4000 Essential English Words 1 – Answer Key

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

Exercise 1 Exercise 1
1. c Part A
2. a 1. spread
3. d 2. content
4. b 3. shake
5. c 4. expected
6. d 5. avoided
7. b
8. d Part B
9. a 1. a
10. c 2. a
3. b
Exercise 2 4. b
1. a 5. b
2. c
3. b Exercise 2
4. d 1. a
5. b 2. b
3. a
Exercise 3 4. a
1. ever / Describe 5. b
2. chart / aliens 6. a
3. planet / universe 7. b
4. solve / fail 8. b
5. Several / view 9. a
10. a
Reading Comprehension
1. b Reading Comprehension
2. d 1. a
3. d 2. c
4. c 3. b
5. He viewed Mars on the trip. 4. d
5. They said the bell made people avoid
him.

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Unit 5 Unit 6

Exercise 1 Exercise 1.
1. d Part A
2. c
3. d 1. return
4. b 2. wise
5. c 3. pet
6. d 4. weather
7. c 5. face
8. d
9. b Part B
10. a
1. ghost / fright
Exercise 2 2. dead / upset
Part A 3. reached / advantage
1. d 4. escape / distance
2. c 5. individual / community
3. d
4. a Exercise 2.
5. b 1. a
2. b
Part B 3. a
1. normal 4. b
2. wild 5. a
3. hurt 6. a
4. relax 7. b
5. field 8. a
9. a
Reading Comprehension 10. a
1. d
2. a Reading Comprehension
3. d 1. a
4. c 2. c
5. She requested, “Will you carry me 3. d
home?” 4. a
5. She lived by a large river.

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Unit 7 Unit 8

Exercise 1 Exercise 1.
Part A 1. familiar
1. c 2. necessary
2. a 3. theory
3. a 4. purpose
4. b 5. encourage
5. b 6. accept
7. balance
Part B 8. pattern
1. allowed 9. contrast
2. harm 10. single
3. famous
4. claim Exercise 2.
5. divided Part A
1. c
Exercise 2 2. a
1. a 3. d
2. b 4. a
3. b 5. b
4. b
5. a Part B
6. a 1. b
7. a 2. a
8. b 3. a
9. b 4. b
10. b 5. a

Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension

1. b 1. b
2. a 2. c
3. a 3. c
4. d 4. d
5. He would have to announce who would 5. She arranged her hair and wore nice
become king. clothes.

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Unit 9 Unit 10

Exercise 1 Exercise 1.
1. c 1. essential
2. c 2. benefit
3. a 3. trouble
4. d 4. certain
5. b 5. function
6. a 6. site
7. b 7. image
8. c 8. separate
9. b 9. remain
10. a 10. tail

Exercise 2 Exercise 2.
1. b Part A
2. c 1. effect / benefit
3. b 2. immediate / primary
4. d 3. proud / rested
5. c 4. far / separate
5. guard / remain
Exercise 3
1. beach / wave Part B
2. island / ocean 1. a
3. fix / damage 2. b
4. rock / still 3. a
5. throw / step 4. a
5. a
Reading Comprehension
1. a Reading Comprehension
2. b 1. c
3. c 2. a
4. d 3. c
5. Some starfish went back into the water, 4. b
and they were safe. 5. He only rested a few eyes at a time.
The others stayed awake.

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Unit 11 Unit 12

Exercise 1. Exercise 1.
1. b Part A
2. c 1. c
3. d 2. b
4. c 3. a
5. d 4. c
5. c
Exercise 2.
1. ground Part B
2. spend time 1. neighbor
3. sail 2. magazine
4. wake 3. professional
5. forest 4. compared
5. attitude
Exercise 3.
1. prepare Exercise 2.
2. serious 1. b
3. strange 2. a
4. conversation 3. b
5. collect 4. a
6. introduce 5. a
7. decision 6. b
8. truth 7. a
9. compete 8. a
10. asleep 9. b
10. b
Reading Comprehension
1. c Reading Comprehension
2. a 1. a
3. c 2. c
4. b 3. b
5. She dreamed about a man with brown 4. b
hair and brown eyes. It was the man she 5. His friends felt excited about seeing his
would wed. painting.

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Unit 13 Unit 14

Exercise 1: Exercise 1.
1. b Part A.
2. a 1. exam
3. d 2. magical
4. d 3. technology
5. a 4. outline
5. descriptions
Exercise 2:
1. spot Part B.
2. feed 1. a
3. cell 2. b
4. whole 3. a
5. correct 4. a
5. b
Exercise 3:
1. b Exercise 2.
2. a 1. a
3. a 2. b
4. b 3. b
5. a. 4. a
5. a
Exercise 4: 6. b
1. cell / structure 7. a
2. lord / owe 8. a
3. position / spot 9. b
4. whole / hole 10. a
5. feed / crop
Reading Comprehension.
Reading Comprehension: 1. d
1. d 2. b
2. b 3. c
3. c 4. a
4. d 5. Her parents made her join the
5. At the end of the week the lord will basketball team.
increase how much money he has to pay.

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Unit 15 Unit 16

Exercise 1 Exercise 1:
1. b 1. c
2. c 2. a
3. a 3. b
4. b 4. d
5. d 5. c
6. a 6. a
7. b 7. b
8. c 8. a
9. d 9. a
10. a 10. c

Exercise 2 Exercise 2:
Part A 1. a / d
1. across 2. b / d
2. respond 3. b / c
3. race 4. a / b
4. observed 5. a / b
5. risk
Exercise 3:
Part B 1. academy
1. a 2. process
2. a 3. maybe
3. b 4. theater
4. a 5. flat
5. b
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension 1. c
1. a 2. b
2. d 3. a
3. c 4. b
4. b 5. Jeff was going to a concert.
5. The rabbit saw the turtle almost at the
finish line.

