Trio Reading 2

Unit 2 Answer Key

UNIT 2

Chapter 4
Has Exercise Always Been Important?

Learn Vocabulary
Page 58
A. Match each picture to the correct description.
3 A cause makes something happen.
4 If someone is fit, he or she is healthy.
1 An effect is the result of something.
2 Evidence is proof or shows that something is true.

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B. Look at each picture. Complete each sentence with a word from the box.
1. nervous
2. calm
3. energy
4. include
5. ancient
6. modern

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C. Complete the paragraph with the words from the box. You won’t use two of
the words.
Do you feel tired in the afternoon? Many different things can cause sleepiness
during the day. A big lunch, a sugary snack, or sitting for a long time can make you
tired. When you feel tired in the afternoon, don’t drink coffee. It’s true that coffee
can have positive effects. For example, it can give you energy. However, too much
coffee can make you feel nervous. Instead, take a walk. That way, you can wake up
and get fit at the same time.

Preview the Text

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D. Look at the picture on page 62. Write a short answer to each question.
Answers will vary.

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E. Look at the text on page 62. Write a short answer to each question.
1. “Did People in the Past Exercise?”
2. Answers will vary
3. Answers will vary

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SOUNDS OF ENGLISH
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B. Listen to the simple past verbs. Circle the ending sound that you hear.
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. c
5. a

MAKE CONNECTIONS: Text to Self

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A. Answer the questions.
Answers will vary.

Page 61
B. What kinds of exercise can you do with other people? By yourself? Either?
List as many different kinds of exercise as you can in the Venn diagram.
Answers will vary.

DURING READING

Reading 1
Check Your Understanding
Page 63
B. Write three examples of exercise in the past.
Answers will vary. Possible answers: kung fu, yoga, gymnastics

Vocabulary Strategy: Descriptive Adjectives

Page 63
C. Read each set of words. Circle the word that is NOT a descriptive adjective.
1. example
2. game
3. exercise
4. enjoy
5. play

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D. Look at the words you circled in Activity C. What part of speech is each
word? Write the word and the part of speech.
1. example, noun
2. game, noun
3. exercise, verb or noun
4. enjoy, verb
5. play, verb or noun

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Reading Strategy: Identify Cause and Effect

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E. Look at the text on page 62. Find and underline an example of each word or
phrase. Then write the cause and effect.
1. because
cause: They want to be physically fit.
effect: Many people swim, work out at gyms, or play sports.
2. so
cause: People knew that physical activity could help them stay healthy.
effect: Kung fu was invented.
3. therefore
cause: They thought that exercising the body was as important as exercising the
mind.
effect: They made exercise a big part of their society.

Reading 2
Check Your Understanding
Page 65
B. Write four effects of exercise.
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
can help you lose weight
can help you stay fit
can give you energy
can help you sleep

Vocabulary Strategy: Descriptive Adjectives

Page 66
C. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
1. fit
2. tired
3. nervous, stressed, calm

Reading Strategy: Identify Cause and Effect

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D. Look at the text on page 64. Find and underline an example for each
statement or phrase. Then write the cause and effect.
1. as a result
cause: People who didn’t exercise started to exercise regularly.
effect: They felt less fatigue.
2. because
cause: The drop in temperature tells your body that it’s time to sleep.
effect: You become sleepy.
3. because of

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cause: Cells increase.

effect: Exercising can improve your memory and make it easier to learn new things.
4. so
cause: You have to focus on your body.
effect: You can’t think about your stressful thoughts.

MAKE CONNECTIONS: Text to Text

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A. Read each sentence. Does it describe Reading 1, Reading 2, or both? Write
the letter of each sentence in the Venn diagram.
Reading 1: c, d
Both: f
Reading 2: a, b, e

Page 67
B. Complete each sentence with information from the readings. Different
answers are possible.
Answers will vary.

AFTER READING

Summarizing and Retelling

Page 68
A. Complete the sentences with the words from the box. Then read the
sentences to a partner to summarize.
1. evidence
2. ancient
3. include
4. modern
5. effects
6. fit
7. nervous, calm
8. cause
9. energy

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B. Answer the questions with a partner.
Answers will vary.

MAKE CONNECTIONS: Text to World

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A. Answer the questions.
Answers will vary.

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B. Talk about your answers from Activity A with a partner. Look at the Oxford
2000 keywords on page 133 and find five words to help you.
Answers will vary.

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Chapter 5
What Can We Learn from the Past?

BEFORE READING
Learn Vocabulary
Page 70
A. Match each picture to the correct description.
1 A chemical is a substance made with chemistry.
4 Pollution is the act of making the air and water dirty and dangerous.
2 If something is average, it’s normal or typical.
3 A disease is a serious illness.

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B. Match each description to the correct picture.
5 6 2
1 3 4

Page 71
C. Complete the paragraph with the words from the box. You won’t use two of
the words.
Today, most factories try to keep the air and water clean. A century ago,
people didn’t really think about pollution—they didn’t try to keep the earth clean.
Factories put chemicals in the water. Smoke from factories made the air hard to
breathe. Dirty air and water can cause diseases, so people in big cities often got sick.
Now we try harder to protect the natural environment. We realize that we need to
protect the oceans, rivers, lakes, and forests.

