loadingKeys to Reading Course 2
Unit 1 Reading
Section A Word Pretest
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary Building
Word Search
1. assignment 2. irony 3. reverse 4. accomplish 5. assemble
6. squeeze 7. sensual 8. fragment 9. narcotic 10. adolescence
Use of English
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Bob agreed to take on the leadership of the expedition. The world was taken in by his fantastic story of having got to the Pole alone.
He took up his story after a pause for questions and refreshments.
That takes me back to the time I climbed to the top of Mount Fuji.
The members of the party took it in turns to steer the boat.
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They took it for granted that someone would pick up their signals and come to their aid.
Stems
1. 2.
proclaim: to announce officially and publicly; to declare percentage: a proportion or share in relation to a whole; a part
confirm: to support or establish the certainty or validity of; to verify
affirm: to declare positively or firmly; to maintain to be true
centigram: a metric unit of mass equal to one hundredth of a gram
exclaim: to express or utter(something) suddenly or vehemently
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Synonyms
1. adaptability 2. purpose
Cloze
important second France student bilingual monolingual serious means use difficult
Section B
Section C
Unit 2 Music Section A Word Pretest
1. B 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. B 6. B Reading comprehension
1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. T 6. T 7. T 8. F
Vocabulary Building Word search
1. folk 2. capacity 3. sensuous 4. qualified 5. abuse
6. stuff 7. mood 8. clarity 9. strive Semantic variations
1. B 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. A Stems
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compose: to make up the constituent parts of; to constitute or form
contract: to reduce in size by drawing together, to shrink dispose of: to get rid of, to throw out
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impose: to obtrude or force( oneself, for example) on another or others
subtract: to make away, to deduct
deposit: to put (money) in a bank or financial account
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Synonyms
1. discriminating 2. widespread 3. compatibility 4. clearness 5. association Cloze
music form south danceinterest instruments voice rootsSection B
1. F 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. F 7 T 8. F 9 F 10. F
11. F 12. T 13. T 14. F 15 TSection C
1. D 2. A 3. D 4. D 6. D 7. D 8. A
Unit 3 Generation
Section A Word Pretest
1. C 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. B 8. A
Reading Comprehension
6. C 7. C1. D 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. B
Vocabulary Building
Word search
1. lull 2. associate 3. client 4. 5. certificate
utterly
6. rags 7. jerk 8. foreman 9. demanding 10. sentimental
Semantic variations
1. C 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. C
Stems
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transmit: to send from one person, thing, or place to another; to convey
deduce: to reach (a conclusion) by reasoning eject: to throw out forcefully; to expel compel: to force, drive, or constrain project: to thrust outward or forward conduct: to lead or guide
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Antonyms
1. hopeless 2. disobedient 3. weighty 4. agree 5. clear