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Unit 1
Exercise 3
Chapter 1
1. Maria is Mexico City, Mexico.
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Key Vocabulary
2. Victor is from Lima, Peru.
1. b 2. a 3. e 4. g 3. Ito and Mayumi are from Tokyo, Japan.
5. d 6. f 7. c 4. The test is on Monday, October 7.
Page 4 5. Mohammed’s birthday is on Tuesday, April 10th.
Meaning 6. Wednesday, June 5th, is Bob’s birthday.
1. a 2. a 3. b 4. b 7. My sister Suzie and I were born in February.
5. a 6. a 7. b 8. Mrs. Lee’s birthday is in December.
Page 5 9. Mr. Brown and I are going to a party on Friday.
Vocabulary Activity 10. I am going to Milan, in July.
Answers will vary. Here are some possible answers. Exercise 4
1. My country’s flag is red and white. My birthday is on June 11. I was born in Lima, Peru.
2. People celebrate their anniversaries and name We have a party on my birthday. My friends come.
days. My mother makes a cake. I get many gifts. I am
3. My favorite flavor of cream is chocolate. always happy on my birthday. It is my special day.
4. A birthday custom in my country is to send a Chapter 2
birthday card. Page 13
Page 6 Key Vocabulary
Looking for the Main Ideas 1. f 2. g 3. a 4. c
1. c 2. a 3. b 4. c 5. b 6. e 7. d
Looking for Details Page 15
1. F 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. T Meaning
6. F 1. a 2. b 3. a 4. a
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Exercise 1
1. She 2. Mary Peel 3. The tall woman Page 16
4. The tall woman with white hair Vocabulary Activity
5. Many children 1. UNCLE 2. PLEASE 3. NOTHING
6. Birthday Cakes 4. EYEBROWS
7. Customs in some countries Page 17
8. Parents in Denmark Looking for the Main Ideas
Page 10 1. The Chinese New Year is the most important
Exercise 2 holiday for the Chinese people.
1. (S) She; (V) has 2. (S) The child; (V) cries 2. People start to clean their homes and buy new
3. (S) The little girl; (V) is crying things.
4. (S) The little girl with the red hair; (V) is going to 3. The New Year is an important time for the
cry family.
5. (S) Many friends; (V) are going to say
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Looking for Details Thanksgiving.
1. The Chinese New Year comes with the first day 5. True.
of the First Moon, between January 21 and 6. False. Father’s Day is not an official holiday.
February 19. 7. False. Americans celebrate Independence Day
2. New Year’s pictures often have oranges in them. on July 4.
3. It is important to start the New Year in new 8. True. Throwing rice or confetti at the bride is an
clothes. American custom.
4. Every family tries to eat fish.
5. The older people give children gifts of money Unit 2
in red envelopes. Chapter 3
6. At the end of the meal, people leave some fish Page 28
on the plate. Key Vocabulary
Page 20 1. c 2. d 3. f 4. b
Exercise 1 5. a 6. e
1. the shops 2. their homes Page 30
3. red envelopes 4. important Meaning
5. special food 6. their best clothes 1. b 2. a 3. b 4. a
7. relatives 8. many gifts 5. b 6. a
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Exercise 2 Vocabulary Activity
1. We do not have classes during Christmas and Answer will vary. Here are some possible answers.
Easter vacation. 1. The Sagrada Familia Cathedral in Barcelona
2. On New Year’s Day, we stay at home. has many towers. It is an extraordinary
3. The American woman celebrated Chinese building.
New Year with us.
4. In our class, we have students who are 2. The Sears Tower in Chicago is one of the tallest
Buddhist, Muslim, Christian, and Jewish. high-rises in the world.
5. For us, New Year’s Day is more important than 3. The TransAmerica Building is in the shape of a
Christmas. triangle. It is a high-rise in the center of San
6. All over the United States on July 4, Americans Francisco.
celebrate Independence Day. Page 32
Looking for the Main Ideas
Exercise 3
Pat and Don Hutton live in Boston, in the United 1. c 2. b 3. b
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States. They are Americans. They are also Christian.
Looking for Details
They celebrate Christmas on December 25. It is an 1. Brasilia is a new city in the center of Brazil.
important holiday for them. 2. About two million people live in Brasilia today.
