Exercise 1. Reading Comprehension

Unit 1

Exercise 1

Part A

1. d

2. b

3. b

4. b

5. d

Part B

1. a

2. d

3. d

4. b

5. d

Exercise 2

1. b

2. c

3. c

4. d

5. b

6. b

7. d

8. c

9. a

10. c

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. F / Marcus occupies a house with his family.

2. T

3. F / A problem arises for Marcus because the blacksmith didn't pay him.

4. T

5. F / Marcus wasn't compensated for his work.

6. T

Part B

1. d

2. c

3. c

4. b

Unit 2

Exercise 1

Part A

1. c

2. a

3. d

4. b

5. b

Part B

1. c

2. b

3. a

4. b

5. d

Exercise 2

1. b, d

2. a, b

3. b, d

4. b, d

5. a, c

Exercise 3

1. newcomers/fake

2. acquire/lodge

3. repay/neglected

4. discouraged/offenses

5. shepherd/venturing

6. deceive/ridiculous

7. hut/wheat

8. caretaker/awkward

9. overlook/ inferior

10. hatred/satisfactory

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. F / The shepherd couldn't take the sheep outside because it was too cold.

3. F / The shepherd gave the wild sheep more wheat than his own.

4. T

5. T

6. F / The shepherd realized that he was wrong.

Part B

1. c

2. a

3. d

4. d

Unit 3

Exercise 1

Part A

1. b

2. c

3. b

4. a

5. a

Part B

1. a

2. c

3. b

4. a

5. d

6. a

7. b

8. d

9. b

10. c

Exercise 2

1. ax/pine

2. tease/offend

3. loose/overnight

4. chore/grateful

5. alley/sled

6. elbow/scar

7. bunch/persist

8. kids/irritate

9. decent/valentine

10. disgrace/sensation

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. F / Mike found a bunch of wood boards.

3. F / Joe was not a decent person at the beginning of the story.

4. T

5. F / Mike used to put together the loose pieces.

6. T

Part B

1. c

2. a

3. d

4. b

Unit 4

Exercise 1

Part A

1. c

2. a

3. d

4. c

5. b

Part B

1. b

2. c

3. a

4. c

5. c

6. c

7. a

8. b

9. a

10. a

Exercise 2

1. distant/compact

2. eclipse/pulse

3. mankind/grace

4. spice/desserts

5. bloom/decay

6. whistled/refresh

7. wool/curls

8. leisure/fairy

9. dipped/sneezing

10. passion/pillow

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. F / Tina wore a dress made of wool.

3. T

4. F / Tina had a passion for flowers.

5. T

6. F / Wilma gave Tina some cake for dessert.

Part B

1. d

2. c

3. a

4. d

Unit 5

Exercise 1

1. cursed/scared

2. cemetery/skeletons

3. fancy/hood

4. flashlight/ riddles

5. disguise/wicked

6. nourish/rotted

7. starving/spoiled

8. inhabitant/shortly

9. publication/thrill

10. acquainted/pirates

Exercise 2

1. d

2. a

3. b

4. c

5. d

Exercise 3

1. shortly

2. acquaint

3. riddles

4. publication

5. inhabitant

6. scared

7. fancy

8. flashlight

9. curse

10. hood

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. F / People from places like Ireland, China, Egypt, and Mexico believed souls needed food.

2. F / Many cultures believed that souls needed food for their journey to heaven.

3. F / Housewives gave children food if they sang or danced.

4. T

5. T

6. F / Inhabitants from villages started trick-or-treating in the early 1900s.

Part B

1. b

2. c

3. c

4. a

Unit 6

Exercise 1

1. senator, districts

2. tapped, skull

3. worm, underneath

4. consoled, broadcast

5. tremendous, executed

6. bulletin, endure

7. grasp, stir

8. alerted, rear

9. drawer, chop

10. closet, bump

Exercise 2

1. consoled

2. broadcast

3. closet

4. underneath

5. senator

6. tremendous

7. bump

8. district

9. executed

10. chopped

Exercise 3

1. b

2. a

3. c

4. a

5. d

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. T

3. T

4. F The cook found a pipe in the closet.

5. F The cook knew he was going to hit the worm hard.

6. F The worm slid off the senator's head.

Part B

1. a

2. d

3. c

4. c

Unit 7

Exercise 1

Part A

1. b

2. c

3. d

4. a

5. b

Part B

1. b

2. b

3. c

4. d

5. a

6. a

7. d

8. c

9.a

10. c