Warm UpsOct. 16-22

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Oct. 16th Wed.“I’m looking forward to my train trip across the

country,” said Mr. Matheson. “I can’t understand why anyone would travel by train,” said Mrs. Banks. “A plane gets you there many times faster.” “That maybe true,” replied Mr. Matheson, “but traveling by train is more relaxing for me. I enjoy seeing the countryside.” “I don’t have that much time, and I don’t enjoy the sights,” said Mrs. Banks. “I need to get where I’m going by plane as fast as I can.”

T F IA. Mrs. Banks prefers plane to train travel.B. Mr. Matheson likes to relax and see the countryside.C. Mr. Matheson is looking forward to his trip across country.D. Mrs. Banks had a busy schedule to maintain.

Oct. 16th Wed.AnswersA. TrueB. TrueC. TrueD. Inference

Oct. 17, 2013A fox living near Blairstown, New Jersey got a much-needed

dinner by means of its foxy wits. Lying in hiding, the fox watched enviously as the Blairstown family set down a pot of food for their chained watchdog. Looking out, they saw a hungry-looking fox making wide circles around the dog. The fox continued to circle, just beyond the reach of the dog. Suddenly, the chain was wound tight around the stake, and the dog was barely able to move. The fox raced in, triumphantly snatched up the dinner, and swiftly vanished into the woods!

The paragraph tells mainly:A. How closely foxes watch dogsB. Why a fox made wide circles around a dogC. How a fox outsmarted a watchdogD. How a fox watched a family set down a pot of food

Oct. 17 Answers

The paragraph tells mainly:A. How closely foxes watch dogsB. Why a fox made wide circles around a dogC. How a fox outsmarted a watchdogD. How a fox watched a family set down a pot of

food

Oct 18, 2013

Once an ant closes its jaws on an object, it holds on no matter what the consequences are. Even if its head is cut off, it will often maintain its grip. In South America and other parts of the world, some people use this characteristic to heal wounds. When a person receives a cut, the edges of the wound are held together. The open jaws of a large ant are placed against the cut. The infuriated ant clamps its jaws together, one on each side of the cut. The people then cut off the body of the ant, leaving just the jaws to keep the wound effectively stitched.

The paragraph tells mainly:A. How helpful ants are.B. How clever the people of South America are.C. How wounds are effectively treated.D. How ants are used to bind wounds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK65_PpEVzA

Answers Oct. 18, 2013

The paragraph tells mainly:A. How helpful ants are.B. How clever the people of South America are.C. How wounds are effectively treated.D. How ants are used to bind wounds.

Oct. 21, 2013

Some years ago a person could be fined up to $300.00 for killing a bat in San Antonio, Texas. Those were the years when malaria was a serious disease in southern Texas. City officials laughed at first when Dr. C. Campbell put up bat houses along the city’s marshy places without cost to the city. Later, though, when the malaria-causing mosquitoes began to vanish, they got the idea. The city officials ordered more bat houses built at city expense. They passed a law forbidding the killing of bats. Very soon, malaria had disappeared around San Antonio.

The paragraph tells mainly:A. What the fine was for killing bats.B. Why city officials laughed at Dr. Campbell.C. How bat houses helped eliminate malaria.D. When malaria was a serious disease in Texas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb-HsNfyKig

Answers Oct. 21, 2013

The paragraph tells mainly:A. What the fine was for killing bats.B. Why city officials laughed at Dr. Campbell.C. How bat houses helped eliminate malaria.D. When malaria was a serious disease in Texas.

Oct. 22, 2013Beauty practices, such as manicuring and coloring the nails,

were known to ancient people. An excavation at the royal tombs at Ur of the Chaldees in Babylonia revealed a gold manicure set used by someone in the year 3200 B.C., making it over five thousand years old. Famous queens, namely Nefertiti and Cleopatra of Egypt, painted their fingernails and toenails different shades of red to enhance their physical attractiveness. For hundreds of years, women of aristocracy in Spain also used color on their nails. It seems that through out history, people have recognized nail care as being an important part of good grooming.

The paragraph tells mainly:A. How old the practice of manicuring nails is.B. Why Cleopatra colored her nails shades of red.C. How color enhances the appearance of nails.D. Why a manicure set was placed in a tomb.

Answers Oct. 22, 2013

The paragraph tells mainly:A.How old the practice of manicuring nails is.B.Why Cleopatra colored her nails shades of red.C.How color enhances the appearance of nails.D.Why a manicure set was placed in a tomb.