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. _____ At first, Bandit usually came when it was dark outside.
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. _____ The two raccoons who showed up after Bandit were females.
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. _____ The three raccoons traveled together and were very friendly toward each other.
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. _____ The raccoons had different habits and very different personalities.
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. _____ Raggedy Ann was the first female to bring her young.
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. _____ The Hartleys were able to observe five baby raccoons.
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. _____ The raccoons never did any serious damage to the Hartleys’ property.
Exercise 10.6 Reading for meaning For each of the following pairs of sentences, choose the boldface phrase in the second sentence that more closely matches the meaning of the underlined phrase in the first sentence, which is quoted from the reading text. 1
. “Scenic islands around the world attract dreamers who wish to flee the rat race of the
city and live close to nature.”
People like the Hartleys move to small islands, because they don’t like the hectic pace of | the rats that run around in the city. 2
. “The couple was immediately sold on the view and the property’s parklike setting.”
The Hartleys bought | liked the property right away.
3
. “Although they had title to the land, the Hartleys soon discovered that they were not
the only residents.”
The Hartleys legally owned | gave a name to the property on Mayne Island.
4
. “In February, scuffles, growls, yelps, and assorted noises at night alerted the Hartleys
to courting combat in the woods.”
The raccoons scuffled because they were mating | were fighting over territory. 5
. “Not only did she have an attitude, but a nick in one ear and a missing toe on her left
hind foot suggested that she had a history to match!”
Raggedy Ann was an older raccoon | looked like a fighter. 6
. “This tactic did not always work; when inevitable skirmishes broke out, the raccoons
sorted things out in their own furious, but harmless, way.”
When they fought, the raccoons harmed each other | didn’t harm each other.