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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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
Name Location Date of Approximate Number
5. P. forgotten ~1700 yrs Eruption of People Who Died

Vesuvius Italy 79 2,000

Notetaking Preparation, Exercise B, p.
Cotopaxi Ecuador 1877 1000
11
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.)
Mount St. Washington State 1980 57
4. for (almost 1700 years) 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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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
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz designed 1673
1. The next (year)
another type of calculator. It also
2. By the (age of 25) 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
very large and used vacuum tubes to
strategy.
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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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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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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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
Geological landslide Alaska 1958 none formal and informal language
5 Tips for a nonnative speaker learning
Meteorological tornado Bangladesh 1989 1,300
people
English to learn formal and informal
Hydrological flood China 1887 2 million English
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
adverbs  
7. male; mail; homophone
8. right; right; homonym
9. fair; fare; homophone
place   1me   manner  

in  the   in  the  
garden   a3ernoon   slowly  

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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.
Warm- X X
7. h blooded
8. e
Cold- X X X
9. a blooded

Lives on X X X X
Notetaking Preparation, Part A, p. 65 land
3 P. = 5 cats
Lives in X X X X
5 2 more classes of P. – ref & legit water
4 1st type of P. = var of P.
Has two legs X
2 exp P. = 1T var of P. 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

from air
1. The final class of power is reward
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
can live on
as legitimate power. land
4. The next kind of power is expert Feeds milk X
to its young
power. from
5. The first sort of power is information mother’s
body
power. 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 éweight
3. F êlegs
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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Accuracy Check, p. 85 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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