MAKING CONNECTIONS- ANSWER KEYS
UNIT 1
Skills and strategies 1
Skill Practice 1
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. D
6. A
7. B
8. D
9. A
10. D
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. C
9. D
10. C
Skill Practice 2
Skill Practice 3: possible answers/ synonymous expressions can be acceptable
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Became smaller
Other/different/ replacing
Provides/contains a lot of information
People who buy things
Scary/ makes people scared
Not accept/ not eat
Good/ easy to be liked or fancied
Get better/ become healthier again
Reading 1
Main idea check: D
A closer look:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
False
D
C
A, B, C, D
False
1400s- printing press started
1690- the first newspaper in the USA started in Boston
1752- the first newspaper in Canada appeared
1840s- the situation of newspapers in Europe and North America changed
1860s- telegraph cables under the oceans were built, transmitting news among countries
1883- the first time news from a different country was published on the same day
Vocabulary study: Synonyms
1. Local
2. Villagers
3. Gather
4. Crimes
6. reduce
7. Eager
8. Cables
9. Instantly
5. afford
Vocabulary study: Words in context
1. Focused on
2. Natural disasters
3. Entertaining
4. Publish
5.erupt
6.average
7. By word of mouth
8. Popular
9. Appetite
10.dramatically
Reading 2
Main idea check: D
A Closer look:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
A, C, D
True
C
B
False
Traditional: newspaper, television
Digital: computers, MP3, cell phone
Vocabulary study: Synonyms
1. Transmit
2. Live
3. Convenient
6.global
7. Impact/influence
8. Frequently
4. Batteries
5. Broadcast
9. Available
10. Pace
Vocabulary study: Word families
1. Access
2. Influential
3. Traditional
4. Acceleration
5. Traditional
6.influence
7. Significant
8. Access
9. Accelerate
10. Significance
Vocabulary review: same or different
1. D
2. D
3. S
4. D
5. D
6. S
Skills and strategies 2
Skill practice 1
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. B
Skill practice 2
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. B
Skill practice 3
1. C
2. D
3. Joseph Pulitzer managed to make journalism a respected profession
Reading 3
Main idea check
A- 2
B- 4
C- 1
E- 7
F- 5
G- 6
D- 3
A Closer look
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
False
An online journal
True
D
B
A, C, D
A
Vocabulary study: Synonyms
1. Cheap
2. Transform
3. Research
4. Editors
5. Devastation
6.survivors
7. Resign
8. Inaccurate
9. Absolute
10. Solution
Vocabulary study: Words in context
1. Concept
2. Founded
3. Execution
4. Racist
5. Advertising
6.rejected
7. Audience
8. Inferior to
9. Control
10.Well-trained
Reading 4
Main idea check
A- 3
B- 2
C- 1
D- 5
F- 6
G- 9
H- 8
I- 10
E- 4
A Closer look
1. B, D
2. Nellie Bly: significant changes in how patients are treated in mental hospitals
Ryan Parry: improvements in security at Buckingham Palace & national security
A journalist at Heathrow Airport: improvements in security at Heathrow airport & national
security
South Korean journalists: laws against throwing poisonous chemicals into the sea
TV reporters at a U.S supermarket: improvements in meat and fish department
3. A
4. True
5. True
6. 4-5-1-3-6-2
7. True
8. B
Vocabulary study: Synonyms
1. Pressure
2. Pretend
3. Mentally ill
4. Security
5. Fake
6.Documents
7. Illegal
8. Shocked
9. Drug addict
10. Celebrity
3. Privacy
4. Confessed
5. Beneficial
6.complained
7. Private
8. Poison
Vocabulary review: Same or different
9. Benefits
10. Confession
1. D
5. S
Vocabulary study: Word families
1. Complaints
2. Poisonous
2. D
3. S
4. D
6. S
Unit 2
Skills and Strategies 3
Skill Practice 1 (p.43)
1. b
2.a
3.a
4. a
5. b
2.b
3.a
4.b
5.a
1. stopped
2. arrange
3. abandoned 4. appropriate 5. frequent
6. moved
7. learn
8. important
Skill practice 2
1.b
Skill practice 3
9. confident
10. unclear/unclearly felt
Reading 1 (p.46)
Title: The article is about the education in different countries or different parts of the world
Photo: The typical classroom
Graph: Degrees play am important role in getting a certain salary
Main idea check
1C
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. G
6. F
7.E
A closer look (p.50)
1. b
2. a
3. a b d
4. T
5. Private schools offer a better education and parents do not agree with the curriculum in government
schools.
