Reading Challenge 1 2nd – Answer Key

liUnit 1 Of course, all of these hotels are made of ice.

The Ice Hotel
Vocabulary and Idiom Review
Pre-Reading (answers will vary) 1. b 2. b 3. d 4. a 5. b
1. It is winter in the photo. I know that 6. a 7. d 8. b 9. c 10. b
because I can see a lot of ice.
2. I think this hotel must be in a cold place.
3. I think this hotel is special because it is
made of ice.

Vocabulary Preview
1. c 2. f 3. b 4. e 5. d 6. a

Reading Comprehension
1. b 2. d 3. c 4. b 5. b

Idiomatic Expressions
1. check in
2. am into
3. made (out) of

Summary Unit 2
1. unique 2. freezing Food Firsts
3. Surprisingly 4. fantastic
5. cozy Pre-Reading (answers will vary)
1. My favorite food is Cajun chicken salad.
Listening 2. The most unusual food I have eaten is fried
1. d 2. d 3. b insects.
3. I can cook many kinds of dishes, from
Discussion (answers will vary) spaghetti to steak.
1. I would like to stay in the Ice Hotel. I think
it is a unique place. Vocabulary Preview
2. The most unusual place that I have heard of 1. f 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. e 6. d
is this Ice Hotel.
3. An interesting place I have visited is Reading Comprehension
Bangkok in Thailand. I saw many amazing 1. d 2. b 3. a 4. d 5. b
palaces and temples there.
Idiomatic Expressions
Grammar 1. Dig in
Are you into skiing? 2. find out

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3. catching on

Summary
1. 1377 2. Wealthy Unit 3
3. Created 4. 500s Hurricane Who?
5. Introduced 6. 1891
Pre-Reading (answers will vary)
Listening 1. A hurricane is a big storm with high winds
1. Mike found Janet surfing the Internet. and lots of rain.
2. Lord Montagu was the Earl of Sandwich. 2. I think hurricanes usually occur along the
3. The first sandwich was made with bread and coasts of continents. They always start out in
meat. the ocean.
3. We usually get hurricanes in my country in
Discussion (answers will vary) the spring and in the fall. There may be five or
1. My favorite foods from other countries are six each season.
Tom Yang soup and fried noodles. Tom Yang
soup is from Thailand and fried noodles are Vocabulary Preview
from Hong Kong. 1. d 2. b 3. c 4. e 5. a 6. f
2. Some traditional foods from Canada are
barbequed salmon and steak. Reading Comprehension
3. One untrue story people believe is that 1. c 2. c 3. c 4. d 5. b
spaghetti was first made in Italy. In fact,
noodles were first made in China. Idiomatic Expressions
1. make up
Grammar 2. keeps up with
Cooks of wealthy English families during the 3. keep an eye out for
time of Richard I were making curry dishes.
The Persians were eating round, flat bread Summary
with cheese in the 500s. (Possible answers)
1. Using the letters of the alphabet, the WMO
Vocabulary and Idiom Review makes a list of names that includes both male
1. d 2. d 3. c 4. a 5. d and female names.
6. d 7. b 8. a 9. c 10. b 2. The lists are made of names that start with
different letters, but the lists do not include
names beginning with the letters Q, U, X, Y,
and Z.
3. Asian countries name hurricanes using a list
of words that includes flowers, animals, trees,
and other similar things.

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Listening 1. c 2. c 3. b 4. c 5. a
1. [√] True [ ] False
2. [√] True [ ] False Idiomatic Expressions
3. [ ] True [√] False 1. get rid of
2. play a role in
Discussion (answers will vary) 3. shut down
1. I think non-human names are better for
cyclones. It’s more interesting that way. Summary
2. I have never experienced a tropical cyclone. 1. respond 2. normal
3. Winter is the worst season in my country, 3. produces 4. shut down
and summer is the best season. 5. butterflies

