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Unit 1: What’s the Weather Like?
Listening Practice 1 (CD1, Track 1)
Mom: Justin, ________ an ____________ _______ you.
Justin: Why? It’s _______.
Mom: I just watched the ___________ ____________. It’s going to _______ later.
Justin: Oh, really? That’s _________. I wanted to play baseball with my friends.
Mom: Sorry, Justin. Oh! It might be __________ __________ this afternoon, so don’t ________ to ________ your
_________ too.
Justin: __________, I won’t. Thanks, Mom.

Listening Practice 2 (CD1, Track 2)
1) It’s hot and _________ in ______________ today, so don’t __________ your ______________.
2) In Tokyo, ____________ a ___________ of rain or a ________________. You’ll need an ______________ and a rain coat.
3) It’s __________ in Moscow today, so you need to ________ a ________ _________.
4) In Busan, it’s going to be ________ and _________. __________ ________ a jacket.

Listening Practice 3 (CD1, Track 3)
Good afternoon, everybody. I’m John Warner for the ____________ ___________. It’s a hot and ________ day today
with a _______ of 31 __________. Tomorrow is going to be a ___________ day. It’s going to be sunny and ________.
The _______________ will be _________ 25 degrees _____________ _____ _______, but there is a chance of an
____________ __________. So don’t forget to ________ an ___________ ______ you.

Listening Practice 4 (CD1, Track 4)
Beth: Hello?
Chris: Hi, Beth. _______ ____ Chris.
Beth: Hi, Chris. Are you _________ ___ Seattle today ________ New York?
Chris: Yep. I am going to ________ ___ Seattle around 9 _________ and stay _______ Sunday, so I will be _________
_____ three days.
Beth: __________. I am so __________!

Chris: The problem is I don’t know ________ ___ __________. What’s the ___________ ________?
Beth: Right now it’s __________ and __________.
Chris: What about _____________?
Beth: I _________ it’s going to be hot and humid _______ __ _______ _______ will ________ 29 degrees. Oh, and
there’s a __________ of a ______________.
Chris: What about Sunday?
Beth: I ________ _________ about Sunday.
Chris: OK. Well, I will ________ my __________, sunglasses, and also an umbrella.
Beth: Yeah, _______ __________ _______. _________ _____ _________ you arrive.
Chris: OK. _____ ______ _______ ________.
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Unit 2: What Do You Like about Your Favorite Season?
Listening Practice 1 (CD1, Track 5)
Aaron: It’s _______ ___ __________ _____! The sun is _________, and it’s hot and _________. ______ you love
_________, Sarah?
Sarah: Hey, Aaron. _____ ______! I _______ __________ __________ it’s too hot.
Aaron: What is your __________ __________, then?
Sarah: I like winter. In ________ you can do __ ______ ____ _____ _________ like skiing, ______________, and iceskating.
Aaron: I _______ __________. The weather __ _________. Don’t you _____ ________?
Sarah: Nope. My coat, ________ _________, __________ ______ _________, and soft _______ keep me _______. I
also love to _____ ___________ _________ _______ like hot beef _______ and __________ scalloped
______________.
Aaron: Well, I _________ summer. Oh, I am going windsurfing _____________ ___ _____ _________. Do you want to
come?
Sarah: Thanks for the ______________, but I prefer to ________ __________ with the _____ ____________.

Listening Practice 2 (CD1, Track 6)
1) Tim: I like summer. _________ ____ _______, I love to go snorkeling ___ _____ __________ and see the beautiful
_________ __________.
2) Lindsey: I ______ _________. I love watching the ______ ________ ______ _________ at the park.
3) Kyle: My ___________ ________ is fall. I like __________ ______________ with colorful __________.
4) Christina: Winter is my favorite _________ ___________ I love buying ____________ _______ for my friends and
_________.

Listening Practice 3 (CD1, Track 7)
Hi. My ________ is Min, and ____ ________ Daegu, Korea. My ___________ _________ ___ _______ because the
__________ __________ are beautiful and, the _________ __________ is ___ _________. One of my favorite things
to do in fall is to ________ _____ _____________ house. They have a _______ __________ ______ a scary-looking
_____________ in the _______________. My family and I go _________ _________ ________ and stay for about a
week __ _______ ________ _______ corn and rice. My grandparents always cook __________ _______ _____
_____. That is __________ why we all _____ __ ____ _________ every fall.

