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Unit 1 On the Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Unit 2 Animals and Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Unit 3 History Detectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Unit 4 Great Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Unit 5 Storms .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Unit 6 Reef Encounters .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Unit 7 Sweet Scents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Unit 8 Great Explorers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Unit 9 Traditions and Rituals .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Unit 10 Global Warming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Unit 11 Incredible Insects .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Unit 12 Going to Extremes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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Unit 1 B. 1. It is a sauce or base for other dishes.

2. Onion, garlic, green bell peppers,
sweet chili peppers, cilantro,
On the Menu olive oil, and oregano.

1A The Home of the Olive Reading Comprehension (p.18)

A. 1. (Puerto Rico’s) cuisine
Before You Read (p.10) 2. a
A. 1. separate 3. To work as slaves
2. enhance 4. It was imported by foreigners.
3. cultivate 5. It is a type of chili pepper.
4. harvest 6. Sofrito
5. produce 7. a
8. a. True
B. b
b. False
Reading Comprehension (p.13) c. NG
d. False
A. 1. d 9. coriander
2. c
B. 1. T
3. 3 → 2 → 4 → 1
2. F
4. They are paid in oil.
3. F
5. It was heated up and dropped down
4. T
on them.
5. F
6. a
7. The benefits of olive oil Vocabulary Practice (p.19)
8. d
A. 1. remarkable 2. aspect
B. Inside the Mediterranean Region: a, d
3. contrast 4. base
Outside the Mediterranean Region: b
5. layers 6. occasionally
Both: c, e
7. assume 8. immigrants
Vocabulary Practice (p.14) 9. invasion 10. imported
B. 1. invaded 2. contrasting
A. 1. civilizations 2. liquid
3. assumption 4. immigration
3. ceremonies 4. process
5. Remarkably
5. Initially 6. accounted for
7. associated with 8. attacks
1C Fusion Food
9. evidence 10. approximately
B. 1. d 2. a Before You Read (p.20)
3. e 4. c
A. 1. On January 29
5. b
2. Two
3. $140
1B A Taste of the Caribbean
Reading Comprehension (p.21)
Before You Read (p.15)
A. 1. Three
A. From top to bottom:
2. Excited
4
3. astonishing
5
4. the sauce was the same
1
5. Adding the cost of the drinks
3
6. whopping
2
7. c

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Explore More (p.22) Vocabulary Practice (p.28)

A. 1. F A. 1. variety 2. complex
2. T 3. interacting 4. enemies
3. F 5. Curious 6. constantly
B. 1. initially 2. assumption 7. alarmed 8. harmed
3. processed 4. accounts for 9. awareness 10. unknown
5. civilization 6. associated
7. aspect 8. remarkable 2B Our Bond with Dogs
9. evidence 10. liquid
Before You Read (p.29)
C. 1. It is useful for cooking and enhancing
health. A. 1. From left to right: bullmastiff,
2. Answers will vary. Pomeranian, Old English sheepdog,
Miniature poodle, Great Dane,
Chihuahua, bulldog, greyhound,
Doberman pinscher, longhaired
Unit 2 dachshund, Siberian husky.
2. The sheepdog is a herder, the
Animals and Language greyhound is used for racing, the
Doberman is used as a guard dog,
and the Siberian husky pulls sleds.
2A Ocean Giants 3. The bullmastiff and Doberman
pinscher are fierce, the Great Dane is
Before You Read (p.24) very gentle, and greyhound runs very
A. 2 → 1 → 3 fast, and the Siberian husky can cope
B. Humpback whales are intelligent, with Arctic weather.
lighthearted, and active at the surface of 4. Answers will vary.
the water. They swim close to land. 5. Answers will vary.
B. Jacques, a beagle
Reading Comprehension (p.27) Tiffy, a Maltese
A. 1. Herman Melville Jessie, a whippet
2. The idea that male humpbacks sing to
Reading Comprehension (p.32)
attract females
3. b A. 1. obedient
4. unknown 2. b
5. Two 3. c
6. They can be louder than an airplane 4. They were chosen because of their
engine. powerful noses.
7. a 5. In luggage or in mail
8. a. True 6. The Beagle Brigade
b. False 7. Tiffy
c. NG 8. At the National Institutes of Health
B. 1. b 9. Because of their special place as
2. c “man’s best friend”
3. e 10. a. True
4. d b. False
5. a c. NG
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B. 1. Tiffy: d, e Reading Comprehension (p.39)

