Pathways Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking 2e: Level 1 Unit 1 Test Name: - Class: - Date
Pathways Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking 2e: Level 1 Unit 1 Test Name: - Class: - Date
Pathways Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking 2e: Level 1 Unit 1 Test Name: - Class: - Date
• arrive
• communicate
• connect
• extraordinary
• produce
• project
• team
• upload
1. Haruka wanted to speak with her family back home in Japan. Unfortunately, her laptop would not
____________________ to the Internet for some reason, so she could not ____________________ with
them.
2. Daniel asked everyone to ____________________ early and stay late every day to complete all the work.
As a result, his ____________________ was able to finish the ____________________ on time.
3. The professor asked her students to ____________________ their finished assignments to a special
website. Most of the work was average, but a few students were able to ____________________ work
that was ____________________.
VOCABULARY 2:
Match each word or phrase from Unit 1, Reading 2, to the correct definition. Not all answers will be
used.
a. balance
b. depend on
c. during
d. measure
e. realize
f. schedule
g. spend time
h. surprise
____ 4. (prep) in the middle of a period, event, or situation
____ 5. (n) a timetable that shows when something should happen
____ 6. (n) something unexpected that makes people feel an emotion
____ 7. (v) to check the size, amount, or level of something
____ 8. (v) to make two things equal or do two things equally
____ 9. (v) to understand something clearly or be aware of it
____ 10. (v) to be with somebody or do something for a certain period
READING REVIEW:
Review Reading 1 and Reading 2 from Unit 1.
What happens in a single day on planet Earth? In 2010, a team led by film director Kevin Macdonald tried
to find out. The team asked people around the world to film their life on a single day - July 24 - and to
send in their videos. As a result, people uploaded 80,000 videos to YouTube - a total of more than 4,500
hours. The videos were sent by people from 192 countries, from Australia to Zambia. Macdonald's team
used the videos to produce a 90-minute movie called Life in a Day.
The movie begins as most days begin. People wake up, get dressed, wash their faces, and brush their teeth.
Parents take care of their children. People laugh and cry. As the day goes on, we see changes in people's
lives. A man thanks the hospital workers who helped save his life. A woman learns that she is pregnant. A
man calls his mother and asks, "What should I say to the woman I love?"
Macdonald understood that what may be normal to one person may be extraordinary to another. For
example, the movie shows cultural differences in the different ways that people travel to work. Macdonald
explains, "What we might see as banal, living in our own culture, is not banal to somebody growing up in
Dakar."
Macdonald's team also asked people the following questions: "What do you love most in the world, and
what do you fear?" People speak of their love for family and friends, of football and fast cars, a pet cat, or
even a refrigerator. Children speak of being scared of imaginary monsters and of real-life lions. Some
Ukrainian farmers worry that wolves are going to eat their goats. People around the world talk about their
fear of guns, of war, and of the loss of natural beauty.
Macdonald says that Life in a Day was possible because of the way we are all connected. "The film is
doing something that [was not] possible pre-Internet … The idea that you can ask thousands, tens of
thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of people all to contribute to a project and all to communicate
about it and learn about it at the same time."
One of the people in the movie is a Korean cyclist named Okhwan Yoon. After traveling alone for nine
years through 190 countries, he arrived on July 24 in Kathmandu, Nepal. "When I close my eyes," he says,
"I can see all the different people in the world, from town to town, from country to country. I can feel it. I
can touch it. I can see it." The Life in a Day team hopes that, after watching the movie, others may feel the
same way.
What is it like to be a National Geographic Explorer? Three explorers describe their working lives.
Ricky Qi takes images and videos to tell stories about people and places.
Kakani Katija studies the movements of jellyfish and other ocean animals.
Christine Lee studies the skeletons of ancient humans to understand how they lived.
17. The main goal of the National Geographic Society is to change how science is taught in schools.
_______________
18. Gardiner Greene Hubbard worked as a teacher before he became a lawyer. _______________
19. The National Geographic Society has supported thousands of different projects. _______________
20. Dian Fossey, Jane Goodall, and Louis and Mary Leakey all worked in Africa. _______________
21. The Emerging Explorers program began when the National Geographic Society was started.
_______________
22. Jeffrey Marlow's work might help humans turn something negative into something positive.
_______________
23. Wasfia Nazreen has climbed the highest mountains in her home country many times. _______________
24. Both Jeffrey Marlow and Wasfia Nazreen have more than one thing they are working on.
_______________
25. In the future, Jeffrey Marlow and Wasfia Nazreen plan to work together as educators. _______________
READING SKILL REVIEW - SKIMMING FOR GIST:
Skimming for gist means to look at a passage (or a paragraph) in a passage quickly in order to find
out the main idea. You don't need to read or understand every word.
____ 31. In many countries, more boys than girls study science, technology, engineering, and math at university.
a. This sentence is an example of simple present for habits or daily routines.
b. This sentence is an example of simple present for facts or general statements.
c. This sentence is not an example of the simple present tense.
____ 32. The National Geographic Society was founded more than 120 years ago to promote science and learning.
a. This sentence is an example of simple present for habits or daily routines.
b. This sentence is an example of simple present for facts or general statements.
c. This sentence is not an example of the simple present tense.
____ 33. National Geographic's Emerging Explorers program began less than 20 years ago, in 2004.
a. This sentence is an example of simple present for habits or daily routines.
b. This sentence is an example of simple present for facts or general statements.
c. This sentence is not an example of the simple present tense.
____ 34. I normally drink one or two cups of coffee before starting work for the day.
a. This sentence is an example of simple present for habits or daily routines.
b. This sentence is an example of simple present for facts or general statements.
c. This sentence is not an example of the simple present tense.
WRITING SKILL REVIEW - WRITING GOOD SENTENCES:
One key to writing good sentences is to make sure you use the form of the verb that agrees with the
subject.
Look at these sentences. Write the correct present simple form of the underlined verbs in the
blanks.
36. Max and Sam both wants to work as scientists in the future.
_______________
37. One of my goals are to work with others to protect the earth.
_______________
40. Many people uses plastic bottles every day, which is bad for the planet.
_______________
WRITING PRACTICE 1:
Combine the short sentences into one longer sentence.
41. Jenna likes science. She studies biology. She also studies chemistry.
Jenna likes science. ________________________________________________________
42. James will go to college soon. He will study history. He will study in Chicago or Seattle.
James will go to college soon. _________________________________________________
43. Mark likes reading. He reads every day. He reads books and magazines.
Mark likes reading. __________________________________________________________
44. Caroline is a doctor. She looks after sick children. She doesn't help adults.
Caroline is a doctor. _________________________________________________________
WRITING PRACTICE 2:
From: [email protected]
Subject: I forgot my textbook!
Hi,
I can't do my assignment because I left my textbook at school and I need some information
from the book. Could you help me?
I need to know the names of the three National Geographic Explorers that the book mentions. I
think they are on pages 12 and 13. I also need to know what each person does, and what he or
she thinks is the most difficult part of their work.
Thanks!
45. Read the email from your classmate. Then write a short response in your own words.
UNIT 1: LIFE IN A DAY
Answer Section
1. ANS: connect, communicate