672 Answer
Key


Reading

Chapter
1


Skill
A

0
Australia


1.
(B)
2.
(C)
3.
(C)

4.
The

passage

says

that

70%

live
in
cities

near

the
coast;

this

leaves

30%

of

the
population.

0
Classical

Music



1.
(C)
2.
(C)
3.
(B)

4. A group
of

four

musicians
in
the

classical

period
would

most

likely

play

chamber

music.



0
Chemical

Equations


1.
(C)
2.
(D)
3.
(A)

4.
will

vary


0
Wilder
ness

First
Aid

1.
(C)

2.
(B)
3.
(D)

4.
something

for

cuts,

medicine

for

bites/pain,

a
first
aid
book

0 Pottery

1.
(C)
2.
(D)
3.

(C)

4.
Grind

it

into
fine powder;
Let

it

dry




Skill

B


0
Baseball

1.
(C)
2.
(A)

3.
(A)

4. How
baseball

is

dif
ferent

fr
om
most

sports


0
Biographies


1.
(B)
2.
(B)
3.
(A)

4.

will

vary


0
G
eology

1.
(B)
2.
(C)
3.
(B)

4.
Geology

is

a

young

branch

of

science.



0
Milk


1.
(B)
2.
(D)
3.
(B)

4.
(B)
How
and
when milk
became

an

important
food

for

people.








0
Exposur
e

1.
(C)
2.
(B)
3.
(D)

4.
(A)

Why?

B

only

states

the
topic
of


the
second

paragraph,
while A
combines

the
topics

of

both

paragraphs.




Skill

C


0
Lear
ning V
ocabulary



1.
(A)
2.
(D)
3.
(C)

4.
(B)

Why?

The

wor
d
“transportation”

is

used

as

an
example

of


how

to

use

wor
d
parts

to

incr
ease
vocabulary;

incr
easing

vocabulary

is

the

main
idea

of


the
r
eading.


0
P
olar
Regions


1.
(B)
2.
(A)
3.
(D)

4.
(A)

Why?

Sentence
A
expr
esses

the


main

idea

of
the

paragraph,
while
sentence

B

only

expr
esses
one

detail.


0
The

United

Nations



1.
(B)
2.
(B)
3.
(D)

4.
The
pr
onouns

“him”

and

“her”

give

the

clue.
It
should

come

after
mentioning

the

secr
etary
.

0
T
elevision


1.
(C)
2.
(B)
3.
(C)

4.
(A)

Why?

Choice
A
is

best

because


it

deals

with
information

alr
eady

intr
oduced
in
the

r
eading;

choice

B

would

disrupt

the
coher
ence


of

the
r
eading

by

intr
oducing

a
new
idea,

the

Inter
net.

0
Sunlight


1.
(A)
2.
(B)
3.

(B)

4.
(A)

Why?

Choice
A
could

be
r
emoved

because

it
does

not

give

us

information
about
the


parts
of

sunlight,
which
is

the

main
topic
of

the
r
eading.

Choice

B

does

give

information

about
one
part

of

sunlight.

Answer

Key
673





Review
A-C


V
ocabulary
Review

1.
(D)
2.
(B)
3.
(A)

4.
(A)

5.
(D)
6.
(C)

7.
(A)
8.
(D)
9.
(A)

10.
(C)
11.
(B)
12.
(B)

13.
(D)
14.
(A)
15.
(C)

16. r
eal
17.
centuries

18.
moder
n
19.
diary
20.
survive
21.
out

22. up 23. up 24. in
25.
out




Skill
Review
0
Pueblo

Silver

W
orks

1.
(C)
2.

(C)
3.
(B)
4.
(D)
5.
(C)
6.
(B)

0
Oaks

1.
(C)
2.
(B)
3.
(A)
4.
(B)
5.
(A)
6.
(B)



Skill
D


0 Oral
Reports


1.
(C)
2.
(D)
3.
(B)

4.
others

=
(not important)
points,

it

=

the
report,
them

=

a


small
group
of

friends,

their

=

the

friends’


0 Air
Movement


1.
(B)
2.
(B)
3.
(D)

4. Air

is


heated
when
it

touches

the
warm
earth.




0
T
erritories


1.
(C)
2.
(C)
3.
(A)

4.
they

=


people

living
in
territories


0
T
en-Speed

Bikes


1.
(D)
2.
(D)
3.
(C)

4.
one

=

a

contr

ol,
you

=

riders/someone,

it

=

the

bike

0
Dogs


1.
(B)
2.
(B)
3.
(B)

4.
they

=


people;

them

=

dogs;

they

=

people;
They

=

people;

they

=

dogs;

They

=


people;
They

=

people;

them

=

dogs




Skill

E


0
Rome


1.
(B)
2.
(B)
3.