Listening Practice 4 (CD1, Track 8)
Paul: Hello?
Kelly: Hello, ___ _______ _________ __________?
Paul: This is Paul.
Kelly: It’s me, Kelly. _____ ________ _____ ________?
Paul: Kelly! Hi! _____ ________ ________. _______ about you?
Kelly: I’ve been __________ ________ skiing, snowboarding, and ice-skating.
Paul: Is it ________ ________ _________?
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Kelly: Yeah. It’s really ________ ______ __________ here right now in Canada. I think I ________ __ _______ ______

I was ___ _____ ________ last week. What’s it like in Sydney?
Paul: It is ______ ______ __________ ________ ______. I have been __________ _______ ____ ____ ______ at the
beach. You should come ___ _______. I haven’t seen you in forever, and we can ___ ___ _____ _________ and have
fun.
Kelly: That ________ ___ _________. I really want to, but I ________. It’s too ___________!
Paul: ________ you could _____ _______ ________ to buy you a plane ________ _____ __________.
Kelly: Ha! I’ll ask, but I ___ _________ ________ they will say no.

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Unit 3: Fun in the Sun
Listening Practice 1 (CD1, Track 9)
Mom: Dale, _________ ______ _____ _________?
Dale: I’m going ___ _____ __________. Tony and I are _________ _________ and surfing.
Mom: It is going to be ________ ______ ________. You should wear _______ __________ if you don’t want to _____
____________.
Dale: Yeah, I know. I ______ ______ some ____.
Mom: You ________ ______a hat too.
Dale: I ______ my hat ___, Mom.
Mom: Are you sure you _______ ____________ _____ _______? Did you ___________ ___ ______ your surfboard,
swimming __________, and __________?
Dale: Oops! I _______ ___ ______ my swimsuit. _________, Mom.
Mom: I ________ you are _________ ___ ____ now. Don’t be _____ _______, Dale.
Dale: OK. I’m going to ______ ________ __ Tony’s house, but I’ll ______ ______ ________ ________.

Listening Practice 2 (CD1, Track 10)
1) ___ _________, Jimmy likes to ______ _________ ________ a big tree _____ ____ ________. He takes

____________ ________ and ____________ to eat.
2) Max and his sister like to have ______ ________ ___ ____ ____________ in summer. They make water ________
and ________ water ______.
3) ___ _________ _______, Kelly likes to ________ ___________ with her little brother __ ____ _____________. She
takes a __________ and a ________ ________ _____.
4) Sophie ________ ___ ___ paddle boating with her dad __ _____ _______ ___ __________. She _______
_________ to bring a _____ __________ and sunglasses.

Listening Practice 3 (CD1, Track 11)
Hello, I’m Peter. _________ I am going to _______ _________ my __________ season. Out of all the _________, I like
summer ___ ________. I love it __________ of the sunny ___________ and fun things I can do. ________ ____
________, I love to _______ ____ _______ and ________ ______ with my friends ___ ____ ________. When it’s
really hot, my ________ _______ my brother and me to the ________ __________ to _______ _________ movies.
We ________ _____ popsicles when it is ________ _____ too. Summer is _________ _______ ___ so many fun
things.

Listening Practice 4 (CD1, Track 12)
Judy: Peter? ___ _______ ______? _______ ___ ___________! What are you doing here?
Peter: I’m _______ __ ____ ________. It’s ________ ___________ to go inline-skating ________. Where are you
going, Judy?
Judy: I’m _______ ___ _____ _____________ _______ to buy a new swimsuit ______ ____________.
Peter: ______ ____ _____ ________ ___ ____ tomorrow?
Judy: I am _______ ___ _____ ________ tomorrow ______ _____ ________. Hey, do you _______ ___ ______
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_____?
Peter: Sure! ____ _______ ____.

Judy: We can ___ ___________ ________ like canoeing or jet skiing!
Peter: That ________ _____ _________ _____ ______. I want to do something that ________ ________ too much
_________.
Judy: How about _________?
Peter: _______ _________ _____________.
Judy: Great! _______ _________ ____ _________ your hat, sunscreen, swimsuit, and ____________.

