Unit 2 Reading

Turn over a bag of potato chips. Is the label interesting? A simple food recipe may use several ingredients. These come from the soil and from chemistry labs around the world. Surprises also show up in the labels on clothing and other products. Look at the label on a package of lipstick. The tube seems small and shiny, but inside lipstick there is soap, oil, fish scales, and wax!

Which is the best way to summarize this passage?

• Lipstick seems small and shiny. Look at the label sometime. It has at least four different ingredients.

• A bag of potato chips seems like a simple recipe. There are many ingredients from the soil and from chemistry labs.

• Labels show what goes into food, clothing, and other products. A simple product may have many ingredients.

• Clothes and other products have many ingredients as well. Lipstick alone has soap, oil, wax, and fish scales.

Turn over a bag of potato chips. Is the label interesting? A simple food recipe may use several ingredients. These come from the soil and from chemistry labs around the world. Surprises also show up in the labels on clothing and other products. Look at the label on a package of lipstick. The tube seems small and shiny, but inside lipstick there is soap, oil, fish scales, and wax!

Which is the best way to summarize this passage?

• Lipstick seems small and shiny. Look at the label sometime. It has at least four different ingredients.

• A bag of potato chips seems like a simple recipe. There are many ingredients from the soil and from chemistry labs.

• Labels show what goes into food, clothing, and other products. A simple product may have many ingredients.

• Clothes and other products have many ingredients as well. Lipstick alone has soap, oil, wax, and fish scales.

Turn over a bag of potato chips. Is the label interesting? A simple food recipe may use several ingredients. These come from the soil and from chemistry labs around the world. Surprises also show up in the labels on clothing and other products. Look at the label on a package of lipstick. The tube seems small and shiny, but inside lipstick there is soap, oil, fish scales, and wax!

Which is the best way to summarize this passage?

• Lipstick seems small and shiny. Look at the label sometime. It has at least four different ingredients.

• A bag of potato chips seems like a simple recipe. There are many ingredients from the soil and from chemistry labs.

• Labels show what goes into food, clothing, and other products. A simple product may have many ingredients.

• Clothes and other products have many ingredients as well. Lipstick alone has soap, oil, wax, and fish scales.

San Francisco is located on the coast of California in an area often called the Bay Area. The weather is generally very mild, seldom getting really cold or really hot. Its mild climate is one reason many people live there. It seldom snows in San Francisco and generally does not get below freezing during the winter. Even in the middle of summer, temperatures may be in the mid 80s with a cool breeze from the bay keeping the weather very comfortable.

The summary of this passage is:

• The weather in San Francisco is generally very mild.

• San Francisco has many neat things to do.

• Many people choose to live in California.

• It seldom snows in California.

Which sentence does not support the idea that hurricanes are dangerous?

• Hurricanes produce strong, damaging winds.

• Most hurricanes start over warm water.

• People should take shelter during hurricanes.

• Flooding can be a result during hurricanes.

Do you want to be an artist? Just enroll in "The Awesome Artists" program. Don't let this opportunity or your talent slip away. We guarantee you will be painting like the masters in two weeks for a low cost of $59.95.

What is the author's purpose?

• to explain how to paint a sunset

• to teach you how all artists become famous

• to entertain you with a story about artists

• to convince you to attend an art program

The author included paragraph 5 in the article to

(read the paragraph)

• describe how everyone can help tigers

• show tigers cannot take care of themselves

• demonstrate tigers are friendly animals

• explain how tigers are being effected

Most people think that gorillas are mean, but actually they are shy. It seems that such a huge animal with very large teeth would be aggressive. Hollywood movies help convey this image of the scary, ferocious gorilla. In fact, gorillas only attack if they are provoked. However, gorillas usually don't have to fight other animals because of their impressive size.

The author believes that:

• Gorillas are mean animals.

• Gorillas are misunderstood as vicious animals.

• Gorillas don't like other animals.

• Gorillas communicate well with other animals.

What is this selection mainly about?

Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants. They will look and behave much like real humans. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind! Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience. They will be smart, strong, and untiring workers whose only goal will be to make our lives easier.

• We will be able to talk to robots and they will be able to respond.

• Robots will look and behave much like real humans.

• Someday we will have robots that will be our personal servants.

• Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience.

Can you infer what has happened in this picture?

• airing out stinky feet

• sunburn and blister

• foot fungus

• ant bite