4000 Essential English Words 3 Answer Key

Reading Comprehension

Unit 1

Part A

Exercise 1

1. F / Marcus occupies a house with his

Part A

family.

1. d

2. T

2. b

3. F / A problem arises for Marcus

3. b

because the blacksmith didn't pay him.

4. b

4. T

5. d

5. F / Marcus wasn't compensated for

Part B
1. a
2. d

Part B

3. d

1. d

4. b

2. c

5. d

3. c
4. b

Exercise 2
1. b
2. c
3. c
4. d
5. b
6. b
7. d
8. c
9. a
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6. deceive/ridiculous

Unit 2

7. hut/wheat

Exercise 1

8. caretaker/awkward

Part A

9. overlook/ inferior

1. c

10. hatred/satisfactory

2. a
3. d

Reading Comprehension

4. b

Part A

5. b

1. T
2. F / The shepherd couldn't take the

Part B

sheep outside because it was too cold.

1. c

3. F / The shepherd gave the wild sheep

2. b

more wheat than his own.

3. a

4. T

4. b

5. T

5. d

6. F / The shepherd realized that he was

Exercise 2
1. b, d

Part B

2. a, b

1. c

3. b, d

2. a

4. b, d

3. d

5. a, c

4. d

Exercise 3
1. newcomers/fake
2. acquire/lodge
3. repay/neglected
4. discouraged/offenses
5. shepherd/venturing
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9. decent/valentine

Unit 3

10. disgrace/sensation

Exercise 1
Part
Part A

Reading Comprehension

1. b

Part A

2. c

1. T

3. b

2. F / Mike found a bunch of wood

4. a

boards.

5. a

3. F / Joe was not a decent person at

Part B

4. T

1. a

5. F / Mike used to put together the

2. c

loose pieces.

3. b

6. T

4. a
5. d

Part B

6. a

1. c

7. b

2. a

8. d

3. d

9. b

4. b

10. c

Exercise 2
1. ax/pine
2. tease/offend
3. loose/overnight
4. chore/grateful
5. alley/sled
6. elbow/scar
7. bunch/persist
8. kids/irritate
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9. dipped/sneezing

Unit 4

10. passion/pillow

Exercise 1
Part A

Reading Comprehension

1. c

Part A

2. a

1. T

3. d

2. F / Tina wore a dress made of wool.

4. c

3. T

5. b

4. F / Tina had a passion for flowers.

Part B

6. F / Wilma gave Tina some cake for

1. b

dessert.

2. c
3. a

Part B

4. c

1. d

5. c

2. c

6. c

3. a

7. a

4. d

8. b
9. a
10. a

Exercise 2
1. distant/compact
2. eclipse/pulse
3. mankind/grace
4. spice/desserts
5. bloom/decay
6. whistled/refresh
7. wool/curls
8. leisure/fairy
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8. flashlight

Unit 5

9. curse
10. hood

Exercise 1
1. cursed/scared

Reading Comprehension

2. cemetery/skeletons

Part A

3. fancy/hood

1. F / People from places like Ireland,

4. flashlight/ riddles

China, Egypt, and Mexico believed

5. disguise/wicked

souls needed food.

6. nourish/rotted

2. F / Many cultures believed that souls

7. starving/spoiled

needed food for their journey to heaven.

8. inhabitant/shortly
9. publication/thrill

3. F / Housewives gave children food if

10. acquainted/pirates

they sang or danced.

4. T

Exercise 2

5. T

1. d

6. F / Inhabitants from villages started

2. a

trick-or-treating in the early 1900s.

3. b
4. c

Part B

5. d

1. b
2. c

Exercise 3

3. c

1. shortly

4. a

2. acquaint
3. riddles
4. publication
5. inhabitant
6. scared
7. fancy
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3. c

Unit 6

4. a
5. d

Exercise 1
1. senator, districts

Reading Comprehension

2. tapped, skull

Part A

3. worm, underneath

1. T

4. consoled, broadcast

2. T

5. tremendous, executed

3. T

6. bulletin, endure

4. F The cook found a pipe in the closet.

7. grasp, stir

5. F The cook knew he was going to hit

8. alerted, rear

the worm hard.

9. drawer, chop

6. F The worm slid off the senator's

10. closet, bump

head.

