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Listening & Notetaking Skills, 4e, Answer Key
Listening & Notetaking Skills 1, 4e,
Third Listening, Part 1, p. 5 Answer Key
yrs ; @ ; N. ; 16 ; Fr. ; gen.
UNIT 1, Chapter 1, Napoleon, Accuracy Check, p. 6
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise A, p. 3 1. c 1. figures 2. d 2. excelled 3. d 3. fame 4. b 4. victories 5. T 5. emperor 6. F 6. controlled 7. F 7. campaign 8. T 8. deserted
Expansion Task 1, Exercise 1, p. 7
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise B, p. 3
1. I lived in Central Asia . I ruled a 1. b
large empire. I am Genghis Kahn, 2. c born in 1167 . 3. f
2. I am Alexander the Great. I became 4. e
ruler of my people in 334 BCE. 5. h
3. In 1271 I traveled to China. I am 6. a
from Italy. My name is Marco Polo. 7. d
4. I am Suleiman the Magnificent. I 8. g
ruled the Ottoman Empire from the year 1520.
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise A,
5. I am from Egypt, I was a great queen p. 4 who died at age 39 in 30 BCE. 3 N = exc math & milit sc
6. My name brings fear to many. I was 4 @ 16 Fr. arm
born around the year 406. In 450 I 1 N. ≠ gd stud
conquered Gaul. I am Attila the Hun. 5 att Rus & defeated 2 N died 1821 @ 51
Expansion Task 1, Exercise B, p. 7
Alexander the Great became ruler in 334
Notetaking Preparation, Ex. B, p. 4
BCE; Great queen from Egypt died in 30 1. 1769
BCE; Attila the Hun born 406; Attila the 2. 1785
Hun conquered Gail in 450; Marco; 3. 1804
Marco Polo traveled to China in 1271; 4. 1821
Suleiman the Magnificent ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1520. First Listening, p. 5 5 Napoleon is all alone.
Expansion Task 2, Exercise A, p. 8
3 Napoleon controls most of Europe. 1. 1790s 1 Napoleon lives in Corsica. 2. 1817 2 Napoleon becomes Emperor of 3. 1839 France. 4. 2 days 4 Napoleon attacks Russia. 5. 1866 6. 3 years
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Listening & Notetaking Skills, 4e, Answer Key 7. 1880s
1 Pliny the Younger went to visit 8. 1884 Pompeii. 9. 1888
3 Eighteen thousand people escaped 10. 11 years from Pompeii. 11. 1970s
4 Pompeii was completely buried.
UNIT 1, Chapter 2, Pompeii,
Third Listening, Part 1, p. 12
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise A, p. 10 ~ ; K ; beaut ; P. ; → 1. metropolitan 2. CE Accuracy Check, p. 13 3. eruption 1. b 4. ash 2. c 5. volcanic 3. b 6. ancient 4. c 7. archaeologists 5. T 8. ruins 6. F 7. F
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise B, p. 12 8. T 1. c 2. g
Expansion Task 1, Exercise A, p. 14 3. f Answers will vary. 4. b 5. a
Expansion Task 1, Exercise B, p. 14 6. h 1. before 7. e 2. before 8. d 3. after 4. after
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise A, 5. after p. 11 6. before
1. boy look ↑ in sky 7.
2. boy → fam Rom. Historian
Expansion Task 2, Exercise A, p. 15
3. no time to escape ∴ ↑ buried alive 4. >2000 ppl died
Famous Volcanoes of the World
5. P. forgotten ~1700 yrs Name Location Date of Approximate Number Eruption of People Who Died Vesuvius Italy 79 2,000
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise B, p. 11 Cotopaxi Ecuador 1877 1000 1. Today Krakatoa Indonesia 1883 36,000 2. (2 thousand) years ago Mont Pelée Martinique 1902 38,000 3. In the year (79 C.E.) 4. for (almost 1700 years) Mount St. Washington State 1980 57 Helens (U.S.A.) 5. As (time) went by Mount Indonesia 1815 71,000 Tambora First Listening, p. 12 2 Mount Vesuvius erupted.
