8. h 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
sharp thorns in the monkey’s cages.
Part B 4. F The steward had a good
1. c conscience.
2. b 5. F The steward was horrified
3. a because the monkeys were thin and
4. b weak.
5. d 6. T

Exercise 2 Part B
1. admiral 1. b
2. sour 2. b
3. Kerosene 3. c
4. conscience 4. b
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 Reading Comprehension
7. awesome / disagreed Part A
8. audible /conscious 1. T
9. immense / indirect 2. T
10. hint / thorough 3. T
4. F When the young man had an
Exercise 2 option of two trails, he always chose
Part A the more difficult of the two.
1. b 5. T
2. j 6. F When the young man arrived
3. f home, he knew that he had acted like
4. a an idiot.
5. i
6. e Part B
7. d 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
8. a 1. b
9. d 2. c
10. b 3. d
4. d
Exercise 2
1. perish / oblivious
2. roost / fond
3. rim / pit
4. soars / flight
5. moan / weep
6. typical / immoral
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 1. T
8. resolution / gymnasium 2. F The private study rooms were
9. moral / awhile downstairs.
10. evaluated / private 3. F The computers in the private
study rooms were operating correctly.
Exercise 2 4. T
Part A 5. F The geography test was worth
1. g seventy percent of the final grade.
2. e 6. T
3. a
4. i Part B
5. c 1. c
6. b 2. a
7. j 3. b
8. h 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 Reading Comprehension

1. b Part A
2. a 1. F Jack Frost likes playing tricks
3. a on folks.
4. d 2. T
5. c 3. F Jack Frost’s role is to decorate
everything with frost and ice.
Exercise 2 4. T
Part A 5. T
1. g 6. F When Jack Frost set fire to the
2. c food, the butter started to melt.
3. b
4. j Part B
5. f 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
3. T
Part B 4. T
1. c 5. F The people could not conceal
2. d their gratitude, so they cheered.
3. b 6. T
4. a
5. c Part B
1. b
Exercise 2 2. c
1. a 3. a
2. c 4. d
3. b
4. d
5. d

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 1. F Janie thought constantly about
8. halted / access a device that played music.
9.valid / version 2. T
10. perspired / sly 3. F Janie found the player when
she reached into the bag.
Exercise 2 4. T
Part A 5. F When Linda put the player to
1. f “on” mode, it didn’t work.
2. a 6. T
3. e
4. b Part B
5. j 1. a
6. d 2. b
7. g 3. a
8. c 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
a large appetite.
Part B 4. T
1. b 5. F George was a lazy student who
2. a didn’t like any subjects.
3. d 6. T
4. a
5. d Part B
1. a
Exercise 2 2. b
1. alongside 3. c
2. assist 4. d
3. rumor
4. wages
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.
6. F The scientists took a ferry to
Part B Holland.
1. a
2. b Part B
3. c 1. d
4. a 2. b
5. d 3. d
4. a
Exercise 2
1. particle / animate
2. numerous / handy
3. classify / upright
4. longing, plea
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 7. i
1. sort 8. c
2. enchanted 9. f
3. applause 10. g
4. vain
5. diverse Reading Comprehension
6. genre Part A
7. ceremony 1. F Baker’s first job was to carry
8. defense messages written in code to and from
9. obstacles Resistance members.
10. exception 2. T
3. T
Exercise 3 4. F In 1940, armed soldiers entered
Part A Paris.
1. e 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 did teach the North Wind a lesson.
8. terrain / harsh 6. T
9. mischief / succession
10. blow / current Part B
1. a
Exercise 2 2. d
1. continent 3. c
2. terrain 4. d
3. succession
4. avenue
5. lean
6. alternative
7. current
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 6. T
1. autograph
2. nightmares Part B
3. maximize 1. b
4. van 2. c
5. workout 3. b
6. irritable 4. a
7. horn
8. lag
9. warns
10. nutritious