Exercise 2

Part B

1. consoled

1. a

2. broadcast

2. d

3. closet

3. c

4. underneath

4. c

5. senator
6. tremendous
7. bump
8. district
9. executed
10. chopped

Exercise 3
1. b
2. a
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8. d

Unit 7

9. b
10. d

Exercise 1
Part A

Reading Comprehension

1. b

Part A

2. c

1. T

3. d

2. F / Her owners did not want her

4. a

because she could not hear. So they

5. b

abandoned her.
3. T

Part B

4. T

1. b

5. F / A new law made all dogs wear a

2. b

collar and get shots.

3. c

6. F / She couldnt bark.

4. d
5. a

Part B

6. a

1. a

7. d

2. b

8. c

3. d

9.a

4. c

10. c

Exercise 2
1. c
2. a
3. d
4. c
5. a
6. c
7. a
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3. a

Unit 8

4. d
5. b

Exercise 1
1. anniversary, elegant

Reading Comprehension

2. arithmetic, upwards

Part A

3. ashamed, couch

1. F / Joe and Stella were poor, but not

4. burst, dripped

ashamed.

5. carpenter, sew

2. T

6. highlands, coal

3. F / They used coal to heat their home.

7. needle, ivory

4. F / Together, they trimmed the

8. mill, threads

bushes outside to look nice.

9. polish, fabric

5. T

10. shed, trim

6. T

Exercise 2

Part B

1. arithmetic

1. d

2. thread

2. d

3. trim

3. a

4. fabric

4. a

5. upwards
6. shed
7. highlands
8. mill
9. sew
10. polished

Exercise 3
1. d
2. b
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8. rival

Unit 9

9. ailed
10. torture

Exercise 1
Part A

Reading Comprehension

1. b

Part A

2. c

1. T

3. a

2. F / Dalton was a nice boy, but

4. d

sometimes the other boys made fun of

5. b

him because he was so tall and skinny.

Part B

him so he wouldnt have to play.

1. d

4. F / Daltons biggest problem was

2. c

Mitch.

3. c

5. F / Mitch was dominant in every event.

4. c

6. T

5. d
6. a

Part B

7. a

1. d

8. d

2. b

9. b

3. a

10. b

4.c

Exercise 2
1. boasting
2. bully
3. carbohydrate
4. defeated
5. stinging
6. dial
7. nod
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8. wagon, kidnap

Unit 10

9. relief, nap
10. blanket, imitating

Exercise 1
1. a

Reading Comprehension

2. d

Part A

3. b

1. T

4. d

2. F / Grace was bald and had no

5. c

wrinkles.
3. T

Exercise 2

4. T

1. b

5. F / When Anna came back from her

2. d

room, she found that Grace had

3. a

vanished.

4. b

6. F / Anna called aloud for Grace to

5. d

find her.

6. b
7. b

Part B

8. d

1. c

9. c

2. a

10. a

3. c
4. c

Exercise 3
1. aloud, nowhere
2. infant, wrinkles
3. divorced, absence
4. reproduce, urgent
5. sucked, patted
6. bald, rhymes
7. vanished, crept
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5. proverbs, patience

Unit 11

6. pursuit, marsh
7. blossom, perfume

Exercise 1

8. dishonest, fatal

Part A

9. leaves, bamboo

1. c

10. wilderness, compass

2. b
3. a

Reading Comprehension

4. c

Part A

5. d

1. T
2. F / When people entered the Magic

Part B

Marsh, they never came out.

1. d

3. F / Peter drank some water and fell

2. a

asleep.

3. a

4. T

4. b

5. F / Peter didnt know the dwarf was

5. b

dishonest.
6. T

Exercise 2
1. c

Part B

2. a

1. a

3. b

2. c

4. d

3. b

5. a

4. b

Exercise
Exercise 3
1. ecosystem, pond
2. recited, dialect
3. abnormal, dwarf
4. manuscript, impatient
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8. scent

Unit 12

9. scatter
10. puff

Exercise 1
Part A
1. b

Reading Comprehension

2. b

Part A

3. c

1. T

4. d

2. T

5. a

3. F / You have to fasten the beam.

6. a

4. F / Sam washed the germs off his

7. d

hands.

