Intermediate Reading Practices, 3rd Edition

Building Reading and Vocabulary Skills

Keith S. Folse
http://www.press.umich.edu/6743/intermediate_reading_practices_3rd_edition
Copyright 2004, University of Michigan
Michigan ELT

Answer Key

Lesson 1 Exercise 2, Part A, p. 6:

7. resell 34. designer
Prediction, p.1: 8. selling 37. replay
1, 2, 4, 8 9. seller 38. playing
12. repaint 39. player
Pre-Reading, p. 2:
13. painting 42. relabel
1. 4
14. painter 43. labeling
2. to be hurt
17. reheat 44. labeler
3. writer
18. heating 47. reattack
4. on a door
19. heater 48. attacking
5. 18
22. rediscover 49. attacker
6. the eyes
23. discovering 52. republish
7. a type of writing
24. discoverer 53. publishing
8. he created an alphabet
27. reprint 54. publisher
9. a stone tablet with hieroglyphics written
28. printing 57. relaunch
on it
29. printer 58. launching
10. a punch is hitting something with a fist
32. redesign 59. launcher
and a punch line is the bottom line of a
33. designing
joke

Part B, p. 7:
Exercise 1, p. 5:
5. misuse 18. misleading
1. teacher 11. reread
6. misusing 20. misread
2. rapidly 12. correctly
8. misspell 21. misreading
3. rewrite 13. illiterate
9. misspelling 23. mismatch
4. slowly 14. misplace
11. miscalculate 24. mismatching
5. singer 15. running
12. miscalculating 26. misinform
6. incorrectly 16. player
14. misplace 27. misinforming
7. speaking 17. improper
15. misplacing 29. misbehave
8. carefully 18. remake
17. mislead 30. misbehaving
9. improper 19. inactive
10. sharpener 20. misinform

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Part C, p. 7: Exercise 6, p. 11:

1. A, B, C; A, B; B
6. legally 30. personally
2. A, B, C; A, B; A
7. illegal 31. impersonal
3. A, B, C; B, C; B
8. illegally 32. impersonally
4. A, B, C; A, B; B
10. directly 34. accurately
5. A, B, C; B, C; C
11. indirect 35. inaccurate
12. indirectly 36. inaccurately
Exercise 7, p. 15:
14. perfectly 38. responsibly
1. A 5. C 9. C
15. imperfect 39. irresponsible
2. B 6. B 10. A
16. imperfectly 40. irresponsibly
3. A 7. B 11. C
18. legibly 42. significantly
4. A 8. B 12. B
19. illegible 43. insignificant
20. illegibly 44. insignificantly
Exercise 8, p. 18:
22. sanely 46. coherently
1. alphabet 14. serious
23. insane 47. incoherent
2. dictionary 15. several
24. insanely 48. incoherently
3. entry 16. answer
26. regularly 50. morally
4. listing 17. choice
27. irregular 51. immoral
5. order 18. contain
28. irregularly 52. immorally
6. answer 19. choose
Exercise 3, p. 8: 7. because 20. possible
8. clue 21. probable
1. writer 7. irresponsible
9. context 22. reading
2. rewrite 8. reexamine
10. free 23. reason
3. impolite 9. carefully
11. paragraph 24. second
4. redo 10. immature
12. point 25. write
5. eraser 11. misplaced
13. prompt
6. opener 12. Playing

Exercise 9, p. 20:
Exercise 4, p. 9:
1. C 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. C
1. someone who owns something
2. done in a slow manner
Exercise 10, p. 22:
3. fill something again
1. B 2. B, C 3. D 4. A 5. C
4. not sufficient
5. consider again
F. Finding the Main Idea, p. 23:
6. manage badly
A. fruit D. furniture
C. Context Clues, p. 9: B. animal E. profession
(knob) a control switch or dial; C. color
(watch) to see, a machine that tells time;
(letter) symbol that when combined with Exercise 11, p. 25:
other letters, makes words, correspondence A
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G. Finding the Answers: Scanning, p. 26: Lesson 2

