Unit 21. Reading Comprehension.

Exercise 1

1. a

2. a

3. a

4. c

5. b

Exercise 2

1. b

2. d

3. b

4. c

5. c

6.d

7.d

8.c

9.b

10.a

Exercise 3

1. I

2. I

3. I

4. I

5. C

6. C

7. I

8. I

9. C

10. I

11. C

12. C

13. C

14. I

15. I

16. C

17. I

18. I

19. C

20. C

Reading Comprehension.

Part A

1. F The girls looked like clones, and they used the same colloquial language.

2. F... Katie was a linguist and Alice...

3. T

4. F Alice was astounded when she saw Katie wearing nice clothes.

5. T

Part B

1. Alice wasn’t interested in French.

2. Alice felt very messy next to her.

3. In the past they’d always told each other everything in detail.

4. Before their birthday, they’d talk all night long.

5. It’s totally plausible for twins to have different interests.

Unit 22

Exercise 1

1. a

2. b

3. b

4. c

5. a

Exercise 2

1. manufactures

2. mechanisms

3. administration

4. cholesterol

5. deceptive

6. explicit

7. coalition

8. prone

9. framework

10. straightforward

Exercise 3

1. C

2. C

3. I

4. C

5. I

6. C

7. I

8. C

9. C

10. C

11. I

12. C

13. C

14. I

15. C

16. I

17. C

18. I

19. C

20. I

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. F … manufactured drugs to treat diabetes and high cholesterol.

2. T

3. T

4. T

5. F After the company minimized air pollution, the motto became apt.

Part B

1. “Make the Earth a better place.”

2. Jack stood up to give a speech.

3. We can fix things if we all work together.

4. The workers threatened to quit.

5. Since I can’t afford to lose all my workers, I guess we’ll just have to fix things.

Unit 23

Exercise 1

1. b

2. d

3. a

4. b

5. a

6. c

7. d

8. c

9. d

10. a

Exercise 2

1. d

2. c

3. b

4. b

5. d

6. a

7. b

8. c

9. a

10. c

Exercise 3

1. a

2. c

3. c

4. a

5. b

Exercise 4

1. crescent

2. roamed

3. craters

4. breadth

5. fragment

6. atom

7. embedded

8. solitary

9. radiates

10. status

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. F …through the debris of broken asteroids.

2. T

3. F The tail shined with…

4. T

5. T

Part B

1. While roaming through the gloom of the galaxy, the little rock felt sad.

2. The moons had craters and shiny crescents.

3. The circumference of the planet was hundreds of times larger than the breadth of the small rock.

4. The little fragment of rock was filled with despair because he was surrounded by beauty and greatness, yet he was just a small and ugly rock.

5. The tail looked like a galactic cape.

Unit 24

Exercise 1

1. a

2. d

3. c

4. b

5. a

Exercise 2

1. employs

2. expelled

3. furnished

4. hygiene

5. lease

6. mend

7. personnel

8. plumbing

9. trendy

10. utility

Exercise 3

1. I

2. C

3. C

4. I

5. C

6. I

7. I

8. I

9. C

10. C

11. I

12. C

13. I

14. C

15. C

16. I

17. I

18. C

19. C

20. C

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1 F If the tenants didn’t pay the lease, the landlord could not pay his mortgage and…

2. T

3. T

4. F The carpenter mended…

5. T

Part B

1. In addition to dressers, the tenantsfurnished some of the apartments with new beds and chairs.

2. If the landlord did not conform to the city’s mandatoryhygienic standards, his tenants would have to leave by the end of the month.

3. He had requested an extension, but the city denied it.

4. The tenant who had worked for the city’s utilities repaired the building’s plumbing.

5. When they were done, all of the people dispersed, and the landlord went home to rest.