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Unit 4: Fun in the Snow
Listening Practice 1 (CD1, Track 13)
Jack: Hey, Hanna. ______ _______ _________ ___________ ___________?
Hanna: Hey, Jack. It was nice. I just _______ ___ ________ and made ___________ ___________ with my family. My
favorite day was ________ ____ ________. I made ___________, snow _________, and had a huge
____________ ________ with my brother. What about you?
Jack: I had a ________ __________! My family and I ______ ____________ around Canada for two weeks. We
mostly just ________ __________, but ________ _______ ___ __ _________ we ________ _____ and did
fun things. Some of my favorite ___________were ice _________, playing ice hockey, and ________
____________.
Hanna: Wow! That ______ ______ _______ ___ _____!
Jack: I think it was my ______ winter __________ ___ _____.
Hanna: ________ _____! I hope next winter my family _________ ___ _______ __ _______. I would love to go
caravanning _________ ___________.
Listening Practice 2 (CD1, Track 14)
1) Penny did not ____ _____________ this winter. She ________ _________ beside the fireplace and _________
____________.
2) Kate went ___________ ____________ with her family in Canada.

3) Jacky ________ most of her _______ __________ at home ________ ___ _______ warm __________reading
books.
4) Tim went caravanning ___ ___________ for _________ _________ with his family.
Listening Practice 3 (CD1, Track 15)
Ice hockey is one of the ______ __________ winter _________. It is very popular in cold-weather __________ like
Canada, Russia, and the Czech Republic. In those countries, kids play ice hockey ___ ________ ________ and rivers.
______ ______ _______ ___ play _____ ________ are hockey ________, a hockey stick, and a ________. Ice hockey
is a ________ _______ ________.
Listening Practice 4 (CD1, Track 16)
Kids: _______ __________, Mrs. Green!
Mrs. Green: Welcome back, everybody. I _______ you all _________ your winter ________. Let’s _______ ________
what we did. I ______ _______ _______ mine. I went skiing and snowboarding with my family. We
_________ ____ a hotel for 3 _________ and skied every day. It was great.
Kids: Wow! That _______ _______ _______ fun.
Mrs. Green: It was. Tom, ________ _______ _____ _____?
Tom: ______ ________. I had a big __________ _______ and made ___________ ____________ with my brother.
Mrs. Green: That _______ _______ ______. Mel, what about you?
Mel: I went __________ ____ my grandparents’ house.
Mrs. Green: Cool. Jack, what did you do?
Jack: I _______ _____ __________ with my dad.
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Mrs. Green: Sounds ___________. It’s so wonderful to _______ _______ all _______ in class. Now, let’s ________
____ the homework I __________ before the ____________.
Kids: Ohhhh…

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Unit 5: The Hottest Places in the World
Listening Practice 1 (CD1, Track 17)
Mom: Have you __________ your ___________ _____?
Kid: _________. Done! Do you want to ________ ___ ____ _________ about the Sahara Desert?
Mom: ____ __________.
Kid: OK, _______ ___ ________. The Sahara __________ is the hottest place in the world. It is in Northern Africa and
_________ 11 countries. It is really _____ ________ because it’s ________ the _________. The desert is the _______
_______ as the United States. Only __ _____ ________ live there like camels, ________, and vipers. And only a few
________ _____ _______ there like _________ and ________ trees. Not many people live there _______ because
there isn’t ________ water. There are even huge _______ ________ as high ___180 meters.
Mom: That was ______ ____________, but it needs a little more _____________. It might be better to _________
some facts about the _________.
Kid: Oh. I ___________ forgot to ________ ________ that. How about ___ I _____ this, Mom? The __________
_____________ in the Sahara desert is _______ 30 degrees, but it can be __ _______ ___ 50 degrees _________ the
hot period.
Mom: It _______ _______ __________. ________ _______ ___ _________ tomorrow!
Listening Practice 2 (CD1, Track 18)
1) Lisa wants to go to the _________ __________ she _______ ___ ______ some piranhas. They are ______-eating
fish.
2) Mark wants to go to Egypt because he wants to see the __________. They are ____________ of _______ old.
3) Kevin wants to ___ ___ __________ because he wants to see bottlenose __________. They are very ________
animals and show great __________ to _________.
4) Max wants to go to ____________ because he wants to see ________ _________. They are very _________ and
_______ ____ ________.
Listening Practice 3 (CD1, Track 19)
_________ are many ______ _________ __________ the _________, but today we are only going to talk about two:

________ and ___________. Deserts are large _____ ________ of land. They have _______ ________ ________, and
not many people or animals can _________ in them. Some _________ deserts are the Sahara Desert and the Kalahari
Desert. ___________ ___________, on the other hand, _________ lots of rain. Rainforests are _______ ____
________ and _________. The largest one is the Amazon Rainforest. _______ _________ deserts and rainforests are
both hot _________, they ________ in _______ ________.
Listening Practice 4 (CD1, Track 20)
Lindsey: Hey, Tim. Wow, you _______ _________. Where did you go _____ _______ ___________?
Tim: Hi, Lindsey! I went to the ____________ with my family.
Lindsey: ______ ______ ____?
Tim: ___ _____ really hot and ________, but we ______ ___ _______ ______. We ________ seven days ___ ___
_________. We went swimming and ___________ ___ _____ ________ for the first five days, and then we spent
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_____ ______ ____ _____ rainforest. We saw over 500 different kinds of _________ ____ ________. Oh, and one
of the birds was _______, so we had to ________ it!
Lindsey: Cool. It sounds like you _____ _____ ___ ______. I want to go to the Philippines!
Tim: Yeah. It was cool. Oh, and I __________ ____________ _____ ______. Here!
Lindsey: Wow, ________! What is this?
Tim: The Philippines is ___________ _____ _________ ___________ like corals and ________. It is a ______
__________. I thought it would ________ _______ ___ ______.

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Unit 6: The Coldest Places in the World

Listening Practice 1 (CD1, Track 21)
Melinda: John! _________! The documentary on Greenland _______ _________.
John: I’m coming, Melinda. _______ _________ ___ record it ____ our ____________. Greenland is really cold, and
it’s ________ _______ snow and _____. It is also the _________ _________ in the world.
Melinda: It’s beautiful. _______ ___ the _______ ________ _______ and dogs. I ______ I ________ ______ there.
John: You can _______ live ________ _____ _________ because most of the ________ is covered ______ _____.
Melinda: Well, I will _______ ____ _____ ________ then. Look! What are they doing?
John: _______ _______ an ice fishing __________ and a dog _______ ________.
Melinda: That dog sled race ________ a _____ _______ if you _____ me. Look at the dogs. They seem so
___________.
John: Well, I ________ it is _______ of _______ _________. Now, let’s __________ the ___________ we ________
and start our assignment. Show me your _________.
Melinda: Oops. I didn’t ________ anything _______.
Listening Practice 2 (CD1, Track 22)
1. The _________ temperature of Eastern __________, Russia _________ _______ -20℃ to -11℃. The area is
__________, but only around 900 ____________ ___________ live there.
2. The __________ part of Finland is one of the __________ places ___ _________. Winter is 9 months long with
average ____________ of -20℃ to -15℃. The area is habitable and _______ __ _____ people live there.
3. The northern part of __________ has more than 7 _________ of winter. The average winter _____________
_________ ________ -15℃ to -6℃. Many ________ _______ in this area.
4. The ____________ temperature in the ___________ of _________ ___________ is __________ _______ -10 ℃.
The highlands are _____________ because of __________ _______.
Listening Practice 3 (CD1, Track 23)
What is it like in ____________? It is the coldest place ___ _____ __________, and the temperature ________ can
_________ -89 degrees. __________ _____ ___ ___ _______ is covered with snow and ice. Only a few _______ ____
animals, like _________ and _______, live there. There are no ___________ _______ ___________ in Antarctica. The
only human residents of Antarctica are the few thousand ____________ who go there _____________ _____
___________ every year. They ____________ go to Antarctica just __________ ____ ___________ _________
because the _________ during the other _________ is _____________.
Listening Practice 4 (CD1, Track 24)