Page 25 3. Oscar Niemeyer is a famous architect.
Interesting Facts About Special Days
1. True. 4. It took three years to build the capital.
2. True. 5. The government buildings are in the center.
3. False. In Canada, it is celebrated on the 6. It is hot in the center of Brazil, and there are few
second Monday in October. trees in the new city.
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Exercise 1 system. Health care and education are free.
1. The main buildings are in the center. Page 43
2. People live in modern high-rises. Looking for Details
3. The famous cathedral is the work of Oscar 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F
Niemeyer. 5. T 6. T
4. The streets are wide. Page 45
5. The poor people live in slums. Exercise 1
Exercise 2 1. 3, more beautiful than 2. 1, wetter than
1. Brasilia is a modern city 3. 1, drier than 4. 3, more expensive than
2. Oscar Niemeyer is a famous architect. 5. 1, older than 6. 3, more dangerous than
3. In 1960, Brasilia became the capital. 7. 1, higher than 8. 1, larger than
4. The government buildings are in the center. Page 45-46
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Exercise 3 1. Iceland is bigger than Switzerland.
Answers will vary. 2. Iceland is smaller then Greenland.
Exercise 4 3. The Pacific Ocean is larger than the Atlantic
Brazil is a big country in South America. Its capital is Ocean.
Brasilia. This is a new city. It has modern buildings 4. The Sears Tower in Chicago is taller than the
and wide streets. About two million people live in this Empire State Building.
city today. 5. The Nile River is longer than the Mississippi.
Chapter 4 6. Mexico is drier than Canada.
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Key Vocabulary
Tower.
1. c 2. a 3. b 4. f
8. Reykjavik is more expensive than Paris.
5. d 6. e
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Exercise 3
Meaning
1. Iceland has the smallest population for its size
1. a 2. a 3. b 4. a in Europe.
5. b 6. b 2. Alaska is the biggest state in the United States.
Page 42 3. Vatican City is the smallest country in the
Vocabulary Activity world.
1. Stealing is a crime. 4. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the
2. Good education is important. world.
3. Some people used wood or coal to heat their 5. The Nile is the longest river in the world.
homes. 6. Death Valley is California is the hottest place in
4. Trinidad is an island. the United States.
Comprehension 7. Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the
Looking for the Main Ideas world.
1. Iceland is in the North Atlantic Ocean near 8. Acapulco is the most popular city in Mexico for
Greenland and Norway. tourists.
2. Icelanders are the hardest workers in Europe. Page 48
Exercise 4
Answers will vary.
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Exercise 5 Page 60-61

Inga Stefansson is from Iceland. Iceland is a country Exercise 1
in Europe. She speaks Icelandic. This language is 1. When I sleep, I have the radio on. I have the
similar to German. Life in Iceland is the most expensive radio on when I sleep.
in Europe. But people are healthy, and they live the 2. When I sleep, I snore. I snore when I sleep.
longest lives. 3. When I sleep, I move about a lot. I move about
Page 51 a lot when I sleep.
Interesting facts about place 4. When I sleep, I like to hold something. I like to
1. c. It is 15,822 miles square. hold something when I sleep.
2. b. Damascus has been continuously inhabited 5. When I sleep, I lie on my side. I lie on my side
since 2500 B.C. when I sleep.
3. a. It covers 177.9 acres. 6. When I have problems, I cannot sleep. I cannot
sleep when I have problems.
4. b. The South Pole is colder than the North
7. When I eat too much, I have a nightmare.
Pole. I have a nightmare when I eat too much.
5. a. Mt. Whitney is 14,495 feet above sea level 8. When I am in a different bed, I cannot sleep
(the highest point), and Badwater in Death when I am in a different bed.
Valley is 280 miles below sea level (the lowest Page 61
point). Exercise 2
6. c. It was the name of Los Angeles in 1781. Sleep is very important. It is more important than
food. When a person does not eat, (add comma) he
Unit 3 or she dies faster. Babies need (no “the”) more
Chapter 5 sleep. Teenagers sleep longer than adults. People
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Key Vocabulary
need less sleep as they get older.