8. c

5. T

9. b

6. T

10. d
Part B
Part B

1. c

1. d

2. b

2. a

3. d

3. c

4. a

4. b
5. c

Exercise 2
1. beam
2. triumph
3. caution
4. exploded
5. rag
6. swift
7. casual
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3. b

Unit 13

4. b
5. c

Exercise 1
1. voyage / vessel

Reading Comprehension

2. port / aboard

Part A

3. sweat / sheriff

1. T

4. millionaire / fountain

2. F / Dan pulled the trigger on his gun

5. harbor / worship

and shot bullets in the air to scare

6. inhabit / enforce

people in the town.

7. trigger / bullets

3. T

8. unify / march

4. T

9. startle / devil

5. F / Dan was sent on a voyage to the

10. bitter / drift

middle of the ocean.

Exercise 2

Ocean-town disliked Dan.

1. voyage
2. aboard

Part B

3. trigger

1. b

4. sheriff

2. c

5. fountain

3. d

6. startle

4. c

7. unify
8. harbor
9. inhabit
10. devil

Exercise 3
1. c
2. a
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8. c

Unit 14

9. a
10. d

Exercise 1
1. a

Reading Comprehension

2. c

Part A

3. b

1. T

4. d

2. F / The chef was a horrible person

5. a

that everyone hated.

Exercise 2

4. T

1. luxury

5. F / The chef was very impolite and

2. crown

always scolded his workers.

3. chef

6. T

4. bleed
5. horrible

Part B

6. impolite

1. c

7. kneel

2. d

8. massive

3. b

9. bond

4. c

10. fiber

Exercise 3
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. a
5. d
6. d
7. a
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8. routine, bless

Unit 15

9. exploit, assembly
10. cheerful, scheme

Exercise 1
1. b, c

Reading Comprehension
Comprehension

2. a. c

Part A

3. a, b

1. F / The pharaohs party was a great

4. c, d

affair.

5. c, d

2. T
3. T

Exercise 2

4. F / Monkey repeated the routine for

1. diameter

four days.

2. theft

5. T

3. scheme

6. F/ Monkey asked the pharaoh,

4. bless

Pardon?

5. famine
6. exploited

Part B

7. slim

1. b

8. routine

2. b

9. Pardon

3. a

10. pharaohs

4. c

Exercise 3
1. ripe, roasted
2. Pardon, theft
3. famine, pharaoh
4. stove, cereal
5. harvest, slim
6. nut, diameter
7. affair, merry
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Unit 16
Reading Comprehension

Exercise 1

Part A

1. b

1. T

2. a

2. F / The boy leaning against the pole

3. b

complimented Matthews jacket.

4. b

3. T

5. a

4. T
5. F / Matthew wants to work in

Exercise
Exercise 2

journalism when he grows up.

1. a

6. T

2. b
3. a

Part B

4. a

1. c

5. b

2. c
3. b

Exercise 3

4. c

1. adolescents
2. sorrow
3. journalism
4. swell
5. hindered
6. punishment
7. slices
8. straws
9. liberty
10. tidy

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8. affection / wander

Unit 17

9. remainder / shallow
10. navigate / spanned

Exercise 1
1. b

Reading Comprehension

2. d

Part A

3. d

1. F / The trip to find the magic cup was

4. b

very difficult.

5. a

2. T
3. T

Exercise 2

4. F / A superstition said that anyone

1. miserable

who retrieved the magic cup would get

2. agency

their greatest wish.

3. shallow

5. T

4. confine

6. T

5. ash
6. navigate

Part B

7. originated

1. d

8. affection

2. d

9. vibrating

3. b

10. sympathy

4. d

Exercise 3
1. superstition / originated
2. agency / dismissed
3. slope / lava
4. fate / vibrated
5. confine / sympathy
6. ash / erupted
7. miserable / retrieve
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3. thunder

Unit 18

4. retreated
5. troops

Exercise 1

6. armor

1. a, d

7. steep

2. a, b

8. independence

3. c, d

9. invasion

4. b, c

10. boom

5. a, c

Reading Comprehension

Exercise 2

Part A

Part A

1. T

1. c

2. T

2. a

3. F / The knight wore armor, and the

3. d

warriors used spears.