6. c
Vocabulary Study: p.51
1. industrialization
2. compulsory
5. opportunity
6. ELSEWHERE 7. A COMPROMISE
9. taxes
3. an advantage
4. emphasize
8. fees
10. productivity
Vocab: Words in context
1. industrialization
2. individuals
3. meet the need
4. expanded
5. moral instruction
6. contributed to
7. funding
8. curriculum
9. academic
10. take care of
Reading 2
3. A
6B
5C
4D
1E
2F
Main idea check p.56
5A
3B
6C
4D
1E
2F
2.b c d
3. b
4. a b
5. a b
6. $10,000/year
A closer look
1. F
7. F
Vocabulary
1. colonies
2. factors
3. consider
5. cheating
6. obtain
7. profit
9. autograph
10. policies
4. enormous
8. superstars
Vocab: Word families, p.58
1. separate
2. competition
3. performances
4. evaluation
5. efficiency
6. evaluated
7. perform
8. separate
9. efficient
10. completed
Vocab: Same or Different p.59
1D
2S
3D
4S
5S
6D
Unit 3
Skills and strategies 5
Skill Practice 1
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
increased/rose/went up – increase
dropped/fell/declined/decreased/went down
rapidly/sharply/significantly/substantially
rose/increased/went up
fell/dropped/declined/went down/decreased
Skill Practice 2
1.
2.
3.
4.
The cost of eggs rose sharply from $0.18 to $0.71 – an increase of $0.63.
(However,) it nearly halved from $0.71 to $0.39 from 1920 to 1930.
The price rose dramatically (again) to $0.91
From 2000 to 2008, the cost of eggs continued to soar/rise rapidly to 2.17
…………………..., the cost of eggs skyrocketed/rocketed to 2.17
5. It is predicted that it will continue to grow significantly in the future.
Reading 1
1. coffee
2. 100
3. 40
4. The graph shows a downward trend in the demand for coffee in cups per month when the price
of coffee increases.
Main idea check, p.90
6A
2B
4C
1D
5E
3F
A Closer Look
1.c
2c
3F
4.CBDEA
5. d
6. Because ethanol is used as an alternative fuel for automobiles.
Vocab: Synonyms
1. plants
2. produce
6. skyrocket 7. import
3. coffee
8. survive
4. effect
9. ingredient
5. approximately
10. protest
Words in context
1. event
2. surplus
3. energy
7. note
8. previously
9. Consumption
4. affects
5. flapping
6. sayings
10 fuel
Reading 3:
1. Internet use: Percent of the population in 2007 – Gross National Income (GNI) per Person in US
Dollars
2. Percent of the Population – US dollars
3. Countries – Countries
4. Sweden – 77%
5. India – 4%
6. US – $45,000
7. Vietnam – $1,000
Main Idea Check, p.110
3A
4B
1C
2D
6E
7F
5G
A closer look
1. instant messaging, blogs, social networking sites
2. c
3c
4F
5. It means improvement 6.bce 7b
8b
Vocab: Synonyms
1. the key
2. interact
3. communicate
4. a team
5. members
6. constant
7. effective
8. innovation
9. solutions
10. promote
Vocab: Words in Context
1. distributed
2. mining
6. tools
7. tasks
3. expert
8. innovation
4. prosperity
9. participation 10. fortunately
5. role
Unit 4
SKILLS & STRATEGIES 7
SKILL PRACTICE 1: page.127
1. To find greater security
2. To find more political and religious freedome
SKILL PRACTICE 2:
One important reason/ immigrants come to a new country/ is economics./ Immigrants/ usually choose/
a country that has better opportunities / than their homeland:/ more land,/ more jobs,/ or better pay./
They/ may also hope/ to find better working/ and living condition/ better healthcare/ for their families/
and a better education / for their children/ Some people/ leave their home country/ because of dangers
there,/ and they believe / they will be safer/ in the new country/ Finally,/ immigrants/ may choose/ a
new country/ where they will be freer/ to express their ideas / or to practice their religion.
