Who doesn't gasp in terror during the film Gone with the Wind when Scarlett O'Hara, pregnant, falls all the way down the long, elegant staircase? The , order in which to answer test questions is from easiest to most difficult, so that you won't omit answers you know because time ran out. Wandering through the bee-filled fields of orange and yellow flowers was an amazingly experience, one that appealed to our sight, smell, and hearing.
Performer Oscar Levant once made this disaster: "In my hands, jello is a deadly weapon. Going over the answers carefully will help you prepare for the next two checks, for which answers are not given. She was ridiculing her own clumsiness. If you take vitamins, be sure to take no more than the can be a serious My neighbors are very always somebody around to impress with their to give the reader a n to your health.
They enjoy being around other people so that there is jewelry, clothing, and cars. In describing the heroine's work in the garden, the author provides enough -Final Check: Apartment Problems Here is a final opportunity for you to strengthen your knowledge of the ten words.
First read the following passage carefully. Then fill in each blank with a word from the box at the top of this page. Context clues will help you figure out which word goes in which blank. Although I'm ordinarily a n 1 person, I'm tempted to move into a cave, far from other people—and landlords.
But does every one of them have to be a 3 to my health, mental stability, and checkbook? When I moved into my first apartment, I discovered that the previous tenant had already subleased the place to a very large family—of cockroaches. More 4 than I was, they were able to dodge all my blows. As soon as I could, I moved out.
My second apartment was a n 6 nightmare—the filth was hard on the eyes and the nose. The place even assaulted the ears, as the walls were as thin as cardboard. My neighbors played music until all hours.
Since I was too poor to buy a stereo, I became a dedicated listener. I even attended some of the neighbors' parties, in a n 7 way—with my ear to the wall. When I realized he meant it and wasn't being 8 , I moved again, hoping to find a more 9 landlord. I rented my last apartment because it was supposedly located in an area of 10 safety, considering the rent I can afford. A week after I moved in, I came home to find the locks broken and my belongings all over the floor.
On the dresser was an angry note: "What gives you the right to live in such a nice neighborhood and not have anything worth stealing? At least they were honest. We the eyesight. Most Americans time. Why does the foolishness of so many of our decisions become clear only in 4. Decades under communism couldn't Eastern European countries. After the death of her mother, Carla became so anyone on the phone. With age, we become less broken bones to mend.
In , a nine-year-old girl accusing someone of being a witch. When we're older, for example, it takes longer for c d a witch hunt in Salem, Massachusetts, by c d on such 9. In , Russian revolutionaries were such put the Czar's racehorse on trial and had him shot by a firing squad. Doing so will prepare you for the matching test and practices on the two pages that follow.
When Sarah and I collaborated on an article for the school newspaper, we found it difficult to work together. Barbara Bush collaborated with Eileen Sterling Crawford in designing and stitching a needlepoint rug. Their work now decorates the White House sitting room. Matt easily becomes despondent. If he gets a single F, he loses all hope of succeeding in school. For months after his wife died, Mr. Craig was despondent.
He even considered suicide. The rock group's onstage violence instigated a riot in the audience. British Captain Robert Jenkins instigated a war by showing his pickled car to officials in , saying the ear had been cut off by a Spanish patrol. Cockroaches are so resilient that they can fully recover after exposure to a level of radioactivity that would kill a human. Plant life around Mount St. Helens was wonderfully resilient. Within months after the volcano erupted, flowers grew in the ashes. In retrospect, it's clear that Mae should have gone to the doctor sooner.
When Ms. Oliver was my English teacher, I thought she was overly strict and demanding. In retrospect, however, I see she taught me more than anyone else about how to read and write. A grammar book teaches rudimentary language skills. I've become so accustomed to adding and subtracting on a calculator thai I've probably forgotten how to do that rudimentary math on my own.
The audience scoffed at the man playing a tune on a row of tin cans, but he seemed unaware of their contempt. Tony scoffed at the reports that a severe hurricane was on its way until he saw the winds snapping frees in two and lifting cars.
The fact that the church organ had been greatly damaged by mice didn't squelch the very first performance of "Silent Night. My history teacher shot me a dirty look when, during his lecture, I didn't quite manage to squelch a burp.
