Unit 14. Reading Comprehension

Exercise 1

1. a

2. c

3. b

4. d

5. a

Exercise 2

1. luxury

2. crown

3. chef

4. bleed

5. horrible

6. impolite

7. kneel

8. massive

9. bond

10. fiber

Exercise 3

1. b

2. d

3. a

4. a

5. d

6. d

7. a

8. c

9. a

10. d

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. F / The chef was a horrible person that everyone hated.

3. T

4. T

5. F / The chef was very impolite and always scolded his workers.

6. T

Part B

1. c

2. d

3. b

4. c

Unit 15

Exercise 1

1. b, c

2. a. c

3. a, b

4. c, d

5. c, d

Exercise 2

1. diameter

2. theft

3. scheme

4. bless

5. famine

6. exploited

7. slim

8. routine

9. Pardon

10. pharaohs

Exercise 3

1. ripe, roasted

2. Pardon, theft

3. famine, pharaoh

4. stove, cereal

5. harvest, slim

6. nut, diameter

7. affair, merry

8. routine, bless

9. exploit, assembly

10. cheerful, scheme

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. F / The pharaoh’s party was a great affair.

2. T

3. T

4. F / Monkey repeated the routine for four days.

5. T

6. F/ Monkey asked the pharaoh, “Pardon? ”

Part B

1. b

2. b

3. a

4. c

Unit 16

Exercise 1

1. b

2. a

3. b

4. b

5. a

Exercise 2

1. a

2. b

3. a

4. a

5. b

Exercise 3

1. adolescents

2. sorrow

3. journalism

4. swell

5. hindered

6. punishment

7. slices

8. straws

9. liberty

10. tidy

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. F / The boy leaning against the pole complimented Matthew’s jacket.

3. T

4. T

5. F / Matthew wants to work in journalism when he grows up.

6. T

Part B

1. c

2. c

3. b

4. c

Unit 17

Exercise 1

1. b

2. d

3. d

4. b

5. a

Exercise 2

1. miserable

2. agency

3. shallow

4. confine

5. ash

6. navigate

7. originated

8. affection

9. vibrating

10. sympathy

Exercise 3

1. superstition / originated

2. agency / dismissed

3. slope / lava

4. fate / vibrated

5. confine / sympathy

6. ash / erupted

7. miserable / retrieve

8. affection / wander

9. remainder / shallow

10. navigate / spanned

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. F / The trip to find the magic cup was very difficult.

2. T

3. T

4. F / A superstition said that anyone who retrieved the magic cup would get their greatest wish.

5. T

6. T

Part B

1. d

2. d

3. b

4. d

Unit 18

Exercise 1

1. a, d

2. a, b

3. c, d

4. b, c

5. a, c

Exercise 2

Part A

1. c

2. a

3. d

4. b

5. c

Part B

1. a

2. c

3. a

4. d

5. b

Exercise 3

1. yield

2. spear

3. thunder

4. retreated

5. troops

6. armor

7. steep

8. independence

9. invasion

10. boom

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. T

3. F / The knight wore armor, and the warriors used spears.

4. T

5. T

6. F / The flames scared the enemy.

Part B

1. a

2. b

3. b

4. c

Unit 19

Exercise 1

Part A

1. b

2. d

3. a

4. c

5. a

Part B

1. b

2. a

3. c

4. a

5. d

Exercise 2

1. b

2. c

3. b

4. d

5. b

Exercise 3

1. daisy, mist

2. dispute, confronted

3. bench, sighed

4. horror, incident

5. pregnant, spare

6. revenge, plotted

7. stems, rage

8. supper, tender

9. orphan, sneak

10. objects, shame

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. T

3. F / The girl plotted to get revenge against the farmer.

4. F / The girl sighed because the farmer wouldn’t give her a pear.

5. T

6. F / The orphan hadn’t eaten supper for days.

Part B

1. a

2. a

3. c

4. a

Unit 20

Exercise 1

1. a

2. b

3. d

4. a

5. c

Exercise 2

1. magnificent

2. necessity

3. supreme

4. outcome

5. evident

6. dissatisfied

7. seize

8. dawn

9. pile

10. cub

Exercise 3

1. c

2. b

3. a

4. b

5. d

6. a

7. a

8. d

9. b

10. a

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. F / Mother Wolf knew how to seize prey.

3. T

4. F / Mother Wolf made a den beneath the tree.

5. T

6. T

Part B

1. b

2. c

3. d

4. d