Grammar Listening
Tropical cyclones are called typhoons in Asia 1. c 2. b 3. d
and hurricanes in North and South America.
The World Meteorological Organization Discussion (answers will vary)
decides what names will be used. 1. The last time I was nervous was during a
piano performance for a contest. My body
Vocabulary and Idiom Review reacted to my nervousness by making me go
1. c 2. a 3. d 4. a 5. c to the bathroom a lot before my performance.
6. c 7. a 8. b 9. a 10. b 2. To reduce stress, I read comic books or
listen to music.
3. Any situation where I have to do something
or say something in front of a lot of people
gives me butterflies in my stomach.
Unit 4
How Did Those Get in There? Grammar
Cortisol speeds up the way the stomach works,
Pre-Reading (answers will vary) which makes these people feel sick.
1. When I have to speak in front of my class, I Stepping out onto the stage will also help
get very nervous. those butterflies fly away.
2. My legs are affected by this feeling. They
become very weak and shaky. Vocabulary and Idiom Review
3. Related to this feeling, I think of rabbits 1. d 2. c 3. a 4. a 5. b
because they always seem nervous to me. 6. c 7. b 8. b 9. c 10. a

Vocabulary Preview
1. f 2. a 3. b 4. e 5. d 6. c

Reading Comprehension

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3. The man found out about the New Zealand

weta in his biology class.

Discussion (answers will vary)

1. I think we need sleep to rest our brains and
bodies.
2. One experiment could be to measure
Unit 5 changes in the brain activity of insects. If their
A Bug’s Sleep brain activity changes when they are still,
maybe they are sleeping.
Pre-Reading (answers will vary) 3. I know that insects have no bones or lungs.
1. I don’t think insects sleep. They don’t have a
big enough brain to need sleep. Grammar
2. Maybe an insect is very still and quiet if it Additionally, they don’t wake up easily when
sleeps. hearing noises or seeing light.
3. I usually need 7-8 hours of sleep. If I don’t However, they start to move around when
get enough sleep, I get angry very easily. louder noised are made.

Vocabulary Preview Vocabulary and Idiom Review

1. a 2. c 3. d 4. e 5. f 6. b 1. c 2. a 3. b 4. d 5. c
6. b 7. b 8. b 9. a 10. b
Reading Comprehension
1. c 2. d 3. c 4. c 5. a

Idiomatic Expressions
1. come out of
2. moves around
3. For example

Summary Unit 6
1. position 2. wake up Tiger's Tale
3. still 4. antennae
5. respond to 6. loud Pre-Reading (answers will vary)
1. Jack Nicklaus is a famous golfer.
Listening 2. The special thing about Tiger Woods is that
1. An interesting thing about the New Zealand he is very young, but successful.
weta is that it freezes every night. 3. A role model is someone who I want to act
2. The man learned that the New Zealand weta like.
is related to crickets.
Vocabulary Preview

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1. a 2. b 3. e 4. c 5. f 6. d
Vocabulary and Idiom Review
Reading Comprehension 1. c 2. d 3. b 4. a 5. c
1. b 2. c 3. a 4. c 5. c 6. d 7. d 8. b 9. b 10. a

Idiomatic Expressions
1. lend, a hand
2. holds the record for
3. looks up to

Summary Unit 7
(Possible answers) Not the Normal News
1. Tiger won the World Golf Championships
before he turned 25, setting the record as the Pre-Reading (answers will vary)
youngest player to ever win all four 1. One thing in the news over the past few
championships. days was the death of a famous singer in my
2. Tiger wants to help others who can’t play country.
golf because he was helped by so many 2. The information in this article was sad and a
people as a child. little scary because the singer died from a
3. Tiger created the Tiger Woods Foundation medical accident.
so that golf would be open to everyone. 3. One funny story that I heard recently was
about some research related to pets and how
Listening pets can control their owners.
1. [√] True [ ] False
2. [√] True [ ] False Vocabulary Preview
3. [ ] True [√] False 1. f 2. a 3. c 4. d 5. e 6. b

Discussion (answers will vary) Reading Comprehension

1. I don’t like to play golf. I think it is a little 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. d 5. a
boring.
2. I enjoy playing badminton or basketball. Idiomatic Expressions
3. If I had lots of money, I would give some to 1. on a daily basis
my family, give some to charity, and put the 2. agree with
rest in the bank. 3. set up

Grammar Summary
Tiger Woods started playing golf professionally 1. set up 2. reports
in 1996. 3. balanced 4. responsibility
Because many people helped Tiger as a child, 5. agrees with
he wants to lend a hand to others now.

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Listening 3. I think they lived about 100 years ago.