5 Tourists visit the ruins of Pompeii.
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Listening & Notetaking Skills, 4e, Answer Key
UNIT 1, Chapter 3, Steve Jobs, 1. a
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise A, p. 17 2. b 1. equipment 3. c 2. founded 4. d 3. mass 5. c 4. animated 6. d 5. profitable 6. strategy
Accuracy Check, Exercise B, p. 20 7. device
1. Silicon Valley, California, USA 8. released
2. A “whiz kid.” A friend who Jobs
worked with. A founder with Jobs of
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise B, p. 17 Apple Computer. 1. g
3. He started a new computer company. 2. e
He also went into business with a 3. a
company called Pixar that used 4. c computer-generated imagery. 5. d 4. The iPad. 6. b 7. h
Expansion Task 1, p. 21 8. f. EVENT IN COMPUTER DATE EVOLUTION
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise A, The abacus was invented in 300 p. 18 Babylonia. BCE 1. b
Blaise Pascal invented the first 1642
automatic calculator. It did not run
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise C,
on electricity; it ran by turning gears p. 18 and wheels 1. The next (year)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz designed 1673 2. By the (age of 25)
another type of calculator. It also ran with gears and wheels. 3. In (1995)
Joseph-Marie Jacquard invented a 1801 4. Over the next (10 years)
punch card that could be used for 5. (Three years) later
weaving. This is important because computers use code to work. First Listening, p. 19
Charles Babbage invented all of the 1833 3 Jobs returned to Apple.
parts that are used in the modern 4 Jobs introduced the ipad. computer.
2 Jobs began working with Pixar. Herman Hollerith invented a Late
1 Jobs started Apple Computer with
calculating machine that counted 1880s Wozniak. and sorted information.
5 Jobs introduced the “digital hub”
First generation computers were 1940s strategy.
very large and used vacuum tubes to run.
Second generation computers no 1950s
Third Listening, Part 1, p. 19
longer use vacuum tubes. They run
b. ; PC ; @ ; & ; 1st on silicon chips.
Computers became affordable and 1960s
Accuracy Check, Exercise A, p. 20
small enough to fit in a home.
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Computers start to be very much 1980s 8. d
like the modern computers that are 9. h in use today.
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise A,
Expansion Task 2, Exercise B, p. 21 p. 28 1. 2004 1. a 2. 2010 3. 2001
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise C, 4. 1998 p. 28 5. 2010 1. then 6. 2006 2. at this point 3. during this stage
UNIT 1, Video, Surviving an 4. finally
Avalanche, Vocabulary Preview, Exercise B, p. 23 First Listening, p. 29
1. power; for a moment; flying down
3 Start of the roller coaster ride 2. half
5 Summary of the roller coaster process 3. weight; fortunately
1 The speaker’s attitude toward roller 4. bottom; showed up coasters
4 The role of gravity in pushing roller Second Viewing, p. 23 coaster cars around the track 1. falling; change
2 Description of a simple roller coaster 2. scared 3. generally
Third Listening, Part 1, p. 29 4. path; valley
RCs ; w/ ; = ; v. ; whls 5. slowing
Accuracy Check, Exercise A, p. 30
UNIT 2, Chapter 4, Roller Coasters 1. a
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise A, p. 27 2. c 1. physicså 3. d 2. consists of 4. c 3. path 5. b 4. sets 6. b 5. coming off 6. gravity
Accuracy Check, Exercise B, p. 30 7. gain
1. One set of wheels rolls on the top of 8. slope
the track; the other rolls on the 9. loop bottom of the track.