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Unit 17 Unit 18

Exercise 1 Exercise 1
Part A 1. b
1. d 2. c
2. a 3. b
3. d 4. c
4. b 5. c
5. d 6. d
7. a
Part B 8. d
1. fair 9. c
2. waste 10. d
3. disappear
4. whether Exercise 2
5. determine Part A
1. recommend
Exercise 2 2. argue
Part A 3. products
1. hill 4. communicate
2. solution 5. offer
3. response
4. puddles Part B
5. appreciate 1. treated
2. fresh
Part B 3. select
1. a 4. dish
2. a 5. gathered
3. b
4. a Reading Comprehension
5. a 1. a
2. a
Reading Comprehension 3. d
1. c 4. b
2. b 5. “I recommend doing some work,” said
3. b the little red chicken. “Use a tool to plant
4. c your own wheat.
5. “It doesn’t matter whether you want to
fill it or not. You already did.”

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Unit 19 Unit 20

Exercise 1. Exercise 1
Part A. 1. b
1. a 2. d
2. c 3. a
3. b 4. b
4. d 5. c
5. b
Exercise 2
Part B. 1. meat
1. wood 2. destroy
2. policy 3. serve
3. staff 4. regard
4. toward 5. war
5. speech
Exercise 3
Exercise 2. 1. b
Part A. 2. a
1. speech 3. a
2. bother 4. b
3. wood 5. b
4. staff 6. a
5. alive 7. a
8. a
Part B. 9. b
1. speech 10. b
2. policy
3. staff Reading Comprehension
4. bones 1. b
5. mentioned 2. c
6. doubt 3. a
7. injustice 4. b
8. conclusion 5. He turned away and went home.
9. however
10. bothered

Reading Comprehension
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. c
5. The weather became very bad.

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Unit 21 Unit 22

Exercise 1. Exercise 1
1. locate Part A
2. clerk 1. a
3. hero 2. d
4. pain 3. c
5. hurried 4. a
5. c
Exercise 2.
1. a Part B
2. a 1. b
3. b 2. b
4. a 3. b
5. b 4. a
5. b
Exercise 3.
1. a Exercise 2
2. b 1. a
3. b 2. a
4. a 3. a
5. b 4. b
6. a 5. a
7. a 6. a
8. a 7. b
9. a 8. a
10. b 9. a
10. a
Reading Comprehension
1. b Reading Comprehension
2. a 1. d
3. c 2. a
4. b 3. b
5. Katy played games, read books, and got 4. b
flowers for patients. 5. “If anything strange occurs, call us. If
you help us catch the thief, you’ll earn a
reward.”

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Unit 23 Unit 24

Exercise 1: Exercise 1
1. matches Part A
2. remove 1. d
3. average 2. a
4. sounded 3. d
5. advance 4. c
6. member 5. c
7. athlete
8. course Part B
9. passenger 1. strike
10. personality 2. exercise
3. perform
Exercise 2: 4. passage
1. b 5. pressure
2. a
3. a Exercise 2
4. b 1. a
5. b 2. a
3. b
Exercise 3: 4. a
1. d 5. a
2. a 6. b
3. b 7. b
4. a 8. a
5. d 9. a
10. a
Reading Comprehension
1. b Reading Comprehension
2. c 1. c
3. a 2. b
4. d 3. b
5. It was a course on water safety. They 4. a
learned how to be safe passengers on a 5. He looked at Tim and said, “I thought I
boat. was smart, but I learned a new term today:
friendship.”

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Unit 25 Unit 26

Exercise 1 Exercise 1
Part A Part A
1. d 1. a
2. c 2. a
3. a 3. b
4. c 4. c
5. b 5. c

Part B Part B
1. produce 1. react
2. range 2. society
3. populate 3. neither
4. sign 4. final
5. period 5. prove

Exercise 2 Exercise 2
1. b Part A
2. a 1. advice / suggest
3. a 2. attention / situated
4. b 3. standard / dropped
5. b 4. attracted / reacted
6. a 5. further / along
7. b
8. b Part B
9. b 1. a
10. a 2. a
3. a
Reading Comprehension 4. a
1. d 5. b
2. a
3. a Reading Comprehension
4. c 1. c
5. The video’s features made Joe associate 2. a
trash with hurting people and their 3. b
environment. 4. c
5. They laughed at Tom and Archie. They
started to throw stones.

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Unit 27 Unit 28

Exercise 1: Exercise 1:
1. b 1. professor
2. a 2. barely
3. b 3. predict
4. d 4. garbage
5. d 5. list
6. b 6. boring
7. a 7. band
8. a 8. schedule
9. d 9. message
10. d 10. rush

Exercise 2: Exercise 2:
1. a 1. b, c
2. a 2. a, c
3. b 3. c, d
4. a 4. a, c
5. a 5. a, d

Exercise 3: Exercise 3:
1. gift / value 1. a
2. coast / desert 2. b
3. hunger / bite 3. b
4. tour / journey 4. a
5. quite / Examine 5. a

Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension

1. b 1. a
2. b 2. c
3. c 3. a
4. a 4. b
5. He asks the bug a question first. 5. To tell him that they would be late.

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Unit 29 Unit 30

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

Exercise 2. Exercise 2
Part A. 1. b
1. advertise 2. a
2. major 3. a
3. competition 4. a
4. skills 5. b
5. vote 6. b
7. a
Part B. 8. a
1. a 9. a
2. b 10. b
3. b
4. a
5. b Reading Comprehension
1. d
Reading Comprehension 2. a
1. a 3. c
2. d 4. a
3. c 5. Later, the man returned to trick more
4. c people. Beth saw him, and the memory of
5. The sun was inside the bag! the cat came back.

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