4. b

4. T

5. c

5. T
6. F / The flames scared the enemy.

Part B
1. a

Part B

2. c

1. a

3. a

2. b

4. d

3. b

5. b

4. c

Exercise 3
1. yield
2. spear
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5. pregnant, spare

Unit 19

6. revenge, plotted
7. stems, rage

Exercise 1

8. supper, tender

Part A

9. orphan, sneak

1. b

10. objects, shame

2. d
3. a

Reading Comprehension
Comprehension

4. c

Part A

5. a

1. T
2. T

Part B

3. F / The girl plotted to get revenge

1. b

against the farmer.

2. a

4. F / The girl sighed because the

3. c

farmer wouldnt give her a pear.

4. a

5. T

5. d

6. F / The orphan hadnt eaten supper

Exercise 2
1. b

Part B

2. c

1. a

3. b

2. a

4. d

3. c

5. b

4. a

Exercise 3
1. daisy, mist
2. dispute, confronted
3. bench, sighed
4. horror, incident
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8. d

Unit 20

9. b
10. a

Exercise 1
1. a

Reading Comprehension

2. b

Part A

3. d

1. T

4. a

2. F / Mother Wolf knew how to seize

5. c

prey.
3. T

Exercise 2

4. F / Mother Wolf made a den beneath

1. magnificent

the tree.

2. necessity

5. T

3. supreme

6. T

4. outcome
5. evident

Part B

6. dissatisfied

1. b

7. seize

2. c

8. dawn

3. d

9. pile

4. d

10. cub

Exercise 3
1. c
2. b
3. a
4. b
5. d
6. a
7. a
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8. dim, stroked

Unit 21

9. tragic, sacrifices
10. leak, glowing

Exercise 1
1. b

Reading Comprehension

2. a

Part A

3. d

1. T

4. d

2. T

5. d

3. F / The old mans joints were stiff

Exercise 2

4. F / The old mans instincts told him

1. dim

there was something in the forest.

2. accustomed

5. T

3. leak

6. T

4. stiff
5. clan

Part B

6. astonished

1. d

7. feast

2. b

8. glowing

3. c

9. tragic

4. b

10. instincts

Exercise 1
1. fable, astonished
2. banged, instincts
3. feast, accustomed
4. physician, joint
5. emphasis, affirm
6. hollow, stiff
7. clan, tunes
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Unit 22

Reading Comprehension
Part A

Exercise 1

1. T

Part A

2. F / Ben wasnt tempted by money

1. a

when he had his own circus.

2. b

3. T

3. d

4. T

4. b

5. F / Ben learned about the circus from

5. b

a messenger with newspaper headlines.

Part B

to paint informal portraits of people

1. b

posing in front of a funny picture.

2. d
3. a

Part B

4. b

1. c

5. a

2. a
3. d

Exercise 2

4. d

1. inquired, dose
2. peered, pose
3. portrait, commissioned
4. coincided, accommodate
5. circus, dyed
6. extent, headline
7. messenger, stripe
8. ranch, informal
9. gender, steering
10. tempted, tame

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Unit 23

Reading Comprehension
Part A

Exercise 1

1. T

1. a

2. F / Hans went to the old mans

2. c

cottage because he liked the prospect

3. d

of food and warmth.

4. b

3. F / The old man in the cottage was a

5. b

wizard.

6. c

4. F / When daylight faded, Hans

7. c

returned to the cottage.

8. a

5. T

9. b

6. T

10. a

Part B

Exercise 2

1. a

1. Aborigine, cottage

2. a

2. outlaw, prospects

3. b

3. wizard, shaved

4. d

4. cautious, gamble
5. ban, daytime
6. lawn, faded
7. desperate, purse
8. mow, fierce
9. terrified, confess
10. seldom, rod

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Unit 24

Reading Comprehension
Part A

Exercise 1

1. F / Larry was a cow, Harry was a

Part A

rooster and Lester was a duck on the

1. b

widow Rileys farm.

2. a

2. T

3. d

3. T

4. c

4. F / The only things the animals took

5. d

with them were a portable microphone,

Part B

5. F / Lester was an optimist.

1. b

6. F / Harry knocked over the lamp to

2. d

break the bulb.