1. d 2. a 3. b 4. e Chapter 6
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5. f 6. c
Key Vocabulary
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1. f 2. g 3. a 4. e
Meaning
1. a 2. b 3. b 4. b 5. h 6. c 7. b 8. d
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5. a 6. b
Meaning
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1. b 2. a 3. a 4. b
Vocabulary Activity
1. Reading a difficult book is a good thing to do 5. b 6. b 7. b 8. a
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to fall asleep.
Vocabulary Activity
2. George Bush is a statesman. Students’ sentences will vary.
3. Thomas Edison was an inventor. 1. watching television 2. the brain 3. our legs
4. Fifteen is the average of 11, 16 and 18. 5. running 6. a headache
5. You are an adult at age 21. Looking for the Main Ideas
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Looking for the Main Ideas
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1. b 2. c 3. a Looking for Details
Looking for Details
1. We use fifteen different muscles in our face.
1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F
5. T 6. F 2. Laughing is good for every organ in our body.
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3. Every minute we laugh is the same as forty-five 5. planets 6. horoscope 7. suggests

minutes of relaxation. 8. blesses
4. We may change the way we laugh in different Page 79
situations. Vocabulary Activity
5. When we laugh, we breathe quickly. Answers will vary. Here are some possible answers.
6. Our brain makes a natural painkiller. 1. My priest wears black.
Page 69-70 2. Marriage is an important ceremony in a
Exercise 1 person’s life.
1. She laughs freely. 2. He laughs loudly. 3. I am an Aries.
3. She laughs shyly. 4. He laughs nervously. 4. Saturn is a planet.
5. They are studying seriously. 5. I put honey in my tea.
6. He speaks quietly. 6. Hot pizza can burn my tongue.
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Exercise 2 Looking for the Main Ideas
Answers will vary. 1. The Hindu religion has sixteen special
Page 71 ceremonies for important times in a person’s
Exercise 3 life.
Scientists are studying laughter seriously. They are 2. The parents wash the baby and write the word
finding that laughter is good for us. When people are om on the baby’s tongue.
sick, (add comma) laughter helps them to get 3. A priest visits the family to name the baby.
(no “more”) better. Laughter clubs started in India. Looking for Details
People join a laughter club and go every day. They 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F
may laugh loudly for minutes and feel better afterwards. 5. T 6. F
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Interesting Facts About Your Body Exercise 1
1. True. 1. C 2. C 3. C 4. NC 5. C
2. False. It takes twenty-three seconds for blood 6. C 7. C 8. C 9. C 10. NC
circulate. 11. NC 12. NC
3. True. It changes to red when it mixes oxygen in Page 84
the air. Exercise 2
4. True. 1. a 2. some 3. a 4. an
5. False. You feel better when you start to cry. 5. some 6. some 7. some 8. an
6. False. Your hair grows faster in the morning Page 85
Exercise 3
Unit 4 Answers will vary.
Chapter 7 Exercise 4
Page 76 There are about one billion people in India. Most of
Key Vocabulary the people are of the Hindu religion. This is the
1. b 2. a 3. e 4. f largest religion in Asia. It is also the world’s oldest
5. c 6. d 7. h 8. g religion. A person cannot become a Hindu. You are
Page 78 born Hindu or you are not. There are also Muslims,
Meaning
Christians, and other religions, too.
1. ceremony 2. tongue 3. honey 4. priest
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Chapter 8 (add comma) it is usually spicy. They usually have

Page 88 breakfast from 7:30 to 9 in the morning. They have
Key Vocabulary
tea and rice. They drink tea without sugar, milk, or
1. b 2. d 3. e 4. a
lemon. The Thai do not eat cheese.
5. g 6. c 7. f
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Interesting Facts about Customs
Meaning
1. True. The present-day wedding cake is part of
1. chopsticks 2. bowl 3. host 4. offer the old custom.
5. insist 6. refill 7. keep an eye on 2. False. In Fiji, to show respect to someone, you
Page 90-91 fold your arms behind your back.
Vocabulary Activity 3. False. In Sweden, people eat with the fork in
Answers will vary. Here are some possible answers. the left hand.