2. At the top of the first hill.
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise B, p. 27
3. On the downhills. / On the downhill 1. f slopes. / Going down a hill. 2. c
4. It slows down. / It loses energy. 3. b
5. A loop. / The roller coaster car goes 4. a around a loop. 5. e 6. g 7. i
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Listening & Notetaking Skills, 4e, Answer Key
Expansion Task 1, Exercise A, p. 31 3. vbs 1. steps 4. acq. 2. second 5. bbl 3. fingers 6. 1stL 4. feel 5. counting
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise B, p. 6. After 35 7. number
1. All bbs in world begin bbl ~ same 8. process age 9. add
2. Next stage of L. acq. begin ~ 18 10. rate mths
3. In next mths bbs acq. a lot wds
Expansion Task 2, Exercise B, p. 32
4. E.g. begin learn rules p.t. of vbs
Clockwise from top left
5. Think → how is 1st L. and 2nd L. Pose 4 diff/sim Pose 6 Pose 1
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise C, Pose 5 p. 35 Pose 2 1. C Pose 3 First Listening, p. 36
UNIT 2, Chapter 5, Language,
4 Children make past-tense verb
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise A, p. 34 mistakes. 1. cooing
1 Babies make babbling noises. 2. babble
3 Babies use telegraphic speech. 3. backgrounds
5 Students are asked to think about first 4. invent
and second language learning processes 5. acquire
2 Babies make one-word sentences. 6. environment 7. essential
Third Listening, Part 1, p. 36 8. overgeneralize wks ; 4 ; mos ; diff ; 1st.
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise B, p. 34 Accuracy Check, p. 37 1. c 1. a 2. f 2. b 3. d 3. c 4. e 4. T 5. a 5. T 6. b
6. F (A child actually uses a kind of 7. h grammar in making two-word 8. g
sentences at about 18 months of age.)
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise A,
7. F (A child will say “I goed home” p. 35
instead of “I went home” because 1. wds
they overgeneralize the grammar rule 2. p.t.
for the regular past tense and forget
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the past tense of the irregular verb 8. g “go.”) 9. c 10. h
Expansion Task 1, Exercise A, p. 38 1. Milk.
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise A, 2. I goed park and played p. 41 3. No bed. Answers will vary. 4. Goo ga goo ga goo. 5. Me want doggie, Mommy.
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise B, p. 41
Expansion Task 1, Exercise C, p. 38 1. a 1. One-word speech 2. b 2. Overgeneralize past tense 3. d 3. Telegraphic speech 4. Babbling
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise C, 5. Multi-word speech p. 41 1. First
Expansion Task 2, Exercise A, p. 38 2. So now
1. Write a clear subject in the subject 3. and then box. 4. Next
2. Keep your e-mail message brief. 5. until
3. Express yourself clearly and politely.
4. Check your spelling and grammar. First Listening, p. 42
5. Read your e-mail before sending it. 3 How robots learn their job
1 Robots more effective than humans
UNIT 2, Chapter 6, Robots, 5 An example of an autonomous
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise A, p. 40 machine 1. industrial 4 Automatic robots 2. repetitive
2 Robots on factory assembly lines 3. guidance 4. assembly
Third Listening, Part 1, p. 42 5. precise machs ; = ; Rs ; e.g. ;contrl 6. efficiently 7. stores
Accuracy Check, Exercise A, p. 43 8. sensors 1. c 9. autonomous 2. a 10. detect 3. b 4. d
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise B, p. 40 5. a 1. e 6. d 2. i 3. j
Accuracy Check, Exercise B, p. 43 4. b
1. With the help/guidance of a human 5. d being 6. a
2. They are programmed to follow a 7. f specific series of movements.
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Listening & Notetaking Skills, 4e, Answer Key 3. ASIMO can move to avoid 4. out
something or someone in its way 5. all; all 4. It can learn to dance
UNIT 3, Chapter 7, A Tidal Wave,
Expansion Task 1, Exercise A, p. 45
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise A, p. 51
Clockwise from top left 1. destructive Step 3 2. rushing Step 2 3. storms Step 5 4. trembles Step 4 5. shifts Step 1 6. merging 7. massive
Expansion Task 2, Exercise A, p. 45 8. crisis
Clockwise from top right. 9. predict baking soda 10. warn vinegar balloon
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise A, p. 51 funnel 1. c bottle 2. e 3. a
Expansion Task 2, Exercise B, p. 45 4. f 1. vinegar 5. j 2. quarter 6. b 3. funnel 7. i 4. balloon 8. g 5. that 9. h 6. neck 10. d 7. spill 8. soda
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise A, 9. pick p. 52 10. falls 1. ≠ 2. =
UNIT 2 Video, Tristan da Cunha Oil 3. ≠
Spill, Vocabulary Preview, Exercise B, 4. = p. 46 1. remotest; inhabited
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise B, p. 2. off the grid 52 3. Capturing
1. A tidal wave is a very large and
4. transmit images; devastating destructive wave. 5. endangered
2. To quake means to move up and 6. got picked up; got it out
down very quickly or to shake.
