Unit 21

Exercise 1

1. b

2. a

3. d

4. d

5. d

Exercise 2

1. dim

2. accustomed

3. leak

4. stiff

5. clan

6. astonished

7. feast

8. glowing

9. tragic

10. instincts

Exercise 1

1. fable, astonished

2. banged, instincts

3. feast, accustomed

4. physician, joint

5. emphasis, affirm

6. hollow, stiff

7. clan, tunes

8. dim, stroked

9. tragic, sacrifices

10. leak, glowing

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. T

3. F / The old man’s joints were stiff from sitting under a tree for a long time.

4. F / The old man’s instincts told him there was something in the forest.

5. T

6. T

Part B

1. d

2. b

3. c

4. b

Unit 22

Exercise 1

Part A

1. a

2. b

3. d

4. b

5. b

Part B

1. b

2. d

3. a

4. b

5. a

Exercise 2

1. inquired, dose

2. peered, pose

3. portrait, commissioned

4. coincided, accommodate

5. circus, dyed

6. extent, headline

7. messenger, stripe

8. ranch, informal

9. gender, steering

10. tempted, tame

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. F / Ben wasn’t tempted by money when he had his own circus.

3. T

4. T

5. F / Ben learned about the circus from a messenger with newspaper headlines.

6. F / An artist could be commissioned to paint informal portraits of people posing in front of a funny picture.

Part B

1. c

2. a

3. d

4. d

Unit 23

Exercise 1

1. a

2. c

3. d

4. b

5. b

6. c

7. c

8. a

9. b

10. a

Exercise 2

1. Aborigine, cottage

2. outlaw, prospects

3. wizard, shaved

4. cautious, gamble

5. ban, daytime

6. lawn, faded

7. desperate, purse

8. mow, fierce

9. terrified, confess

10. seldom, rod

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. F / Hans went to the old man’s cottage because he liked the prospect of food and warmth.

3. F / The old man in the cottage was a wizard.

4. F / When daylight faded, Hans returned to the cottage.

5. T

6. T

Part B

1. a

2. a

3. b

4. d

Unit 24

Exercise 1

Part A

1. b

2. a

3. d

4. c

5. d

Part B

1. b

2. d

3. b

4. a

5. c

Exercise 2

1. symphony, initiated

2. graze, cattle

3. nerve, optimist

4. lane, paved

5. herd, bundle

6. widow, greed

7. parade, posters

8. portable, bulb

9. phantom, fled

10. baggage, scratched

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. F / Larry was a cow, Harry was a rooster and Lester was a duck on the widow Riley’s farm.

2. T

3. T

4. F / The only things the animals took with them were a portable microphone, a flute and a drum.

5. F / Lester was an optimist.

6. F / Harry knocked over the lamp to break the bulb.

Part B

1. b

2. c

3. b

4. a

Unit 25

Exercise 1

Part A

1. a

2. a

3. d

4. c

5. b

Part B

1. c

2. b

3. b

4. a

5. d

Exercise 2

1. a, d

2. b, c

3. a, d

4. a, b

5. b, d

Exercise 3

1. fraction

2. dynasty

3. ray

4. illusion

5. via

6. circulated

7. resigned

8. frost

9. trembled

10. lieutenant

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. F / The sun’s rays don’t shine on Greenland for three months.

2. F / He wanted to start a dynasty in his name in Greenland.

3. F / Erik the Red’s consequent punishment for killing his neighbor was to leave Iceland.

4. T

5. T

6. F / Erik gave it the name Greenland because he wanted many people to settle there.

Part B

1. c

2. b

3. b

4. b

Unit 26

Exercise 1

1. a, d

2. b, c

3. a, d

4. a, c

5. b, c

Exercise 2

1. disgusting

2. collapsed

3. wiped

4. curved

5. embraced

6. autumn

7. wire

8. altered

9. drain

10. receipt