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Theme-based Anthology

Beginner

Answer Key

Reviewer: Dr Angel Lin

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Unit 2 Favorite Foods 2

Unit 3 That’s Entertainment! 3

Unit 4 True Tales 4

Unit 5 Outdoor Activities 5

Unit 6 History and Legends 6

Unit 7 Mind’s Eye 7

Unit 8 Animal Wonders 8

Unit 9 Treasure Hunters 9

Unit 10 Education 10

Unit 11 Giants of the Past 11

Unit 12 Technology 12

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Unit 1

Mysteries

1A Aliens and UFOs

Before You Read (p.10)

A Answers will vary

B a

Reading Comprehension (p.12)

A 1 purpose

2 a

3 a True

b NG

c False

4 The strange light (in the sky)

5 They come from space

6 test new technology

7 c

8 Strange-looking airplanes

9 Because Nevada is the best place on

Earth to see a UFO / Because you

might want to see if UFOs are real

B 1 b

2 a

3 d

4 c

Vocabulary Practice (p.13)

A 1 area 2 designs

3 images 4 space

5 purpose 6 decide

7 build 8 technology

9 real 10 research

B 1 a 2 a

3 b 4 a

1B Mysterious Places

A 1 greedy

2 wealthy

3 island

4 disappear

B 1 The ancient writer Plato; Robert

Sarmast, an explorer; and Richard Ellis, an author

2 The Atlantic Ocean and Cyprus

A 1 b

2 d

3 At the center of the island

4 It sank into the sea

5 The island’s remains

6 In 1999

7 simply

8 a True

b NG

c True

d False

9 c

10 d

B 3 → 1 → 4 → 5 → 2

A 1 center 2 history

3 natural 4 certain

5 final 6 reported

7 simply 8 piece

9 published 10 whole

A Answers will vary

B 1 history 2 reported

3 certain 4 image

5 published 6 real

7 finally 8 decided

9 build 10 simply

C 1 Answers will vary, but many people

want to believe in supernatural things

2 Those that can be explained include Aurora Borealis, some flights at Area

51, crop circles, and the Loch Ness photograph Things that cannot be explained are whether Atlantis existed and the castle ghosts

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2 © Athens Education

Unit 2

Favorite Foods

2A Slices of History

A 1 Answers will vary

2 Answers will vary

B Answers will vary

A 1 d

2 cooked grains

3 a

4 The leaves and roots are poisonous

5 tasty

6 a False

b NG

c False

d True

7 Every piece of pizza is a slice of

history

B Stone → explorers → 200 → Naples →

restaurant → 350

A 1 various 2 learned

3 traditional 4 serving

5 ingredient 6 step

7 developing 8 standard

9 poor 10 cover

B 1 a

2 b

3 a

2B Sugar and Spice

A 1 F

2 F

3 F

4 T

B Naga Jolokia

A 1 c

2 Your mouth

3 The capsicum plant

4 They contain an ingredient called capsaicin

5 Eating capsaicin makes you feel less hungry and makes your body use more calories

6 Over a million

7 She ate 51 hot peppers in two minutes

8 munch

9 c

10 Chilies

B 1 T

2 NG

3 F

4 NG

5 T

A 1 break 2 cause

3 experience 4 produce

5 plant

B 1 plant 2 break

3 recent 4 health

5 cause 6 measure

7 units 8 stay

9 experience 10 produced

2C Local Foods

A 1 One

2 Egg puffs and egg tarts

A 1 It was sunny

2 traditional

3 b

4 Egg puffs

5 Egg puffs had little airy pockets

6 b

7 a NG

b True

c False

d False

8 Dissolve

9 140°C

10 a

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Explore More (p.30)

A beans, corn, chilies, tacos, tortillas,

cheese

B 1 experience 2 poor

3 traditional 4 recent

5 learning 6 stay

7 step 8 various

9 standard 10 served

C 1 Answers will vary, but complexity

may depend on the number of

ingredients and steps of preparation

2 Answers will vary

Unit 3

That’s Entertainment!

