4000 Essential English Words 1 – Answer Key
Unit 1
Unit 2
Exercise 1 Part A 1. c 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. a
Exercise 1 Part A 1. a, b 2. a, d 3. b, d 4. c, d 5. a, d
Part B 1. c 2. b 3. b 4. a 5. d
Part B 1. create 2. adventure 3. approach 4. secret 5. project
Exercise 2 1. a 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. a 6. b 7. b 8. a 9. a 10. b
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. a 2. c 3. b 4. c 5. The lion saw his own face in the water.
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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4000 Essential English Words 1 – Answer Key
Unit 3
Unit 4
Exercise 1 1. c 2. a 3. d 4. b 5. c 6. d 7. b 8. d 9. a 10. c
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. c 3. b 4. d 5. b
Exercise 2 1. a 2. b 3. a 4. a 5. b 6. a 7. b 8. b 9. a 10. a
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.
Reading Comprehension 1. a 2. c 3. b 4. d 5. They said the bell made people avoid him.
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4000 Essential English Words 1 – Answer Key
Unit 5
Unit 6
Exercise 1 1. d 2. c 3. d 4. b 5. c 6. d 7. c 8. d 9. b 10. a
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 Part A 1. d 2. c 3. d 4. a 5. b
Exercise 2. 1. a 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. a 6. a 7. b 8. a 9. a 10. a
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?”
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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4000 Essential English Words 1 – Answer Key
Unit 7
Unit 8
Exercise 1 Part A 1. c 2. a 3. a 4. b 5. b
Exercise 1. 1. familiar 2. necessary 3. theory 4. purpose 5. encourage 6. accept 7. balance 8. pattern 9. contrast 10. single
Part B 1. allowed 2. harm 3. famous 4. claim 5. divided
Exercise 2. Part A 1. c 2. a 3. d 4. a 5. b
Exercise 2 1. a 2. b 3. b 4. b 5. a 6. a 7. a 8. b 9. b 10. b
Part B 1. b 2. a 3. a 4. b 5. a
Reading Comprehension 1. b 2. a 3. a 4. d 5. He would have to announce who would become king.
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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4000 Essential English Words 1 – Answer Key
Unit 9
Unit 10
Exercise 1 1. c 2. c 3. a 4. d 5. b 6. a 7. b 8. c 9. b 10. a
Exercise 1. 1. essential 2. benefit 3. trouble 4. certain 5. function 6. site 7. image 8. separate 9. remain 10. tail
Exercise 2 1. b 2. c 3. b 4. d 5. c
Exercise 2. Part A 1. effect, benefit 2. immediate, primary 3. proud, rested 4. far, separate 5. guard, remain
Exercise 3 1. beach / wave 2. island / ocean 3. fix / damage 4. rock / still 5. throw / step
Part B 1. a 2. b 3. a 4. a 5. a
Reading Comprehension 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. d 5. Some starfish went back into the water, and they were safe.
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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4000 Essential English Words 1 – Answer Key
Unit 11
Unit 12
Exercise 1. 1. b 2. c 3. d 4. c 5. d
Exercise 1. Part A 1. c 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. c
Exercise 2. 1. ground 2. spend time 3. sail 4. wake 5. forest
Part B 1. neighbor 2. magazine 3. professional 4. compared 5. attitude
Exercise 3. 1. prepare 2. serious 3. strange 4. conversation 5. collect 6. introduce 7. decision 8. truth 9. compete 10. asleep
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. 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.
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
Unit 14
Exercise 1: 1. b 2. a 3. d 4. d 5. a
Exercise 1. Part A. 1. exam 2. magical 3. technology 4. outline 5. descriptions
Exercise 2: 1. spot 2. feed 3. cell 4. whole 5. correct
Part B. 1. a 2. b 3. a 4. a 5. b
Exercise 3: 1. b 2. a 3. a 4. b 5. a.
Exercise 2. 1. a 2. b 3. b 4. a 5. a 6. b 7. a 8. a 9. b 10. 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. a 5. Her parents made her join the basketball team.
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.