Preview the Text

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D. Look at the picture on page 74. Write a short answer to each question.
1. a woman shopping
2. Answers will vary.
3. Answers will vary.

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E. Look at the text on page 74. Write a short answer to each question.
1. “Did People Eat Healthier in the Past?”
2. Answers will vary.
3. Answers will vary.

SOUNDS OF ENGLISH
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B. Listen to the words. Circle the vocabulary words with the same sound as in
health.
chemical century

MAKE CONNECTIONS: Text to Self

Page 73
A. Answer the questions.
Answers will vary.

Page 73
B. Look at your answer to question 3 in Activity A. Write each food item in the
correct column. Then compare your answer to question 2 with your chart. In
general, do you eat healthy foods or unhealthy foods?
Answers will vary.

DURING READING

Reading 1
Page 75
B. Content words, such as nouns, verbs, and adjectives, receive more stress
than function words. Listen to the first paragraph of the reading on page 74
and underline the content words.
In most places in the world today, it is easy to find healthy food. With
supermarkets, buying healthy food like fresh fruits, vegetables, fish, and meat is easy
and convenient. However, it is also easy to find unhealthy food today. Supermarkets
and other stores sell good food, but they also sell frozen foods and junk food like
chips, candy, and cookies. A lot of food today contains chemicals. Research has
shown that many of these chemicals are bad for our health. So did people in the past
eat healthier than we do today?

Check Your Understanding

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C. Find evidence in the reading on page 74 to support each statement in the
chart.
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
People Ate Healthier in the Past: people didn’t eat junk food or frozen food, they ate
natural foods without chemicals
People Eat Healthier now: easy to buy fresh fruits, vegetables, fish, and meat, laws
now make sure that food is safe, we can buy a variety of foods all year

Vocabulary Strategy: Word Families

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D. Complete the chart.

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Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs

nature natural naturally
variety vary various variously
convenience convenient conveniently
availability avail available
choice choose chosen

Reading Strategy: Contrast Signal Words

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E. Look at the text on page 74. Find and underline an example of each word or
phrase. Then write the two contrasted things.
1. Supermarkets and other stores sell good food
they also sell frozen foods and junk food
2. buying healthy food like fresh fruits, vegetables, fish, and meat is easy and
convenient
it is also easy to find unhealthy food today
3. A century ago, people didn’t eat junk food or frozen food
they ate natural foods without chemicals.
4. they ate natural foods without chemicals.
their natural foods were not always as good as food today
5. Today, the average person lives for 70 to 80 years
100 years ago, the average person lived for only about 50 years.

Reading 2
Check Your Understanding
Page 77
B. Complete the chart with information from the reading.
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
Energy Source #1: wood: easy to find and use, people were burning wood for energy
1.5 million years ago
Energy Source #2: coal: takes millions of years for plants to turn to coal, burning
coal causes a lot of air pollution
Energy Source #3: water: ancient Greeks used it over 2000 years ago, it’s called
hydropower

Vocabulary Strategy: Word Families

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C. Complete the chart with the words from the box. Use a dictionary for help.
Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs
energy energize energetic energetically
ease easy easily
power power powerful powerfully

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pollution pollute polluted

popularity popularize popular popularly

Reading Strategy: Contrast Signal Words

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D. Look at the text on pages 76–77. Find and underline an example of each
word or phrase. Then write the two contrasted things.
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. We don’t know when early humans learned how to make fire.
we know that people were burning wood for energy at least 1 million years ago
2. In some places, people have started to use energy from wind and from the sun.
what did people use in the past?
3. Coal looks like rock
it is made of very old plants
4. We still use water for energy today
the wheels today are much larger
5. We won’t run out of it.
wood and coal are not renewable

MAKE CONNECTIONS: Text to Text

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A. Read each sentence. Does it describe Reading 1, Reading 2, or both? Write
the letter of each sentence in the Venn diagram.
Reading 1: a, e
Both: f
Reading 2: b, c, d

Page 79
B. Complete each sentence with information from the readings and your own
ideas. Different answers are possible.
Answers will vary.

AFTER READING

Summarizing and Retelling

Page 80
A. Complete the sentences with the words from the box. Then read the
sentences to a partner to summarize.
1. century, natural
2. chemicals
3. variety
4. available
5. season

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6. convenient
7. disease
8. average
9. pollution

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B. Answer the questions with a partner.
Answers will vary.

MAKE CONNECTIONS: Text to World

Page 81
A. Answer the questions.
Answers will vary.

Page 81
B. Talk about your answers to Activity A with a partner. Look at the Oxford
2000 keywords on page 133 and find five words to help you.
Answers will vary.

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Chapter 6
Food Innovation

BEFORE READING

Learn Vocabulary
Page 82
A. Match each picture to the correct description.
4 A restaurant is a place where you can buy and eat cooked food.
3 If you serve food or drinks to someone, you give them food or drinks.
1 A meal is food that you eat at a certain time, such as the morning, afternoon, or
evening.
2 If you deliver something, you take it to the person who wants it.