1. b 2. c 3. d
Vocabulary Preview
Discussion (answers will vary) 1. f 2. b 3. c 4. d 5. e 6. a
1. I usually read news reports online.
2. My favorite news magazine is News Today Reading Comprehension
because its articles are easy to read. 1. c 2. d 3. c 4. d 5. b
3. I know about a television program that only
reports entertaining stories, mostly about the Idiomatic Expressions
lives of movie stars. 1. give up
2. break down
Grammar 3. start up
Newspapers always seem to report about the
bad things happening in society. Summary
HappyNews gets fan mail from its readers on 1. finishes 2. start up
a daily basis. 3. perfect 4. machine
5. give up 6. successfully
Vocabulary and Idiom Review
1. a 2. b 3. d 4. b 5. a Listening
6. c 7. c 8. c 9. b 10. b 1. The speaker says that the older brother flew
in the Wright Flyer.
2. The distance that the Wright Flyer went
was 51 meters.
3. That is about the distance from the front of
the plane to the back.

Discussion (answers will vary)

1. Thomas Edison is also a famous inventor.
2. My father enjoys making things. He likes to
make furniture.
3. I last flew in an airplane last summer. I
visited my family in New Zealand.
Unit 8
The Wright Way to Fly Grammar
Instead of sitting in class and reading, they
Pre-Reading (answers will vary) wanted to work and make things, like
1. I think that the Wright brothers made the machines.
first airplane. They are famous because they Then the brothers decided to make their glider
flew. into a flying machine.
2. The Wright brothers were from the US.

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Vocabulary and Idiom Review 1. Mitnick, who was sent to prison, decided to
1. b 2. a 3. c 4. a 5. a use his skills to set up a computer security
6. a 7. c 8. c 9. a 10. c firm.
2. Mitnick believes the biggest danger to
security these days is the people using the
programs.
3. The security experts fooled quite a few
managers , who gave them both their
passwords and IDs.

Listening
1. [ ] True [√] False
2. [√] True [ ] False
3. [√] True [ ] False
Unit 9
Don’t Trust Me! Discussion (answers will vary)
1. I have games, school work, photos, and
Pre-Reading (answers will vary) Internet stuff on my computer.
1. Yes, I have information about my bank 2. No, I’m not worried about computer
account stored on my computer. security. I’m the only person who ever uses my
2. I have a really long password that I use to computer.
log in to my computer. That helps keep my 3. My brother’s bank account was hacked. The
computer safe. bank found out quickly, so he didn’t lose too
3. The biggest danger to my computer is a much money.
computer virus that I might get from the
Internet. Grammar
Companies these days spend thousands of
Vocabulary Preview dollars on their computer security.
1. d 2. b 3. f 4. a 5. e 6. c All that money spent is basically wasted.

Reading Comprehension Vocabulary and Idiom Review

1. c 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. c 1. b 2. a 3. d 4. d 5. c
6. b 7. a 8. c 9. b 10. c
Idiomatic Expressions
1. got around Unit 10
2. posing as Bugs for Sale
3. in the hands of
Pre-Reading (answers will vary)
Summary 1. I think worms are being sold in this
(Possible answers) machine.

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2. Maybe people would buy worms for fishing. 6. b 7. c 8. b 9. a 10. c

3. The strangest thing I have seen in a
machine is CDs.

Vocabulary Preview
1. d 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. f 6. e

Reading Comprehension
1. b 2. b 3. c 4. d 5. a

Idiomatic Expressions
1. pair of
2. On the other hand
3. takes good care of

Summary
1. beetles 2. rare
3. vending 4. disagree Unit 11
5. clever Mona Who?