2. Jacques: c
A. 1. Improved X-ray technology
3. Jessie: b
2. amazing
4. Jacques and Jessie: a
3. The mummy
Vocabulary Practice (p.33) 4. Bones were missing.
5. Above his left knee
A. 1. garbage 2. government 6. b
3. luggage 4. domestic 7. Murder
5. partnership 6. acquiring 8. c
7. obedient 8. talent
B. 5 → 2 → 3 → 1 → 4
9. plenty 10. selection
Vocabulary Practice (p.40)
Explore More (p.34)
A. 1. luxurious 2. theory
A. 2 → 1 → 4 → 3
3. exclude 4. conducted
B. 1. partnership 2. variety 5. injuries 6. infected
3. plenty 4. talent 7. analysis 8. murder
5. luggage 6. obedient 9. teenagers 10. attachment
7. interacting 8. unknown
9. selection 10. domestic 3B A Body in the Mountains
C. 1. Dogs are used for search and rescue
to locate people after disasters. They Before You Read (p.41)
herd and manage livestock such as
A. 1. c
sheep; they serve as guides for people
2. b
with handicaps such as blindness;
3. c
and they find the retrieve game for
B. Answers will vary.
hunters.
2. Many other domestic animals such
Reading Comprehension (p.44)
as cats and horses have a close bond
with people. A. 1. b
2. He is the oldest complete human
body on earth.
3. perfect
Unit 3 4. Three
5. A small dark shape
History Detectives 6. A fight for power among his people
7. a. NG
b. True
3A Secrets of the Pharaohs c True
d. False
Before You Read (p.36)
8. a
A. From top to bottom: B. F
tomb T
coffin T
mummy F
Archeologist F
B. Theories include murder, an injury
from war or a hunting accident, or an
infection from a knee fracture.

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Vocabulary Practice (p.45) B. 1. information booth

2. newspaper
A. 1. wealth 2. laborer
3. tobacco smoke
3. enabled 4. deduce
4. oldest business
5. beneath 6. implies
5. Historic Landmark
7. frozen 8. tiny
9. cruelly 10. debatable Vocabulary Practice (p.52)
A. 1. located 2. threatened
Explore More (p.46)
3. modernizing 4. sightseers
A. 1. b 5. economic 6. objected
B. 1. conducting 2. deduce 7. features 8. ceilings
3. murdered 4. theory 9. focal 10. convenient
5. analyzed 6. injury B. 1. b 2. a
7. beneath 8. enable 3. b
9. frozen 10. attached
C. 1. Answers will vary. 4B Postcards from India
2. Answers will vary.
Before You Read (p.53)
A. Top: 1
Bottom: 2, 3
Unit 4 a. diverse
b. impressive
Great Destinations c. monuments
d. sculptures

4A Big City Travel B. a goddess

Before You Read (p.48) Reading Comprehension (p.56)

A. 1. a
A. 1. track
2. Bombay
2. apartment
3. b
3. landmark
4. Bollywood
4. commuter
5. Tata
5. terminal
6. European
B. 1. c 7. An arch
2. a 8. One hour
3. b 9. remarkable
4. d
B. Colonial India: a, d, f
Independent India: b, g
Reading Comprehension (p.51)
Both: c, e
A. 1. b
2. Grand Central Terminal Vocabulary Practice (p.57)
3. A thousand
A. 1. established 2. derived
4. b
3. supposedly 4. surrounded
5. a
5. appeal to 6. cultural
6. In an emergency
7. cave 8. permitted
7. Tobacco smoke
9. preservation 10. policies
8. To make GCT a National Historic
Landmark B. 1. permitted 2. cave
3. preservation

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4C Unexplored Land Reading Comprehension (p.65)