Joe: _______ _____ ________ winter ____________, Jenny?
Jenny: It was OK. I just ________ ________ and ________ books. How about you, Joe? Did you ___ ___________
_________?
Joe: I went to Sweden and _________ ___ ___ _____ _________.
Jenny: Wow! That ________ ______! So was everything _________ ___ _____?
Joe: Yes! The ________, ______, and even cups ______ _______ ___ ice.
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Jenny: How can you _________ ____ a bed ________ of ice? It must be __________ cold ___ _______.
Joe: There are __________ _______ and _________ _______ on the bed to ________ _____ _______.
Jenny: Nice. _________ _______ did you do ___ your vacation?
Joe: Lots of things! We _____ a dog ______ _______, went skiing, and even _______ ____________.
Jenny: Cool! ________ _______ you had an ____________ ___________.

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Unit 7: People Love Pets!
Listening Practice 1 (CD1, Track 25)
Michael: Hello?
Jane: Hey, Michael. It’s Jane. ________ ______ ___ come over.
Michael: Why? I am _______ ___ _______ right now, Jane.
Jane: __________. I just got a new ______ __________.
Michael: Why did you _____one of those _______ things?
Jane: It is not ugly. It’s so _______. Its body is white with ________ _________ around its eyes and ________, and its

fur is very _________ _____ _______.
Michael: Jane, do you even know how to _______ __ _________?
Jane: Sure. It _____ ________ _______ like __________, _____________, and other __________. It can even eat
___________ if they are vegetables.
Michael: __ _______.
Jane: Hey, I still haven’t ________ _____ _____. Do you want to ________ ______and we can ________ ___ a name
together?
Michael: Umm. No thanks. I don’t think rabbits are very ___________.

Listening Practice 2 (CD1, Track 26)
1) Hi, I’m Helen. I have a ____ with long ________ _______. His name is _________. He loves climbing to high places
and _________ _____ ______.
2) My name is Jason, and I have a _____ _________. She’s small and has red and yellow _________. Her name is
Lucy. She loves to __________ _______ __ _____.
3) Hello. I’m Laura. I _______ __ _____ dog. He’s small and ______ ________ ________ and white _____. His name is
Bruno. He ______ playing _________ and _________ _____ _______ in the park.
4) Hi, I’m Phil. I have a pet ___________. It has orange _________, and its name is Cleopatra. It loves __________ in
its _______ and _________ _____ food.
Listening Practice 3 (CD1, Track 27)
Hi, ___________. My name is Kelly, and this is my pet dog Mickey. He has _______ ________ ______ and _________
______. I ________ him dog _______, but __________ when he _________ or does something good, I give him
________ _________ like __________ and steak! He is really ________. Mickey _________ the _____________
every morning and ________ when _________ come by the door. I love Mickey. He is the only one who can
________ ____ when I feel ________. When I cry, he comes and _______ the _______ _____ my face. No
__________ dogs can do that! Only Mickey! Isn’t he ___________?

Listening Practice 4 (CD1, Track 28)
Andrew: Hi, Cathy.
Cathy: Hi, Andrew. ________ ____ ______ _________ ___ my new cat?
Andrew: Aaaachew! I have a cat ________, Cathy!

Cathy: Oh. So you don’t like cats?
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Andrew: I like cats. I’m just ________ ___ them, so I can’t be _________ them for very long.
Cathy: That’s sad! That ________ you can’t ________ any kind of _____?
Andrew: No. I ___ just _________ ___ cats and dogs. Actually, I have a pet piranha.
Cathy: Really? What is that?
Andrew: A piranha is a meat-eating fish with sharp ___________ _______. My aunt who lives in ________
__________ ___ ______ me. It lives in an ___________ on my desk. Sometimes, I feed him ______ fish for a
_________!
Cathy: Whoa! That is _________. How big is it?
Andrew: Mine is 15 ____________ _______. Most are between 15-25 centimeters.
Cathy: Cool. What is its name?
Andrew: I _______ _____ Jaws because of his ________ ________.
Cathy: Nice name! ____ _______ ___ come and see him.