The Tlingit Indians venerate the wolf and the raven, and their totem poles illustrate stories about these deeply respected animals. The banquet guests showed how much they venerated the elderly teacher by rising when she entered the room.
The Crusaders were Christian zealots who left their homes and families to fight to regain the Holy Land. Annie, a zealot about health, runs a hundred miles a week and never lets a grain of sugar touch her lips. James was level of painting by number. Although the leader of the street gang wasn't at the robbery, he was the one who it.
A weapons. Shakespeare is understanding of human nature. When the Cord car appeared in the s, most people wheel drive, which seemed ridiculous then. Marie and Pierre Curie radioactive elements. Kim's interest in playing piano was.
Since I'd like to be a photographer, I can see, in experience if I'd taken pictures for the college newspaper. Russian officer explained: "Moscow is The Russians defeated Napoleon by giving up Moscow without a fight, saving their army for later battles.
A and will rise again after the fires. Edgar Allan Poe, who she died at the age of only In Being illiterate until the age of 20 didn't keep him from becoming a great botanist. A products made of peanuts as ink, shampoo, and linoleum. Xe d at now and then," Lynn said.
At the time of the American Revolution, many people viewed those who , however, we view them as heroes. Tom seemed to be a loser bom into a long line of losers. His great-grandfather, condemned to death during the Revolutionary War for siding with the British, had fled from America to Canada. Tom's father, wanted for arrest after he helped CD a plot to overthrow the Canadian government, had fled back to America. During his mere three months of schooling, he stayed at the bottom of his class.
The teacher 3 e d at him, telling him that he was hopelessly stupid. Tom's first job, selling papers and candy on a train, ended when he accidentally set the baggage car on fire. His second, as a telegraph operator, ended when he was caught sleeping on the job. At 22, he was jobless, penniless, and sleeping in a cellar.
Tom, however, didn't allow his circumstances to 4 his hopes. Instead of becoming 5 , he was 6 enough to recover from his misfortunes and find another job. He managed, in fact, to save enough money to open a workshop, where he 7 e d with an electrical engineer in designing and then selling machines. A when it came to solving mechanical puzzles, Tom worked nearly nonstop, 8 sleeping only about four hours each night.
By the time he was in his 80s, Tom was credited with over a thousand inventions, including the phonograph, light bulb, and motion picture camera. He was also 9 e d nationwide as the greatest living American. In 10 , Thomas Alva Edison wasn't such a loser after all. The baby's crying isn't nonstop, but 2. Gina 3. The company's illegal act was e d iicr jeans with colorful embroidered flowers. Every year, one student in our high school wins a scholarship that college.
Beverly often items at discount stores. The hot weather made everyone feel drowsy. Even the teacher gazed out of the windows in a dreamyeyed 7. People who speak out against government policy are usually imprisoned or executed.
Part of the humor of the Laurel and Hardy comedy team came from seeing a short fat man e d to a tall thin man. My parents think my plans to become a rock musician are make much more sense to become an accountant or salesperson. They feel it would Danny left tin's message on my answering machine: ll l must see you.
Meet me at twelve o'clock. The portrait of the Mona Lisa is famous for its ambiguous expression. Is the lady smiling or sad? The results of the dietary study are ambiguous.
More research will be necessary to clarify how important vitamin C is to health. Fearing imprisonment for speaking out against the government, the South American dissident fled to the United States.
Some dissidents in the Catholic church favor female priests, birth control, and abortion. Lauren embellished the door of her locker with dried flowers and photos of her cats.
The inside covers of the biology text had been embellished with colorful drawings of seashells. The discovery of penicillin was inadvertent. One day, Alexander Fleming forgot to cover a dish of bacteria, and some mold landed in the dish. The next day, Fleming found the mold had killed some of the bacteria. The green color of Nancy's hair is inadvertent. When she dyed her hair, she overlooked part of the instructions.
With all that is known about the benefits of exercise, it is inane to limit your exercise to walking to the table to eat. The party conversation remained inane, never getting beyond such foolishness as whose jeans were the most "awesome" color. The painter dramatically juxtaposed white birch trees and a dark gray sky. On her bed, Dottie juxtaposed her new dress and various scarves to see which would match best. Wendy's cold symptoms disappeared in a few days except for the lethargy.