3. A true tide can be defined as the Second Viewing, p. 47
normal rise and fall of ocean water at 1. oil regular times each day. 2. island 3. blogs
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Listening & Notetaking Skills, 4e, Answer Key 4. A seismograph is a type of
UNIT 3, Chapter 8, Levels of instrument for measuring
Language, Vocabulary Preview, earthquakes. Exercise A, p. 57 1. usage
First Listening, p. 53 2. reference 5 Predicting earthquakes 3. ceremonies 4 The tsunami of March 2011 4. tend 1 An overview of the lecture 5. polite 2 Definition of a tidal wave 6. colleagues 3 Cause of tidal waves 7. authority 8. interacting
Third Listening, Part 1, p. 53 TW; = ; harb ; ≠ ; →
Vocabulary Review, Exercise B, p. 57 1. d Accuracy Check, p. 54 2. g 1. wall of water 3. f 2. harbor wave 4. c 3. harbor 5. h 4. tide 6. a 5. tidal wave 7. b 6. ocean floor 8. e 7. double-wave tsunami 8. seismograph
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise A, p. 58
Expansion, Task 1, Exercise A, p. 55
Diff betw. form & inform vocab 1 Across SEISMOGRAPH When talkng to friend 1 Down STORM ex. – crazy about 2 Down SHIFT w/boss 3 Down PREDICT ex – really enjoy 4 Across WAVES 5 Down TSUNAMI
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise B, p. 6 Down TIDE 58 7 Across SCIENTISTS 1. for instance 7 Down SEA 2. Let me give you an example 8 Across WARN 3. such as 4. For example
Expansion Task 2, p. 55 5. One example is Category of Event Location Date of Approximate First Listening, p. 59 Disaster by Event Number of Cause Casualties
4 Differences in vocabulary used in formal and informal language Geological landslide Alaska 1958 none
5 Tips for a nonnative speaker learning Meteorological tornado Bangladesh 1989 1,300
English to learn formal and informal people English Hydrological flood China 1887 2 million people
3 Differences in polite phrases used in Space asteroid Russia 1908 no one formal and informal language explosion knows
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2 Definition and examples of formal
Expansion Task 2, p. 62 language 1.
1 All languages use different words and
phrases in different situations
Third Listening, Part 1, p. 59
= ; sits ; etc ; ex. ; inform nouns Accuracy Check, p. 60 1. b concrete abstract proper 2. d 3. d desk banana love India Michael 4. b
5. F (All languages have two general,
broad categories, or levels of usage: formal and informal.) 6. T 2. 7. T
8. F (The best way is to pay attention to
how native speakers use language in verb different situations.) ac1ve state
Expansion Task 1, Exercise A & B, p. 61 1. won; one; homophone run talk be seem 2. blue; blue; homonym 3. bear; bear; homonym 4. meat; meet; homophone 3. 5. blew; blue; homophone 6. lie; lie; homonym 7. male; mail; homophone adverbs 8. right; right; homonym 9. fair; fare; homophone place 1me manner in the in the slowly garden a3ernoon
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UNIT 3, Chapter 9, Power, 4 Expert power
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise A, p. 64 3 Legitimate power 1. uncomfortable 2. manipulate
Third Listening, Part 1, p. 66 3. identity with def ; 5 ; Legit ; e.g. ; → 4. imitate 5. referent Accuracy Check, p. 67 6. admires 1. d 7. legitimate 2. b 8. expertise 3. a 9. coercive 4. c 5. T
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise B, p. 64 6. F 1. b 7. T 2. f 8. T 3. c 9. T 4. d 5. g
Expansion Task 1, Exercise A, p. 68 6. i mml. brd fish rep. amp. 7. h Warm- X X blooded 8. e 9. a Cold- X X X blooded
Notetaking Preparation, Part A, p. 65 Lives on X X X X land 3 P. = 5 cats
5 2 more classes of P. – ref & legit Lives in X X X X water 4 1st type of P. = var of P. 2 exp P. = 1T var of P. Has two legs X and wings
