Reading 1

Vocabulary
1. A. people walking
2. B. idea
3. A. city
4. B. single person
5. A. concentrate
6. B. advertised
7. A. able to understand complicated ideas
8. B. changed from an earlier form
9. A. spoke indirectly about
10. A. the most important things
11. A. differs
12. B. set free

Main Ideas
1. C. observes how people shop
2. A. explain why store windows must be both simple and creative.
3. C. something that catches our attention.
4. B. store windows that don’t attract attention.
5. C. store owners.

Details
1. People tend to walk more quickly and look straight ahead.
2. A “pile of people” forms
3. They don’t show enough of the main merchandise the store sells.
4. People read in groups of words.
5. They must be simple enough so that the products can be clearly identified
and they must be creative enough to catch someone’s eye.
6. Windows that are funny, windows that are related to history.

Reading Skill
A. .
1. Main Idea
2. Details
3. Identify and mark important information.

Reading 2
Vocabulary
1. Visualize
2. Neutral
3. Remove
4. Negative
5. Residence
6. Tend
7. Minimize
8. Potential
9. Feature
10. Mentally
11. Investment
12. In theory

Main Ideas
1. A. people selling a home
2. C. clean and repair
3. B. Four Tips for Successfully Staging a Home
4. C. empty homes are easier to sell
5. A. the cost of staging
6. believes