(A)

4.
legend,
myth,
true
or
not,

know


0
Guitars


1.
(C)
2.
(D)
3.
(D)

4.
will

vary


0

Scientific

Method


1.
(A)
2.
(A)
3.
(C)

4.
educated

guess,

lear
ned,

past

experience


0
Humidity


1.

(B)
2.
(C)
3.
(D)

4.
During

the

night

because

the

air

becomes

cooler
at

night

and

can’
t

hold
as

much
humidity.

0
Flamenco


1.
(A)
2.
(C)
3.
(D)

4.
major
,
intense,

passionate,

deep

emotions,
expr
ess,


enjoy




Skill

F


0 Literature

1.
(A),

(C),

(E)

2.
(D)
3.
(A)

4.
sentences
1, 3, 4,
and
7


0 V
itamins


1.
V
itamin A
(B),

(C);

V
itamin
D

(D),

(E)

2.
(B)
3.
(C)

4.
sentences
8
and
11
674 Answer

Key






0
C
rime
1.
Felony

(B),

(C),

(F);

Misdemeanor

(A),

(D),

(E)

2.
(C)
3.

(C)

4. fine


0
G
eology
1.
Physical

(B)

Oceanography

(E)
Historical

(D)


Economic

(F)

2.
(A)
3.
(C)


4.
paragraph
1,
sentences
3
and
5;
paragraph
2,
sentences
3
and
4

0 Hide
Pr
eparation


1.
(C),

(D),

(E)

Skill
Review
0
F

i
c
tion


1.
(B)
2.
(A)
3.
(A)
4.
(D)
5.
(C)
6.
(B)
7.
(D)
8.
(C)
9.
(D)
10.
(A),

(C),

(F)



0
Machines


1.
(B)
2.
(C)
3.
(D)

4.
(D)
5.
(B)
6.
(D)

7.
(D)
8.
(B)
9.
(C)

10.
Levers

(A),


(B),

(F),

(I);
Inclined

planes

(C),

(D),

(G)

2.

(A)
3.
(B)
4.
will

vary






Review
A-F


V
ocabulary
Review

1.
(C)
2.
(A)
3.
(B)
4.
(B)
5.
(C)
6.
(A
)
7.
(D)
8.
(B)
9.
(A
)
10.
(A)

11.
(C)
12.
(D)

13.
(C)
14.
(C)
15.
(B)

16.
major
17.
intense
18. emotion
19.
expr
ess
20.
ancient
21.
(S)

22.
(O)
23.
(S)
24.

(S)

25.
(O)


Answer

Key
675

Chapter
2


Skill
A

0
Soccer


1.
(C)
2.
(C)
3.
(D)

4.

(D)
5.
(B)

6.
(A),

(E),

(F)


0
Rain


1.
(B)
2.
(C)
3.
(B)

4.
(A)
5.
(B)

6.
Method

1
(B),

(D),

(E);

Method
2
(C),

(F),

(H)


0
Herbs
and
Spices


1.
(C)
2.
(D)
3.
(A)
4.
(C)

5.
(C)
6.
(D)


Skill

B


0
The

Earth







0
Clouds


1.
(D)
2.
(C)

3.
(A)

4.
(B)
5.
(C)

6.
Cumulus

(E),

(C);

Stratus

(B),

(D);
Cirrus

(F),

(H)


0
S
pace


Bodies


1.
(D)
2.
(D)
3.
(C)

4.
(C)
5.
(B)

6.
(C),

(D),

(E)




Review
A-C



V
ocabulary
Review

1.
(B)
2.
(D)
3.
(B)

4.
(C)
5.
(B)
6.
(A)

7.
(C)
8.
(B)
9.
(A)

10.
(C)
11.
(A)
12.

(C)

13.
(D)
14.
(A)
15.
(A)

1.

(A)
2.
(A)
3.
(B)

16.
(C)
17.
(B)
18.
(D)
4.
(C)
5.
(D)
6.
(D)


19.
(A)
20.
(D)
21.
(B)

22.
(B)

23.
(C)

24.
(A)
0
Scientific

Notation


1.
(A)
2.
(C)
3.
(A)

4.
(C)

5.
(C)

6.
Scientific
Notation
(C),

(E),

(F);
Floating

Point
Notation
(A),

(B),

(G)


0
Elizabethan
Theater

1.
(D)
2.
(B)

3.
(C)

4.
(C)
5.
(C)

6.
(B),

(C),

(E)




Skill

C


0
B
r
eathing


1.