1 5th type of P. = reward of coerc P. Has fins X
Notetaking Preparation, Part B, p. 65 Gets oxygen X X X X
1. The final class of power is reward from air power. Gets oxygen X
2. Another type of power is referent from water power. Starts life in X
3. A third variety of power is classified water, but as legitimate power. can live on land
4. The next kind of power is expert Feeds milk X power. to its young from
5. The first sort of power is information mother’s power. body All or most X X X X lay eggs First Listening, p. 66 2 Referent power 5 Reward or coercive power 1 Information power
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Expansion Task 2, Exercise A, p. 69 5. tusks
Clockwise from top right. 6. temperament 4 7. tamer 2 8. wilder 6 9. fascinating 3 8
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise B, p. 75 1 1. i 7 2. f 5 3. g 4. c
Expansion Task 2, Exercise B, p. 69 5. h
1. Animal: horse Class: mammal 6. b
2. Animal: alligator Class: reptile 7. a 3. Animal: eagle Class: bird 8. d 4. Animal: shark Class: fish 9. e 5. Animal: whale Class: mammal 6. Animal: frog Class: amphibian
Notetaking Presentation, Exercise A, 7. Animal: snake Class: reptile p. 76
8. Animal: penguin Class: bird A. Camels Dromedary Bactrian
UNIT 3, Video, People, Plants, and
Pollinators, Vocabulary Preview, 2 humps one humpdesert – Exercise B, p. 70 N. Afr/ M.East C. Asia 1. T height ✓ 2. F éweight 3. F êlegs 4. T domesticated ✓ but a few wild 5. T 3 stomachs ✓ 6. T many days w/o H2O ✓ 7. T
Notetaking Presentation, Exercise B, Second Viewing, p. 71 p. 76 1. chocolate; honey c. 4 2. stingless; beehive 3. protecting First Listening, p. 77 4. scientists
1 The continents elephants come from 5. five minutes 5 Elephants’ temperaments 2 Elephants’ trunks
UNIT 4, Chapter 10, Asian and 4 Elephants’ size
African Elephants, Vocabulary 3 Elephants’ intelligence
Preview, Exercise A, p. 75 1. mammals
Third Listening, Part 1, p. 77 2. enormous
Afr. ; e.g. ; P ; gals ; e.g 3. trunk 4. trained
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Accuracy Check, Exercise A, p. 78
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise B, p. 82 1. b 1. g 2. c 2. e 3. c 3. h 4. c 4. d 5. f
Accuracy Check, Exercise B, p. 78 6. i 1. Y 7. b 2. N 8. c 3. Y 9. a 4. Y 5. Y
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise A, p. 83
Expansion Task 1, Exercise A, p. 79 1.
HIPPOS: good swimmers; eat at night; 1. Early life social animals 2. Family life RHINOS: found in Asia; loners 3. Prof. career
HIPPOS & RHINOS: very big and 4. Presidency
heavy; herbivores; found in Africa; 2. endangered 1. K’s father 2. K’s milit career
Expansion Task 2, Exercise A, p. 80 3. K’s polit career Charlie David
4. Presidency & assassinations __P__ is married __P__ __P__ has two children __P__
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise B, p. __P__ works in an office _____ 83
_____ works as a firefighter __P__ 1. whereas __P__ has a beard _____ 2. in contrast __P__ likes jazz music __P__ 3. while __P__ likes to play golf _____ 4. however __P__ wealthy _____ 5. one difference
UNIT 4, Chapter 11, Lincoln and First Listening, p. 84
Kennedy, Vocabulary Preview,
4 Some coincidences in the lives of the Exercise A, p. 82 two presidents 1. fates
1 The lecturer’s personal memory of the 2. assassinated death of President Kennedy 3. formal
3 Where the presidents were educated 4. coincidences
2 When the presidents were born 5. career
5 The circumstances of the president’s 6. elected assassinations 7. rights 8. demonstrations
Third Listening, Part 1, p. 84 9. term Polit.; c; b.; fam; ed.
