Exercise 5

1. peninsula

2. diminish

3. dependence

4. drawbacks

5. proportion

6. components

7. impose

8. refuted

9. spectacular

10. benevolent

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. F The mayor of Netherton didn’t want Joseph to impose his radical fad on the town.

2. T

3. F The mayor of Wilton couldn’t refute the fact that the machine had drawbacks.

4. T

5. T

Part B

1. A large proportion of the people worked in weaving.

2. Cloth made by hand will soon be obsolete.

3. If he bought the machine, the people would lose their jobs.

4. He realized the machine could bring money and prestige.

5. Nobody bought the poor cloth from Netherton anymore.

Unit 10

Exercise 1

1. b

2. a

3. c

4. a

5. a

Exercise 2

1. d

2. a

3. b

4. b

5. b

6. c

7. d

8. b

9. a

10. d

Exercise 3

1. C

2. C

3. I

4. I

5. C

6. I

7. C

8. C

9. I

10. I

Exercise 4

1. soy

2. precaution

3. Accountants

4. monetary

5. preliminary

6. saturated

7. financed

8. capitalist

9. indifferent

10. dedicate

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. F Bill was indifferent about the company’s success.

3. F Bill irrigated his crops as a precaution for the upcoming dry summer.

4. T

5. F...and planted soy and cabbage.

Part B

1. “You’re crazy! ”

2. Bill had contempt toward his job.

3. Bill was happy.

4. Buying land and tools

5. The simplicity of a life on a farm

Unit 11

Exercise 1

1. b

2. a

3. c

4. a

5. d

Exercise 2

1. biography

2. acute

3. aggression

4. virtue

5. narrated

6. partiality

7. outdated

8. legacy

9. notorious

10. compel

Exercise 3

1. I

2. C

3. I

4. C

5. C

6. I

7. C

8. I

9. C

10. I

11. I

12. C

13. I

14. C

15. I

16. C

17. C

18. I

19. C

20. C

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. T

3. F It was inevitable that Beethoven would lose his hearing altogether.

4. T

5. F Beethoven’s legacy lives on because great music never becomes outdated.

Part B

1. The young Beethoven developed a partiality for classical music.

2. He first learned to play the piano when he was five.

3. He began to cry.

4. His passion for music compelled him to keep performing.

5. It was one of the finest in history.

Unit 12

Exercise 1

1. c

2. a

3. b

4. c

5. a

Exercise 2

1. consecutive

2. masculine

3. compatible

4. muscular

5. undergraduate

6. tattoo

7. posture

8. symmetry

9. ignorance

10. crude

Exercise 3

1. C

2. C

3. I

4. C

5. C

6. C

7. I

8. C

9. I

10. C

11. I

12. I

13. C

14. C

15. C

16. I

17. C

18. I

19. I

20. C

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. F John laughed at Mark’s ignorance.

3. T

4. T

5. F John was an undergraduate who studied history and anthropology.

Part B

1. They were applauded for their hard work.

2. He thought he could build a good statue.

3. John told him what Tut looked like.

4. Mark conferred with John about every detail.

5. When we put our talents together, we are capable of greatness.

Unit 13

Exercise 1

1. a

2. b

3. a

4. a

5. b

Exercise 2

1. brook

2. consumption

3. pedestrians

4. escort

5. hound

6. faculty

7. spectators

8. facility

9. impersonal

10. considerate

Exercise 3

1. b

2. d

3. c

4. d

5. d

Exercise 4

1. hounds

2. crust

3. spectator

4. ornaments

5. criteria

6. sanctuary

7. faculty

8. heap

9. brook

10. entitle

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. F Elvis possessed the criteria to be a great racing dog.

2. T

3. T

4. F In the interior the facility, there was a heap of bones and bread crusts for consumption.

5. T

Part B

1. His faculties were not as strong as they used to be.

2. Elvis was entitled to a better life.

3. He never lost a race in the northern hemisphere.

4. Elvis was escorted to a beautiful facility.

5. There was a sign on the external door that said, “Dogs Welcome! ”