(B)
2.
(C)
3.
(A)

4.
(C)
5.
(A)

6.
(A),

(B),

(E)


25.
(A)
26.
(C)
27.
(B)

28.
(B)
29.
(A)

30.
(C)

31.
among
32.
base
33.
altitude

34.
distance
35.
goal
36. br
eathe

37.
towers
38.
fr
ozen
39.
period

40.
after

a
while 41.

absorb
42.
shallow

43. opponent 44.
satellite
45.
equation

46.
(O)
47.
(S)
48.
(O)

49.
(S)
50.
(O)



Skill
Review
0
Map

Legends



1.
(D)
2.
(C)
3.
(B)

4.
(C)
5.
(C)
6.
(D)

7.
(B)
8.
(D)
9.
(C)

10.
(B),

(D),

(F)



676 Answer
Key


1.
(B)
2.
(C)
3.
(A)

1.
(B)
2.
(B)
3.
(B)
4.
(D)
5.
(A)


4.
(C)
5.
(A)
6.
(C
)

6.
(B),

(E),

(F)


7.
(B)
8.
(B)
9.
(A
)

10.
(D)
11.
(C)
12.
(B)

13.
(A)
14.
(D)
15.
(D
)

1.
(C)
2.
(B)
3.
(B)
40.
smash
41.
stringed
42.
series
4.
(C)
5.
(A)
6.
(C)

43.
conjunction
44. r
eform
45.
course

46.
(D)
47.
(E)

48.
(B)





0
Comets,

Aster
oids,
and
Meteors


1.
(B)
2.
(A)
3.
(D)

4.
(C)
5.
(A)
6.
(A)


7.
(D)
8.
(A)
9.
(D)

10.
Comets

(E);

Aster
oids

(A),

(G);
Meteors

(D),

(F)




Skill
D


0 H
istory

Makers


1.
(A)
2.
(D)
3.
(C)

4.
(B)
5.
(C)
6.
(A)


0
Poetry


1.
(C)
2.
(A)
3.

(C)
4.
(A)
5.
(D)


6.
L
yric

(F),

(G),

(I);

Narrative

(B),

(H);
Dramatic

(A),

(E)


0

T
ides

Skill

F


0
Evaluating

Sour
ces

1.
(D)
2.
(C)
3.
(A)

4.
(C)
5.
(A)

6.
Primary

(B),


(C);

Secondary

(A),

(F)


0
Succession


1.
(C)
2.
(D)
3.
(C)

4.
(C)
5.
(C)

6.
(B),

(C),


(E)


0
The

Renaissance


1.
(A)
2.
(C)
3.
(B)

4.
(A)
5.
(A)

6.
(B),

(E),

(F)





Review
A-F


V
ocabulary
Review







Skill

E


0
T
ennis

16.
(B)
17.
(C)
18.

(A)

19.
(D)
20.
(B)
21.
(D)

22.
(A)
23.
(C)
24.
(B)

1.
(A)
2.
(C)
3.
(A)

25.
(B)
26.
(D)
27.
(A)


4.
(A)
5.
(B)


28.
(B)
29.
(D)
30.
(A)

6.
(B),

(D),

(E)


31.
event
32.
planet
33.
take
part

34.

contests

35.
talent

36.
victory

0
Glaciers


37. pr
edominantly
38.
rackets
39.
loft





0 V
ikings

49.
(A)
50.
(C)


1.
(C)
2.
(B)
3.
(C)
4.
(D)
5.
(C)


6. Work
(B),

(F),

(G);

Celebration

(A),

(D)

Answer

Key
677






Skill
Review
0
W
ild
Pigs


1.
(B)
2.
(C)
3.
(C)

4.
(A)
5.
(C)
6.
(D)

7.
(D)
8.

(A)
9.
(D)

10.
(B)
11.
(B)

12.
(E),

(A),

(F)

0
Constellations


1.
(A)
2.
(D)
3.
(B)

4.
(D)
5.

(D)
6.
(B)

7.
(B)
8.
(A)
9.
(C)

10.
(C)
11.
(D)

12.
(C),

(D),

(A)


678 Answer
Key


Chapter
3



Focus
A

Guided Practice

01 Hide
Pr
eparation

1.
(C)
2.
(D)
3.
(E)



0
2
Succession

1.
(F)
2.
(B)
3.
(E)




0
3
Constellations

1.
(B)
2.
(C)
3.
(A)



Summary

01 Literature
Sample
r
esponse:

1.
Thr
ough literatur
e,
we
can


lear
n about
the
world
in
thr
ee

main

ways.

2.
First,
we
lear
n about
people

by
r
eading

the
experiences

of

the
author.

3.
Second,
we
lear
n about
history
when we
r
ead

stories

written
in
the

past.