3. b
4. a

Part B

5. c

1. b
2. c

Exercise 2

3. b

1. symphony, initiated

4. a

2. graze, cattle
3. nerve, optimist
4. lane, paved
5. herd, bundle
6. widow, greed
7. parade, posters
8. portable, bulb
9. phantom, fled
10. baggage, scratched

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5. via

Unit 25

6. circulated
7. resigned

Exercise 1

8. frost

Part A

9. trembled

1. a

10. lieutenant

2. a
3. d

Reading Comprehension
Comprehension

4. c

Part A

5. b

1. F / The suns rays dont shine on

Part B

2. F / He wanted to start a dynasty in his

1. c

name in Greenland.

2. b

3. F / Erik the Reds consequent

3. b

punishment for killing his neighbor was

4. a

to leave Iceland.

5. d

4. T
5. T

Exercise 2

6. F / Erik gave it the name Greenland

1. a, d

because he wanted many people to

2. b, c

settle there.

3. a, d
4. a, b

Part B

5. b, d

1. c
2. b

Exercise 3

3. b

1. fraction

4. b

2. dynasty
3. ray
4. illusion
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8. curved, embraced

Unit 26

9. jealous, disgusting
10. flour, drain

Exercise 1
1. a, d

Reading Comprehension

2. b, c

Part A

3. a, d

1. F / The brothers blended flour and

4. a, c

ginger together when trying to make

5. b, c

cookies.
2. T

Exercise 2

3. F / The model rocket worked after the

1. disgusting

wires were moved.

2. collapsed

4. F / The mailbox collapsed because

3. wiped

the rocket curved into it.

4. curved

5. T

5. embraced

6. T

6. autumn
7. wire

Part B

8. altered

1. a

9. drain

2. b

10. receipt

3. d
4. d

Exercise 3
1. collapsed, altered
2. ginger, blend
3. autumn, envied
4. aside, wires
5. crushed, receipt
6. fireworks, fuse
7. paste, wiped
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Unit 27

Reading Comprehension
Part A

Exercise 1

1. T

Part A

2. F / The Spanish had blonde hair.

1. a

3. T

2. a

4. T

3. b

5. F / Atahualpa thought that Pizarro

4. b

had insulted him.

5. a

6. F / Pizarro did not agree that

Part B
1. a

Part B

2. a

1. a

3. d

2. a

4. a

3. b

5. c

4. b

Exercise 2
1. Meanwhile
2. ambassador
3. necklace
4. acknowledge
5. insult
6. conquered
7. precious
8. stack
9. rumors
10. prejudice

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Unit 28

Reading Comprehension
Part A

Exercise 1

1. T

Part A

2. F / The chill of the arctic water made

1. a

Marcuss finger ache.

2. b

3. F / Marcus didnt work in an institution

3. c

with his father.

4. b

4. F / In the end, everyone was very

5. d

happy with Marcus.

Part B

6. T

1. c
2. b

Part B

3. b

1. b

4. d

2. a

5. c

3. d
4. c

Exercise 2
1. postponed
2. congress
3. merchant
4. institution
5. chemist
6. dairy
7. splash
8. suburb
9. tide
10. ache

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Unit 29

Reading comprehension
Part A

Exercise 1

1. F / The photographs portrayed

Part A

important events from the grandfathers

1. a

life.

2. c

2. T

3. b

3. T

4. c

4. T

5. b

5. F / The certificate was from the day

Part B

6. T

1. d
2. a

Part B

3. b

1. c

4. c

2. a

5. c

3. c
4. c

Exercise
Exercise 2
1. traced, bomb
2. circumstances, nuclear
3. glance, certificate
4. grief, coffin
5. devastated, cope
6. rotated, souvenir
7. criticism, frowned
8. gazed, microscope
9. license, submarine
10. portrayed, groom

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Unit 30

Reading Comprehension
Part A

Exercise 1

1. T

Part A

2. F / The caterpillar had no bones, not

1. c

even a spine.

2. b

3. T

3. b

4. F / Cory hopped off the counter and

4. a

ran into the kitchen.

5. d

5. T
6. T

Part B
1. d

Part B

2. a

1. a

3. d

2. c

4. d

3. c

5. a

4. a

Exercise 2
1. spine
2. basin
3. cupboard
4. hopped
5. emerged
6. hook
7. caterpillar
8. strip
9. sleeves
10. stain

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