She felt wiped out for a week. I don't understand how Jill and Mike ever got together. She's always energetic, while he can hardly overcome his natural lethargy long enough to get up to change the TV channel.
It rained continuously until noon. After that, the showers were only sporadic. Dave undertakes sporadic attempts to give up smoking, about every other month or so. I thought my little sister would squander her allowance on toys, but she wasted it on candy instead. Vince squanders both his time and his money playing game after game in video arcades. The day-care center is always looking for sponsors to subsidize its programs. Public television is subsidized with various grants and community donations.
Chapters 15 Matching Words and Definitions Check your understanding of the ten words by matching each word with its definition.
Check 1 Complete each sentence below with the most suitable word from the box. Belinda's study of common fears among the elderly. A research grant will 4. They were both on a rainy street corner hailing a taxi, and when only one appeared, they decided to share it.
Tracy learned the hard way not to respect. My little brother has constellations. When student were killed by government troops. Steve Martin revealed his sense of humor when he said, "I got a fur sink, an electric dog polisher, a gasoline powered turtleneck sweater—and, of course, I bought some dumb Stuff too. Local businesses c d our club's Christmas party for the homeless so that we could the room and the Christmas afford a special meal and decorations with which to tree.
Why your money on interest instead of buying what you can afford? I don't think that the movie's ending was. I believe the producer intended to leave the final outcome somewhat in doubt so that moviegoers will be curious to see the sequel. Last Saturday, my grandfather and I spent some time in the modem section of an art museum. It was a completely 1. We'd come to see a show of nature photographs and wandered into the wrong room.
Instead of leaving, Grandfather just stood there, staring at the paintings. In one painting, an empty plate and an overflowing one had been 3 e d on a tablecloth that was an American flag. The gold frame had been 4 e d with tiny drawings of hot dogs, apple pies, and other foods.
The message was definitely not 5 , but clear as crystal. The artist was making a statement about some people not having enough to eat in this country. After a few moments of stunned silence, my grandfather jolted the sleepy-looking guard out of his 6 by shouting, "Garbage!
What is this garbage? On the way home, Grandfather stared out the car window. He was silent except for 10 sputtcrings of "Garbage! Previewing the Words Find out how many of the ten words in this chapter you already know.
My sister loves 2. On the picnic, ants seemed as 3. I'm certainly not 4. Unable to pay their taxes and mortgage, the Caldwells had to 6. My brother's refusal to go to marriage counseling has 7. For a short time after his baby sister was bom, seven-year-old Jeremy sucking his thumb again. Scolding her children for climbing on the roof, my neighbor said, "This behavior must stop.
Think'before you act! Carrie was ring. She felt like singing all day. Baseball player Reggie Jackson reached the three home runs during the sixth game of the World Series. Nick's mother often berated him. And when she wasn't scolding and criticizing him, she was ignoring him. Goldie can accept reasonable, calm criticism, but she was angered when her boss loudly berated her in front of everyone else in the office.
To my an w :cmcni ""d joy, they were all A's and B's. Joanne was - phoric this morning. Her high spirits were the result of having gotten the lead role in the school's production of Hello, Dolly. Whenever I make impetuous decisions to buy clothes, I end up being dissatisfied. From now on, I'll try to take time to think about my purchases.
The impetuous youngsters threw snowballs at the passing cars without thinking about what would happen if they hit or distracted a driver. A calculator doesn't guarantee infallible bookkeeping. You can still add in the wrong numbers. A sign over my sister's desk reads, "I'm infallible.
I never make mistaks. The verses in many greeting cards are often overly sentimental. I prefer humor to such maudlin messages.
The authors of maudlin soap operas must feel that they haven't done their job unless viewers are crying by the end of each show. Rita had come a long way in her fight against alcohol abuse, but after her husband left her, she regressed to overdrinking. When my year-old cousin Jackson doesn't get his way, he regresses to the temper tantrums of a two-year-old.
Sports fans must relinquish beverages at the stadium entrance because bottles and cans aren't permitted inside. Donna decided to relinquish her position as head nurse. She didn't want responsibility for an entire ward of patients when she lacked the staff needed to provide good care. We postponed our plan to drive home on Sunday because the fog was ubiquitous.
