Reading Comprehension

Unit 1

Exercise 1

1. rapid / rate

2. contemporary / vary

3. humid / toxic

4. texture / aroma

5. cluster / combined

6. subtle / soothing

7. cultivated / odor

8. palate / beverage

9. condensed / divine

10. paradise / plantations

Exercise 2

Part A

1. i

2. e

3. c

4. g

5. b

6. a

7. f

8. h

9. d

10. j

Part B

1. g

2.i

3. h

4. a

5. j

6. e

7.f

8.c

9. d

10. b

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. T

3. F The Aztecs cultivated chocolate trees on plantations.

4. T

5. F The first chocolate beverages were made by the Mayans and Aztecs.

6. T

Part B

1. a

2. c

3. d

4. c

Unit 2

Exercise 1

Part A

1. a

2. d

3. d

4. b

5. b

Part B

1. c

2. b

3. a

4. b

5. d

Exercise 2

1. admiral

2. sour

3. Kerosene

4. conscience

5. grapefruits

6. steward

7. fiery

8. string

9. hay

10.hoop

Exercise 3

1. stake

2. flesh

3. wreck

4. accident

5. character

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. T

3. F The admiral put branches with sharp thorns in the monkey’s cages.

4. F The steward had a good conscience.

5. F The steward was horrified because the monkeys were thin and weak.

6. T

Part B

1. b

2. b

3. c

4. b

Unit 3

Exercise 1

1. option / idiot

2. torment / admonished

3. pinpoint / echoed

4. brag / perfect

5. switch / beware

6. eventual / pastime

7. awesome / disagreed

8. audible /conscious

9. immense / indirect

10. hint / thorough

Exercise 2

Part A

1. b

2. j

3. f

4. a

5. i

6. e

7. d

8. g

9. h

10. c

Part B

1. e

2. j

3. h

4. i

5. a

6. c

7. d

8. g

9. b

10. f

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. T

3. T

4. F When the young man had an option of two trails, he always chose the more difficult of the two.

5. T

6. F When the young man arrived home, he knew that hehad acted like an idiot.

Part B

1. d

2. b

3. a

4. a

Unit 4

Exercise 1

Part A

1. a

2. c

3. b

4. a

5. c

6. b

7. a

8. a

9. d

10. b

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

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. F Eagle had a roost near the pit.

3. T

4. T

5. F Fox was oblivious to the hidden animals.

6. T

Part B

1. b

2. c

3. d

4. d

Unit 5

Exercise 1

1. operate / cyberspace

2. recent / global

3. ignorant / weird

4. essays / edit

5. semester / index

6. fainted / lecture

7. typewritten / highlighted

8. resolution / gymnasium

9. moral / awhile

10. evaluated / private

Exercise 2

Part A

1. g

2. e

3. a

4. i

5. c

6. b

7. j

8. h

9. f

10. d

Part B

1. e

2. g

3. c

4. j

5. i

6. b

7. f

8. h

9. d

10. a

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. F The private study rooms were downstairs.

3. F The computers in the private study rooms were operating correctly.

4. T

5. F The geography test was worth seventy percent of the final grade.

6. T

Part B

1. c

2. a

3. b

4. b

Unit 6

Exercise 1

Part A

1. b

2. a

3. c

4. b

5. a

Part B

1. b

2. a

3. a

4. d

5. c

Exercise 2

Part A

1. g

2. c

3. b

4. j

5. f

6. i

7. d

8. a

9. e

10. h

Part B

1. e

2. c

3. j

4. b

5. f

6. d

7. h

8. a

9. i

10. g

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. F Jack Frostlikes playing tricks on folks.

2. T

3. F Jack Frost’s role is to decorate everything with frost and ice.

4. T

5. T

6. F When Jack Frost set fire to the food, the butter started to melt.

Part B

1. a

2. d

3. b

4. c

Unit 7

Exercise 1

Part A

1. b

2. a

3. c

4. b

5. d

Part B

1. c

2. d

3. b

4. a

5. c

Exercise 2

1. a

2. c

3. b

4. d

5. d

Exercise 3

1. resources

2. rally

3. memorable

4. offense

5. account

6. obliged

7. proclaimed

8. volunteered

9. habitat

10. gratitude

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. F The architect wanted to build a new office building.

2. T

3. T

4. T

5. F The people could not conceal their gratitude, so they cheered.

6. T

Part B

1. b

2. c

3. a

4. d

Unit 8

Exercise 1

1. replace / conduct

2. influenced / laws

3. gripped / snapped

4. enclosed / whatsoever

5. impending / constantly

6. cracks / tends

7. device / mode

8. halted / access

9.valid / version

10. perspired / sly

Exercise 2

Part A

1. f

2. a

3. e

4. b

5. j

6. d

7. g

8. c

9. h

10. i

Part B

1. h

2. i

3. e

4. f

5. b

6. a

7. d

8. c

9. j

10. g

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. F Janie thought constantly about a device that played music.

2. T

3. F Janie found the player when she reached intothe bag.

4. T

5. F When Linda put the player to “on” mode, it didn’t work.

6. T

Part B

1. a

2. b

3. a

4. b

Unit 9

Exercise 1

Part A

1. a

2. c

3. b

4. a

5. d

Part B

1. b

2. a

3. d

4. a

5. d

Exercise 2

1. alongside

2. assist

3. rumor

4. wages

5. smashed

6. feeble

7. efficient

8. subject

9. outraged

10. forgave

Exercise 3

1. b

2. c

3. b

4. a

5. b

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. T

3. F George was a strong boy with a large appetite.

4. T

5. F George was a lazy student who didn’t like any subjects.

6. T

Part B

1. a

2. b

3. c

4. d

Unit 10

Exercise1

Part A

1. a

2. d

3. c

4. b

5. c

Part B

1. a

2. b

3. c

4. a

5. d

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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