essential english words key

4000 Essential English Words 1 – Answer Key
Unit 1
Exercise 1
Part A
1. c
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. a
Part B
1. c
2. b
3. b
4. a
5. d

Exercise 2
1. a
2. b
3. a
4. b
5. a
6. b
7. b
8. a
9. a
10. b
Reading Comprehension
1. a
2. c
3. b

4. c
5. The lion saw his own face in the water.
Unit 2
Exercise 1
Part A
1. a, b
2. a, d
3. b, d
4. c, d
5. a, d
Part B
1. create
2. adventure
3. approach
4. secret
5. project
Exercise 2
1. a
2. b
3. b
4. b
5. a
6. a
7. b
8. a
9. b
10. a
Reading Comprehension
1. c
2. d

3. d
4. a
5. Mia and Liz went into the laboratory
when Mia’s father left the laboratory to
eat dinner.
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Unit 3
Exercise 1
1. c
2. a
3. d
4. b
5. c
6. d
7. b
8. d
9. a
10. c
Exercise 2
1. a
2. c
3. b
4. d
5. b
Exercise 3
1. ever / describe
2. chart / aliens
3. planet / universe
4. solve / fail

5. several / view
Reading Comprehension
1. b
2. d
3. d
4. c
5. He viewed Mars on the trip.
Unit 4
Exercise 1
Part A
1. spread
2. content
3. shake
4. expected
5. avoided
Part B
1. a
2. a
3. b
4. b
5. b
Exercise 2
1. a
2. b
3. a
4. a
5. b
6. a
7. b
8. b

9. a
10. a
Reading Comprehension
1. a
2. c
3. b
4. d
5. They said the bell made people avoid
him.
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Unit 5
Exercise 1
1. d
2. c
3. d
4. b
5. c
6. d
7. c
8. d
9. b
10. a
Exercise 2
Part A
1. d
2. c
3. d
4. a
5. b

Part B
1. normal
2. wild
3. hurt
4. relax
5. field
Reading Comprehension
1. d
2. a
3. d
4. c
5. She requested, “Will you carry me
home?”
Unit 6
Exercise 1.
Part A
1. return
2. wise
3. pet
4. weather
5. face
Part B
1. ghost, fright
2. dead, upset
3. reached, advantage
4. escape, distance
5. individual, community
Exercise 2.
1. a
2. b

3. a
4. b
5. a
6. a
7. b
8. a
9. a
10. a
Reading Comprehension
1. a
2. c
3. d
4. a
5. She lived on the north side of a large
river.
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Unit 7
Exercise 1
Part A
1. c
2. a
3. a
4. b
5. b
Part B
1. allowed
2. harm
3. famous
4. claim

5. divided
Exercise 2
1. a
2. b
3. b
4. b
5. a
6. a
7. a
8. b
9. b
10. b
Reading Comprehension
1. b
2. a
3. a
4. d
5. He would have to announce who would
become king.
Unit 8
Exercise 1.
1. familiar
2. necessary
3. theory
4. purpose
5. encourage
6. accept
7. balance
8. pattern
9. contrast

10. single
Exercise 2.
Part A
1. c
2. a
3. d
4. a
5. b
Part B
1. b
2. a
3. a
4. b
5. a
Reading Comprehension
1. b
2. c
3. c
4. d
5. She arranged her hair and wore a dress
with a beautiful pattern.
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Unit 9
Exercise 1
1. c
2. c
3. a
4. d
5. b

6. a
7. b
8. c
9. b
10. a
Exercise 2
1. b
2. c
3. b
4. d
5. c
Exercise 3
1. beach / wave
2. island / ocean
3. fix / damage
4. rock / still
5. throw / step
Reading Comprehension
1. a
2. b
3. c
4. d
5. Some starfish went back into the water,
and they were safe.
Unit 10
Exercise 1.
1. essential
2. benefit
3. trouble
4. certain

5. function
6. site
7. image
8. separate
9. remain
10. tail
Exercise 2.
Part A
1. effect, benefit
2. immediate, primary
3. proud, rested
4. far, separate
5. guard, remain
Part B
1. a
2. b
3. a
4. a
5. a
Reading Comprehension
1. c
2. a
3. c
4. b
5. He only rested a few eyes at a time.
The others stayed awake.
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Unit 11
Exercise 1.