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4000 Essential English Words 1 – Answer Key
Unit 15
Unit 16
Exercise 1 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. d 6. a 7. b 8. c 9. d 10. a
Exercise 1: 1. c 2. a 3. b 4. d 5. c 6. a 7. b 8. a 9. a 10. c
Exercise 2 Part A 1. across 2. respond 3. race 4. observed 5. risk
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
Part B 1. a 2. a 3. b 4. a 5. b
Reading Comprehension 1. c 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. Jeff was going to a concert.
Reading Comprehension 1. a 2. d 3. c 4. b 5. The rabbit saw the turtle almost at the finish line.
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4000 Essential English Words 1 – Answer Key
Unit 17
Unit 18
Exercise 1 Part A 1. d 2. a 3. d 4. b 5. d
Exercise 1 1. b 2. c 3. b 4. c 5. c 6. d 7. a 8. d 9. c 10. d
Part B 1. fair 2. waste 3. disappear 4. whether 5. determine
Exercise 2 Part A 1. recommend 2. argue 3. products 4. communicate 5. offer
Exercise 2 Part A 1. hill 2. solution 3. response 4. puddles 5. appreciate
Part B 1. treated 2. fresh 3. select 4. dish 5. gathered
Part B 1. a 2. a 3. b 4. a 5. a
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.
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.”
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4000 Essential English Words 1 – Answer Key
Unit 19
Unit 20
Exercise 1. Part A. 1. a 2. c 3. b 4. d 5. b
Exercise 1 1. b 2. d 3. a 4. b 5. c Exercise 2 1. meat 2. destroy 3. serve 4. regard 5. war
Part B. 1. wood 2. policy 3. staff 4. toward 5. speech
Exercise 3 1. b 2. a 3. a 4. b 5. b 6. a 7. a 8. a 9. b 10. b
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. b 5. He turned away and went home.
Reading Comprehension 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. c 5. The weather became very bad.
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4000 Essential English Words 1 – Answer Key
Unit 21
Unit 22
Exercise 1. 1. locate 2. clerk 3. hero 4. pain 5. hurried
Exercise 1 Part A 1. a 2. d 3. c 4. a 5. c
Exercise 2. 1. a 2. a 3. b 4. a 5. b
Part B 1. b 2. b 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
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. b 2. a 3. c 4. b 5. Katy played games, read books, and got flowers for patients.
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
Unit 24
Exercise 1: 1. matches 2. remove 3. average 4. sounded 5. advance 6. member 7. athlete 8. course 9. passenger 10. personality
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. b 2. a 3. a 4. b 5. b
Exercise 2 1. a 2. a 3. b 4. a 5. a 6. b 7. b 8. a 9. a 10. a
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.
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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4000 Essential English Words 1 – Answer Key
Unit 25
Unit 26
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 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 1. b 2. a 3. a 4. b 5. b 6. a 7. b 8. b 9. b 10. a
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. d 2. a 3. a 4. c 5. The video’s features made Joe associate trash with hurting people and their environment.
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
Unit 28
Exercise 1: 1. b 2. a 3. b 4. d 5. d 6. b 7. a 8. a 9. d 10. d
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. a 2. a 3. b 4. a 5. a
Exercise 2: 1. b, c 2. a, c 3. c, d 4. a, c 5. a, d
Exercise 3: 1. gift / value 2. coast / desert 3. hunger / bite 4. tour / journey 5. quite / examine
Exercise 3: 1. a 2. b 3. b 4. a 5. a
Reading Comprehension 1. b 2. b 3. c 4. a 5. He asks the bug a question first.
Reading Comprehension 1. a 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. To tell him that they would be late.
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4000 Essential English Words 1 – Answer Key
Unit 29
Unit 30
Exercise 1. 1. b 2. d 3. a 4. a 5. d 6. c 7. b 8. c 9. d 10. b
Exercise 1 1. c 2. b 3. c 4. b 5. d 6. b 7. a 8. d 9. b 10. b
Exercise 2. Part A. 1. advertise 2. major 3. competition 4. skills 5. vote
Exercise 2 1. b 2. a 3. a 4. a 5. b 6. b 7. a 8. a 9. a 10. b
Part B. 1. a 2. b 3. b 4. a 5. 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.
Reading Comprehension 1. a 2. d 3. c 4. c 5. The sun was inside the bag!
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