SKILL PRACTICE 3:
1. Sometimes both the government and the people in the new country are unhappy to see immigrants.
2. The government may limit the number of people who can come; or may require immigrants to have
a specific amount of money or education before they come.
3. The immigrants may be a danger to their culture, their language, and their financial security.
Reading 1: POPULATION TRENDS
GETTING THE FIRST IDEA ABOUT THE ARTICLE
1. Population trend in the developed and developing world from 1950 to 2050
2. The developed world: slight increase; the developing world: rapid increase
3.
Big family
-
Small family
House in bad condition
Many children, they are dirty
Children don’t go to school
Thin and unhappy father
Old, worn-out clothes
Dead tree
Etc,.
-
Better house
Only two children, they are healthy
Children study
New clothes
over
MAIN IDEA CHECK
1. b
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. F
6. G
7. E
A CLOSER LOOK
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
B
Life expectancy and fertility rate
1.25 – 3.3 – 3.9 – 1.6 – 1.2
B
B
False
B
A-C-E
VOCABULARY: SYNONYMS
1.
2.
3.
4.
Population
Trends
Figures
Support
5.
6.
7.
8.
Efforts
Financial
Penalties
Explosion
9. Replace
10. Retired
5.
6.
7.
8.
Life expectancy
According to
Maternity leave
Hygiene
9. Fertility rate
10. existing
VOCABULARY STUDY: WORD FAMILIES
1.
2.
3.
4.
Single
Agriculture
Demography
Child care
SKILLS & STRATEGIES 8
SKILL PRACTICE 1
1.
2.
3.
4.
Beijing
London
Mumbai
25 million
SKILL PRACTICE 2
1.
2.
3.
4.
An English economist
1798
People who agree with Malthus’ theories
War, disease
SKILL PRACTICE 3
1. Over 70%
2. 443 hours
3. Two-thirds
4. $63 billion
READING 4 – CHALLENGES FACING THE WORLD’S CITITES
MAIN IDEA CHECK
1. E
6. H
A CLOSER LOOK
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
a. 35
b. TOKYO
c. Over 1 million
d. 5.5 million
e. Cubatao
False
A
C
True
C
False
C-D-E
2. D
7. J
3. B
8. I
4. A
9. F
5. C
10. G
VOCABULARY: SYNONYMS
1. offer
6. cemetery
2. poverty
7. tombs
3. homeless
8. victims
4. beg
9. cancer
5. unique
10. principles
VOCABULARY STUDY: WORD FAMILIES
1. respiration
6. respiratory
2. buried
7. similarities
3. inequality
8. unequal
4. ill
9. illnesses
5. burial
10. similar
VOCABULARY REVIEW: SAME OR DIFFERENT
1. S
4. D
2. D
5. S
3. S
6. S
Unit 5
Reading 1: The design of everyday objects.
MAIN IDEA CHECK
1. D
2. A
3. C
4. B
6. H
7. F
8. I
9. G
5. E
A CLOSER LOOK
1. d
2. False
3. cell
4. a,b,d,e
phone/door/shower
5. a
6. 2 - 3
7. False
VOCABULARY STUDY: SYNONYMS
1. carve
2. complex
3. basic
4. visual
5. horizontal
6. vertical
7. occur
8. persuade
9. pleasure
10. leather
VOCABULARY STUDY: WORDS IN CONTEXT
1. changed his
mind
2. oven
3. decorated
4. mass-produced
5. preference
6. confusing
7. owner
8. indicate
9. craftsmen
identity
Reading 4: Fashion.
GETTING A FIRST IDEA ABOUT THE ARTICLE
II
A history of fashion
Fashion and personal identity
Changes in women’s fashion
III
Factors in fashion trends
Tattoos as fashion
The role of designers in fashion trends
IV
How young people affect fashion
The business of fashion
MAIN IDEA CHECK
1. E
2. C
3. A
4. D
5. B
6. G
7. I
8. F
9. H
10. J
11. L
12. K
A CLOSER LOOK
1. c
2. long, painted fingernails/ bound feet/ long full dresses.