Listening Pre-Reading (answers will vary)

1. a 2. a 3. b 1. Some famous artists are Michelangelo,
Rembrandt, van Gogh, and Picasso.
Discussion (answers will vary) 2. Michelangelo is famous for painting the
1. I agree with the conservationists. Animals ceiling of a chapel. Rembrandt is famous for
are not products. portraits that he painted. The artist van Gogh
2. I think that because insects are living things, painted still life and landscapes with
they should be treated the same as other interesting colors. Picasso created the style of
animals. painting called cubism.
3. I think batteries should be sold from 3. The artist van Gogh painted Starry Night.
vending machines.
Vocabulary Preview
Grammar 1. d 2. f 3. c 4. a 5. e 6. b
It may sound strange, but a company in Japan
sells large beetles through vending machines. Reading Comprehension
Now, it is difficult to find the beetles in the 1. d 2. d 3. a 4. c 5. d
wild.
Idiomatic Expressions
Vocabulary and Idiom Review 1. look
1. c 2. a 3. c 4. b 5. c 2. buff

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3. As for Borrowed Words

Summary Pre-Reading (answers will vary)

1. da Vinci 1. There are some English words used in my
2. ideal language, for example, computer.
3. eyebrows 2. There are many words in English that came
4. unearthly from different languages. For example, résumé
5. actual is from the French language.
6. removed 3. I think languages borrow words from other
languages because of history or usefulness.
Listening
1. The Last Supper is the name of another Vocabulary Preview
famous painting. 1. c 2. a 3. d 4. b 5. f 6. e
2. It is a picture of a scene from the Bible.
3. It was painted by Leonardo da Vinci. Reading Comprehension
1. c 2. a 3. d 4. a 5. b
Discussion (answers will vary)
1. One of my favorite artists is Salvador Dali. I Idiomatic Expressions
like his pictures because they are very 1. pour (chocolate sauce) on
imaginative. 2. full of
2. He did surrealist art. 3. over time
3. I like his painting that has melting clocks in
it. It just looks really cool to me. Summary
(Possible answers)
Grammar 1. English borrowed the word “shampoo” from
However, it was the mystery behind the the Hindi language, in which the word meant
painting that intrigued people. to massage a person’s head.
Many art and history buffs thought that it was 2. English borrowed the word “ketchup” from
a portrait of da Vinci himself. the Chinese language, in which the word
meant a kind of fish sauce.
Vocabulary and Idiom Review 3. English borrowed the word “sauna” from the
1. b 2. b 3. a 4. a 5. c Finnish language, in which the word meant a
6. d 7. a 8. b 9. c 10. b steam room.

Listening
1. [√] True [ ] False
2. [√] True [ ] False
3. [ ] True [√] False

Unit 12 Discussion (answers will vary)

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1. If I could learn another language, I would

learn Chinese. Summary
2. Some words from English that I use in my 1. serious 2. ruin
native language are “video,” “burger” and 3. spread 4. damage
“English.” 5. treat
3. An example of another borrowed word in
English is “sushi.” Words from my own Listening
language used in English are “kimchi” and 1. c 2. c 3. c
“bulgogi.”
Discussion (answers will vary)
Grammar 1. I have seen a desert. It looked very peaceful
Later, the general public all over Europe and empty.
started using this bathing style, too. 2. I think that it might be hard to find water or
English is full of many wonderful borrowed shelter sometimes in the desert.
words from many languages. 3. Yes, I think that growing deserts are a
serious problem.
Vocabulary and Idiom Review
1. d 2. a 3. c 4. a 5. c Grammar
6. c 7. d 8. c 9. a 10. c When people cannot grow food or find
animals to eat, they have to leave their homes.
To stop deserts from growing, people must
Unit 13 think of ways to treat the land better.
Growing Deserts
Vocabulary and Idiom Review
Pre-Reading (answers will vary) 1. b 2. d 3. a 4. a 5. d
1. Deserts exist all over the world. 6. d 7. b 8. a 9. b 10. a
2. There is a small desert in my county.
3. We can prevent deserts from growing by
not cutting down too many trees.

Vocabulary Preview
1. d 2. e 3. a 4. f 5. b 6. c

Reading Comprehension
1. c 2. d 3. a 4. a 5. d

Idiomatic Expressions
1. speed up
2. as well as
3. all over

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2. People can also eat fruit or vegetables in

order to take in more water.
3. Other things that are good for our bodies
Unit 14 are dark-colored vegetables and green tea.
The Importance of Water
Grammar
Pre-Reading (answers will vary) Some doctors think that you should drink a
1. People should drink about 8 glasses of glass of water each morning.
water a day. Scientists suggest that people should take in
2. I think it is better to drink warm water. 1,600 milliliters of water each day.
3. If we drink enough water, we will be
healthy. Vocabulary and Idiom Review
1. b 2. a 3. d 4. a 5. b
Vocabulary Preview 6. a 7. b 8. b 9. a 10. a
1. d 2. b 3. f 4. c 5. e 6. a