3A Animal Actors

A 1 wild

2 training

3 paws

4 actor

5 cubs

6 bite

B 1 Taking care of two young bears or

playing with two bears to get them

used to humans

2 Wasatch Rocky Mountain Wildlife in

the state of Utah, U.S.A

A 1 b

2 turned

3 train; act

4 They are pretty big

5 d

6 To play with bears and get them used

to humans

7 She put her head in his lap

8 Tank (the adult bear)

B 1 television and movies

2 take care of

3 get used to

4 a large fee

A 1 remember 2 human

3 understanding 4 job

5 adventures 6 difficult

7 fees 8 valuable

9 caring 10 adult

B 1 adventure

2 fee

3 remember

4 valuable

3B Making Movies

A 1 India

2 The United States

3 The United States

4 Japan and China

B Answers will vary

A 1 d

2 The world of anime / The world of

animation

3 In 1979

4 c

5 b

6 Children

7 Real experience of life

8 Miyazaki’s imaginations

B 4 → 5 → 1 → 3 → 2

A 1 director 2 including

3 machines 4 media

5 film 6 explain

7 Following 8 series

9 future 10 important

B 1 T 2 F

3 T 4 F

A 1 screen 2 invented

3 studio 4 camera

5 documentary

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B 1 film 2 adventures

3 machine 4 series

5 fee 6 followed

7 including 8 directors

9 human 10 future

C 1 Answers will vary

2 Answers will vary

Unit 4

True Tales

4A Titanic

A 1 True

2 True

3 True

B Three times

A 1 d

2 He used video cameras and an

underwater robot

3 beneath

4 More than 1,500

5 In 1986

6 d

7 Other explorers

8 b

9 The Titanic

B 1 lifelong dream; dream

2 main parts

3 pair

4 took away

5 protection

A 1 deaths 2 conditions

3 believe 4 main

5 reach 6 hope

7 returned 8 items

9 agrees 10 Instead

B 1 b 2 a

3 a 4 b

5 a

4B Danger!

A 1 a

2 a

3 b

4 a

B 1 Geoff Banninger

2 2004

3 Colorado in the U.S

4 Walking to a park to see his sister play softball

5 Nine years old

A 1 c

2 Lightning (strike)

3 A buildup of electrical charges inside

a cloud

4 The time when Geoff was struck by lightning

5 He was not hurt by the lightning / He hasn’t had any further problems since the accident

6 a NG

b False

c True

7 Go inside a building

8 luckily

B 1 c

2 e

3 d

4 a

5 b

A 1 chance

2 heart

3 wait

B 1 rule 2 heart

3 chance 4 waiting

5 happen 6 common

7 further 8 likely

9 result 10 ensure

4C Success Stories

A 1 2004

2 Hong Kong Sports Stars Award

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A 1 b

2 Anemia

3 modestly

4 d

5 One year

6 fully

7 Determination and perseverance

8 In 2012

9 Lee’s comeback in the face of

adversity

10 a False

b True

c NG

d False

A 1 a

2 b

3 a

B 1 common 2 mainly

3 conditions 4 reach

5 agree 6 chance

7 deaths 8 ensure

2 Some suggestions are given in the

reading passages

Unit 5

Outdoor Activities

5A Baseball

A From left to right:

catcher

ball

umpire

bat

batter

pitcher

base

B Icharo Suzuki (batter), Sammy Sosa

(batter), Hideo Nomo (pitcher), and

Tommy Lasorda (manager)