3. b
4. Factors determine fashion
A. Designers/great design houses (top-down trend)
a) Designers in Paris (in the past)
b) Great design houses in Milan, New York, Paris, and Tokyo (now)
B. Celebrities
a) When celebrities wear designer clothes, demand for such clothes increase.
b) Less famous designers produce similar, cheap clothes, so average people can
buy.
5.
a) Versace, Tommy Hilfiger, and Ralph Lauren.
b) 1994
c) almost 500 million U.S. dollars
d) sweatshirts, very large pants, and expensive sports shoes.
6. C-A-E-D-B
7. False
8. B-A-D-C
9. The role of business in fashion trends
A. Consumers buy new clothes because they want, not because they really need them.
B. Clothing businesses need to persuade consumers to buy new and different clothes every year
C. Changing fashion all the time is one way to do so, which lead to the survival and success of
the fashion business.
VOCABULARY STUDY: SYNONYMS
1. jewelry
2. message
3. leisure
4. bind
5. sweatshirts
6. uniform
7. military
8. prisons
9. tough
10. outsiders
3. adoption
4. restrictive
5. appeal
VOCABULARY STUDY: WORDS FAMILIES
1. torn
2. appeal
6. dominate
7. adopted
8. tear
9. restricted
10. domination
VOCABULARY REVIEW: SAME OR DIFFERENT
1. S
2. S
3. S
4. S
5. D
6. D
UNIT 6
SKILLS AND STRATEGIES 11- COLLOCATION
Skill practice 1
1. connected to
2. make decisions
3. pay attention to
4. play a role in
5. responsible for
Skill practice 2
1. play games
2. develop skills
3. keep track of
4. follow principles
5. push the limit
6. good at
7. face a challenge
8. take advantage of
Skill practice 3
1. based on
2. spent many years
3. high standards
4. depend on
5. in a bad mood
6. stay away from
7. taking risks
READING 2: THE TEENAGE BRAIN
Main idea check
3. A
2. B
6. C
4. D
1. E
A closer look
1. dramatic changes in hormone levels and difference in brain
2. C, D
3. B
5. F
4. True
5. B
6. In education: school days start later, more difficult classes are later in the day
Vocabulary study: Synonyms
1. adolescence
2. notice
3. hormone
4. spatial
5. upset
6. examine
7. significant/ crucial
8. lack
9. stay up
10. officials
Vocabulary study: Word families
1. released
2. stressful
3. explored
4. independence
5. judgment
6. stress
7. independent
8. release
9. exploration
10. judge
Vocabulary review: Same or different
1. S 2. D
3. D
4. S
5. D
6. S
SKILL AND STRATEGIES 12
Skill practice 1
1. They are scientists who study the brain
2. Through images of brain activities
3. the frontal lobes
Skill practice 2
1. What are the two parts of the brain?
2. What is the role of each side of the brain?
3. Which learning process does a right-brain thinker prefer ?
READING 3: THE MALE AND FEMALE BRAIN
Main idea check
2. A
1. B
4. C
A closer look
3. D
8. E
7. F
5. G
6. H
1. False
2. Outline of paragraph 2
Clear differences between men and women in early stage
Example: Girls’ quicker development of verbal abilities
+ sooner talk & more extensive vocabulary from girls
- Explanation: differences in the use of two hemispheres of the brain
+ women use both hemispheres while men only use the left one
+ female brain has a wider part of corpus callosum
3. Table
Girls
Boys
Remember people more than objects
Remember objects more than people
Prefer human-like toys, such as dolls
Prefer toys like trucks, machines, building blocks
Play quietly
Play physically
Solve problems with words
Fight physically
4. Men’s memory of the route is visual while women change visual information into language and
landmarks
5. B, C, E
6. Women: understanding feelings -> raising children
Men: finding way and remembering routes -> hunting and going back home
7. True
Vocabulary study: Synonyms
1. biology
2. verbal
3. recall
4. tend
5. imagine
6. route
7. intuition
8. explain
9. hunters
10. superior
Vocabulary study: Words in context
1. raising children
2. landmark
3. three-dimensional
4. coordination
5. collecting
6. conducted
7. sensed
8. distinct
9. made up of
10. extensive