1. b
2. c
3. d
4. c
5. d
Exercise 2.
1. ground
2. spend time
3. sail
4. wake
5. forest
Exercise 3.
1. prepare
2. serious
3. strange
4. conversation
5. collect
6. introduce
7. decision
8. truth
9. compete
10. asleep
Reading Comprehension
1. c
2. a
3. c
4. b
5. She dreamed about a man with brown
hair and brown eyes. It was the man she
would wed.

Unit 12
Exercise 1.
Part A
1. c
2. b
3. a
4. c
5. c
Part B
1. neighbor
2. magazine
3. professional
4. compared
5. attitude
Exercise 2.
1. b
2. a
3. b
4. a
5. a
6. b
7. a
8. a
9. b
10. b
Reading Comprehension
1. a
2. c
3. b
4. b

5. His friends felt excited about seeing his
painting.
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Unit 13
Exercise 1:
1. b
2. a
3. d
4. d
5. a
Exercise 2:
1. spot
2. feed
3. cell
4. whole
5. correct
Exercise 3:
1. b
2. a
3. a
4. b
5. a.
Exercise 4:
1. cell / structure
2. lord / owe
3. position / spot
4. whole / hole
5. feed / crop
Reading Comprehension:

1. d
2. b
3. c
4. d
5. At the end of the week the lord will
increase how much money they have to
pay.
Unit 14
Exercise 1.
Part A.
1. exam
2. magical
3. technology
4. outline
5. descriptions
Part B.
1. a
2. b
3. a
4. a
5. b
Exercise 2.
1. a
2. b
3. b
4. a
5. a
6. b
7. a
8. a

9. b
10. a
Reading Comprehension.
1. d
2. b
3. c
4. a
5. Her parents made her join the
basketball team.
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4000 Essential English Words 1 – Answer Key
Unit 15
Exercise 1
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. d
6. a
7. b
8. c
9. d
10. a
Exercise 2
Part A
1. across
2. respond
3. race
4. observed
5. risk

Part B
1. a
2. a
3. b
4. a
5. b
Reading Comprehension
1. a
2. d
3. c
4. b
5. The rabbit saw the turtle almost at the
finish line.
Unit 16
Exercise 1:
1. c
2. a
3. b
4. d
5. c
6. a
7. b
8. a
9. a
10. c
Exercise 2:
1. a / d
2. b / d
3. b / c
4. a / b

5. a / d
Exercise 3:
1. academy
2. process
3. maybe
4. theater
5. flat
Reading Comprehension
1. c
2. b
3. a
4. b
5. Jeff was going to a concert.
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4000 Essential English Words 1 – Answer Key
Unit 17
Exercise 1
Part A
1. d
2. a
3. d
4. b
5. d
Part B
1. fair
2. waste
3. disappear
4. whether
5. determine
Exercise 2

Part A
1. hill
2. solution
3. response
4. puddles
5. appreciate
Part B
1. a
2. a
3. b
4. a
5. a
Reading Comprehension
1. c
2. b
3. b
4. c
5. “It doesn’t matter whether you want to
fill it or not. You already did.”
Unit 18
Exercise 1
1. b
2. c
3. b
4. c
5. c
6. d
7. a
8. d
9. c

10. d
Exercise 2
Part A
1. recommend
2. argue
3. products
4. communicate
5. offer
Part B
1. treated
2. fresh
3. select
4. dish
5. gathered
Reading Comprehension
1. b
2. a
3. d
4. b
5. “I recommend doing some work,” said
the little red chicken. “Use a tool to plant
your own wheat.
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Unit 19
Exercise 1.
Part A.
1. a
2. c
3. b

4. d
5. b
Part B.
1. wood
2. policy
3. staff
4. toward
5. speech
Exercise 2.
Part A.
1. speech
2. bother
3. wood
4. staff
5. alive
Part B.
1. speech
2. policy
3. staff
4. bones
5. mentioned
6. doubt
7. injustice
8. conclusion
9. however
10. bothered
Reading Comprehension
1. b
2. c
3. a

4. c
5. The weather became very bad.
Unit 20
Exercise 1
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. b
5. c
Exercise 2
1. meat
2. destroy
3. serve
4. regard
5. war
Exercise 3
1. b
2. a
3. a
4. b
5. b
6. a
7. a
8. a
9. b
10. b
Reading Comprehension
1. b
2. c
3. a

