Reading and Writing 4

Q: Skills for Success

Unit 1 Student Book Answer Key Third Edition

The Q Classroom
Activity A, p. 3
Answers may vary. Possible answers:
1. We like to know what other people have done.
2. I admire my mother. She is kind and wise.
3. This person is admirable because he is risking his life to help
save someone or to help save a structure.
Activity B, p. 3
1. Marcus: Firefighters go into burning buildings to save
people, and soldiers risk their lives to defend their country.
Yuna: the man who helped people during a bad storm
Answers will vary. Possible answer: I think someone who
fights for justice on behalf of disadvantaged or voiceless
individuals is admirable.
2. Felix: people who stand up for others; fight against injustice;
give up their time, their money, their personal happiness to
help others
Sophy: self-sacrifice; doing something that others are afraid
to do; example: surgeon who saved her father
Answers will vary. Possible answer: I think generosity and
humility are very important qualities.
READING SKILL
Activity A, p. 4
Answers will vary. Possible answers: What a role model is / Who
role models are / What role models do
Activity B, p. 4
✓   the qualities of role models
✓   which people may be role models
✓   how role models can inspire us
✓   how role models learn from mistakes
3. He or she can help us repair any damage that was done. The
person can also listen to, advise, and support us.
4. Role models might help when we are dealing with stress,
illness, or other misfortunes.
Activity F, p. 9
1. T (paragraph 2)
2. F A parent is usually our first role model. (paragraph 3)
3. T (paragraph 5)
4. T (paragraph 5)
5. T (paragraph 6)
6. F A role model sometimes makes mistakes. (paragraph 7)
7. F We need role models in many different situations. (Answers
may vary, for example, paragraph 6)
8. F Role models are all around us. (paragraph 10)
Activity G, p. 10
Answers will vary. Possible 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
WRITE WHAT YOU THINK
Activity A, p. 10
Answers will vary. Possible 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.

WORK WITH THE READING READING 2

Activity B, pp. 7–8 PREVIEW THE READING
a. acknowledged for Activity A, p. 11
b. resolve 1. b
c. inherently Answers will vary. Possible answer: the photos, the headings
d. aspire to 2. Answers will vary. Possible answers:
e. constrained Out with charity, in with partnership; you’re never too
f. version young; you’re never too old; entrepreneurs are born, not
g. achievement made; you can’t rely on the kindness of strangers; go big or
h. confront go home; true heroes never consider themselves heroes.
i. embody Answers found in the headings.
j. inclined 3. These people are examples of everyday heroes.
k. adversity
l. pursue
WORK WITH THE READING
Activity B, p. 15
Activity C, p. 8 1. b
1. Answers will vary. Possible answer: Role models are 2. a
important to everyone. 3. a
2. the first paragraph and the last paragraph 4. c
5. a
Activity D, p. 8 6. b
a. 4 7. a
b. 5 8. b
c. 1 9. a
d. 3 10. c
e. 2 11. b
Activity E, p. 9 12. a
1. Answers will vary. Possible answers: parents, other family Activity C, p. 16
members, teachers, community leaders 1. T
2. He or she can help us aspire to the same profession. 2. F The social entrepreneurs in the book all have different
goals.

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Reading and Writing 4 Q: Skills for Success
Unit 1 Student Book Answer Key Third Edition

3. F The nonprofits in the book are focused on improving the 3. I think that the former British prime minister Theresa May is
lives of other people. a role model. She worked hard and helped a lot of people.
4. F Some nonprofits are self-sustaining.
5. T VOCABULARY SKILL
6. F Many of the heroes are trying to help a lot of people. Activity A, p. 19
✓  pronunciation
Activity D, p. 16 ✓   part of speech
Roger Egger: DC Central Kitchen; local ✓   spelling of irregular word forms
Rebecca Onie: connects low-income families with the basic ✓   example sentence
resources they need to be healthy; local ✓  synonyms
Adam Braun: Pencils of Promise, international
Roy Prosterman: secures land rights for poor families in Activity B, pp. 20–21
developing countries 1. 5
Chuck Slaughter: Living Goods 2. face up to
Jill Vialet: national 3. be confronted with
Eugene Cho: improves education, delivers clean water, and 4. inherent – adjective; inherently – adverb
ends poverty; international 5. intrinsic
6. passive
Activity E, p. 17 7. 3
Education and training: Roger Egger, Adam Braun, Eugene Cho 8. to/by/from
Health and safety: Rebecca Onie, Chuck Slaughter, Jill Vialet, 9. 2
Eugene Cho 10. sense of achievement
Legal help: Roy Prosterman
WRITING SKILL
Activity F, p. 17 Activity A, pp. 23–24
Answers will vary. Possible answers: 1. Are fame and fortune in your future? Do you dream of
1. These people are special not because of some extraordinary becoming a billionaire or a famous actor?
talent but because they are everyday people. 2. We all want to succeed, and identifying what qualities make
2. Social entrepreneurs are naturally independent, willing to someone successful can help us to achieve that goal.
take risks, and willing to assume responsibilities. 3. Successful people share three common qualities that allow
3. Yes, he or she could because there is more than one way to them to stand out.
be a hero. Heroes don’t have to be entrepreneurs. / No, he 4. They also work longer hours.
or she can’t because in order to be recognized as a hero, a 5. First, also, Second, For example, Finally
person has to do something different from what others are 6. c
doing.
Activity B, p. 24
WORK WITH THE VIDEO Answers will vary.
Activity A, p. 18
Answers will vary. Possible answers: CRITICAL THINKING STRATEGY
Yes, I volunteer in my community. I participate in a clean-up Activity C, p. 25
project every spring, and I read to children in the after-school a. 2
reading program at our library. b. 4
c. 1
Activity B, p. 18 d. 3
Josh Coombes—a hairdresser who gives free haircuts to the e. 8
homeless people on the streets of his community in London; f. 6
started a program called “Do Something for Nothing” in 2015; g. 7
wants others to help, too, so he posts before and after pictures h. 5
of the people he helps
Jade—a vet (veterinarian) who saw Josh’s posts; helps homeless Activity D, p. 25
people take care of their dogs 1. Answers will vary.
Both—part of their work volunteering is speaking with 2. b
people and learning about their lives; they make new friends; 3. summarizing the main idea and/or the main points
connecting with people makes them happy
GRAMMAR
Activity C, p. 18 Activity A, p. 27
Answers will vary. 1. person who makes his or her community a better place
2. things that they do
WRITE WHAT YOU THINK 3. book that changed his life forever
p. 19 4. merchant who insisted that his son have an education
Answers will vary. Possible answers: 5. children who have no access to television
1. Yes, I volunteered to help organize the books at my local 6. group which is trying to clean up the city
library. 7. trash Maryam’s group collects
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.

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Reading and Writing 4 Q: Skills for Success
Unit 1 Student Book Answer Key Third Edition

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 that/which 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 that/which they
cannot get in textbooks.
6. Caring for the environment is something that/which we can
all do.
7. Someone who/that donates money to charity is a generous
person.

Activity C, p. 27
Sentences 1, 3, 5, and 6
1 – that
3 – that/which
5 – that/which
6 – that/which

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