Reading Comprehension
1. d 2. b 3. d 4. b 5. c

Idiomatic Expressions
1. in one sitting
2. first thing
3. take in

Summary
1. digestion 2. nutrients
3. 1600 4. meals
5. check 6. light Unit 15
Animal Forecasters
Listening
1. The man doesn’t like to drink plain water. Pre-Reading (answers will vary)
2. The woman says he can get water from 1. I think stormy weather is shown in the
eating fruits and vegetables. picture. My favorite weather is sunny weather.
3. If he drinks too much water, his body will 2. Scientists can predict weather patterns by
eliminate it when he goes to the bathroom. air pressure.
3. I have a pet cat. During a storm, it hides
Discussion (answers will vary) under the bed.
1. Maybe some people think water is boring to
drink. Vocabulary Preview
1. c 2. b 3. a 4. e 5. d 6. f

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He noticed that the month before the big

Reading Comprehension earthquake, treatment for animal bites had
1. c 2. d 3. b 4. b 5. c increased.

Idiomatic Expressions Vocabulary and Idiom Review

1. take another look 1. d 2. a 3. c 4. a 5. a
2. jumped 6. d 7. b 8. b 9. b 10. a
3. hit
Unit 16
Summary A Fantastic Mind
(Possible answers)
1. Farmers believe that swans flying into the Pre-Reading (answers will vary)
wind is a sign of a coming hurricane, and cows 1. I know of some famous animated movies,
lying down is a sign of a coming rainstorm. like Aladdin and The Lion King.
2. Shimamura believes that dogs biting and 2. I like comics and animation. I like the X-men
barking loudly is a sign of a coming comics and animation like Finding Nemo.
earthquake. 3. I have heard of some famous Japanese
3. Other people believe that fish swimming animators, like Miyazaki.
together in the middle of the water, and birds
flying away and leaving their eggs unprotected Vocabulary Preview
are signs of earthquakes or other natural 1. b 2. d 3. a 4. c 5. f 6. e
events in the near future.
Reading Comprehension
Listening 1. d 2. a 3. b 4. d 5. b
1. [√] True [ ] False
2. [ ] True [√] False Idiomatic Expressions
3. [√] True [ ] False 1. is based on
2. such as
Discussion (answers will vary) 3. point out
1. I think that animals can predict the weather
because they can sense things humans can’t. Summary
2. Animals help us by finding lost people or 1. animated 2. supernatural
things, or by guiding people. 3. charming 4. reality
3. I think the most interesting animal is the 5. original
elephant. I think the least interesting animal is
the dog. Listening
1. b 2. a 3. d
Grammar
Shimamura noticed an increase in dog bites a Discussion (answers will vary)
short time before earthquakes hit.

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1. I like to draw. I think being an animator Vocabulary Preview

would be fun. 1. a 2. e 3. b 4. c 5. d 6. f
2. The best movie I have ever seen was The
Matrix. It didn’t have any animation. Reading Comprehension
3. A popular cartoon character in Argentina is 1. c 2. d 3. a 4. b 5. a
Mafalda.
Idiomatic Expressions
Grammar 1. nod off
The movies is about two sisters who become 2. calm down
friends with an enormous, supernatural animal 3. stir up
named Totoro.
It is a very warm-hearted story, with many Summary
fantastic characters such as Cat Bus. 1. increase 2. peaceful
3. strong 4. powerful
Vocabulary and Idiom Review 5. Confident 6. meeting
1. c 2. c 3. c 4. d 5. a
6. c 7. b 8. a 9. c 10. a Listening
1. His boss was wearing a pink and white suit.
2. The clothes his boss wore made him feel
nervous.
3. He thought those colors made his boss look
soft and weak.

Discussion (answers will vary)

1. I wouldn’t wear yellow. I think it is too
bright.
2. White clothes make me feel nervous. A
white room makes me feel serious.
3. I usually wear blue or black clothes. I think
that they don’t get dirty as easily.