A 1 b

2 a

3 Hodeo Nomo

4 a

5 2 → 1 → 3 → 4

6 fans

7 People play it in many countries around the world

B 1 19th

2 World Series

3 1995

4 players

5 Baseball Classic

6 Games

A 1 several 2 managed

3 teams 4 join

5 attention 6 contracts

7 available 8 foreign

9 percentage 10 modern

B 1 a 2 b

3 a 4 b

5 b

5B Outdoor Adventure

A 1 forest 2 hiking

3 climbing 4 historic

5 mountain 6 temple

B 1 Yes

2 The huge crowds

A 1 a

2 Bukhansan National Park’s

3 mentioned

4 a

5 A plate of pig’s feet, some kimchi, and a couple of drinks

6 To walk back down the mountain

7 a True

b NG

c False

d False

8 The people you meet on the mountain

B 1 a 2 d

3 c 4 b

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A 1 activity 2 enjoy

3 mention 4 general

5 couple 6 arrive

7 leader 8 introduce

9 provide 10 sharing

B 1 b 2 a

3 a 4 a

5 a

A 1 athlete 2 stable

3 competition 4 track

B 1 activity 2 arrive

3 manager 4 team

5 attention 6 provided

7 tradition 8 enjoy

9 modern 10 including

11 foreign

2 Answers will vary

Unit 6

History and Legends

6A Real-life Legends

A 1 trade

2 tribe

3 expedition

4 member

B Answers will vary

A 1 b

2 Sacagawea’s

3 mapmakers; traveled; explore

4 important

5 c

6 A strong storm tipped over one of the

boats

7 She rescued many of the maps and

other items in the water

8 Amy Mossett

B d → a → e → c → f → b

A 1 village 2 site

3 strong 4 knowledge

5 represented 6 land

7 Among 8 clearly

9 different 10 identity

B 1 knowledge 2 different

3 identity 4 clearly

5 among

6B Stories and Myths

A From top to bottom, from left to right:

frog wombat kookaburra kangaroo eel lizard

B 6: eel 1: frog 4: kangaroo 3: kookaburra 5: lizard 2: wombat

A 1 c

2 The other animals

3 All the water was inside Tiddalik

4 The kookaburra, the kangaroo, and the lizard

5 Kookaburra: b Kangaroo: c Lizard: d Eel: a

6 bored

7 Eels

8 The animals had water to drink again

B a 3 b 7

c 1 d 4

e 2 f 5

g 6

A 1 meeting 2 discussing

3 idea 4 rise

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5 patiently 6 flood

7 bored 8 thirsty

9 else 10 normally

B 1 a 2 a

3 b 4 b

5 a

6C Local Legends

A 1 In the university library

2 A week

A 1 Not meeting his week so that they can

focus on studying

2 b

3 d

4 give it a go

5 a False

b NG

c True

d False

6 shaking

7 The soup bowl

8 c

A Answers will vary

B 1 land 2 different

3 among 4 villages

5 strong 6 else

7 sites 8 represent

2 Answers will vary

Unit 7

Mind’s Eye

7A Mysteries of the Mind

A 1 It seems like the boy on the red stool

is larger than the man on the left

2 The way the room is painted gives this

impression

B Picture 1: The center red dot on the left seems larger than the one on the right Picture 2: Black dots seem to appear and disappear in the white circles

Picture 3: You can see either a white vase

or two black faces

A 1 b

2 Errors

3 They are the same size

4 Dark dots

5 Faces

6 straightforward

7 c

8 c

B Introduction: see Optical Illusion 1: larger; size Optical Illusion 2: there Optical Illusion 3: vase; faces Conclusion: understand

A 1 therefore 2 size

3 minds 4 choose

5 errors 6 vision

7 straightforward 8 related

9 personal 10 compared

B 1 b 2 b

3 a 4 b

5 b

7B Sleep and Dreams

thought emotion memory sensation perception

B 1 Three

2 What these dreams mean about our lives and emotions

A 1 d

2 d

3 Dreams

4 Help you deal with an embarrassing event

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5 You are under pressure / You are