A. 1. d
Before You Read (p.58)
2. c
A. 1. In Hong Kong’s Geopark 3. To leave the city
2. January 17 4. There were not enough police left in
the city.
Reading Comprehension (p.59) 5. To keep his family and himself alive
A. 1. breathtaking 6. c
2. c 7. The sea levels are rising every year.
3. egrets; herons 8. It is sinking at a rate of up to 2.5
4. exposing centimeters a year.
5. Sampan 9. d
6. Prepare a speech and photo display
B. 3 → 4 → 2 → 5 → 1
on the Geopark for the school’s
Environment Week Vocabulary Practice (p.66)
Explore More (p.60) A. 1. exposed 2. ignore
A. 1. a 3. circumstances 4. distributed
2. a 5. engineers 6. widespread
7. sectors 8. reside
B. 1. modernization 2. established
9. currently 10. sink
3. preserved 4. appeals
5. sightseers 6. surrounding B. 1. sinking 2. resides
7. convenient 8. derive 3. Circumstances 4. Engineers
9. permits 10. located 5. exposed 6. ignore
7. distribute 8. widespread
C. 1. Answers will vary.
9. sector
2. Answers will vary.
5B Superstorm
Before You Read (p.67)
Unit 5
A. 1. T
Storms 2. F
3. T
4. T
5A When Disaster Strikes
Reading Comprehension (p.70)
Before You Read (p.62)
A. 1. Tropical cyclones
A. 1. helicopter 2. Hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones
2. roof 3. b
3. flooding 4. The eye
4. levee 5. 118 kilometers per hour
B. 1. Hurricane Katrina 6. A storm surge
2. Some people died or were injured, 7. b
others lost homes and belongings. 8. goal
B. 1. d
2. a
3. e
4. c
5. b

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Vocabulary Practice (p.71) B. Answers will vary.

A. 1. humid 2. rotate Reading Comprehension (p.79)

3. upward 4. qualifying
5. energized 6. cycle A. 1. b
7. blame 8. forecast 2. Limestone
9. professional 10. combination 3. Underground, beneath the ocean, in
islands, and in mountains
B. 1. qualifies 2. blame
4. thrive
3. cycle 4. Professional
5. Blast fishing
5. rotates 6. combination
6. To look for hiding fish
7. c
5C Typhoons in Hong Kong
8. Coral reefs
Before You Read (p.72) B. 1. fish as possible
2. building material
A. 1. Three
3. liquid cyanide
2. Seven
4. the aquarium market
5. turn white
Reading Comprehension (p.73)
A. 1. Ignoring the HKO’s warnings Vocabulary Practice (p.80)
2. responsibility; Parents; respect;
A. 1. shallow 2. negative
qualities
3. pollution 4. conservation
3. b
5. creatures 6. generations
4. a
7. source 8. consumption
5. a
9. brilliantly 10. jewelry
6. c
B. 1. b 2. a
Explore More (p.74) 3. a

A. 1. catastrophic 2. destruction 6B The Truth About Sharks

3. tropical 4. condensation
B. 1. combination 2. circumstances Before You Read (p.81)
3. humid 4. upward
A. 1. a type of fish
5. cycle 6. rotate
2. length
7. energized 8. qualified
3. teeth
9. exposed 10. widespread
4. dead things
C. 1. Answers will vary. 5. nets
2. Answers will vary.
B. Some common ideas about sharks are
not true.

Reading Comprehension (p.84)

Unit 6 A. 1. c
Reef Encounters 2. Sharks are killers that hunt and eat as
many humans as they can.
3. comprehend
6A Coral Reefs 4. Great whites’
5. c
Before You Read (p.76) 6. A t R e e f Q u e s t C e n t e r f o r S h a r k
A. 1. F Research
2. T 7. c
3. F 8. Humans are too bony.
4. T

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9. curious 8. Answers will vary.