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B. Match each description to the correct picture.
2 1 5
6 3 4

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C. Complete the conversation with the words from the box. You won’t use two
of the words.
A: Do you want to go out for dinner? There’s a great Italian restaurant down the
street. They serve really good pizza there.
B: I don’t think I want to go out. Let’s cook something.
A: I don’t have any food. My refrigerator broke last week. All the food spoiled, and all
the ice melted.
B: Oh, no! I’m sorry. Where do you eat?
A: I eat all my meals at restaurants. I’m going to get a new refrigerator this weekend.
B: Well, the restaurant delivers food. I will call and order a pizza.

Preview the Text

Page 84

Answers will vary.

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E. Look at the text on page 86. Write
1. “How Did We Keep Things Cool?”
2. Answers will vary.
3. Answers will vary.

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SOUNDS OF ENGLISH
Page 84
B. Listen to the plural nouns and third person singular verbs. Circle the ending
sound that you hear.
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. a
5. a

MAKE CONNECTIONS: Text to Self

Page 85
A. Answer the questions.
Answers will vary.

Page 85
B. What are some foods that have to go in the refrigerator? What are some
foods that should not go in the refrigerator? What are some foods that can go
in the refrigerator but don’t have to stay cool? Write each food item in the
correct place in the Venn diagram.
Answers will vary.

DURING READING

Reading 1
Page 86
A. When we read numbers for centuries, for example, 1500s, we say fifteen
hundreds. Underline two examples of centuries in the reading.
1900s, 1800s

Check Your Understanding

Page 87
C. Complete the statements with information from the reading on page 86.
1. In the past, people sometimes put food under their houses to keep the food cool.
2. They also sometimes put food in streams and caves.
3. In ancient China, people put their food on ice and snow.
4. One problem with using ice is it’s not available everywhere.
5. Another problem is that it melts when it’s warm outside.
6. Frederick Tudor wanted to deliver ice to people.
7. He discovered that ice could stay frozen if he put sawdust between pieces of ice.

Vocabulary Strategy: Comparative Adjectives

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D. Complete the chart with comparative forms of the adjectives. Use a

dictionary for correct spelling if necessary.
Adjective Comparative Adjective Comparative
long longer cool cooler
good better easy easier

Reading Strategy: Sequence Events

Page 88
E. Look at the text on page 86. Find and underline an example of each word or
phrase. Then write the sentence that the word or phrase appears in.
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. In the past, it was difficult to keep food cold.
2. Before refrigerators were available, people used to get sick a lot or even die from
eating spoiled food.
3. In 1000 BCE, people in China collected ice and snow.
4. Then they dug holes under their homes and filled them with the ice and snow.
5. After that, they put their food in the holes.
6. Eventually, he tried putting sawdust—very small pieces of wood—between the
pieces of ice.
7. Now, it’s much easier.

Reading 2
Check Your Understanding
Pages 89–90
B. Answer the questions with information from the reading.
1. Greece and Rome
2. Answers will vary. Possible answer: People didn’t order from a menu.
3. Many homes in ancient Greece and Rome didn’t have kitchens.
4. in the early 1100s
5. People could order from menus.
6. Paris in the middle of the 1700s

Vocabulary Strategy: Comparative Adjectives

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C. Complete the chart with comparative forms of the adjectives. Use a
dictionary for correct spelling if necessary.
Adjective Comparative Adjective Comparative
fast faster similar more similar
enjoyable more enjoyable big bigger
simple simpler warm warmer

Reading Strategy: Sequence Events

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D. Look at the text on pages 88–89. Find and underline an example of each
word or phrase. Then write the sentence that the word or phrase appears in.
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. The first restaurants were invented thousands of years ago.
2. Later, restaurants began to open in China.
3. Then, in the middle of the 1700s, restaurants started opening in Paris.
4. In the early 1100s, more than 1 million people lived in the city of Hangzhou,
China.
5. Eventually, this type of restaurant began to appear all over Europe and in other
parts of the world.

MAKE CONNECTIONS: Text to Text

Page 91
A. Read each sentence. Does it describe Reading 1, Reading 2, or both? Write
the letter of each sentence in the Venn diagram.
Reading 1: c, d
Both: e
Reading 2: a, b, f

Page 91
B. Complete each sentence with information from the readings. Different
answers are possible.
Answers will vary.

AFTER READING

Summarizing and Retelling

Page 92
A. Complete the sentences with the words from the box. Some of the words
have to be changed to fit the sentences. For example, restaurant has to be
changed to restaurants. Then read the sentences to a partner to summarize.
1. keep
2. spoil
3. collect, store
4. method, melt
5. restaurants
6. served
7. meals
8. deliver

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B. Answer the questions with a partner.
Answers will vary.

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MAKE CONNECTIONS: Text to World

Page 93
A. Answer the questions.
Answers will vary.

Page 93
B. Talk about your answer to question 4 in Activity A with a partner and
complete the chart with as many ideas as you can. Look at the Oxford 2000
keywords on page 133 and find five words to help you.
Answers will vary.

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UNIT WRAP UP Extend Your Skills
Answers will vary.

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