1. I keep an eye on the teacher when I am in 4. True.
class. 5. True. In most European countries, eating on the
2. I usually eat noodles in a bowl. street is not acceptable, but in Scotland, it is OK.
3. I offer tea or coffee to a visitor to my house. 6. False. In France, a woman offers her hand first.
4. People use chopsticks to eat food in China. 7. True.
5. When a guest comes to my house, I am the Unit 5
host. Chapter 9
6. When I eat out, I can usually refill the water. Page 100
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Looking for the Main Ideas 1. b 2. c 3. g 4. a
1. People in Thailand eat with spoons and forks. 5. d 6. e 7. f
2. The host will ask you two or three times if you Page 102
want more food. Meaning
3. The most important place for a guest at a table 1. a 2. a 3. b 4. b
is in the middle. 5. b 6. a 7. b
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Looking for Details Vocabulary Activity
1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T Answers will vary. Here are some possible answers.
5. F 6. T 1. Instead of chocolate, I eat peanuts.
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Exercise 1 3. Green tea gives me energy.
1. of your spoon 2. around the world 4. Strong coffee is very bitter.
3. in your left hand 4. in a separate bowl 5. I add honey to tea to make it sweet.
6. I add chili pepper to food to make it hot.
5. at a table : at the middle 6. on your plate
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Exercise 2
Looking for the Main Ideas
1. at 2. with 3. in 4. at
1. b 2. c 3. a
5. in 6. with Looking for Details
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Exercise 3
5. T 6. T
Thai food is delicious. They eat a lot of vegetables,
seafood, rice, and noodles. When you eat Thai food,
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Exercise 1 Exercise 1
1. Fill the kettle with water. 1. He drinks it every morning.
2. Boil the water. 2. It keeps me awake.
3. Put some tea into the teapot. 3. I usually have coffee with milk, but sometimes I
4. Fill the teapot with boiling water. have it with cream.
5. Leave for a few minutes. 4. She likes to eat them with a cup pf coffee.
6. Pour the tea into the cup. Page 118
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Exercise 2 Tony always drinks hot coffee. He drinks it with milk
Answers will vary. but no sugar. He doesn’t like strong coffee like
Page 108 Turkish coffee. His favorite is Brazilian coffee. He
Exercise 3 drinks four small cups every day. He has a cup for
Jackie loves chocolate. When she has money, (add breakfast and a cup at eleven. After lunch, he has a
comma) she buys a box of Belgian chocolates. They cup when he gets home from work, (add comma) he
are the most expensive chocolates. She likes bitter has a cup.
chocolates. She doesn’t like the Swiss milk chocolates. Page 121
When she is sad, (add comma) she eats one piece Food Quiz
of chocolate. When she is tired, (add comma) she 1. Ireland. Ginger ale was the first sweet soft
eats one. After she eats a chocolate, (add comma) drink. Dr. Cantrall of Ireland made it in 1850.
Jackie is happy. 2. Mexico. The sapodilla tree of Mexico has a
Chapter 10
juice that is like gum. Chewing gum comes
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from this juice.
Key Vocabulary
3. United States. Frankfurter sausages in a bun
1. d 2. f 3. a 4. g were sold as “red hots” in New York. T.A.
Dorgan, a cartoonist, named them when he
5. c 6. b 7. e drew one as a dachshund on an elongated bun
Page 113 around 1960 and called it a “hot dog.”
Meaning
4. China. Marco Polo, an Italian, first ate long
1. a 2. a 3. b 4. a noodles in China. He brought them back to
5. b 6. a 7. a Italy, where they were called spaghetti.
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Vocabulary Activity 1683.