worried about a major event in the

future

6 a False

b True

c NG

B Dream 1: b; d

Dream 2: c

Dream 3: a; e

A 1 major 2 depending

3 stage 4 periods

5 individuals 6 pressure

7 events 8 emotions

9 prepare 10 contains

B 1 Events 2 major

3 individuals 4 prepare

5 depend

A Answers will vary

B 1 major 2 period

3 stages 4 mind

5 individuals 6 Therefore

7 events

2 Answers will vary

Unit 8

Animal Wonders

8A Emperors of the Ice

A 1 True

2 True

3 False

4 False

B Answers will vary

A 1 a

2 For two months

3 The egg

4 a

5 Moving the egg (from one penguin to another)

6 Enter the water

7 The baby penguin

8 c

B 1 an egg

2 feet; skin

3 move; fall

4 the ocean

5 baby

A 1 parents 2 environment

3 special 4 enter

B 1 almost 2 raised

3 enter 4 lay

5 catch 6 parents

7 special 8 necessary

9 environment 10 communities

8B Animal Emotions

A Answers will vary

B There are three pet names (Bongo Marie, Paco, and Buffy) and three human names (Sally Blanchard, Jean Donaldson, and Patricia Simonet)

A 1 They feel fear They feel love They

have a sense of humor

2 b

3 Bongo Marie

4 Dogs tell each other when they want

to play

5 assess

6 To assess their response

7 They have a sense of humor

8 a True

b NG

c True

B 1 joke

2 place toys

3 laugh

4 to play

A 1 similar 2 relationships

3 record 4 assess

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5 function 6 sense

7 disappointed 8 situation

9 obvious 10 behavior

B 1 similar 2 obvious

3 sense 4 assess

5 function

8C Power of Pets

A 1 Last month

2 Lula

A 1 d

2 a

3 Two

4 depressed

5 Three weeks

6 Lula

7 She laid her head on Sarah’s knee

8 look forward to

9 To visit when the dogs are there (so

that he can see them in action)

10 a NG

b False

c NG

d True

A Answers will vary

B 1 community

2 parents

3 raise

4 assess

5 sense

6 catch

7 situation

8 loss

2 Answers will vary

Unit 9

Treasure Hunters

9A Gold Fever

A 1 gold

2 objects

3 commander

4 soldiers

B The Spanish captured the Inca king and tried to get their gold, their treasure

A 1 b

2 1533; captured; gold; kill; angry; mountain cave

3 He wrote an account of his trip and explained how to find the gold

4 incredible

5 The (Inca) gold

6 He disappeared

7 b

8 c

B 1 NG

2 T

3 T

4 F

5 T

A 1 amounts 2 described

3 received 4 deal

5 demanded 6 killed

7 instructions 8 accounts

9 incredible 10 authors

9B Precious Discoveries

A 1 Africa

2 Belgium

3 U.S.A (New York) and Thailand

4 Japan

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B 1 13 people of whom 9 had bad luck

2 King Louis XVI and his wife, Francis

Hope and his family, Evalyn Mclean

and her family, James Todd and his

wife

A 1 b

2 They are very hard They sparkle in

the light They are very expensive

3 The diamond’s curse

4 Francis Hope

5 he had financial problems

6 2 → 3 → 4 → 1

7 He was a mailman

8 Richard Kurin

9 a False

b True

c False

d NG

10 c

B 1 b

2 d

3 e

4 a

A 1 materials 2 supposed

3 linked 4 accepted

5 expensive 6 presently

7 financial 8 opportunities

9 quality 10 rejected

A Answers will vary

B 1 incredible 2 quality

3 amount 4 demanded

5 opportunity 6 instructions

7 described

2 Answers will vary

Unit 10

Education

10A Learning in the Wild

3 2 4 1

B Students use knowledge and skills in nature outside the classroom

A 1 c

2 They apply them to local wildlife

3 measuring the amount of water the animals drank

4 d

5 The students

6 aim

7 a True

b False

c False

d NG

B 1 c

2 e

3 d

4 a

5 b

A 1 staff 2 principle

3 aim 4 lectures

5 boards 6 topics

7 projects 8 local

9 apply 10 consists

B 1 apply 2 principle

3 project 4 aim

5 staff

10B Classroom of the Future

A 1 Answers will vary

2 Answers will vary

B Answers will vary

Unit 9

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