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UNIT 4, Chapter 12, The Titanic and 1. the 19th century
the Costa Concordia, Vocabulary
2. His family was rich / wealthy.
Preview, Exercise A, p. 89 3. one year 1. set sail
4. by reading/studying at home. 2. partial
5. as congressmen / members of the 3. courage U.S. House of Representatives 4. lifeboats 6. in 1960. 5. cowardice 7. the U.S. Civil War 6. disasters 8. They were assassinated. 7. sink 9. 1,000 days 8. iceberg
10. In 1865 / a few days after the Civil 9. shelf War ended
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise B, p. 89
Expansion Task 1, p. 86 1. d
1. Both women were 24 years old when 2. g they married. 3. f
2. Neither of the women was interested 4. i in politics. 5. b
3. Another similarity between the 6. h women is that they both spoke 7. a French. 8. e 4. Both Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. 9. c
Kennedy suffered the death of one of their children.
Notetaking Presentation, Exercise A,
5. Neither Mrs. Kennedy nor Mrs. p. 90 Lincoln was injured by their coward husband’s assassin.
capt left ship - said tripped + fell in lifeboat - mistake,
Expansion Task 2, Exercise A, p. 87 capt of CC surv’d 1. similarity 2. similarity
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise B, p. 3. similarity 90 4. similarity 1. Both 5. difference 2. while 6. similarity 3. similarity 7. difference 4. In contrast 5. however
Expansion, Task 2, Exercise B, p. 87 1. = had last name Johnson First Listening, p. 91 2. = lg, tall men
3. Acts of courage and cowardice aboard 3. = not fr North the two ships.
4. = pres →_ pres assas. 2 The size of the ships. 5. L.J. elec. pres ≠ A.J.
4.The number of people who died and 6. = 13 let name survived
7. L.J. b. 20C ≠ A.J. b. 19C
5 The general safety of traveling
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1 Where and why the ships went down
UNIT 5, Chapter 13, Dinosaurs,
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise A, p. 99
Third Listening, Part 1, p. 91 1. extinct enorm; +; lux; 3); 1st; 2. died out 3. speculate
Accuracy Check, Exercise A, p. 92 4. shortage 1. b 5. gradual 2. a 6. asteroid 3. a 7. blocked out 4. c 8. element 5. b 9. debate 6. b 7. a
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise B, p. 99 8. d 1. c 2. a
Accuracy Check, Exercise B, p. 92 3. h 1. D 4. i 2. S 5. d 3. S 6. b 4. D 7. e 5. D 8. f 6. S 9. g
Expansion Task 1, p. 93
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise A, 1. luxury; difference; ocean p. 100 2. Both; public; travel 1. ← 3. hand; second 2. → 4. survivors; 62 3. → 5. witnessed; filmed; radio 4. → 5. ←
Expansion Task 2, p. 93 11. popular; well-known
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise B, p. 12. famous; infamous 100 13. lonely; alone
1. because the planet’s climate changed. 14. few; a few
2. As a result, plants began to disappear.
3. it caused a huge cloud of dust.
UNIT 4 Video, Free Soloing with Alex
4. therefore the dinosaurs vanished too.
Honnold, Second Viewing, p. 95 5. as a result of disease. 1. climbing 2. wrong
First Listening, p. 101 3. center 3 The asteroid impact theory. 4. fantastic; rope 5 Possible other theories. 5. experience 2 The climate change theory.
1 Two different theories that some scientists believe today.
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4 Iridium in earth as evidence of asteroid 7. way of life theory. 8. devastation 9. vital
Third Listening, Part 1, p. 101 Qs; dinos; 3); →; ext
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise B, p. 106
Accuracy Check, Exercise A, p. 102 1. e 1. gradual climate change 2. g
2. For millions of years. 3. h
3. The food source/plants disappeared. / 4. i The type of plants changed. 5. c
4. A cloud of dust blocked out the sun 6. f for many months. 7. b
5. Because iridium is not common on 8. a
earth / in the upper layers of the 9. d earth.
