Unit 15

Exercise 1

1. b

2. c

3. b

4. b

5. a

6. c

7. d

8. b

9. a

10.d

Exercise 2

1. b

2. a

3. d

4. b

5. a

Exercise 3

1. upgrade

2. imperative

3. provision

4. manifest

5. viable

6. adhere

7. voluntary

8. overcrowded

9. administer

10. compassionate

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. T

2. F, A deficiency of important fluids caused metabolic processes to stop working correctly.

3. T

4. F, The system used to filter water is being upgraded.

5. T

Part B

1. Countries recognized the paramount need to contain the outbreak.

2. in August of 2008

3. Britain, France, the United States, and other countries.

4. Infected people were unable to replenish lost nutrients.

5. The doctors provided sterile drinking water and medication.

Unit 16

Exercise 1

1. c

2. c

3. a

4. d

5. b

Exercise 2

1. uproar

2. backstage

3. amid

4. flammable

5. underestimate

6. billionaire

7. premature

8. clumsy

9. segregated

10. culprits

Exercise 3

1. b

2. d

3. a

4. d

5. c

6. d

7. b

8. a

9. a

10. d

Exercise 4

1. C

2. C

3. C

4. I

5. I

6. I

7. C

8. C

9. I

10. C

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. F, The story never said what the satire was about.

2. F, The billionaire and the theater's janitor, Bill, were the only two backstage.

3. F, Because Bill looked like a brute, the crowd underestimated his character.

4. F, The billionaire's wife fell down amid the tumult.

5. T

Part B

1. The audience and actors evacuated the building because there was a fire.

2. When the mobsegregated the two men, most of the crowd thought that Bill was to blame.

3. The billionaire's wife testified in his defense.

4. The floor was flammable.

5. The mob was surprised to learn that the man they blamed was innocent and the billionaire was guilty.

Unit 17

Exercise 1

1. b

2. c

3. a

4. a

5. d

Exercise 2

1. stimulates

2. penetrate

3. duplicate

4. spur

5. electrons

6. anew

7. meteorology

8. glided

9. launch

10. ingenious

Exercise 3

1. C

2. I

3. I

4. I

5. I

6. I

7. C

8. C

9. C

10. C

11. C

12. C

13. I

14. C

15. I

16. I

17. I

18. C

19. I

20. I

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. F, The student of meteorology had made a device that simulated lightning in clouds.

2. T

3. T

4. T

5. F, The propulsion of the rocket carried the device high into the air.

Part B

1. The meteorological experiment had a major defect. It couldn't get into the sky.

2. He placed the device on a rocket and launched it into the sky

3. He duplicated the experiment for his professors (or teachers.)

4. When it penetrated the center of a large black cloud, it emitted the electromagnetic pulse.

5. Because he was so tenacious, the student had succeeded.

Unit 18

Exercise 1

1. b

2. a

3. a

4. d

5. a

Exercise 2

1. c

2. a

3. d

4. a

5. c

6. b

7. d

8. c

9. d

10. a

Exercise 3

1. outstretched

2. chattering

3. freeway

4. monastery

5. winding

6. profile

7. deteriorated

8. exterior

9. hearty

10. vivacious

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. F, The child's mother was usually a vivacious woman who constantly chattered.

2. F, The monastery was far from the freeway that was near Rabbit Cove.

3. F, When it started to rain, the nurse zipped up her jacket.

4. T

5. F, When the nurse heard a concerto playing in another room, she relaxed.

Part B

1. The dark and winding trail went to the monastery.

2. The monk took the nurse's outstretched hand and welcomed her with a hearty voice.

3. When she saw the profile of a man coming to answer the door, the nurse was filled with fear.

4. Rain had condensed on the exterior of the monastery's windows.

5. Medicine was in the parcel that the nurse took back to the manor.