Exercise 3
1. c
2. b
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 6. F A slight mistake now became a
1. d major problem.
2. a
3. b Part B
4. b 1. b
5. d 2. b
3. b
Exercise 3 4. d
1. lump / brick
2. uttering / reconciled
3. shutters /sparkled
4. stale / flushed
5. crumbled / dough
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 1. T
8. midst / mature 2. F Wires were applied to Laika’s
9. leash / measured skin so that scientists could know
10. apply / buried how she felt.
3. F Although Laika could not be
Exercise 2 buried, a memorial was established in
Part A her honor.
1. a 4. T
2. d 5. F In a prior launch scientists sent
3. f a man- made object into space.
4. c 6. T
5. i
6. b Part B
7. j 1. a
8. h 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 1. T
8. stern, ripped 2. T
9. thump, scraped 3. F There were six girls per team.
10. foresee, vehement 4. T
5. F Stephanie asked Gwen to try
Exercise 2 her best for the sake of the team.
Part A 6. T
1. i
2. c Part B
3. f 1. b
4. b 2. d
5. h 3. b
6. j 4. b
7. a
8. e
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 6. T
8. poison / drastic
9. den / mushrooms Part B
10. native / loomed 1. d
2. a
Exercise 2 3. c
1. poison 4. d
2. mushrooms
3. dew
4. native
5. shield
6. den
7. folded
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
10. h
Part B
1. a Reading Comprehension
2. b Part A
3. d 1. F The title of the script was The
4. b Lost Glove.
5. b 2. T
3. F Peter declined Robby’s offer to
practice together.
Exercise 2 4. T
Part A 5. T
1. e 6. T
2. j
3. d Part B
4. a 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 7. d
1. atmosphere 8. i
2. stated 9. a
3. chapters 10. f
4. notified
5. tray Reading Comprehension
6. afflicted Part A
7. etc. 1. T
8. aisle 2. F Isaac listened to music and
9. breakdown read a book by his favorite author.
10. author 3. T
4. F Isaac was still scared after the
Exercise 3 shaking stopped.
Part A 5. F The pilot stated that the
1. f 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 that he shouldn’t distrust people.
1. sole 6. T
2. pray
3. choked Part B
4. ceased 1. d
5. mass 2. b
6. dent 3. a
7. distrust 4. b
8. rife
9. betrayed
10. cross

Exercise 3
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 7. h
8. venom 8. c
9. trustworthy 9. j
10. update 10. g

Exercise 2 Reading Comprehension

1. c Part A
2. d 1. F A teller at a bank thought her
3. a fellow employees were stealing.
4. a 2. T
5. a 3. F The venom was taken from a
poisonous snake.
Exercise 3 4. T
Part A 5. F Three of her coworkers were
1. f 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 5. F The emperor condemned the
8. reduced, pity citizens of the western areas to starve.
9. persecuted, economy 6. T
10. depleted, condemned
Part B
Exercise 2 1. b
1. goods 2. c
2. depleted 3. d
3. charity 4. a
4. persecuted
5. victors
6. hitchhiked
7. mock
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 1. T
8. d 2. F A tiny insect may have been
9. c the biggest factor in the death of
10. a these huge creatures.
3. T
Exercise 2 4. F A vast majority of dinosaurs,
Part A from the vegetarians to the meat
1. g eaters, died.
2. d 5. F In addition, scientists have
3. f found the genetic material of
4. h mosquitoes in fossils.
5. j 6. T
6. e
7. b Part B
8. i 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
to foster happiness.
Part B 6. T
1. c
2. d Part B
3. b 1. d
4. d 2. b
5. a 3. d
4. a
Exercise 2
1. cherish / moderation
2. growl / predator
3. sane / compassion
4. snatch / saucer
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
zoology.
Part B 3. F Gilbert was hardier than Eliza.
1. c 4. T
2. c 5. T
3. b 6. T
4. b
5. b Part B
1. b
Exercise 2 2. c
1. b 3. a
2. b 4. a
3. b
4. b
5. d

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 Reading Comprehension

1. c Part A
2. d 1. T
3. c 2. F It was impossible for the
4. b colonel to extinguish the fire on the
5. a plane.
3. F The plane did not have any
Exercise 2 gasoline left after the crash.
Part A 4. T
1. e 5. F The couple searched for help in
2. h the forest for three days.
3. i 6. F The forest people led Wilbur
4. a and Mary through the trees and they
5. j 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
3. T
Part B 4. F These humid, wooded
1. a mountaintops are mainly in African
2. b and Central and South American
3. a countries.
4. b 5. T
5. a 6. T

Exercise 2 Part B
1. wooded 1. a
2. distributed 2. a
3. federal 3. c
4. objective 4. d
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.
5. T
Part B 6. T
1. c
2. a Part B
3. c 1. b
4. b 2. c
5. d 3. d
4. b
Exercise 2
1. riot / shrine
2. paraphrased / defined
3. presently / expand
4. avail / solitude
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 territories.
8. guidelines / intervals 5. T
9. modify / territories 6. F They must stop at certain
10. tournament / interact intervals to charge their batteries.

Exercise 2 Part B
1. pollute 1. c
2. tournament 2. a
3. parallel 3. d
4. modify 4. a
5. ridiculed
6. era
7. interact
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 1. F Martin was a farmer who grew
8. c organic ginseng and poultry.
9. b 2. T
10. d 3. T
4. F Tom’s stance on discipline was
Exercise 2 too strong.
Part A 5. T
1. i 6. F The brothers could not see the
2.d land’s boundary.
3. b
4. j Part B
5. g 1. c
6. e 2. d
7.f 3. a
8. a 4. d
9. c
10. h

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

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