4.
Last,

the

writing

itself

can

teach


us
about
the
language
we
use.



0
2
The

Renaissance

Sample
r
esponse:

1.
The

Renaissance

was

a

period


of
r
emarkable
change.

2.
People
’
s

major

concer
n
shifted

fr
om
God

to
humans.

3.
Art,

philosoph
y
,

and

education

emphasized
the

achievements

of

people.

4.
People

stopped

living

for

a

futur
e
life
and
started


living

for

their
pr
esent

one.



0
3
Oaks

Sample
r
esponse:

1.
For

a
long time,
oaks

have

been


important
tr
ees

to

people.








2.
Oaks

can
gr
ow

very
old
and

very

large,


and
their

acor
ns

may

have

been

an

early

human
food.

3.
Oaks
wer
e

so

important
in
the


past

for
construction

that

people

made

myths
about
them

and

even

worshipped
them.
4.
Even

nowadays,

oak

is


an

important
r
esour
ce
for

fuel

and

carpentr
y
.




Focus

B


Guided Practice

01
Geology


Suggested

answer:

This

passage

describes

the

dif
ferent

branches

of
geolog
y
.
The
first
of

these

branches

of


geology
looks

at

the
r
ocks

and

land

inside

the

Earth.

On
the

other

hand,

physical

oceanography


looks

at
the

oceans

and

the
r
ocks

beneath
them.
Next,

the
passage

describes

historical

geolog
y
, which
may
involve


the

study

of

fossils,

and

economic

geolog
y
,
which
deals

with

the

sear
ch

for

minerals


and

fuels.



0
2
Evaluating

Sour
ces

Suggested

answer:

This

passage

explains

how

to

evaluate

dif

ferent
sour
ces

of

information.

First,
we
should

consider

if

the

sour
ce

is

a

primary

sour
ce,
which

means

the
writer

gives

first-hand

information,
or
if

the

sour
ce

is

a

secondary

sour
ce,
which
means

the


writer

gives
second-hand

information.
Another
point

to

consider

is
whether
the

sour
ce

is
pr
esenting

facts
or
opinions.
Finall
y

, we
should
look
at
when
the

sour
ce

was
written,

as

older

sour
ces

may

have
outdated
information.







0
3
Machines

Suggested

answers:

This

passage

explains

thr
ee

examples

of

simple
machines:

levers,

pulleys,

and


wheels

and

axles.
Simple

machines

like

these

ar
e

useful

because
they

can
multiply
the

for
ce

applied


to

them

and
they

can

change

the
dir
ection

of

that

for
ce.
Levers

ar
e

used

to


lift

and

push.

Pulleys

ar
e

used
to

lift

heavy

objects.

Wheels

and

axles

ar
e


used

to
tur
n
large

wheels.



Summary

01 V
itamins

Sample
r
esponse:

This

passage

examines

some

facts


and

myths
about
vitamins

and

health.
It first
mentions

the
belief

that

taking

V
itamin
C

can

cur
e

a


cold

is

not
true.
Next,

it

states

that

being

car
eful
about
taking
V
itamin
D

is

a
good
idea


because

too

much

can
cause

health

damage.

Finall
y
,
the

passage
war
ns
against

the

belief

that

people


should

take

a

lot

of
V
itamin A; in fact,
too

much

V
itamin A
can

also
cause

health
pr
oblems.


02
The


Earth

Sample
r
esponse:

This

passage

describes

dif
ferent

ways

that

the

age
of

the

Earth

has


been

calculated.
It first
tells
about
an

older

technique

that

calculated

age
based
on
the

idea

that
lower
layers

of
r

ock

ar
e
older

than

higher

layers.
Another, mor
e

accurate,
technique

mentioned
in
the

passage

is

measuring
the

radioactive


particles

fr
om r
ocks.

By

using

this
second
method,
scientists

have

concluded

that
the

Earth

is
about 4.5 billion
years
old.



0
3
Silver

W
ork
Sample
r
esponse:

This

passage

discusses

the

silver

works

of

thr
ee
dif
ferent

First


Nations.
It first
explains
about
the
Navajo

people.

They

lear
ned

how

to

silver

work

fr
om
Mexicans

and

later


added

tur
quoise

to

their

silver
jewelr
y
.
Next,

it

describes

how

the

Zuni

people

lear
ned


silver

working

fr
om
the

Navajo.

Eventuall
y
,
tur
quoise

became
mor
e

important

than

silver
in
Zuni

pieces.


Finall
y
,
the

passage

describes

Hopi

sil-
ver

works.

They
first
lear
ned

this
craft
fr
om
the
Zuni

and


later

formed

a

silver

works
guild
with
soldiers

fr
om World W
ar

II.



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