Unit 17 Grammar
Seeing Red Yellow can increase energy. Therefore, a room
with strong red and yellow colors would be a
Pre-Reading (answers will vary) good place to eat a lot of food quickly.
1. My classroom is white. It’s an OK color for However, it is easier to nod off in a blue room
studying. than in a red one.
2. Blue and green make me feel relaxed.
3. I usually buy brown, black, or green clothes. Vocabulary and Idiom Review
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. b 5. b

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6. c 7. a 8. c 9. a 10. b 2. People who enjoy collecting stamps for fun

might focus on stamps with certain pictures or
stamps from a particular country.
3. Collectors interested in valuable stamps look
for ones with low print runs, ones that have
popular designs, and ones that are in excellent
condition.

Listening
1. [ ] True [√] False
2. [√] True [ ] False
3. [ ] True [√] False

Unit 18 Discussion (answers will vary)

Worth Collecting 1. If I could design a stamp for my country, I
would put famous inventions on it. Many
Pre-Reading (answers will vary) people don’t know what famous inventions
1. My brother collects old stamps. were made in my country.
2. I usually throw away old letters or stamps. 2. I don’t collect stamps, but I do collect
3. I think people keep old stamps because books.
they like history. 3. The most money I would pay is $100 for an
old or rare book.
Vocabulary Preview
1. b 2. f 3. d 4. a 5. c 6. e Grammar
Stamp collecting has been around for well
Reading Comprehension over 150 years.
1. a 2. a 3. d 4. d 5. d People have been collecting stamps since
adhesive postage stamps were introduced in
Idiomatic Expressions London in 1840.
1. down the road
2. go for Vocabulary and Idiom Review
3. well over 1. b 2. c 3. d 4. a 5. a
6. d 7. b 8. b 9. c 10. b
Summary
(Possible answers)
1. After the first adhesive stamps were issued
in England in the 1800s, stamp collecting
became the most practiced hobby in the Unit 19
world. Can’t Beat Them? Join Them!

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Pre-Reading (answers will vary) There are just too many people and websites
1. Yes, sometimes I watch movies and listen to with pirated materials.
music on the Internet.
2. I pay for the movies, but I don’t pay to Vocabulary and Idiom Review
listen to music. 1. c 2. c 3. a 4. a 5. c
3. I think both websites that I use make money 6. d 7. d 8. b 9. a 10. c
from online ads that I see on their sites.

Vocabulary Preview
1. b 2. e 3. a 4. d 5. c 6. f

Reading Comprehension
1. b 2. d 3. c 4. d 5. b

Idiomatic Expressions
1. make a difference
2. of little use
3. the worst culprit

Summary Unit 20
1. piracy Rich Dogs
2. suing
3. advertising Pre-Reading (answers will vary)
4. ads 1. I think this reading is about dogs that have
5. original a lot of money.
2. People usually buy their dogs food, toys, or
Listening clothing.
1. d 2. c 3. a 3. I think a mutt is a dog of mixed breed.

Discussion (answers will vary) Vocabulary Preview

1. I have watched videos on the Internet, but I 1. e 2. d 3. b 4. f 5. a 6. c
have never downloaded one.
2. No, I don’t think it’s a bad thing to do. It is Reading Comprehension
very convenient for people to get videos 1. c 2. d 3. c 4. c 5. d
through the Internet.
3. I use a website called NetFilms when I want Idiomatic Expressions
to watch videos online. 1. passed away
2. made headlines
Grammar 3. no big deal
However, it has been of little use thus far.

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Summary
1. fortune 2. pounds
3. Rescued 4. owner
5. inherited 6. countess

Listening
1. In order to make her sleeping owners,
Flossie barked and scratched on the door.
2. Drew rescued Flossie from an animal shelter.
3. The people at the shelter were going to put
her to sleep.

Discussion (answers will vary)

1. I wouldn’t leave money to a pet. I think
people do that so that someone will take care
of their pet.
2. I have heard of dogs that protected their
owners during a robbery.
3. A smart animal that I know is my sister’s cat.
He always knows when my sister is coming
home and waits at the door for her.

Grammar
When the poodle’s owner passed away, she
left Toby about $25 million.
However, this was no big deal for him because
Gunther IV has about $200 million!

Vocabulary Review
1. a 2. a 3. b 4. a 5. c
6. c 7. a 8. a 9. c 10. b

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