1. Watching a movie can make people excited. 6. Germany. Hamburgers were originally called
2. We usually boil a potato. “hamburg steaks.” The steaks were named
3. Christopher Columbus discovered America. after their city of origin-Hamburg, Germany.
4. We usually take care of a baby.
Unit 6
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Looking for the Main Ideas
Chapter 11
1. b 2. a 3. c Page 124
Key Vocabulary
Looking for Details
1. F 2. F 3. F 4. T 1. sting 2. coins
5. T 6. F 3. a pole 4. paper bills
5. feathers 6. stuck
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Meaning Meaning
1. coins 2. paper bills 3. feathers 1. through 2. ancient 3. drapes
4. stuck 5. string 6. pole 4. experts 5. completely 6. ingredients
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Vocabulary Activity Page 137-138
Answers will vary. Here are some possible answers. Vocabulary Activity
1. You can see a pole holding up a streetlight. Answers will vary. Here are some possible answers.
2. I put my coins in my wallet. 1. We see through a glass door.
3. Today, I have two paper bills in my wallet. 2. Shoes are made from leather.
4. I usually stick a stamp on an envelope. 3. Flour is an ingredient in a cake.
5. A bird has feathers. 4. A spice that I like is cinnamon.
6. I tie a package with a string. 5. Sulphur is a chemical.
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Looking for the Main Ideas Page 138
1. c 2. b 3. a Looking for the Main Ideas
Looking for Details 1. The world perfume means “through smoke.”
1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F 2. The Greeks and Romans used a lot of perfume
5. T 6. T in ancient times.
Page 130-131 3. Smells can make me feel better.
Exercise 1 Page 139
1. A small stone is as big as dinner plate. Looking for Details
2. Paper bills are not as heavy as coins 1. A long time ago, people put nice-smelling
3. A cent is not as small as a dime. wood or leave into a fire.
4. Bicycles are not as expensive as cars. 2. A perfume expert can tell the difference among
5. Time is as important as money in the United nineteen thousand different smells.
States. 3. Some of the ingredients in perfume today are
6. Tea is as valuable as money in some countries. not from real flowers.
Exercise 2 4. Plastic that smells like leather is an example.
Answers will vary. 5. The smell of apples with spices can make or
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Exercise 3 Page 140
A long time ago, people used food for money. Salt Exercise 1
was the most popular money. Then people used 1. very 2. too 3. too 4. very
things like stone and feathers for money. The first 5. too 6. very
paper money came from China. This was about
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three thousand years ago. Today we have paper Exercise 2
money and coins, but people like to use credit cards. 1. It is too strong.
Chapter 12
2. It is expensive, too.
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Key Vocabulary
3. It has some chemicals, too.
1. g 2. a 3. h 4. e 4. It is too expensive.
5. b 6. d 7. c 8. f 5. It makes me feel happy, too.
6. It is too heavy.
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Exercise 3 important.
Today, (add comma) we use perfume, but we do not 5. In 1996, Tiger left college and became a
use as much as the ancient Greeks and Romans. professional.
They used too much perfume. They perfumed their 6. In 1997, Tiger played in the most important golf
bodies and their animals, (add comma) too. The game-the Masters tournament.
Arabs like perfume, (add comma) too. They liked Page 154 – 155
Exercise 1
roses. They made rose water. It is lighter than rose
1. Where were you born?
perfume. It is still popular today.
2. When were you born?
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Invention Quiz 3. What does your father do?
1. c 2. b 3. a 4. c 4. What does your mother do?
5. 1, d, Germany; 2, a, Mexico; 3, b, China; 5. How many brothers and sisters do you have?
4, e, Saudi Arabia; 5, c, Brazil 6. Where did you go to high school?
7. When did you graduate from high school?
Unit 7 8. What are you studying right now?
Chapter 13 9. What type of school do you want to go to in the
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Key Vocabulary
10. What do you want to study in the future?
1. e 2. g 3. a 4. f
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5. c 6. h 7. b 8. d Exercise 2
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Meaning
5. for 6. from, to 7. in 8. in
1. homemaker 2. Asian 3. Nickname
Exercise 3
4. saved 5. amazing 6. mall Tiger Woods was born in California, but he lives in
7. obeyed 8. professional Orlando, Florida. He spends a lot of time with his
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parents. His father, Earl, and hid mother, Kultida, live
Vocabulary Activity
Answers will vary. Here are some possible answers. in Florida, (add comma) too.
1. The Internet is an amazing invention. Chapter 14
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2. My nickname is Pepi. Key Vocabulary
3. My sister is a homemaker. 1. e 2. g 3. d 4. f
4. You can usually find a shoe store in a mall. 5. a 6. b 7. h 8. c
5. Korea is an Asian country. Page 160
6. We usually obey our parents. Meaning
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Looking for the Main Ideas 4. events 5. medals 6. injured
1. b 2. b 3. a 7. sign language 8. deaf
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Looking for Details
Vocabulary Activity
1. When he was 2 years old, Tiger started to play 1. the Olympics. People train for the Olympics.
golf. 2. a student. A student usually gets a scholarship.