1. C 6. B 11. B Prediction, p. 53:
2. C 7. B 12. C 2, 4, 5, 8
3. B 8. C 13. A
Pre-Reading, p. 54:
4. B 9. A 14. B
1. a tree 8. camels run with
5. A 10. A 15. C
2. very thankful their left legs
Exercise 12, p. 27: 3. 32 together and
1. C 2. C 4. giraffe then their right
5. female legs together
Timed Reading Exercises, p. 32:
6. green 9. 6
1. A 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. B
7. 2 10. 4
Exercise 14, p. 33:
Exercise 1, p. 56:
1. C 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. C
1. geography 10. uncertain
Exercise 16, p. 36: 2. geographer 11. economist
1. C 2. A 3. A, C 4. C 5. A 3. unlocked 12. colorless
4. biology 13. typist
Exercise 18, p. 39:
5. biologist 14. unsold
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. A
6. uninvited 15. pharmacist
Exercise 20, p. 42: 7. unused 16. tasteless
1. A 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. C 8. pianist 17. radiologist
9. endless 18. uncomfortable
Exercise 21, p. 44:
1. C 8. C 15. B Exercise 2, Part A, p. 57:
2. B 9. C 16. A 4. jobless 18. blameless
3. C 10. A 17. A 6. endless 20. faceless
4. C 11. C 18. C 8. stressless 22. senseless
5. B 12. B 19. B 10. lifeless 24. bloodless
6. B 13. C 20. B 12. bottomless 26. childless
7. A 14. A 14. defenseless 28. skinless
16. useless 30. boneless
Telling and Understanding Jokes, p. 48:
Part B, p. 58:
1a. a math class
1b. He added his own cat to the other cats 4. unidentified 24. unaware
in the math problem. 6. unprocessed 26. unenforced
2a. Mrs. Mills is the caller 8. unspecific 28. unmonitored
2b. Mrs. Mills identified herself in the last 10. uninvested 30. unsustainable
line of the joke. 12. unrestricted 32. unmotivated
3a. about $2,000 14. unpublished 34. unconfirmed
3b. divide 40,000 by 20 16. unspecified 36. unaccompanied
4a. 2 18. unimplemented 38. unappreciated
4b. the waiter and the customer 20. unoccupied 40. unanticipated
22. unresolved
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Part C, p. 59: Exercise 11, p. 72:

4. economist 12. typist 1. D
6. pharmacist 14. journalist Exercise 12, p. 73:
8. psychologist 16. tourist 1. A 2. B
10. receptionist
Exercise 14, p. 75:
Exercise 3, p. 59: 1. A 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. C
1. machinist 7. unskilled
Exercise 16, p. 78:
2. unsure 8. biology
1. C 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. C
3. unpredictable 9. unimportant
4. technology 10. dentist Exercise 18, p. 82:
5. seedless 11. odorless 1. C 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. B
6. guitarist 12. biology Exercise 20, p. 85:
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. C
Exercise 4, p. 60:
Answers will vary Exercise 21, p. 86:
1. B 8. B 15. C
Exercise 6, p. 62:
2. A 9. C 16. B
1. A, B, C; B, C; B
3. C 10. A 17. A
2. A, B, C; A, C; A
4. A 11. B 18. B
3. A, B, C; A, C; C
5. C 12. B 19. B
4. A, B, C; A, B, B
6. B 13. A 20. A
5. A, B, C; A, B; B
7. C 14. A
Exercise 7, p. 65:
Information Game: Part A, Step 2, p. 89:
1. C 5. B 9. A
1. morning glory
2. A 6. B 10. B
2. flying fox
3. B 7. C
3. monkey puzzle
4. B 8. A
Information Game: Part B, Step 1, p. 91:
Exercise 8, p. 67:
1. No.
1. 290 10. 289 19. 290
2. Not really.
2. 294 11. 294 20. 294
3. Their noses are shaped differently. Also, a
3. 291 12. 293 21. 293
crocodile’s teeth can be seen even when
4. 292 13. 291 22. 293
its mouth is closed.
5. 289 14. 289 23. 292
4. The ship is built outside the bottle, and
6. 292 15. 293 24. 295
the sails (rigging) are tied down with
7. 295 16. 292 25. 290
string. When the ship is in the bottle, you
8. 292 17. 289
pull the string that raises the sails.
9. 291 18. 294
5. The paper on which it is printed.
Exercise 9, p. 69: 6. They are endangered species.
1. B 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. C 7. Bananas, bran muffins, broccoli, chicken,
flounder, fat-free milk, mushrooms,
Exercise 10, p. 70: oranges, pasta, potatoes.
1. D 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. A
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Crossword Puzzle 1, p. 95 Exercise 2, Part A, p. 100:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4. sadness 14. appropriateness
B I O L O G Y U S V
8 9 6. usefulness 16. kindness
O N O I O H O
10 8. loneliness 18. liveliness
I S U F F I C I E N T
11 10. goodness 20. awareness
L A N D T C D E
12 13 14 12. fairness 22. uniqueness
E 1 S U N W
15 16 17
D O Z E N O R S H Y Part B, p. 100:
18
J A L O 4. oversleep 10. overstay
19 20 21
M A Y U U B L 6. overeat 12. overcook
22 23 24
E O U R T U R K E Y 8. overestimate
S U E I A E
25 26 27 28 Part C, p. 101:
S H R E D O N I O N S
29 30 4. communication 34. concentration
Y E N U N N O
6. participation 36. motivation
8. connection 38. reaction
Lesson 3
10. celebration 40. limitation
Prediction, p. 96 12. action 42. description
5, 6, 7, 8 14. introduction 44. creation
16. indication 46. definition
Pre-Reading: Part A, p. 97:
18. relation 48. interpretation
1. 1858
20. invention 50. misinterpretation
2. telegraph
22. conversion 52. variation
3. automobile
24. imagination 54. construction
4. distant, sound, Greek
26. generation 56. evaluation
5. wood
28. imitation 58. selection
6. because death occurred so quickly
30. realization 60. demonstration
7. more than 1,000
32. identification 62. immigration
8. answers will vary
9. 1877 Exercise 3, p. 102:
10. A 1. quickness 7. visitors
Exercise 1, p. 99: 2. surveyor 8. dictator
3. prearrange 9. lucky
1. prepay 11. preview
4. cloudy 10. immature
2. sadness 12. ugliness
5. foggy 11. overcharged
3. sunny 13. oversleep
6. pretest 12. anger
4. actor 14. overeat
5. craziness 15. overcharge Exercise 4, p. 103:
6. refrigerator 16. darkness 1. someone who directs
7. unhappiness 17. icy 2. heat up before
8. cloudy 18. brightness 3. condition of being lazy
9. conductor 19. actor 4. cook too much
10. quickness 20. transportation 5. prepare to cook
6. action or process of concluding
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Exercise 6, p. 104: Exercise 21, p. 128:

1. A, B, C; A, B, C; A 1. C 8. C 15. C
2. A, B; A, B; A 2. B 9. B 16. A
3. A, B, C; B, C; B 3. B 10. A 17. C
4. A, B, C; A, C; A 4. C 11. C 18. C
5. A, B, C; A, B, C; A 5. A 12. B 19. B
6. C 13. C 20. A
Exercise 7, p. 107:
7. A 14. A
1. B 5. A 9. A
Biography: Thomas A. Edison:
2. A 6. C 10. B
Part A, p. 130:
3. C 7. B
1. B 4. B
4. B 8. C
2. A, B, E, F, H 5. A
Exercise 8, p. 110: 3. C 6. D
1. n. 8. interj. 15. vt Biography: Thomas A. Edison:
2. interj. 9. vt 16. n. Part B, p. 134:
3. pron. 10. n. 17. n.
A. 4 F. 14 K. 6
4. n. 11. vt 18. vi
B. 9 G. 2 L. 3
5. vi 12 n. 19. vt
C. 10 H. 1 M. 7
6. n. 13. pron. 20. n.
D. 12 I. 8 N. 11
7. vt 14. pron.
E. 13 J. 5
Exercise 9, p. 111:
1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. D
Lesson 4
Prediction, p. 136
Exercise 10, p. 113:
1, 3, 5, 7
1. C 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. A
Pre-Reading, p. 137:
Exercise 11, p. 114:
1. Poland 6. Honduras
1. B
2. third 7. In the Indian
Exercise 12, p. 115: 3. Abu Dhabi Ocean
1. C 2. B 4. four 8. India
5. yet to come / 9. Florida
Exercise 14, p. 117:
coming soon 10. lake
1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. B
Exercise 1, p. 139:
Exercise 16, p. 120:
1. disagree 10. transporter
1. B 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. C
2. understandable 11. helpful
Exercise 18, p. 124: 3. transport 12. forgetful
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. C 4. beautiful 13. disallow
5. discontent 14. readable
Exercise 20, p. 127:
6. government 15. refundable
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. B
7. agreement 16. surprising
8. painful 17. astonishing
9. believable 18. confusing
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Exercise 2, Part A, p. 140: Exercise 4, p. 143:

4. disability 12. disprove 1. not able to be beaten
6. disadvantage 14. disqualify 2. something required
8. disagree 16. discontinue 3. something that must be paid before
10. disagreement 4. not obey
5. with care
Part B, p. 140:
6. something that annoys
4. enjoyment 26. enforcement
6. statement 28. displacement Exercise 6, p. 144:
8. movement 30. achievement 1. A, B, C; A, B, C; A
10. argument 32. assignment 2. A, B, C; B, C; B
12. measurement 34. enhancement 3. A, B, C; A, B, C; C
14. development 36. involvement 4. A, B, C; A, B; B
16. management 38. requirement 5. A, B, C; A, B, C; B
18. assessment 40. improvement
Exercise 7, p. 147:
20. investment 42. appointment
1. B 5. A 9. C
22. commitment 44. entertainment
2. A 6. C 10. A
24. adjustment
3. C 7. B
Part C, p. 141: 4. C 8. B
5. readable 26. learnable
Exercise 8, p. 151:
6. unreadable 27. unlearnable
1. adj. 8. adv. 15. adv.
8. usable 29. teachable
2. adj. 9. adv. 16. conj.
9. unusable 30. unteachable
3. adv. 10. prep. 17. adj.
11. acceptable 32. countable
4. conj. 11. adj. 18. prep.
12. unacceptable 33. uncountable
5. prep. 12. adv. 19. adv.
14. dependable 35. reliable
6. conj. 13. conj. 20. adj.
15. undependable 36. unreliable
7. prep. 14. prep.
17. available 38. fixable
18. unavailable 39. unfixable Exercise 9, p. 152:
20. suitable 41. repairable 1. C 2. A 3. D 4. D 5. A
21. unsuitable 42. unrepairable
23. predictable 44. profitable Exercise 10, p. 153:
24. unpredictable 45. unprofitable 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B

Exercise 11, p. 155:

Exercise 3, p. 142:
1. B
1. treatment 7. discontinued
2. porter 8. deport Exercise 12, p. 156:
3. measurement 9. understandable 1. B 2. A
4. surprising 10. movement
Exercise 14, p. 159:
5. disrespectful 11. disconnected
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. B
6. enjoyment 12. preceding
Exercise 16, p. 162:
1. C 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. C
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Exercise 18, p. 164: Lesson 5