It covered the entire island. Mites are ubiquitous. They live on top of ML Everest, in the depths of the ocean, in the Antarctic, even around the roots of your body hairs. Florence reached the zenith of her career when she became president of Ace Products. At age 50, my uncle thinks he's passed the zenith of his life. But at age 58, my father thinks the best is yet to come.
When Dad lost his job, he 2. To most musicians, Mozart's works represent the 3. Mei Lin was estrange regress euphoric relinquish impetuous ubiquitous infallible zenith c d to his earlier habit of smoking.
By court order, the abusive parents had to home. Judy used to be friendly, but since her promotion, she has her coldness. You didn't have to me. Before the mayor began his "Beautify Our City" program, the litter was sidewalks seemed paved with garbage. Our 9. And tears come to the eyes of all who listen. Joyce isn't usually , but last week she suddenly felt an overwhelming urge to try out her nephew's skateboard.
Everyone in the office has already signed the plaster cast on her broken wrist. Now check your answers to these questions by turning to page I know I'm being c d to , but everywhere I look I see something that makes me cry.
Patrick CeM his wife when he broke his promise and his old habit of excessive gambling. Upon reaching the mountaintop, the climbers were. Having reached the of their athletic careers, they felt "on top of the world" in every way. My brother Gary is mentally ill. At first my parents thought it was their fault, but now we know that his illness has much more to do with his body chemistry than with anything they did.
Gary's illness involves extreme mood swings. For weeks, he'll be 1 , feeling that the world is great and that he's at the 2 of life. He may even view himself as 3 and get angry if anyone even suggests he has made a mistake. Sometimes, loo, he becomes a n 4 shopper, spending thousands of dollars on whatever appeals to him.
When we ask him to 5 the expensive things he's bought so mat we can return them, he refuses, saying he wants "to live like a king. Gary's "highs," however, are nothing compared to his "lows. He may sit in the living room all evening, talking and crying about his former g i r l f r i e n d s , our dead grandmother, or childhood h u r t s. Misfortune and horror, he says, are 7 in his life—there's nowhere he can go to avoid them.
Within days, he is so depressed that he c a n ' t even get out of bed. Shutting out everyone around h i m , he 8 s his family and friends. Finally, he tries to kill himself. Again, he must go to the hospital. When Gary takes his medicine, he does very well. He is charming, bright, full of life. But when he feels good, he soon stops taking his medicine and begins to Then we know he is headed for another severe mood swing.
I love my brother dearly, but living with him is like living on a roller coaster. For all of our sakcs, I wish we could help him more. The Wild West was full of baldness to insanity. It would have been too expensive to 3. His marriage to a widow with four children house.
You claim you were at the soccer game at the time of the crime. Can anyone your story? George was introduced to as a lookout for drug dealers. Since his stroke, Mr. Isn't it amazing that tiny seeds can lie receive the rain and sun they need to grow? What would be the best way to It's important that many parents attend. British English and American English have Americans sometimes have trouble understanding each other.
Doing so will prepare you for the matching test and practices on the two pages that follow 1 charlatan shar'-lo-ton -noun 2 corroborate ko-rob'-o-rat' -verb a. My grandmother was tricked by a charlatan who convinced her to turn over hundreds of dollars of "cursed money. In the novel Elmer Gantry, a charlatan poses as a preacher. Tanya's report card corroborated her claim that she was doing well in school.
It showed she had received only A's and B's. It's hard to believe Sid's slory of a flying saucer in the park when no one else in ihc area can corroborate his account. Campaign workers poured into the city to disseminate literature about their candidate. Because radio, TV, and fax machines disseminate information so quickly, it's hard for a government to hide world events and opinions from its citizens. Robert Frost used two roads branching off in different directions as a symbol.
He wrote, "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by. The brothers' paths diverged greatly. One became a famous lawyer, and the other ended up in jail for armed robbery. A visit to Puerto Rico reawakened Anita's dormant ability to speak Spanish, the language of her childhood. Many insects lay eggs that remain dormant throughout the winter and hatch only with the coming of warmer weather.
We need to hoist the sail, so grab hold of that rope and pull. Let's go down and watch the crane hoist the big beams into place for the new skyscraper. Ted's cab-driving is illicit—he hasn't even got a license. When Joe files his tax returns, he reports only the legal income from his dry-cleaning business, not the profits from the illicit gambling operation he runs out of a back room.