2. At age 4, Tiger took golf lessons. 3. a knee. You can injure a knee.
3. By age 11, he had won 30 championships.
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race. Famous People Quiz
5. the 50-meter freestyle. The 50-meter freestyle 1. John F.Kennedy
is an event in the Olympics. 2. Charlie Chaplin
6. diamond. Diamond is not a kind of Olympic 3. Margaret Thatcher
medal.
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Looking for the Main Ideas Chapter 15
1. a 2. b 3. c Page 172
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Looking for Details 1. c 2. f 3. g 4. e
1. F 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T 5. a 6. d 7. b
6. T Page 174
Page 163 - 164 Meaning
Exercise 1 1. banged 2. tin 3. gutters 4. spilled
1973 Amy was born in Englewood, Colorado. She 5. beat 6. bounce 7. licked
was a sick child. The doctors told her parents Page 174 - 175
that she had asthma. Vocabulary Activity
1991 Amy graduated from high school and went to 1. A ball usually bounces.
college. 2. We usually lick stamps.
1994 Amy was College Swimmer of the Year. She 3. We see gutters on a house
left college early. She wanted to train for the 4. We beat a drum.
5. A door can bang.
Olympics.
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1996 Amy was in the Olympics. She won four gold Comprehension
medals. She was the first American woman to 1. “It” means the rain.
win four gold medals in the Olympics. 2. The poem describes a village.
1998 Amy injured her shoulder. 3. It rained for two days
1999 Amy won one race, but she injured her 4. It was a strong rain.
shoulder again. 5. Yes, people were waiting for it.
2000 Amy was in the Olympics. She won two gold Page 178 - 179
medals. Exercise 1
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Exercise 2 4. burned 5. blew 6. whistled
Answers will vary. 7. cold 8. sunny 9. skinny
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Exercise 3
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Answers will vary. Exercise 2
Exercise 4 Answers will vary.
Amy Van Dyken was born in Colorado, in the United Chapter 16
States. Her parents are Don and Becky Van Dyken. Page 182
Amy was the oldest of four children. She had two Key Vocabulary
younger brothers and a (no “more”) younger sister. 1. c 2. e 3. f 4. g
When she was still a baby, (add comma) the doctor 5. b 6. d 7. a
found that she had asthma.
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Meaning say.
1. quarreled 2. determined 3. convinced
4. fetch 5. A bundle of 6. undid 5. Even a poor man can feel rich if he has
7. united children.
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Vocabulary Activity Exercise 3
Answers will vary. Here are some possible answers We do not know too much about Aesop because he
1. My father often tells me to fetch the lived a long time ago. He lived in Africa. He was not
newspaper. a free man; he was a slave. Later, he became a free
2. I quarreled recently with my sister. man and went to Greece. There, he worked for the
3. I am determined to go the university. King as an ambassador, When he worked for the
4. My mother convinces me to work hard at school. King, (add comma) some people got angry at him
5. I have a bundle of newspapers. and killed him. But Aesop did not do anything wrong.
6. I undo buttons on my shirt. Later, they made a statue of Aesop in Greece to
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Comprehension Page 192
The wording of students’ answers may vary. Interesting Facts About Books
1. He has several sons. 1. False. 2. False. 3. True.
2. They were always quarreling with each other. 4. False. 5. False 6. True.
3. He told them to fetch a bundle of sticks and
asked each son in turn to break it across his
knee.
4. They all tried and failed.
5. The father undid the bundle and gave his sons
the sticks, one by one. They had no difficulty
breaking them.
6. “United you will have power. But if you quarrel
and separate, you will be weak.”
7. b
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Exercise 1
1. So he decided to persuade them of their
stupidity.
2. He told them to get a bunch of sticks.
3. Together you will be strong.
4. If you fight and separate, you will not be
strong.
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Exercise 2
2. If you help me, I will help you.
3. Think before you make a decision.