1.Read each statement. Choose the best sentence to follow it.

1. Leslie and Ray talked about their daughter's achievement.

o They hope to get her some help.
o They are very proud.
2. James has confronted his fear of heights.
o He went to the top of the tallest building in the city.
o He won't look out the window at the view.
3. I've always been inclined to get up early.
o However, tomorrow I'm going to sleep late.
o However, tomorrow I have to get up for class.
4. She is an inherently fast runner.
o It comes naturally to her.
o She really has to work at it.
5. He aspires to become the president of the company.
o I'm sure the president appreciates his help.
o He works hard. I'm sure he'll do it.
6. Gerald has faced a lot of adversity in his life.
o He wants to study marketing.
o He has experienced many difficulties.
7. Lydia was acknowledged for her work on the project.
o It's good that she is getting attention for all her hard work.
o It's too bad no one noticed all the work she did.
8. Ronald would like to attend the weekly meetings, but he is constrained
by the distance he has to travel.
o If he lived closer, he wouldn't be happy.
o If he lived closer, he could come more often.
9. My brother embodies all of the characteristics of a natural leader.
o He's working on his speaking skills so he can talk in front of a
group.
o He's smart, responsible, and organized.
10.She is pursuing a degree in economics.
o She hasn't decided yet.
 o She should finish it in about a year.
11.He had the resolve to finish the difficult project.
o He was glad that someone helped him.
o He was determined to get it done.
12.Did you like the new version of the movie?
o No, I couldn't see it very well.
o No, I like the old one better.

2.Reading Comprehension: Taking Responsibility for

Your Actions
Read the excerpt from a book about personal responsibility. Then
choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence.
Taking Responsibility for Your Actions
When we hear that someone is a "powerful person" most of us think of the
leader of a country or the CEO of a corporation—people who are responsible
for the lives and well-being of many people. But although most of us may not
have the authority of people in positions of great power, we do have personal
power. And with personal power comes personal responsibility. One aspect of
personal responsibility is accountability to oneself, or the ability to deal with
the results of one's actions. Another aspect is the responsibility that each
person has to the larger community, including one's family, friends, school,
work, and country.
Personal Power and Choice
Personal power comes in many different forms, but most importantly, it
starts with a choice. For instance, we choose what effort, if any at all, we put
into our interests. I can show up late for soccer practice, halfheartedly jog up
the field, and spend most of my time playfully joking around with the other
players. I can ignore my homework and spend all night chatting with friends. In
both of these examples, I have power over my actions. I can choose to
participate fully in the activity and develop my skills, or I can choose to
entertain my friends. My choices reflect who I am.
We also choose how we justify, or think about, our actions. I can blame the
coach for a boring practice, or geometry for being too confusing, or my friends
for encouraging me to stay up late. However, when I blame others, I give up
my freedom to choose or control my own actions. By giving up my choice, I
lose myself to these other people and things. How can we avoid losing
ourselves? We have to accept responsibility for our actions, even when we are
inclined not to. We have to be aware when a choice is ours and acknowledge
our shortcomings rather than blame others. And just as importantly, we need
to celebrate our successes—those achievements won through our personal
efforts.
Responsibility and the Common Good
We also have a responsibility to the wider community—our family, social
groups, and neighbors. Few would argue with the idea of being responsible to
one's family. After all, we need our families to provide food, clothing, shelter,
and love. Families look after one another in times of adversity and share joys
and accomplishments in good times. It is only natural that we would want to
give back in return.
In addition to the family, we have other social groups: friends, classmates,
and teammates. To be part of one of these groups is to add to it, making it
more skillful or otherwise better in some way. As the old saying goes, "a chain
is only as strong as its weakest link." In other words, one person can harm the
whole group: the friend who always takes and doesn't give back, the student
who isn't ready with her part of the assignment, or the player who is more
interested in the crowd than in the game. Each individual has the responsibility
to help make the group as strong as possible through his own efforts.
Some may respond that their team has a superstar—a math genius or a
talented soccer player—who can do everything, so the rest of the group
doesn't have to do much. Phil Jackson, who coached both Michael Jordan and
Kobe Bryant and is one of the most successful coaches in the history of
basketball, is known for his philosophy that teams—not individuals—win
games. And, anyone watching the 2010 World Cup saw many well-known
players go home before the final match was played. In the end, the stronger
each individual is, the stronger the whole team is. The same idea applies to
businesses and corporations. For example, a talented software developer can
be a huge asset to a software company. Because of her work, profits may
increase and the customer base may grow. However, for the developer to
continue her work, other employees are needed to focus on different aspects
of the business, such as advertising or business growth. It is not through the
developer's effort alone that the company does well.
Finally, there are the larger communities of one's neighborhood and city to
consider. No one likes a neighbor who plays loud music when everyone else is
trying to sleep. And no one wants to walk down a street cluttered with litter.
We can take responsibility for being respectful of others by doing simple things
like turning down the music and picking up after ourselves. When everyone
does his part, we all share in the rewards.
We can extend this idea outward to our country and our world. We can
recognize the strength that we have in making choices and remember that we
are accountable for those choices. We can resolve to become the best that we
can be. We may never become CEOs or the leaders of countries. But we all
have personal power—and the responsibility to ourselves and others to use it
wisely.

