File: MegaGoal Book 6 Unit 2: Against the Odds

Vocabulary

Question type: Matching Questions

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

Column 1	Column 2	
1. assassinate	A. likeness	
2. astound	B. confused about time and place	
3. delight	C. causing excitement and happiness	
4. disoriented	D. immediately noticeable	
5.exhilarating	E. to amaze	
6. resemblance	F. to kill an important or famous person	
7. striking	G. to make someone very happy	

[Answers: 
1. assassinate: to kill an important or famous person F
2. astound: to amaze E
3. delight: to make someone very happy G
4. disoriented: confused about time and place B
5. exhilarating: causing excitement and happiness C
6. resemblance: likeness A
7. striking: immediately noticeable D

Learning Objective: Vocabulary]

Grammar

Question type: Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer to each question. 

8. He drives _____ fast that I get nervous riding in the car with him.
A. so
B. such
C. so much
D. so many

[Answer: A
Learning Objective: Grammar]

9. There are _____ seats left that I’m not sure we’ll all be able to sit together.
A. so much
B. so many
C. so little
D. so few

[Answer: D
Learning Objective: Grammar]

10. This is _____ a popular mall that you can’t find anywhere to park the car.
A. so
B. such
C. so much
D. so many

[Answer: B
Learning Objective: Grammar]

11. I got _____ sleep this week that I am very tired now.
A. so
B. such
C. so little
D. so few

[Answer: C
Learning Objective: Grammar]

12. There are _____ books that I want to read that I can’t choose just one.
A. so
B. such
C. so much
D. so many

[Answer: D
Learning Objective: Grammar]

13. There is _____ snow on the ground that we cannot walk out of our house.
A. such
B. such a
C. so much
D. so many

[Answer: C
Learning Objective: Grammar]

Choose the correct sentence.

14. 
A. While waiting for the TV show to start, we made popcorn.
B. While we waited for the TV show to start, making popcorn.
C. Making popcorn while we waited for the TV show to start.
D. We made popcorn while we waiting for the TV show to start.

[Answer: A
Learning Objective: Grammar]

15. 
A. Since he moved to the city, he met a lot of people.
B. Since he moved to the city, meeting a lot of people.
C. Since moving to the city, he has met a lot of people.
D. Since he moving to the city, he met a lot of people.

[Answer: C
Learning Objective: Grammar]

Reading 

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

16. The verb abandon probably means _____.
A. to swim
B. to leave behind
C. to chase after
D. to rescue

[Answer: B
Learning Objective: Reading Comprehension: vocabulary]

17. The winds were _____ strong that the Jupiter was wrecked as well.
A. so
B. such
C. such a
D. so much

[Answer: A
Learning Objective: Reading Comprehension: grammar]
18. In the story, _____ ships sank successively.
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

[Answer: C
Learning Objective: Reading Comprehension: main idea]

19. Throughout this story, _____ lives were lost.
A. 0
B. 5
C. 10
D. 15

[Answer: A
Learning Objective: Reading Comprehension: supporting detail]

20. A woman found her long lost _____ during the long journey.
A. husband
B. sister
C. daughter
D. son

[Answer: D
Learning Objective: Reading Comprehension: supporting detail]

Listening

Question type: True/False

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

[AUDIO: Survival Against the Odds, Audio: CD1, Track 15, paragraphs 4 – 7:

Survival Against the Odds
………
Another such tale of survival against the odds can be told by Eric Le Marque, a hockey player who played with the French national Olympic team during the 1994 Olympics. One day in February 2004, Le Marque set out for a day of snowboarding in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. But by the end of the day, Le Marque found himself in a life-or-death situation.

While looking for a good place to snowboard, Le Marque lost his way and ended up in the wilderness at the back of the mountain. Le Marque, who had expected to just be out for a couple of hours, had no food, very few supplies, and his cell phone battery was dead. All he had was a seemingly useless pocket radio. Once he realized he was lost, he decided to keep moving. Unfortunately, he chose the wrong direction and, over the next few days, moved farther and farther away from safety and rescue. Knowing that eating snow lowers body temperature, Le Marque ate only tree bark and pine seeds.

After a few days Le Marque had an idea that may have saved his life. He turned the pocket radio into a kind of compass. He noticed that whenever he pointed the radio in a certain direction, the reception for a local radio station grew stronger. Using this radio reception as a guide, Le Marque switched direction and started walking towards safety and, ultimately, rescue. 

For days, Le Marque struggled through hunger, freezing temperatures, and 12-foot (4-meter) deep snow. By the eighth day, Le Marque was so weak and his legs were so frostbitten that he could no longer walk or even stand. He was in such bad condition that he began hallucinating that his situation was just a video game. He recalls thinking, “The game is over. Let's reset it. I give up.” Le Marque was at the point of exhaustion and death when he was found by rescuers in a helicopter. Although he lost his legs to frostbite, Le Marque’s survival experience left him with more of an appetite for life than ever before. After being fitted with artificial limbs, he vowed to go snowboarding again. Only in the future, he plans to be much better prepared.]

21. Eric Le Marque played with the American national Olympic team in 2004. ____

[Answer: False
Learning Objective: Listening Comprehension: supporting detail]

22. Le Marque returned from a day of uneventful snowboarding. ____

[Answer: False
Learning Objective: Listening Comprehension: supporting detail]

23. Le Marque had not planned to stay out long so he didn’t have any supplies. ____

[Answer: True
Learning Objective: Listening Comprehension: supporting detail]

24. He used his radio as a compass and switched direction. ____

[Answer: True
Learning Objective: Listening Comprehension: inference]

25. Le Marque fought to stay alive for days, with no food, freezing temperatures, and 4-meter deep snow. ____
[Answer: True
Learning Objective: Listening Comprehension: main idea]

26. Le Marque lost his appetite for life after he lost his legs to frostbite. ____

[Answer: False
Learning Objective: Listening Comprehension: main idea]

Form, Meaning and Function

Question type: Multiple Choice

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

27.  A few years ago, I __________ to be an engineer, but I then switched to medicine.
A. am studying
B. was studying
C. had been studying
D. have been studying

[Answer: B
Learning Objective: FMF]

28. Watch out! You ________  sit on that wet chair. It has just been painted.
A. were going 
B. was going to
C. were about to
D. will

[Answer: C
Learning Objective: FMF]