10. a. NG 9. Answers will vary.
b. True B. b
c. True
d. False
Reading Comprehension (p.91)
B. F
T A. 1. Cut flowers
T 2. Air freight and high-tech cooling
F systems
F 3. c
4. considerable
Vocabulary Practice (p.85) 5. Scientists in the Netherlands
6. The climate is almost perfect.
A. 1. horror 2. confusion
7. Employment opportunities and a
3. inaccurate 4. bite
stronger economy
5. arranged 6. gather
8. b
7. factual 8. comprehend
9. hypothesize 10. categorized B. Netherlands: b, c
Ecuador: a, d
Explore More (p.86) Both: e

A. 1. Answers will vary. Vocabulary Practice (p.92)

2. Answers will vary.
3. a A. 1. renowned 2. prevent
3. exported 4. handle
B. 1. creatures 2. horrified
5. purchased 6. trade
3. negative 4. inaccurate
7. employment 8. dominate
5. bite 6. hypothesize
9. considerable 10. claim
7. confuse 8. consume
9. comprehends 10. factual B. 1. a 2. a
3. b 4. b
C. 1. Answers depend on the species or
5. a
type of sharks (some are harmless to
people) and whether the sharks are
7B Marketing Perfume
fed or not.
2. Answers will vary. Before You Read (p.93)
A. 1. Answers will vary.
2. Answers will vary.
Unit 7 B. A new perfume for men was named after
him.
Sweet Scents
Reading Comprehension (p.96)
7A The Business of Flowers A. 1. a
2. Because memory and smell are
Before You Read (p.88) especially closely linked.
3. Natural and synthetic
A. 1. Answers will vary.
4. derived
2. Answers will vary.
5. b
3. Answers will vary.
6. Works of art in the Louvre Museum
4. Answers will vary.
7. They are dressed entirely in black.
5. Answers will vary.
8. c
6. Answers will vary.
7. Answers will vary.

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B. 1. b Reading Comprehension (p.103)

2. d
A. 1. d
3. c
2. b
4. e
3. He stayed for 17 years.
5. a
4. They were straight and broad.
Vocabulary Practice (p.97) 5. It doesn’t catch fire.
6. The black stones
A. 1. essences 2. obtained 7. d
3. distinct 4. budget 8. The book (about Marco Polo’s trip)
5. derived 6. authorities
B. 3 → 2 → 1 → 5 → 4
7. guarded 8. displayed
9. emphasis 10. joy Vocabulary Practice (p.104)
B. 1. a 2. b
A. 1. voyage 2. objective
3. a 4. b
3. administration 4. contributed
5. a
5. journal 6. perceived
7. undertook 8. mineral
Explore More (p.98)
9. admire 10. Palace
A. Answers will vary.
B. 1. undertake 2. voyage
B. 1. exports 2. obtain 3. admire 4. perceive
3. essences 4. distinctive 5. palace 6. Administration
5. considerable 6. renowned 7. objective 8. journal
7. authority 8. joy 9. contribute
9. commercial 10. purchase
C. 1. Answers will vary. 8B Prince of Travelers
2. Answers will vary.
Before You Read (p.105)
A. 1. Islam
2. Ibn Battuta
Unit 8 3. The equivalent of 44 modern countries
4. 30
Great Explorers
Reading Comprehension (p.108)
8A Marco Polo A. 1. b
2. Mecca
Before You Read (p.100) 3. Ibn Battuta
A. 1. Venice, 24 4. d
2. Locations in China from Shangdu 5. d
in the north, all along the coast to 6. he had studied in Mecca
Quanzhou in the south, then into 7. A slave
Southeast Asia 8. consented
3. Other places he visited include B. 1. NG
Istanbul, Jerusalem, Beijing, and 2. T
Xi’an. 3. T
B. To meet the powerful Mongol leader 4. F
Kublai Khan and work for him 5. NG

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Vocabulary Practice (p.109)

Unit 9
A. 1. remote 2. prior
3. unparalleled 4. profitable Traditions and Rituals
5. misfortune 6. consented
7. wisdom 8. unpredictable
9. finance 10. translated
9A A Sporting Ritual
B. 1. translators 2. unpredictable Before You Read (p.114)
3. financed 4. consented
5. wisdom A. 4
1
8C To the Earth’s Extremes 3
2
Before You Read (p.110) B. 1. Stare at each other, slap, push, trip, and
A. 1. “Queen of Ice” grip the other wrestler’s belt.
2. Four 2. Silk
3. Samurai
Reading Comprehension (p.111) 4. 4.55 meters across

