Inside Reading Answer Key
Unit 1: Strength to Survive
Reading 1
Before You Read
Bird Fish Insect Grazing Cat Canine
Animal
falcon salmon beetle gazelle cheetah coyote
ostrich eel antelope
roadrunner wildebeest
swift zebra
albatross
dovekie
loon
puffin
thick-billed
murre
Reading Comprehension
1. F 5. G
2. T 6. F
3. T 7. F
4. F After 300 yards they tire 8. T
Reading Strategy: Skimming and Scanning
1. The movie Earthquake 6. Charles II
2. 220 hz per second. 7. 1,198 pounds
3. a guitar. 8. Stanford University in
4. National Sleep Awareness Week. California
5. Yes. It reached 5,132.
Vocabulary Activities
A.
1. maintain 4. exceedingly 7. welfare
2. achieve 5. excess 8. the elements
3. durations 6. achieve
B.
1. b 10. a 12. a 14. b
9. a 11. b 13. a
C.
1. d 16. a 18. c 20. f
15. g 17. b 19. e
D.
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. It can reach a depth exceeding 1.700 feet.
21. They can maintain speeds between 30 and 45 miles per hour.
22. It can achieve speeds of 200 miles per hour.
23. They travel for long durations.
E.
1. Blue whales can weigh in excess of 170 tons.
24. The sounds made by blue whales can exceed 150 decibels.
25. A squirrels welfare depends on its ability to remember where it has
hidden thousands of nuts.
26. Dalls porpoise, the fastest sea mammal, can achieve speeds of up to
56 miles per hour.
27. The marmot, a large rodent, can hibernate for a duration of nine
months.
Reading 2
Reading Comprehension
1. T 28. F 29. F 30. F 31. T
Reading Strategy: Outlining as You Read
A.
Introduction (main idea: Some animals are capable of outstanding athletic
performances)
I. Sprinting
II. Marathon
III. Diving
IV. Jumping
V. Weightlifting
Closing Remarks
B.
I. Sprinting A. Mammals
A. Mammals B. Birds
B. Birds IV. Jumping
II. Marathon A. Long Jump
A. Birds B. High Jump
B. Fish V. Weightlifting
C. Mammals A. African elephant
III. Diving B. Rhinoceros beetle
Vocabulary Activities
A.
1. undergo 32. facilit 33. maintai 34. releas
ate n es
35. maint 37. prelim 38. transfer 40. excee
ain inary s ding
36. area 39. release
B.
1. c 42. e 44. a
41. f 43. b 45. d
C.
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
2. A good learners dictionary/keeping flash cards/joining conversation
groups can facilitate language learning.
46. Childhood development is facilitated by good nutrition/attentive
parents/good health care.
47. A social website can facilitate keeping in contact with friends.
48. The healing of a muscle injury can be facilitated by resting and icing
the muscle.
D.
1. welfare 4. exceeded 7. elemental
2. underwent 5. preliminary 8. elementary
3. sole 6. excessive