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Unit 8: I Want an Unusual Pet
Listening Practice 1 (CD1, Track 29)
Mrs. Green: Good morning, class. I _______ everyone _____________ ___ __________ their presentations on
_________ pets. Who wants to start?
Zach: Oh! I do! Mrs. Green, can I ___________ mine?
Mrs. Green: Sure. ____ __________.

Zach: I ___________ wallabies. They’re like ___________ ____________. They come from _________. They make
great pets because they have a _________ and _________ ___________. They eat ___________ and ______. You
can keep them __ _______ _________ when they are young, but when __________ old, it is better to _______
________ ___ your ____________. That is because they become more ________ and want to _______ __________
______________.
Mrs. Green: Very Good, Zach. ____________ _______?
Students: Me, me!!
Listening Practice 2 (CD1, Track 30)
1) Potbellied ______ are great pets because they have a _________ and ________ __________. They _____
__________ everything, so ___________ ________ is real easy. They usually live to be around 14 years old.
2) ________ snakes have beautiful color ___________ on their bodies. They eat living things such as _______, frogs,
and ________. They ___________ ______ to be around 15 years old.
3) Hedgehogs’ ________ are covered with _______ _________, and their ________ are covered with white _____.
They ______ their ________ _____ a ball when they are ___________. They eat insects and usually ______ ___ ____
around 5 years old.
4) ________ gliders have ______ that are _________ than their body. Their fur is usually _______ with black and
white ________. They love to _____ _________ and __________, and they live to be around 14 years old.
Listening Practice 3 (CD1, Track 31)
Do you _______ a pet that is _________ or _________? Then, why don’t you come around to Uncle Toby’s _____
_______! We have cute ________ _____ ________ in our store right now. Skunks can be great pets because they are
very ____________. Also, skunks are _________, ________, active, and _________. That makes them ______ ___
fun to play with. But remember _______ ___ ________ a skunk because they will ________ __ ________ you will
never _________.
Listening Practice 4 (CD1, Track 32)
Brian: Mom, come and ________ ______ _____ on TV! I want to get this as a pet!
Mom: Is that a tarantula? No way, Brian! You _______ ________ a tarantula _____ __ _____. They’re ___________.
Brian: They’re not __________, and they normally don’t ______ people _______ they are _________.
Mom: How are you going to ________ a _______ _________ like that in the house?
Brian: Well, it says here a box or ___________ with _____ holes in the top will make a good ______ for them. They
also like to _______ during the day, so they will need a small ________ ______ inside the box.

Mom: How are you going to ________ it, Brian?
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Brian: Tarantulas eat ____ _______ ___ ______. They love __________ the most, so I can just catch its food __ ____
_______!
Mom: OK, Brian, but I _________ ______ see that thing _________ _________ the house.

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Unit 9: Animal Groups
Listening Practice 1 (CD1, Track 33)
Ryan: What are you __________, Kelly?
Kelly: Hey, Ryan. I am reading about ________ __________ for a school _____________.
Ryan: What do you mean “animal groups”?
Kelly: Well, not all animals are the same. There are __________ six ___________ animal _________.
Ryan: What are they?
Kelly: _______, fish, insects, ___________, ______________, and __________. They all _______ in characteristics
and _____________.
Ryan: Oh, we __________ about this in _________ class, but I don’t remember the ___________. What are
__________ again?
Kelly: Mammals are animals that have _____________. They are __________________, and they _________ through
their ________.
Ryan: Right. What animals are __________ in that group?
Kelly: Dogs, ________, and ___________ are mammals.

