What do you know?NEWS IQ Fill in the letter of the correct answer for each question. 1. World leaders are concerned about the nuclear program reportedly being developed by which country? (A) Iran (B) Iraq (C) Israel (D) Pakistan 2. Who wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner"? (A) Irving Berlin (B) Frances Hodgson Burnett (C) F. Scott Fitzgerald Noun 1. F. Scott Fitzgerald - United States author whose novels characterized the Jazz Age in the United States (1896-1940) Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald (D) Francis Scott Key 3. Which planet will New Horizons visit? (A) Mercury (B) Pluto (C) Saturn (D) Uranus 4. Which chemical produced by the body causes drowsiness drows·i·ness n. A state of impaired awareness associated with a desire or inclination to sleep. Also called hypnesthesia. drowsiness Medtalk Semiconsciousness; grogginess, sleepiness ? (A) calcitonin calcitonin /cal·ci·to·nin/ (-to´nin) a polypeptide hormone secreted by C cells of the thyroid gland, and sometimes of the thymus and parathyroids, which lowers calcium and phosphate concentration in plasma and inhibits bone resorption. (B) melatonin melatonin: see pineal gland. melatonin Hormone secreted by the pineal gland of most vertebrates. It appears to be important in regulating sleeping cycles; more is produced at night, and test subjects injected with it become sleepy. (C) testosterone (D) thyrotropin thyrotropin (thī'rätrō`pĭn) or thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), hormone released by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the thyroid gland to release thyroxine. 5. Which ailment, worsened by global warming, is spreading among amphibians amphibians members of the animal class Amphibia. Includes frogs, toads, newts, salamanders and cecilians all capable of living on land or in water. ? (A) bird flu bird flu: see influenza. bird flu or avian influenza viral respiratory disease, mainly of birds including poultry and waterbirds but also transmissible to humans. (B) cancer (C) malaria (D) skin fungus Answers: 1. A 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. D TRUE OR FALSE Write a T for each statement that is true and an F for each one that is false. Ali five relate to the article on pp. 10-11. --1. The muckrakers were ashamed of their nickname. --2. Lincoln Steffens wrote an important series of articles about graft in American cities. --3. Upton Sinclair exposed the unsanitary un·san·i·tar·y adj. Not sanitary. conditions in Chicago's hotels. --4. President Theodore Roosevelt praised the muckrakers by comparing them to a fictional character. --5. John D. Rockefeller controlled the oil business through a company called Standard Oil. Answers: 1. F 2. T 3. F (meatpacking meatpacking or meat-processing, wholesale business of buying and slaughtering animals and then processing and distributing their carcasses to retailers. The livestock industry is among the largest in the world. plants) 4. F(criticized them) 5. T POLITICAL CARTOON MY HOMEWORK? ... THE DOG ATE IT! MY PRINTER BROKE! I HAD AN EMERGENCY ZONING MEETING, FOLLOWED BY A CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISER, THEN A HEARING ON BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This cartoon comments on the recent election of Michael Sessions, 18, as Mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan. Michael, who is completing his last year of high school, was elected to a four-year term. He is one of the youngest Mayors ever to serve in the United States. Study the cartoon, then answer the questions below. 1. What question is being asked of these students?-- 2. Whom does the person on the right represent?-- 3. What types of activities is that person describing?-- 4. How does the answer given by the student on the right compare with the answers given by the other two students?-- 5. What comment is the cartoonist making about the responsibilities of being a student and a Mayor?-- Answers: 1. Where is your homework? 2. Michael Sessions, the teen Mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan 3. typical responsibilities of a local politician 4. All three students are making excuses. However, the two at left have no valid reasons for not fulfilling their responsibilities, while the one at right was occupied with important duties. None of them did their homework, but for very different reasons. (Other answers are acceptable.) 5. Because all of the students make excuses for their homework, the cartoonist is saying that kids will be kids, even if one is Mayor. (Other answers are acceptable.) WORD SEARCH The words listed below appear in the article and map on pp. 8-9. Can you find them in this grid? Aine Savanh Asia Attapu bamboo banana Hmong Laos Mekong monks papaya papaya (pəpī`ə), soft-stemmed tree (Carica papaya) of tropical America resembling a palm with a crown of palmately lobed leaves. sabaidee shrapnel tourists Vientiane war Xam Nua [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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