Exercise 3. Reading Comprehension

1. exclusive

2. premium

3. obsessed

4. etiquette

5. tram

6. congested

7. courier

8. socialize

9. suppress

10. warp

Exercise 4

1. C

2. I

3. I

4. C

5. C

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. F, Kevin took a tram to the ship.

2. F, In order to get the privilege to be in the exclusive section, one had to pay a premium.

3. F, Kevin didn’t socialize with the people in the exclusive section because it was against etiquette.

4. T

5. T

Part B

1. His room smelled bad, and the floorboards were warped and deformed in some areas.

2. Kevin could hear the humming of the motors as he was on the ship.

3. Kevin didn’t see anything when he looked overboard the first time.

4. The captain instructed the crew to change the ship’s direction.

5. Kevin learned to always trust his intuitive sense.

Unit 9

Exercise 1

1. a

2. c

3. d

4. a

5. b

6. d

7. a

8. c

9. a

10. b

Exercise 2

1. pests

2. magnify

3. savage

4. induce

5. arteries

Exercise 3

1. a

2. a

3. b

4. a

5. c

6. d

7. b

8. a

9. c

10. b

Exercise 4

1. impede

2. mainstream

3. elusive

4. forage

5. pests

6. microbes

7. stunned

8. paralysis

9. susceptible

10. deterioration

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. F, The mamushi attacks people if it is stunned.

2. F, The effects of a mamushi bite seem negligible, but they are very serious.

3. T

4. T

5. F, Scientists think that the mainstream idea that animal bites are the most dangerous is invalid.

Part B

1. People who forage in fields for food are at risk for mamushi bites.

2. The mamushi bite can impederespiration, induceparalysis and cause the person to be susceptible to kidney deterioration.

3. A tiger’s savage nature prevails if her babies are threatened.

4. Scientists found that there were over three hundred different microbes in human saliva.

5. Bites from humans often become infected because people don’t realize how dangerous they are and don’t visit the doctor right away.

Unit 10

Exercise 1

1. a

2. c

3. c

4. d

5. c

6. a

7. a

8. c

9. c

10. a

Exercise 2

1. discharged

2. omen

3. poignant

4. speck

5. sobbed

Exercise 3

1. b

2. a

3. d

4. b

5. d

6. a

7. a

8. b

9. a

10. b

Exercise 4

1. overcast

2. accumulated

3. sideways

4. rubble

5. intact

6. ranger

7. avalanche

8. aerial

9. sober

10. mortal

Reading Comprehension

Part A

1. F, The avalanche was caused by snow which accumulated on the mountain.

2. F, Randy’s upbringing had taught him consistency.

3. F, Randy had an apparatus that used dynamite to help avoid avalanches.

4. T

5. T

Part B

1. The overcast sky was an omen of a very bad storm.

2. When Randy woke up, he saw his wife sobbing and the sober faces of the doctors.

3. Because of his job, Randy was secluded in the wilderness.

4. Randy was discharged after five days in the hospital.

5. Randy learned the poignant lesson that he was only a mortal and that nature was much more powerful than him.

Unit 11

Exercise 1

1. d

2. a

3. b

4. a

5. c

Exercise 2

1. d

2. b

3. a

4. c

5. b

6. a

7. d

8. c

9. a

10. d

Exercise 3

1. b

2. c

3. a

4. c

5. b

6. b

7. a

8. c

9. d

10. d