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise A,
Accuracy Check, Exercise B, p. 102 p.107 1. F 1. b 2. F 2. b 3. F 3. a 4. T 4. a 5. T 5. a 6. b
Expansion Task 1, Exercise A, p. 103 1. b
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise B, p. 2. d 107 3. c 1. caused 4. d 2. reasons 5. d 3. led to 6. c 4. As a result 7. a 5. because of 8. b 6. results
Expansion Task 2, Exercise A, p. 104
First Listening, p. 108 Answers will vary.
3 The attitude of Northerners and Southerners to slavery
UNIT 5, Chapter 14, The U.S. Civil
4 The strong economy of the northern
War, Vocabulary Preview, Exercise A, states p. 89
5 Lincoln’s election as a cause of the 1. descendant civil war 2. tension
1 Statistics about how many people died 3. foundation during the U.S. Civil War 4. plantations
2 The importance of slavery to southern 5. dominate agriculture 6. secede
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Vocabulary Preview, Exercise B, p.
Third Listening, Part 1, p. 108 113 betw.; S.; CW; +; = 1. a 2. f
Accuracy Check, Exercise A, p. 109 3. c 1. For almost 250 years 4. e
2. slavery / industry in the North / 5. g election of Abraham Lincoln 6. h
3. smaller farms / not dependent on 7. d single large crop 8. b
4. greater economic strength and industrial power
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise A, p. 114
Accuracy Check, Exercise B, p. 109 1. d
1. cause: Many battles were fought. 2. c
2. effect: The Civil War began. 3. d
3. cause: Abraham Lincoln was against 4. a the spread of slavery. 5. b
4. cause: Many of the farms in the 6. c North were small.
5. effect: The Civil War was fought to
Notetaking Preparation, Exercise B, p. maintain the Union. 114 1. because; causes
Expansion Task 1, p. 110 2. cause; in 1. because; self-government 3. reason; result 2. account; fact; home 4. Therefore 3. Since; soldiers; tactics 4. reason; because; side
First Listening, p. 115
4 Effects of rabbits introduced to
Expansion Task 2, p. 110
Australia and brown tree snakes to Answers will vary. Guam
1 Different ways in which humans have
UNIT 5, Chapter 15, Endangered, destroyed animal habitats
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise A, p.
3 Reasons some animals are illegally 113 hunted 1. adapted 5 Human beings as a possible 2. clear endangered species 3. dams 2 The effects of acid rain. 4. related to 5. wildlife
Third Listening, Part 1, p. 115 6. souvenirs nat. ; hab ; A ; → ; Poll 7. horns 8. introduced Accuracy Check, p. 116
1. The destruction/pollution of species habitats. 2. Climate change.
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3. That plant or animal species is
Expansion Task 2, p. 117
endangered, and that species may die 3_ Noise pollution out. 5_ Light pollution 4. A fish lives in water. 2_ Land pollution
5. Possible answers: Humans clear land 4_ Air pollution
for people to live on / to work in / to 1_ Water pollution
grow crops. / Humans empty water from wet areas like swamps. /
UNIT 5, Video, The Surma People,
Humans build dams across rivers to
Vocabulary Preview, Exercise B, p.
provide water for farming / to 119 produce electricity. 1. remote; mule train
6. Possible answers: Air/Water 2. bonded; taken aback
pollution from factories / from trash /
3. warriors; escort; dense forest
from farming. / Oil spilled from 4. fingers crossed; ambushed
ships. / Acid rain from burning coal.
7. Possible answers: mountain gorilla, Second Viewing, p. 119
rhinoceros / rhino, giant panda; tiger; 1. goal; border elephant. 2. alive
8. For their tusks; to make souvenirs for 3. rule tourists. 4. feast 9. For their fur 5. between; night
10. (1) For food and (2) to hunt
Expansion Task 1, Exercise A, p. 117 Animal Habitat Reasons Endangered Giant panda China 1) Habitat destruction 2) Hunted and killed for fur Blue whale Oceans all 1) Killed for its meat over the world 2) Killed for its blubber California Southern 1) Habitat is being condor California, destroyed Arizona 2) Killed to protect domestic animals Snow leopard Central Asia 1) Killed for fur 2) Killed to protect domestic animals
Expansion Task 1, Exercise B, p. 117 1. Blue whale
2. Giant Panda and Snow leopard
3. California condor and Snow leopard
4. Giant panda and California condor
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