Inside Reading Answer Key

Unit 1: Strength to Survive

Reading 1

Before You Read

Bird Fish Insect Grazing Cat Canine
Animal
falcon salmon beetle gazelle cheetah coyote
ostrich eel antelope
roadrunner wildebeest
swift zebra
albatross
dovekie
loon
puffin
thick-billed
murre

Reading Comprehension
1. F 5. G
2. T 6. F
3. T 7. F
4. F After 300 yards they tire 8. T

Reading Strategy: Skimming and Scanning

1. The movie Earthquake 6. Charles II
2. 220 hz per second. 7. 1,198 pounds
3. a guitar. 8. Stanford University in
4. National Sleep Awareness Week. California
5. Yes. It reached 5,132.

Vocabulary Activities
A.
1. maintain 4. exceedingly 7. welfare
2. achieve 5. excess 8. the elements
3. durations 6. achieve

B.
1. b 10. a 12. a 14. b
9. a 11. b 13. a

C.
1. d 15. g 16. a 17. b
18. c 19. e 20. f
D.
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. It can reach a depth exceeding 1.700 feet.
21. They can maintain speeds between 30 and 45 miles per hour.
22. It can achieve speeds of 200 miles per hour.
23. They travel for long durations.

E.
1. Blue whales can weigh in excess of 170 tons.
24. The sounds made by blue whales can exceed 150 decibels.
25. A squirrel’s welfare depends on its ability to remember where it has
hidden thousands of nuts.
26. Dall’s porpoise, the fastest sea mammal, can achieve speeds of up to
56 miles per hour.
27. The marmot, a large rodent, can hibernate for a duration of nine
months.

Reading 2
Reading Comprehension
1. T 28. F 29. F 30. F 31. T

Reading Strategy: Outlining as You Read

A.
Introduction (main idea: Some animals are capable of outstanding athletic
performances)
I. Sprinting
II. Marathon
III. Diving
IV. Jumping
V. Weightlifting
Closing Remarks

B.
I. Sprinting A. Mammals
A. Mammals B. Birds
B. Birds IV. Jumping
II. Marathon A. Long Jump
A. Birds B. High Jump
B. Fish V. Weightlifting
C. Mammals A. African elephant
III. Diving B. Rhinoceros beetle

Vocabulary Activities
A.
1. undergo 34. releas 37. prelimi 40. excee
32. facilit es nary ding
ate 35. maint 38. transfer
33. maint ain s
ain 36. area 39. release
B.
1. c 42. e 44. a
41. f 43. b 45. d

C.
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. A good learner’s dictionary/keeping flash cards/joining conversation
groups can facilitate language learning.
46. Childhood development is facilitated by good nutrition/attentive
parents/good health care.
47. A social website can facilitate keeping in contact with friends.
48. The healing of a muscle injury can be facilitated by resting and icing
the muscle.

D.
1. welfare 3. sole 5. preliminary 7. elemental
2. underwent 4. exceeded 6. excessive 8. elementar
y