Comprehension exercise 1, page 30

1    True - 'Yet as unlikely as it seems', 'What is even more remarkable' and 'Sonya ate an astonishing 40  crabcakes in twelve minutes.'
2   False - 'It is that record she is here this morning to defend.'
3   True - The first time I did it, it was just for fun. It just came out good so I thought, 'OK, let's do it'.'
4   False - No such claim is made: we only learn of one theory which attempts to explain why the very thin Sonya can eat so much in such a short time.
5   False - 'The so-called sport of eating contests - while dating back decades to events held at county fairs ..."
6   False - 'She eats with one hand, using the other to take sips from a bottle' and 'Food and water and a combination of the two drip down faces ..."
7   True - 'At every eating contest, there are medics on hand.'
8   False - 'She is thrilled.' She says she slowed down and that she could eat more but there is no suggestion of discontentment with her performance.

Matching exercise # 3, page 31

1 	confides
2 	grabs
3   	wolfing down
4   	masticating
5	dunk
6	licks
7	pondered
8	choked

Vocabulary: excess # 2, page 31

1	to
2	in; of
3	to
4	with
5	over
6	in