1. In the opening paragraph, the author introduces the idea of having

power as also having ____.
o Community
o Responsibility
o accountability
2. Personal power starts with the ____ we make.
o Choices
o Friends
o mitakes
3. ____ causes us to give up our freedom to choose.
o Celebrating our successes
o Blaming others
o Taking responsibility
4. The article mentions our responsibility to ____.
o our families, social groups, and neighbors
o only ourselves
o our political leaders
5. Phil Jackson is an example of ____.
o a successful coach
o a talented basketball player
o a well-known soccer player
6. The 2010 World Cup example shows that ____.
o the best teams have star players
o a few strong individuals can win the game
o team playing is important to winning
7. The writer uses an example of a ____ to show how it takes more than
one person to make a business successful.
 o advertising company
o software company
o sporting goods company
8. According to the text, one way to be a good neighbor is to ____.
o turn down your music
o welcome new residents
o have occasional dinners together
9. Being accountable means ____.
o keeping good records
o blaming others
o taking responsibility

3.Vocabulary 2 Practice
Match the words to their definitions. You do not need to use all the
words.

1. inspirational
2. underprivileged
3. pressing
4. deconstruct
5. bear witness
6. initiative
7. criteria
8. navigate

a plan for achieving a goal urgent

making someone want to be better to experience something and tell
others about it to analyze something to understand it
having less money or opportunities principles used to help make a
decision notorious drastic to use a map to decide how to travel

4. Grammar Practice: Restrictive relative clauses

Choose the correct clauses to complete the paragraph.
Hero Reports is a website who looks on the bright side of life/ looks on the
bright side of life/ that looks on the bright side of life It asks people who have
seen a good deed/ which have seen a good deed/ they have seen a good deed
to report it on the website. The website has many stories about people that
have helped total strangers/ who they have helped total strangers/ have
helped total strangers

For example, one elderly woman in New York was trying to get home with the
groceries she had bought/ which she had bought them/ she had bought them
.A boy who she didn't know him / that she didn't know/ which she didn't know
offered to help her carry them to her home. She was surprised, but she
accepted the offer that he had made/ which he had made it / who he had
made She was surprised again when he wouldn't take the money who she tried
to give him/ that she tried to give him/ she tried to give it to him when they
arrived at her home. Hero Reports reminds us that anyone that he does the
right thing/ which does the right thing/ who does the right thing can be a hero.

Read about restrictive and nonrestrictive relative clauses. Then drag

each sentence into the correct category.