A. 1. travel; magazines; advertising; Reading Comprehension (p.117)

invitation; promote
2. extreme A. 1. being knocked down or pushed out of
3. white regions the ring
4. opt 2. b
5. a. True 3. restriction
b. NG 4. d
c. False 5. Silk
d. NG 6. a
6. d 7. Some top wrestlers
8. a. True
Explore More (p.112) b. False
c. NG
A. b
d. True
B. 1. contribution 2. remote
B. 1. b
3. unparalleled 4. perceive
2. e
5. voyage 6. Prior
3. d
7. unpredictable 8. misfortunes
4. a
9. journal 10. financed (or
5. c
admired)
C. 1. Extreme cold, having to carry Vocabulary Practice (p.118)
all supplies with them, trying to
A. 1. origin 2. grip
communicate from Antarctica.
3. restricted 4. internationalization
2. Answers will vary.
5. shame 6. illustrated
7. dimensions 8. pure
9. heroes 10. impact
B. 1. a 2. a
3. b 4. a
5. a

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9B Marriage Traditions C. 1. Using incense and henna, wearing

gold jewelry, having week-long
Before You Read (p.119) wedding celebrations.
2. Answers will vary.
A. Similar: all are ceremonies marking a
change of status, the participants wear
special clothes, all of the brides have
some covering in or on their hair.
Different: the colors of the clothes are
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different as are the specific rituals and
traditions.
Global Warming
B. b
10A A Warming World
Reading Comprehension (p.122)
Before You Read (p.126)
A. 1. d
2. Wasting no time A. 1. Number 12, the Careser glacier in Italy
3. a 2. Nuber 8, the Nigardsbreen glacier in
4. In a mosque Norway
5. Rice, dates, and roasted meat 3. Norway
6. Put henna on his feet B. The Chacaltaya glacier in Bolivia and the
7. d Jacobshavn Isbæ glacier in Greenland
8. b
B. 1. b
Reading Comprehension (p.129)
2. e A. 1. The Chacaltaya ski area
3. d 2. c
4. a 3. Rising air and sea temperatures
5. c 4. A six-foot rise in sea levels / Tens of
millions of people will be forced out
Vocabulary Practice (p.123) of their homes.
A. 1. tents 2. camp 5. consequences
3. reserved 4. symbol 6. a
5. demonstrates 6. jealous 7. d
7. wrapped 8. nearby B. 1. b
9. reunite 10. weddings 2. e
B. 1. symbol 2. reserved 3. c
3. tent 4. wrap 4. d
5. wedding 6. reunited 5. a
7. demonstrate 8. camp 6. f

Explore More (p.124) Vocabulary Practice (p.130)

A. 1. c 2. a A. 1. solve 2. unexpected
3. d 4. b 3. melts 4. critical
5. environmentalists 6. shifts
B. 1. wedding 2. reunited
7. slides 8. unstoppable
3. symbol 4. purity
9. consequences 10. uncover
5. original 6. restricted
7. impact 8. wrapped
9. grips 10. nearby

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10B Arctic Survivors Explore More (p.138)

A. 1. atmosphere 2. ground
Before You Read (p.131)
3. gases
A. 1. Greenland B. 1. critical 2. quantity
2. walrus 3. sufficient 4. melt
3. winter 5. consequences 6. unstoppable
4. Qaanaaq (Thule) 7. solve 8. Environmentalists
B. Answers will vary. 9. urgently 10. resources
C. 1. Glaciers and sea ice will melt, ocean
Reading Comprehension (p.134)
levels will rise and flood coastal
A. 1. The ice has broken up. cities, more severe storms will occur,
2. The sea ice plants and animals will have difficulty
3. b coping with a warmer environment.
4. Walruses, seals, and whales 2. Answers will vary.
5. The ice shelf
6. b
7. Minerals, metals, and gems
8. c Unit 11
B. 1. thick
2. access Incredible Insects
3. the government
4. training
11A Small Wonders
5. fishermen; power plants
Before You Read (p.140)
Vocabulary Practice (p.135)
A. From top to bottom, left to right:
A. 1. quantity 2. starving
queen
3. access 4. resources
major
5. sufficient 6. ethnicity
submajor
7. guns 8. funds
media
9. corporations 10. urgent
minor
B. 1. a 2. b
B. c
3. a 4. b
5. b Reading Comprehension (p.143)
10C Turn It Off! A. 1. c
2. 50
Before You Read (p.136) 3. Eciton burchellii
4. huge / enormous
A. 1. Two
5. 200,000
2. Two
6. They use soldier ants to close wounds.
Reading Comprehension (p.137) 7. loyal
8. c
A. 1. c
B. 1. 300,000
2. essential
2. 320
3. 4 → 1 → 5 → 3 → 2
3. 200,000
4. Opponents
4. 300,000
5. starved
5. 700,000
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Vocabulary Practice (p.144) Explore More (p.150)

