Reading and Writing 4
Unit 1 Student Book Answer Key
The Q Classroom
Activity A., p. 2
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. We like to know what other people have
done.
2. I admire my mother. She is kind and wise.
3. The firefighters are admirable because they
are putting themselves in danger in order to
protect other people.
Activity B., p. 3
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. Marcus: Firefighters go into burning
buildings to save people and soldiers risk their
lives to defend their country
Sophie: Regular people like the man who
helped people during a storm and surgeon who
saved her father
2. People who stand up for others; fight
injustice; give up their time their money their
personal happiness to help others
Self-sacrifice; do something that others are
afraid to do; example – surgeon who saved her
father
READING 1
READING SKILL
Activity A., p. 5
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
Why we need a role model/What a role model
is/who a role model is/what role models
do/what happens when things go wrong
Activity B., p. 5
1.  the qualities of role models
2. what people may be role models
3. how role models can inspire us
4. how role models learn from mistakes
WORK WITH THE READING
Activity B., pp. 8–9
a. acknowledged for
b. resolve
c. inherent
d. aspires to
e. constrained
f. version
g. achievement
h. confront
i. embody
j. inclined
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k. adversity
l. pursue
Activity D., p. 9
1. Answers will vary. Sample answers: Role
models are important to everyone.
2. The first paragraph and the last paragraph.
Activity E., p. 9
a. 4 b. 5 c. 1 d.3 e. 2
Activity F., pp. 9–10
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. parents, other family members, teachers,
community leaders
2. They can help us aspire to the same
profession.
3. He/she can help us learn how to deal with
the problems that arise from the mistakes.
4. Role models might help when we are dealing
with stress, illness or other misfortunes.
Activity G., p. 10
1. True. (paragraph 2)
2. False. A parent is usually our first role model.
(paragraph 3)
3. True. (paragraph 5)
4. True. (paragraph 6)
5. False. A role model sometimes makes
mistakes. (paragraph 7)
6. False. We need role models in many different
situations. (Answers may vary, but for example,
paragraph 6)
7. False. Role models are all around us.
(paragraph 10)
8. True. (paragraph 5)
Activity H., p. 11
2-3 Answers will vary. Sample answers:
Other family members: how to manage our
daily lives/how to show qualities we admire
A young child: how to continue in our struggles
Lawyers/doctors: inspire others to pursue the
same professions; how to become good leaders
and members of society
Teachers/community leaders: how to deal with
problems
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Reading and Writing 4
Unit 1 Student Book Answer Key
WRITE WHAT YOU THINK
Activity A., p. 11
Answers will vary. Sample answers:
1. Yes, they do, because they are good at
sports, and they inspire other people to play
sports.
2. I am a role model for my younger brother.
3. I would like people to say that I am a good
person. I can be kind to other people and help
them when I am able.
READING 2
PREVIEW THE READING
Activity A., p. 12
Answers will vary.
WORK WITH THE READING
Activity B., pp. 15–16
1. c.
2. a.
3. b. 4. b.
5. b. 6. a.
7. c.
8. a.
9. c.
10. c. 11. b. 12. a.
Activity D., p. 17
1. The person had to be changing the future of
their country in order to be considered a hero.
2. Answers will vary. Possible answers:
Sharma has now seen many countries and met
many people.
Sharma has strengthened her resolve.
3. Maria do Socorro Melo Brandão is a hero
because she provides counseling to slum
residents and is a huge help to her community.
4. Answers will vary. Sample answer:
Dr. Jo and Lyn Lusi provide the most help
because they provide tools for communities to
succeed independently.
5. Tithiya Sharma plans to work for a women’s
rights organization after her journey.
Activity E., p. 17
1. F; Sharma has paid for most of her journey by
herself.; Paragraph 15
2. T; Paragraph 7, 16
3. F; Brandão provides counseling to slum
residents in the City of God favela.; Paragraph
12
4. T; Paragraph 14
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5. F; Mafuza Folad works in an office above a
cookie shop.; Paragraph 23
6. F; Sharma’s best memories of her journey are
of the people she met around the world.;
Paragraph 19
Activity F., p. 18
Maria do Socorro Melo Brandao/Brazil/ works
with local job-seekers and offers extracurricular
activities to children and teens.
Sonja Kruse /South Africa/ proved that Ubuntu
is alive and well.
Yamam Nabeel/ England/Iraq/ Created soccerbased education and development programs in
Iraq, Sudan, England, and Ghana to teach
people of different social, religious, and ethnic
backgrounds to work as a team.
Mahfuza Folad/Afghanistan/ director of Justice
for All Organisation, which offers free advice to
Afghan women and works for women’s and
children’s rights.
Dr. Jo and Lyn Lusi/Congo/ co-founded HEAL
Africa, which provides medical and social care
for women in Congo, and provides communitybased initiatives such as safe houses and
remote clinics, microlending schemes, and lawtraining programs.
Felicite Rwemalika /Rwanda/ started Rwanda’s
first women’s sports federation in 2001 to give
Hutu and Tutsi girls a chance to find
reconciliation in post-conflict Rwanda.
WRITE WHAT YOU THINK
Activity A., p. 19
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. Yes, I volunteered to help organize the books
at my local library.
2. I think police officers are seen as admirable
because they help to keep us safe and enforce
the laws. Also, teachers are viewed as
admirable for their work with children.
3. I could help my community by donating more
of my time and resources to people who are
struggling.
Activity B., p. 20
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
AK-2
Reading and Writing 4
Unit 1 Student Book Answer Key
Q: Skills for Success
Second Edition
1. I think that the president is a role model. He
worked hard and helped a lot of people before
he became who he is today.
2. I would want to be publicly acknowledged so
that I could inspire other people to also help
their communities. / I would not want to be
publicly acknowledged. I wouldn’t like all the
attention.
Answers will vary.
Activity C., p. 25
a. 2 b. 4 c. 1 d. 3 e.8 f.6 g. 7 h. 5
Activity D., pp. 25–26
1. Answers will vary.
2. b
3. Summarizing the main idea and/or the main
points.
VOCABULARY SKILL
Activity A., p. 20
syllable division, pronunciation, part of speech,
example sentence, synonyms, common
collocations
Activity B., pp. 21–22
confront
1. 5
2. Face up to
3. Be confronted with something
inherent
4. adjective, adverb
5. intrinsic
6. in/her/ent
constrain
7. passive
8. 3
9. to/from
achievement
10. a/chieve/ment
11. 2
12. sense of achievement
GRAMMAR SKILL
Activity A., p. 27
1. person who makes his or her community a
better place
2. things that they do
3. novel that changed his life forever
4. merchant who insisted that his son have an
education
5. children who have no access to television
6. group which is trying to clean up the city
7. trash Lisa’s group collects
Activity B., p. 27
1. We all aspire to do something that other
people will respect.
2. Role models may inspire us to help people
who/that cannot help themselves.
3. Role models have qualities which/that we
would like to have.
4. To me, a person who/that inspires others to
do good deeds is a role model.
5. Reading novels gives students something
which/that they cannot get in textbooks.
6. Caring for the environment is something
which/that we can all do.
7. Someone who/that donates money to charity
is a generous person.
Activity C., p. 28
Sentences 1, 3, 5, and 6
WRITING SKILL
Activity A., p. 24
1. Are fame and fortune in your future? Do you
dream of becoming a billionaire or a famous
actor?
2. We all want to succeed, and identifying what
qualities make someone successful can help us
to achieve that goal.
3. Successful people share three common
qualities that allow them to stand out.
4. They also work longer hours.
5. First, Second, For example, Finally
6. c
Activity B., pp. 24–25
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