KEY TO READING ON PAGES 110-111 - ADVANCED LEVEL 2 -

READING

1. King is masculine, so one would expect the king himself or the queen herself

2. 1g    2 f   3 d   4 c   5 b   6 a   7 e

3. Sample answers: wife, mother, regent, ruler, pharaoh, politician, cult leader

4. 1 b   2 c   3 a   4 a   5 b   6 b

WORD FOCUS Long

7. 1 C   2 D   3 F   4 E   5 A   6 B

8. 1 longed for
    2. long after/ in the long term
    3. As long as
    4. and before long
    5. at long last
    6. long after

Key to Reading on pages 98 and 99 - ADVANCED LEVEL 2 -

READING

3   1F   2F   3F   4F   5T   6F

4   1 villain   2 miraculously   3 incompetent   4 let down   5 betrayed   6 awarded

WORD FOCUS: Word

7    1 had the last word
      2 word went round
      3 his word against theirs
      4 no word of it

8    1 don't believe what I say
      2 I didn't know what to say
      3 people telling others about it
      4 they promised

KEY TO READING ON PAGE 86 - ADVANCED LEVEL 2 -

READING

2. 1 the rosewood and ebony trees
    2 It is cut down with great difficulty, shipped down the rivers, and then on to China (for furniture) and western Europe (for musical instruments)
    3 the collection of medical plants; guiding tourists to see lemurs; visiting a wild orchid conservatory

3. 1C   2A   3B   4A   5C   6C   7C   8B

VOCABULARY

1. unique
2. desperate
3. deplores
4. rob
5. majestic
6. back-breaking
7. bleak
8. obsessed with

KEY TO ACTIVITIES 4 AND 6 ON P. 60 -ADVANCED LEVEL 2-

ACTIVITY 4

2. well-off                           5. cultured
3. well-educated                 6. politically engaged
4. healthy                            7.tolerant

ACTIVITY 6

a. 1 e    2 h   3 d   4 i   5 f   6 b   7 c   8 g   9 a

b. Sample Answers:

break: ache, bake, cake, lake, make, shake, take...
foot: put, soot
height: bite, fight, light, night, sight, site, white
sidned: blind, bind, kind, lines, mined
walk: cork, fork, pork, talk
word: bird, blurred, heard, herd, stirred