A. 1. nests 2. constitute A. The animal is best shipped in the pupa
3. observed 4. fellow stage because it is least active then and
5. loyalty 6. blind requires little care.
7. cooperate 8. broad B. 1. broadened 2. capable
9. capability 10. delay 3. darkness 4. emerge
B. 1. a 2. a 5. cooperate 6. reaction
3. b 4. a 7. observe 8. retain
5. b 9. delay 10. declared
C. 1. Raising butterflies is a sustainable
11B Unexpected Beauty business that provides income to
people without damaging the forest
Before You Read (p.145) environment.
A. 1. 1. c 2. Answers will vary.
2. a
3. b
2. Answers will vary.
B. Answers will vary. Unit 12
Reading Comprehension (p.148) Going to Extremes
A. 1. c
2. c 12A To the Edge of Space
3. To attract the moths into the building
so that he could collect them Before You Read (p.152)
4. astounded A. 1. Wright Flyer
5. a 2. Boeing 747
6. b 3. Space Shuttle Columbia
7. b 4. B-2 Spirit
B. 1. art B. SpaceShipOne, designed by Burt Rutan.
2. beauty It is the first private spacecraft.
3. light
4. scanner Reading Comprehension (p.155)
5. species
A. 1. The mid-1990s
Vocabulary Practice (p.149) 2. b
3. thrilled
A. 1. retain 2. disturbed 4. The history of airplane design
3. reaction 4. darkness 5. c
5. emerge 6. carelessly 6. encourage the development of private
7. overwhelming 8. credited space travel
9. declared 10. congratulated 7. 4 → 1 → 5 → 3 → 2
B. 1. a 2. b 8. c
3. a 4. a B. 1. NG
2. F
3. T
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Vocabulary Practice (p.156) 12C Extreme Sports

A. 1. launched 2. requirements
Before You Read (p.162)
3. resolved 4. crashed
5. scheme 6. thrilling A. 1. False
7. Dozens 8. licensing 2. True
9. aboard 10. weightless 3. True
B. 1. a 2. a
3. b 4. a
Reading Comprehension (p.163)
5. a A. 1. shocking
2. They have become more prone to
12B Dark Descent other risky behavior, beyond sports.
3. Extreme sports
Before You Read (p.157) 4. c
A. 1. feat 5. b
2. descent
3. passage Explore More (p.164)
4. entrance A. 1. rappelling 2. caver
B. b 3. ledge 4. waterfall
B. 1. techniques 2. resolved
Reading Comprehension (p.160) 3. relatively 4. ropes
A. 1. d 5. underground 6. tight
2. To be the first cavers to reach a depth 7. option 8. ease
of 2,000 meters 9. confidence 10. exhilarating
3. tight C. 1. Answers will vary
4. A sump / A cave passage filled with 2. Answers will vary.
water
5. He was unable to get through the
sump.
6. exhilarated
7. b
8. Their supplies were running low.
B. 1. e
2. b
3. c
4. d
5. a

Vocabulary Practice (p.161)

A. 1. option 2. eased
3. rope 4. tight
5. relatively 6. necessity
7. techniques 8. dove
9. underground 10. exhilarated
B. 1. ease 2. underground
3. Ropes 4. option
5. Necessities 6. technique
7. dive 8. exhilarated
9. relatively

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