1. C 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. B
Prediction, p. 176
Exercise 20, p. 168: 1, 2, 4, 7
1. B 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. C
Pre-Reading, p. 177:
Exercise 21, p. 169: 1. 1945 8. first
1. A 8. A 15. C 2. 1963 9. Civil War
2. B 9. B 16. B 3. 44 10. A formal
3. A 10. A 17. A 4. to treat wounded agreement
4. C 11. B 18. C victims between two or
5. A 12. A 19. B 5. French more states, as
6. A 13. B 20. A 6. The French and in reference to
7. A 14. C the English terms of peace
7. Aida or trade
Geography Quiz, p. 172:
Exercise 1, p. 179:
1. c 5. l 9. b
1. underpayment 11. leadership
2. i 6. a 10. d
2. national 12. experimental
3. k 7. j
3. nationalize 13. undercount
4. g 8. e
4. nationalization 14. tallest
Ranking Populations, p. 173: 5. undercook 15. equalize
11. 4 12. 3 13. 1 14. 2 15. 5 6. biweekly 16. continual
Maps, p. 173: 7. cultural 17. bimonthly
8. original 18. membership
16. Canada 21. India
9. emphasize 19. richest
17. Mexico 22. Russia
10. accidental 20. censorship
18. Panama 23. Korea
19. Brazil 24. Japan Exercise 2, Part A, p. 180:
20. Argentina 25. China 5. happiness 17. loneliness
7. happier 19. lonelier
Crossword Puzzle 2, p. 175 8. happiest 20. loneliest
1 2 3 4 5 6
C E N T U R Y A D M 9. sadness 21. darkness
7 8
O U A O C C U R 11. sadder 23. darker
9 10 11 12
N E A R L Y V T P S 12. saddest 24. darkest
13 13. dampness 25. weakness
N T A S T E S
14 15 15. damper 27. weaker
E A R L Y R R E D
16
C E P L A N E T 16. dampest 28. weakest
17 18 19
T S A T T D Part B, p. 180:
20 21 22
F T M I C E I E 4. membership 12. censorship
23 24
P E A K O I R I S 6. relationship 14. sponsorship
25
O M R A I N E E 8. partnership 16. companionship
26 27
R P E N B M R 10. ownership
28 29
T E S T S E C R E T
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Part C, p. 181: Exercise 4, p. 184:

5. financial 33. globally 1. emphasize too 4. act of deciding
6. financially 35. racial much 5. not of age
8. regional 36. racially 2. not formal 6. owning
9. regionally 38. traditional 3. being biologic something
11. central 39. traditionally
Exercise 6, p. 186:
12. centrally 41. logical
1. A, B; A, B; A
14. emotional 42. logically
2. A, B, C; B, C; B
15. emotionally 43. colonial
3. A, C; A, C; A
17. political 44. colonially
4. A, C; A, C; A
18. politically 47. practical
5. A, B; A, B; B
20. conditional 48. practically
21. conditionally 50. marginal Exercise 7, p. 189:
23. developmental 51. marginally 1. A 5. B 9. C
24. developmentally 53. cultural 2. A 6. A 10. C
26. structural 54. culturally 3. C 7. B
27. structurally 56. universal 4. A 8. A
29. technological 57. universally Exercise 8, p. 191:
30. technologically 59. provincial 1. adj. 10. vt 19. vt
32. global 60. provincially 2. n. 11. adj. 20. n.
Part D, p. 182: 3. adj. 12. n. 21. adv.
7. underpay 19. overreport 4. pron. 13. adj. 22. prep.
8. underpaying 20. overreporting 5. n. 14. n. 23. adj.
9. overpay 22. understate 6. n. 15. adj. 24. conj.
10. overpaying 23. understating 7. vt 16. n. 25. adv.
12. underfeed 24. overstate 8. vt 17. vi
13. underfeeding 25. overstating 9. n. 18. int.
14. overfeed 27. underestimate Exercise 9, p. 193:
15. overfeeding 28. underestimating 1. C 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. C
17. underreport 29. overestimate
18. underreporting 30. overestimating Exercise 10, p. 194:
1. B 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. B
Exercise 3, p. 182:
1. leadership 9. internship Exercise 11, p. 196:
2. liberalize 10. dental 1. D
3. bilingual 11. educate, Exercise 12, p. 197:
4. undercharged education 1. B 2. A
5. relationship 12. partnership
6. instruction 13. psychological Exercise 14, p. 199:
7. oversees 14. friendship 1. B 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. A
8. underdeveloped 15. underselling Exercise 16, p. 202:
1. A 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. A
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Exercise 18, p. 205: Exercise 1, p. 222:

1. C 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. A 1. colder 9. creator
2. transport 10. creatively
Exercise 20, p. 208:
3. transportation 11. bigger
1. A 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. C
4. transportable 12. replant
Exercise 21, p. 210: 5. telegraph 13. cooperative
1. B 8. C 15. C 6. suppressive 14. brighter
2. A 9. A 16. C 7. telegram 15. cooperatively
3. C 10. A 17. A 8. larger
4. B 11. C 18. B Exercise 2, Part A, p. 223:
5. C 12. A 19. C 5. impressive 38. perceptive
6. B 13. B 20. A 6. impressively 39. perceptively
7. C 14. A 8. active 41. deductive
U.S. Presidents, p. 212: 9. actively 42. deductively
1. F 6. F 11. F 11. creative 44. deceptive
2. T 7. F 12. T 12. creatively 45. deceptively
3. F 8. T 13. T 14. selective 47. effective
4. F 9. T 14. T 15. selectively 48. effectively
5. T 10. T 15. T 17. subjective 50. expensive
18. subjectively 51. expensively
Lesson 6 20. progressive 53. attractive
21. progressively 54. attractively
Prediction, p. 219:
23. negative 56. extensive
2, 4, 7, 8
24. negatively 57. extensively
Pre-Reading, p. 220: 26. excessive 59. passive
1. cardiopulmonary resuscitation. You use 27. excessively 60. passively
CPR to restore normal breathing to 29. interactive 62. offensive
someone who has had a cardiac arrest. 30. interactively 63. offensively
2. 7 32. productive 65. persuasive
3. Evidence is a noun, evident is an 33. productively 66. persuasively
adjective, and evidently is an adverb. 35. receptive 68. attractive
4. Brazil, Australia 36. receptively 69. attractively
5. 12, 14
Part B, p. 224:
6. U.S. 1. natively 4. objectively
7. 6,000 2. innovatively 5. comprehensively
8. lightning 3. intensively
9. black box, orange
10. suck the poison out of the wound
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Part C, p. 224: Exercise 6, p. 229:

4. presence 21. confidently 1. A, B, C; A, B; B
6. presently 22. evidence 2. A, B, C; A, B; B
7. pertinence 24. evidently 3. A, B, C; A, C; C
8. pertinent 26. convenient 4. A, B, C; A, C; C
11. dependent 27. conveniently 5. A, B, C; A, B; B
12. dependently 28. obedience
Exercise 7, p. 232:
13. independence 29. obedient
1. C 5. B 9. C
15. independently 32. patient
2. A 6. C 10. C
16. competence 33. patiently
3. B 7. A
18. competently 34. excellence
4. B 8. C
20. confident 36. excellently
Exercise 8, p. 234:
Part D, p. 225:
1. 2, en-try 14. 3, in-di-cate
39. existence 42. salient
2. 1, guide 15. 2, Fri-day
Part E, p. 225: 3. 3, beau-ti-ful 16. 2, pay-ment
1. sufficient 6. equivalent 4. 2, di-vide 17. 1, caught
2. current 7. preference 5. 3, tel-e-gram 18. 1, spoon
3. efficient 8. experience 6. al-pha-bet 19. 2, hap-py
4. deficient 9. influence 7. 1, should 20. 3, hap-pi-ness
5. proficient 10. sequence 8. 2, ap-ple 21. 2, let-ter
9. 2, sick-ness 22. 2, pro-noun
Exercise 3, p. 226: 10. 3, un-der-stand 23. 3, news-pa-per
1. grammar 8. transcontinental 11. 1, each 24. 2, be-low
2. taller 9. conservative 12. 4, ge-ol-o-gy 25. 3, ra-pid-ly
3. transport 10. careful 13. 2, a-gain
4. creative 11. friendlier
5. telegraph, 12. active Exercise 9, p. 236:
telegram 13. convenience 1. D 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. A
6. talkative 14. pertinent
Exercise 10, p. 237:
7. competence
1. B 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. B
Exercise 4, p. 227:
1. capable of exploding Exercise 11, p. 239:
2. choosing something carefully 1. C
3. the true story of someone’s life Exercise 12, p. 240:
4. not effective 1. C 2. A
5. study of the earth
6. to move forward again Exercise 14, p. 243:
1. A 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. B

Exercise 16, p. 245:

1. B 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. A
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Exercise 18, p. 248: Lesson 7