4. b
5. He turned away and went home.
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4000 Essential English Words 1 – Answer Key
Unit 21
Exercise 1.
1. locate
2. clerk
3. hero
4. pain
5. hurried
Exercise 2.
1. a
2. a
3. b
4. a
5. b
Exercise 3.
1. a
2. b
3. b
4. a
5. b
6. a
7. a
8. a
9. a
10. b
Reading Comprehension
1. b

2. a
3. c
4. b
5. Katy played games, read books, and got
flowers for patients.
Unit 22
Exercise 1
Part A
1. a
2. d
3. c
4. a
5. c
Part B
1. b
2. b
3. b
4. a
5. b
Exercise 2
1. a
2. a
3. a
4. b
5. a
6. a
7. b
8. a
9. a
10. a

Reading Comprehension
1. d
2. a
3. b
4. b
5. “If anything strange occurs, call us. If
you help us catch the thief, you’ll earn a
reward.”
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4000 Essential English Words 1 – Answer Key
Unit 23
Exercise 1:
1. matches
2. remove
3. average
4. sounded
5. advance
6. member
7. athlete
8. course
9. passenger
10. personality
Exercise 2:
1. b
2. a
3. a
4. b
5. b
Exercise 3:
1. d

2. a
3. b
4. a
5. d
Reading Comprehension
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. d
5. It was a course on water safety. They
learned how to be safe passengers on a
boat.
Unit 24
Exercise 1
Part A
1. d
2. a
3. d
4. c
5. c
Part B
1. strike
2. exercise
3. perform
4. passage
5. pressure
Exercise 2
1. a
2. a
3. b

4. a
5. a
6. b
7. b
8. a
9. a
10. a
Reading Comprehension
1. c
2. b
3. b
4. a
5. He looked at Tim and said, “I thought I
was smart, but I learned a new term today:
friendship.”

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Unit 25
Exercise 1
Part A
1. d
2. c
3. a
4. c
5. b
Part B
1. produce
2. range
3. populate

4. sign
5. period
Exercise 2
1. b
2. a
3. a
4. b
5. b
6. a
7. b
8. b
9. b
10. a
Reading Comprehension
1. d
2. a
3. a
4. c
5. The video’s features made Joe associate
trash with hurting people and their
environment.
Unit 26
Exercise 1
Part A
1. a
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. c
Part B

1. react
2. society
3. neither
4. final
5. prove
Exercise 2
Part A
1. advice, suggest
2. attention, situated
3. standard, dropped
4. attracted, reacted
5. further, along
Part B
1. a
2. a
3. a
4. a
5. b
Reading Comprehension
1. c
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. They laughed at Tom and Archie. They
started to throw stones.
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Unit 27
Exercise 1:
1. b

2. a
3. b
4. d
5. d
6. b
7. a
8. a
9. d
10. d
Exercise 2:
1. a
2. a
3. b
4. a
5. a
Exercise 3:
1. gift / value
2. coast / desert
3. hunger / bite
4. tour / journey
5. quite / examine
Reading Comprehension
1. b
2. b
3. c
4. a
5. He asks the bug a question first.
Unit 28
Exercise 1:
1. professor

2. barely
3. predict
4. garbage
5. list
6. boring
7. band
8. schedule
9. message
10. rush
Exercise 2:
1. b, c
2. a, c
3. c, d
4. a, c
5. a, d
Exercise 3:
1. a
2. b
3. b
4. a
5. a
Reading Comprehension
1. a
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. To tell him that they would be late.
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Unit 29

Exercise 1.
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. a
5. d
6. c
7. b
8. c
9. d
10. b
Exercise 2.
Part A.
1. advertise
2. major
3. competition
4. skills
5. vote
Part B.
1. a
2. b
3. b
4. a
5. b
Reading Comprehension
1. a
2. d
3. c
4. c
5. The sun was inside the bag!

Unit 30
Exercise 1
1. c
2. b
3. c
4. b
5. d
6. b
7. a
8. d
9. b
10. b
Exercise 2
1. b
2. a
3. a
4. a
5. b
6. b
7. a
8. a
9. a
10. b
Reading Comprehension
1. d
2. a
3. c
4. a
5. Later, the man returned to trick more
people. Beth saw him, and the memory of

the cat came back.
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