Patty apologized for her bitter criticism of Steven, but the harm to their friendship may be irrevocable. Scientists aren't sure if the damage to the Earth's ozone layer is so serious that it's irrevocable or if we can still reverse the damage.
Drinking alcohol while pregnant can precipitate the birth of a baby before it's fully developed. The discovery that Elliot had set a building on fire precipitated his parents' decision to take him for psychological counseling. Doctors hoped a bone marrow transplant would halt the proliferation of cancer cells in Mary's body. I've tried to pull all the dandelions out of the yard, but their proliferation is too rapid for me to keep up with.
He knew less about roofs than I do. Children often draw the sun with rays that 2. The "roofing contractor" was a 3. I thought your promise was 4.
My grandfather's 5. Jeff's growth of four inches over the summer 6. There are special units that investigate such drugs. The stone slabs are too heavy for us to lift, so we're bringing in a forklift to the walkway. The environmental group to protest the event. I'm afraid I can't is, he's been in jail several times. The fact The of homeless dogs and cats has become so great that about 17 million of them are killed in U.
T he map corroborate illicit disseminate irrevocable diverge precipitate dormant proliferation s my belief that just before the lake, the highway s into two roads, which go off in opr tositc directions. A criminal's illegal career doesn't necessarily lie When the movers tried to The company president ordered employees not to losses, since the news might scare off stockholders and swindling in the area.
After a retirement community was established in Morristown, there was a activities take place in prisons, including theft and bribery.
I, along with nearly everyone else in town, was taken in by a n 1 who made us believe he could help us get rich quick. Chester Turner supposedly came into town lo open a real estate office. Naturally, those who received this interesting information promptly 3 c d it throughout town, and soon we were all buzzing about it. When people questioned Turner about the value of town land, he would hint that there was oil in Glenville by asking, "What if there were energy lying 4 under the ground in the area, just waiting to spurt out?
Our suspicions about oil seemed to be 6 e d by some "oil company executives" talking in the local diner. According to their waitress, they planned to have cranes 7 the oil derricks any day and then to pump out millions of gallons of the precious liquid. Soon people were pounding on Turner's door, begging him to sell them Glenville land. After Turner left town with all our money, there were rumors that he and his "oil men" had been arrested for 8 activities in another state.
Although we had all been of one mind when Turner was around, our views now 9 e d. Most of us realized that we'd been swindled. Some, however, clung to the belief that Turner would be back some day, bringing huge profits for everyone. They couldn 't accept the fact that the loss of their money was This page will introduce you to ten common word parts.
Try to match each word part on the left with its definition on the right. Use the words in parentheses as hints to help you guess the meanings. If you can't decide on an answer, leave the space blank. Your purpose here is just to get a sense of the ten word parts and what you may know about them. You'll have another chance to try this exercise after considering the word parts in context.
Word Parts 1. Working through this chapter will help you to strengthen your knowledge of the word parts you already know and to master the word parts you're only half sure of, or don't know at all.
Keep in mind that learning word parts can pay several dividends. Word parts can help with the spelling and pronunciation of many words.
They can also help you to unlock the meanings of unfamiliar words. Before you enter Mel's living room, you pass through a small anteroom, where guests can leave their coats.
An antique is anything made in a time before ours, especially years or more ago. The novel went in reverse chronological order, that is, from the most recent events backwards. An acute medical problem is a short, severe one. In contrast, a chronic illness continues over a long period of time. Do the pesticides used in farming kill only pests? Or arc they harmful to humans as well? Genocide isn't simply the murder of a number of people.
It's the planned killing of a particular racial, cultural, or political group. When the two trains ran into each other, one derailed and the other stayed on track. A strong kitchen fan can deodorize the kitchen by drawing away bad odors.
The volcano has been dormant for years, but scientists warn that it may awaken someday soon. The dormouse, or "sleeping mouse," got its name from its habit of hibernating through the winter.
Charles studies hard for his classes, but he's also involved in extracurricular activities, including soccer and chess. Extrasensory perception is the ability, or seeming ability, to communicate beyond the physical senses.
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