1. C 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. C
Prediction, p. 260:
Exercise 20, p. 252: 1, 2, 5, 8
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. A
Pre-Reading, p. 261:
Exercise 21, p. 253: 1. France
1. B 8. C 15. B 2. 747
2. C 9. C 16. A 3. traveler’s checks
3. C 10. B 17. A 4. United States and Canada
4. A 11. C 18. C 5. the Revolution
5. B 12. A 19. B 6. Paris
6. B 13. B 20. A 7. to see the tallest pyramid in the Western
7. A 14. A Hemisphere
Emergency Test, p. 255: 8. China
1. A 5. C 9. D 9. to see Cheops’ pyramid
2. C 6. D 10. C 10. it is the oldest bridge on the Seine, Paris
3. A 7. C 11. A Exercise 1, p. 263:
4. A 8. A 12. A
1. predict 9. equality
Crossword Puzzle 3, p. 259 2. Chinese 10. itself
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 3. southward 11. backward
O P T I M I S T I C H
8 9 4. international 12. predictable
F O E A O O N E
10 11 5. ourselves 13. Sudanese
E X T I N C T L R
12 13 14 15 6. reality 14. themselves
M A N O A L O U D
16 17 7. Portuguese 15. upward
B S S O L A R
18 19 20 21 8. disability
I S W E T N W
22
O K E R D
23
R E Exercise 2, Part A, p. 264:
24 25 26 27 7. you 24. itself
U B R I E F C A
28 29 30
I N K O L D R L 8. your 25. its
31 32 9. yourself 27. us
K I N D S S M A R T
N U W H 10. yours 28. our
33 12. him 29. ourselves
G U A T E M A L A
13. his 30. ours
14. himself 32. you
15. his 33. your
17. her 34. yourselves
18. her 35. yours
19. herself 37. them
20. hers 38. their
22. it 39. themselves
23. its 40. theirs
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Part B, p. 264: Exercise 7, p. 271:

4. safety 16. flexibility 1. B 5. B 9. A
6. creativity 18. activity 2. B 6. A 10. A
8. intensity 20. priority 3. C 7. C
10. ability 22. diversity 4. C 8. B
12. stability 24. security
Exercise 8, p. 275:
14. validity
1. nation 16. bicycle
Part C, p. 265: 2. pen 17. system
4. northward 14. sideward 3. pan 18. chose
6. westward 16. forward 4. pane 19. but
8. southward 18. backward 5. ready 20. closet
10. upward 20. toward 6. always 21. why
12. downward 7. decent 22. thought
Part D, p. 265: 8. phone 23. stay
4. Chinese 8. Burmese 9. funny 24. umbrella
6. Taiwanese 10. Nepalese 10. leaves 25. taught
11. collar 26. straight
Exercise 3, p. 265: 12. those 27. key
1. international 7. himself 13. pronoun 28. ahead
2. dictionary 8. unpredictable 14. accent 29. cage
3. yourself 9. curiosity 15. correction 30. suggestion
4. predict 10. majority
Exercise 9, p. 276:
5. northward 11. himself
1. D 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. B
6. prediction 12. westward
Exercise 10, p. 277:
Exercise 4, p. 267:
1. D 2. D 3. A 4. A 5. A
1. not predicted
2. moving toward the side Exercise 11, p. 279:
3. another word for us 1. B
4. clarity of speaking
Exercise 12, p. 280:
5. not able to
1. B 2. B
6. to marry a member of another group
Exercise 14, p. 282:
Exercise 6, p. 268:
1. B 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. A
1. A, B, C; A, B; B
2. A, B, C; A, B, C; B Exercise 16, p. 286:
3. A, B, C; A, B, C; C 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. A
4. A, B, C; A, B, C; C
Exercise 18, p. 289:
5. A, B, C; A, B, C; A
1. A 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. C

Exercise 20, p. 292:

1. B 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. B
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Exercise 21, p. 293: Exercise 1, p. 303:

1. A 8. A 15. B 1. Polish 11. redden
2. B 9. C 16. A 2. soften 12. Spanish
3. B 10. A 17. A 3. outscore 13. multicolored
4. B 11. A 18. A 4. outlast 14. autobiography
5. C 12. A 19. B 5. darken 15. outplay
6. C 13. A 20. B 6. autograph 16. foolish
7. B 14. C 7. English 17. ex-president
Short Story: The Day I Met My Mother, 8. Turkish 18. ex-director
Step 3, Part A, p. 297: 9. browner 19. outlive
10. ex-husband 20. lighten
Aunt Ruth Lucy Wood
Exercise 2, Part A, p. 304:
Viola 4. multicolored 10. multicultural
6. multilayered 12. multilingual
(her student)
author 8. multifaceted 14. multinational
Part B, p. 305:
Lucy
4. Finnish 24. foolish
6. Polish 26. babyish
Short Story: The Day I Met My Mother,
8. Swedish 28. pinkish
Step 3, Part B, p. 298:
10. Irish 30. blackish
1. author 6. Lucy 12. British 32. devilish
2. Viola 7. author 14. English 34. bluish
3. Aunt Ruth 8. author 16. Turkish 36. yellowish
4. Viola 9. Aunt Ruth 18. Spanish 38. greenish
5. Lucy Wood 10. Lucy Wood 20. childish 40. silverish
22. brownish
Lesson 8
Part C, p. 306:
Prediction, p. 300: 4. brighten 20. shorten
1, 2, 5, 7 6. blacken 22. flatten
Pre-Reading, p. 301: 8. darken 24. loosen
10. fatten 26. thicken
1. blue with a 6. 4
12. straighten 28. whiten
green tint 7. carbon dioxide
14. lessen 30. lighten
2. turtle 8. 5 percent
16. soften 32. ripen
3. 85 percent 9. sheep
18. harden 34. sadden
4. 3 10. 4
5. Eye Movement Part D, p. 306:
4. encircle 6. enrage 8. encompass
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Part E, p. 307: Exercise 8, p. 316:

4. outplay 10. outthink 1. 1 9. n.5
6. outfight 12. outsmart 2. 3 10. n.2
8. outswim 14. outnumber 3. Old English 11. vt1
4. n.3 12. vi
Exercise 3, p. 307:
5. n.4 13. vt1
1. multimillionaire 7. outplayed
6. n.5 14. vt2
2. shorten 8. harden
7. n.1 15. vi
3. Finnish 9. reddish
8. n.2
4. ex-director 10. Turkish
5. automobile 11. ex-boss Exercise 9, p. 318:
6. boyish 12. outlive 1. A 2. D 3. C 4. C 5. A

Exercise 4, p. 308: Exercise 10, p. 319:

1. a signature of a 4. to make wider 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. D
celebrity 5. to be childish Exercise 11, p. 321:
2. to do something 6. to be more than 1. C
foolish something
3. something Exercise 12, p. 322:
involving two or 1. A 2. B
more countries Exercise 14, p. 324:
Exercise 6, p. 310: 1. A 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. A
1. A, B, C; A, B; B
2. A, B, C; A, C; A Exercise 16, p. 328:
3. A, B, C; A, C; A 1. B 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. C
4. A, B, C; B, C; C Exercise 18, p. 330:
5. A, B, C; A, B; B 1. B 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. B
Exercise 7, p. 312: Exercise 20, p. 333:
1. B 5. C 9. A 1. A 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. C
2. A 6. B 10. B
3. C 7. A Exercise 21, p. 335:
4. A 8. B 1. C 10. B 19. B
2. A 11. B 20. A
Dictionary Usage, p. 315:
3. B 12. A 21. C
1. stays, pain 4. n3 4. A 13. B 22. A
2. Latin 5. vt1 5. B 14. B 23. B
3. n2 6. n1 6. A 15. B 24. A
7. B 16. B 25. B
8. B 17. A
9. B 18. A
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Being a Vegetarian, p. 337–38:

Answers will vary

Crossword Puzzle 4, p. 340

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
W E A P O N D R O P
8 9 10 11
H E N O N C E F E
12 13 14
I G F O C U A
15 16
S T R E A M M A P C
17 18
P Y L R D B E
19
E C E A S E A
20 21 22
R A T O R T R Y
23 24 25 26
H I N D E R O K
27 28 29 30
C I S U V D
31 32 33
H E C T I C V E R G E
34
E K K A U A
35 36
W E I S L A N D