MegaGoal Book 2 Unit 4: I Wonder What Happened

Vocabulary 

Question type: Matching Questions

Match each word in Column 1 with a definition in Column 2.

Column 1	Column 2	
1. tornado ___		 	A. blow up	
2. meteorite ___		 	B. junk or trash	
3. debris ___		 	C. possibility of danger	
4. crater ___		D. distant	
5. explode ___		E. something that falls from outer space	
6. threat ___			F. a powerful windstorm	
7. remote  ___			G. a large hole	

Grammar

Question type: Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer to each question. 

8. When I got home, you _____ already.
A. have left
B. have leave
C. had left
D. left

9. When John, finally, offered to buy Jim’s car, it was too late. Jim _____ to sell it to Mark.
A. had agreed
B. has agreed
C. agreed
D. agree

10. I didn’t have dinner with Carl because I _____ earlier.
A. have eaten
B. had eaten
C. had ate
D. eaten

11. You’ve been working all night! You _____ be tired.
A. won’t
B. must
C. can’t
D. are

12. Larry just ate a whole pizza. He ____ be still hungry.
A. won’t
B. must
C. can’t
D. should

13. I’m not sure what time the show starts. It _____ be at 7:00.
A. won’t
B. must
C. can’t
D. might

Reading

Question type: True/False

Read the text and answer the questions. Write T or F at the end of each question/statement. 

The Bermuda Triangle
The Bermuda Triangle is an area of water in the North Atlantic Ocean that stretches from the island of Bermuda to Florida to Puerto Rico. Since the 1940s, a large number of planes and boats have mysteriously disappeared in this area. In many cases, these planes and boats were traveling in good weather conditions without any known problems, when they suddenly disappeared and were never seen or heard from again.
Over the years many people have tried to explain the strange disappearances. Some say that there must have been sudden storms or bad weather. Others say that gases in the water might have caused boats to sink. Some people even say that aliens are responsible. Scientists have been unable to agree on why so many boats and planes have disappeared in this area. But, one thing is for sure—until an explanation is found, people will continue to wonder what mysterious things are happening in the Bermuda Triangle.

14. The Bermuda Triangle is an area of land. ____

15. Cars, boats, and planes have disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. ____

16. There are many ideas about what might have caused the disappearances. ____

17. Scientists can prove that aliens take boats and planes from the Bermuda Triangle. ____

18. Sudden bad weather might have caused the disappearances. ____

Listening

Question type: Multiple Choice

Listen to the text and answer the questions. Choose the best answer to each question. 

19. NEAR is   _____.
A. a tornado
B. a meteorite
C. a spacecraft 
D. an asteroid

20. ________ enter the Earth’s atmosphere and fall on the ground. 
A. Hundreds
B. Thousands
C. Millions
D. Scores

21. The impact of a large asteroid, 65 million years ago, might have caused ______
A. the extinction of other planets
B. the extinction of the earth
C. the extinction of meteorites
D. the extinction of many life forms

22. A relatively small asteroid  _____.
A. damaged half a million acres of forest 
B. knocked over some trees 
C. damaged a million acres of forest
D. damaged a small part of the forest

23. Scientists believe that Eros might strike Earth  _____.
A. in a hundred years
B. in a thousand years 
C. in half a million years
D. in 1.5 to 5 million years

24. Scientists are concerned because   _____.
A. an asteroid is likely to hit Earth soon. 
B. an asteroid is unlikely to hit Earth.  
C. 9000 asteroids are circulating our solar system.
D. 900 asteroids are circulating our solar system.

Form, Meaning and Function

Question type: Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer to fill in the blank in each question.

25. My grandfather was very interested in the stars and the planetary system, _____ he never owned a telescope.
A. or
B. so
C. and
D. yet

26. Last night’s TV documentary was ______ fascinating: I never knew that so many meteorites had fallen to Earth.
A. absolutely
B. very
C. almost
D. a little