Reading and Writing 1 Q: Skills for Success

Unit 8 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

The Q Classroom g. common

Activity A., p. 170 h. violent
Answers will vary. Possible answers: WORK WITH THE READING
1. I am afraid of insects. Walking alone Activity B., p. 175
at night makes me feel afraid. I am 1. c
afraid of losing my job. 2. a
2. I stay safe by paying attention to 3. a
things around me. I don’t go out 4. b
when it is dark. Activity C., p. 176
3. I would be more afraid of crossing 1. Since 1993 crime has decreased 65
the rope bridge because I could fall. percent.
I would be more afraid of the 2. 68 percent of people say there is
lightning storm because it might be more crime this year than last year.
loud. 3. The first story on the evening news
Activity B., p. 171 is usually a story about violent
Answers will vary. crime.
Activity D., p. 176
PREVIEW THE UNIT 1. The media increased the amount of
Activity E., p. 172 news stories about violent crimes.
Answers will vary. Possible answers: 2. The media reported gun crimes for
The lightning scares me. 25 percent of their stories.
Snakes make me feel terrified.
Flying makes me feel excited. Activity E., pp. 176–177
Heights make me nervous.
1. I am most afraid of the lightning
because it makes a loud sound.
2. I am least afraid of flying because I
know that it is safe.
3. Our responses are different. We are People know People avoid
and trust fewer going out.
afraid of different things. For
people.
example, my peers are more afraid
of flying than they are of lightning or
other things.
People don’t talk
READING 1 to neighbors
PREVIEW THE READING Activity F., p. 177
Activity A., p. 173 Answers will vary. Possible answer:
a. report The media’s focus on crime makes people
b. affect more afraid.
c. focus
d. crime READING SKILL
e. scary Activity A., p. 178
f. negative 1. F a.

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O b. Activity C., p.183

Reasonable Fears Unreasonable Fears
2. O a. fear of the common fear of bird flu
F b. flu fear of mad cow
fear of heart disease
3. O a. disease
F b. Activity D., p. 183
1. People are more afraid of bird flu
4. F a. than the common flu because the
O b. common flu is something familiar to
us and bird flu is unknown.
WRITE WHAT YOU THINK 2. People are more afraid of mad cow
Activity A., p. 178 disease than heart disease because
Answers will vary. we cannot control mad cow disease.
Activity B., p. 179 3. We are afraid of things that are not
Answers will vary. dangerous because they are
different or unknown and because
READING 2 we cannot control them.
PREVIEW THE READING 4. We do some things that are
Activity A., p. 179 dangerous because it gives us
1. harm pleasure.
2. factor
3. death WRITE WHAT YOU THINK
4. reasonable Activity A., p. 184
5. frighten Answers will vary.
6. fat Activity C., p. 184
7. disease Answers will vary. Possible answer:
8. pleasure 1. People should be afraid of things that
9. contain might actually harm them, such as
Vocabulary Skill Review, p.179 driving without wearing a seatbelt or
No. Crime does not have a verb form. crossing the street.
WORK WITH THE READING
Activity B., p. 182 VOCABULARY SKILL
1. T, Paragraph 3 Activity A., p. 185
2. F, We fear things we can’t control., Noun Verb Adjective Adverb
Paragraph 4 1. fear fear fearful fearfully
3. T, Paragraph 1 2.violence violent violently
4. F, Not all our fears are reasonable., 3. belief believe believable believably
4. danger endanger dangerous dangerously
Paragraph 6
5. harm harm harmful harmfully
5. T, Paragraph 2 6. safety safe safely
6. T, Paragraph 5 Activity B., p. 186
1. fear
2. safe

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3. violently
4. violence
5. danger
6. safely
7. fear
WRITING SKILL
Activity A., p. 188
1. c.
2. d.
3. e.
4. b.
5. a.
Activity B., p. 188
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. People wash their hands for about 9
seconds. However, it takes about 15
seconds to kill the germs.
People wash their hands for about 9
seconds. It takes, however, about 15
seconds to kill the germs.
People wash their hands for about 9
seconds. It takes about 15 seconds
to kill the germs, however.
2. We have better health today than
ever. People, however, worry more
about their health today.
We have better health today than
ever. However, people worry more
about their health today.
We have better health today than
ever. People worry more about their
health today, however.
Activity C., p. 189
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1.
a. Violent crimes frighten us, but we
are more likely to die in a car.
b. Violent crime frightens us. However,
we are more likely to die in a car.
2.
a. We like to watch violent TV shows,
but violence makes us afraid.
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b. We like to watch violent TV shows.
However, violence makes us afraid.
3.
a. I am more likely to die in a car
accident, but I fear an airplane crash
more.
b. I am more likely to die in a car
accident. However, I fear an airplane
crash more.
4.
a. Women fear crime more than men,
but crime happens more often to
men.
b. Women fear crime more than men.
Crime happens more often to men,
however.
5.
a. Most crimes are not violent, but the
media focuses on unusual and
violent crimes.
b. Most crimes are not violent. The
media, however, focuses on unusual
and violent crimes.
Activity D., pp. 189-190
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. teenagers are in more danger than
adults.
2. people are very afraid of them.
3. they aren’t afraid to talk to their
friends.
4. some people find it pleasurable.
Activity E., p. 190
1. Parents keep children inside for
safety. However, these children
often don’t get enough exercise.
2. Cars are safer than ever. However,
there are more accidents because
people drive faster in safe cars.
3. Your chance of dying in an airplane
is 1 in 7,178, but your chance of
dying in a car accident is 1 in 98.
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4. Adults worry too much about

dangers. Teenagers, however, do
not worry enough.

GRAMMAR
Activity A., p. 191
Adjective Comparative Adjective
1. afraid more afraid
2. big bigger
3. careful more careful
4. dangerous more dangerous
5. easy easier
6. new newer
7. reasonable more reasonable
8. safe safer
9. smart smarter
10. violent more violent
Activity B., p. 192
1. Heart disease is more common than
mad cow disease.
2. I believe flying is more dangerous
than driving. OR I believe driving is
more dangerous than flying.
3. I think crime dramas are scarier than
real life. OR I think real life is scarier
than crime dramas.
4. The crime rate in Canada in 2012
was lower than the crime rate in
Canada 20 years before.

UNIT ASSINGMENT
PLAN AND WRITE
Activity A., p. 192
Answers will vary.
Activity B., p. 193
Answers will vary.

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