UNIT 2 5.

experts ; lack
CHAPTER 4 6. likely
7. at least
Quick Comprehension Check 8. absences ; reduced
A. 9. dropout
1. True, paragraph 2
2. True, paragraph 3 Distinguishing Major Points and Supporting
3. False, paragraph 5 Details
4. True, paragraph 4 1. B.
5. ? 2. 1. B
6. ? 2. C
7. False, paragraph 8 3. D
B.
1. Teenagers drink a lot of coffee because Using the Target Vocabulary in New Contexts
without it, they might fall asleep in class. True 1. expert
(paragraph 2 – line 1) 2. at least
2. Some schools start their class later so that 3. stay up
teenage students can get more sleep in the 4. likely
morning. True Note: Take your umbrella. The weather report said
(paragraph 3 – last line) that rain is likely to start later this afternoon.
3. Most teenagers sleep more than they should. 5. complaint
False 6. patterns
(paragraph 5 – line 1) 7. reduced
4. There are scientific reasons that explain why 8. lack
teenagers have difficulty sleeping at night. 9. absences
True 10. dropout
(paragraph 4 – line 2-4) 11. official
5. NONE
6. NONE Expanding Vocabulary
7. Many parents do not want high school officials A. and B.
to change school start times. False complain (verb)
(paragraph 8 – line 3) absent (adjective)
concerns (verb)
Exploring Vocabulary experimenting (verb)
A. reduction (noun)
1. lowered depression (noun)
2. crying drop out of (verb)
3. worried
4. not enough Participial Adjectives
D. A.
absence – noun 1. fascinating
at least – other 2. fascinated
complaint – noun 3. challenging
concern – noun 4. challenged
dropout – noun 5. threatened
experiment – noun 6. threatening
expert – noun 7. concerning
lack – adjective 8. concerned
likely – other
pattern – noun
reduce – verb
stay up – verb

Understanding Vocabulary
1. stay up
2. complaint
3. concern
4. experiment ; patterns