Ryan: Oh, yeah. And what are _______________?
Kelly: I don’t know. I don’t really ______ any of the other groups _____________, so I only read about __________.
Listening Practice 2 (CD1, Track 34)
1) Animals in this group are _______________, covered with _________, and have ______. They can only _______ in
water and __________ through _______. Tuna and __________ _________ to this animal group.
2) Their bodies __________ ___ three parts. They have six _______, and they have _________ that help them to
______ ________. This group includes _______ and _______.
3) They don’t _____ _______, and they ________ their babies _______. They are ___________ _________ ___ other
groups, and they are warm-blooded. __________ and bears belong to this group.
4) Some of them have no _______ at all. They are cold-blooded, and they have dry, ________ ______. Snakes and
________ are ________ in this group.
Listening Practice 3 (CD1, Track 35)
Welcome to the __________ _______. Today, we are going to be __________ ____ birds. There are over a
____________ ___________ ________ of birds, and they are all very different. Now, ________ we go and see them, I
________ ______ ___ tell you __________ interesting: not all birds can ____. Even __________ all birds have
_______, there are some that cannot fly. __________, emus, and __________ are some ___________ of birds that
cannot fly. The differences _________ non-flying birds and __________ birds are that non-flying birds have small
wing _______ and more _________ on their wings. Another interesting thing is that __________ these birds cannot
fly, they have other ___________ like swimming and ___________. Now, let’s go and see the emus and _________.
______ ___ __ ________, please.
Listening Practice 4 (CD1, Track 36)
Jim: Hey, Kimmy. I _________ ______ you got an A for your _____________. What did you _______ about?
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Kimmy: Hey, Jim. I __________ amphibians with ____________.
Jim: Are __________ animals like frogs and snakes?
Kimmy: Well, snakes are reptiles, not _____________.

Jim: So what’s the ______________?
Kimmy: ___________ live __ _________ when they are young, and they live __ ________ when they are older.
Jim: What about _____________? They _______ ______ on land and in water.
Kimmy: Well, _________ have ________, and amphibians _______.
Jim: Ah! I _____ ____. Crocodiles have ________, so they’re reptiles.
Kimmy: Yes. What did you _______ _______ _______ ___, Jim?
Jim: Well, I wasn’t __________ ___ __________ animal groups, so I only _______ _______ ________.
Kimmy: You only wrote about _________? We _______ ___________ ___ compare two animal ________! What
_______ did you get?
Jim: I _____ __ D.

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Unit 10: Animals from Around the World
Listening Practice 1 (CD1, Track 37)
Chris: Hi, Beth. ________ ___ _______ big book you’re __________?
Beth: Hi, Chris. It’s a ________ about all the ____________ ________ ___ animals found __________ Australia.
Chris: ______ are you reading it?
Beth: It’s __________ _____. These animals are so _______. Let me _______ _____ some __________. Here is a
kangaroo, this is a _________, and that grey one over there is a __________.
Chris: __________ one is your ___________?
Beth: I like koalas. They’re the __________. They ________ most of their _______ in _______ and only _______ ___
____________. Which animal do you like the most?
Chris: I like kangaroos. I think it is ___________ they have __________ _____ their _________ to stay in. I wish I had
a ________. I would hide my ___________ _______ there.
Beth: You do have a pouch, Chris! It is _______ __ ________, and you _______ ____ __ your pants.
Chris: Oh, yeah. Ha ha. Hey, are Kangaroos ____________?

Beth: Nope. ___________, there are ______ ________ Kangaroos in Australia.
Listening Practice 2 (CD1, Track 38)
1) _________ live in the ___________ and _________ of China. They have _________ _________ around their eyes,
ears, and body. They ________ _____ __________, but sometimes they eat other food like ________, fish, and
___________.
2) Dromedary _________ are mostly ________ in Somalia. They have a ______ ___ ______ _______, and they have
long __________. They eat all kinds of __________.
3) _____________ live in _________ __________ and eat fruits, __________, and ________. They have black hair,
long _______ and ________ ______.
4) Anacondas live in the ________ of ________ ___________. They eat fish, birds, ________, and ______
__________. They are around 50 ________ long and have _______ green skin.
Listening Practice 3 (CD1, Track 39)
__________, everybody, to the ____________ Bear _________. Today, ___________, I am going to talk to you about
________. Bears are ________ ________ in _________ America, but some are also found in South America and
______. First, let’s look at ________ bears. They are the most _________ bears in North America and are the
_________ bears ___ _____. They have white fur and are _______ ___________. Next, let’s look at Andean bears.
They live in South America. They have dark brown _____ and ________ ______to help them ________ ______.
_________, let’s look at black _________ bears. They live in Asia and are smaller and _________ ______ other
______ of bears. They are also very ______ and _________. Now, I will ______ you a few ________ to look around.
Listening Practice 4 (CD1, Track 40)
Mr. Wood: Good ____________, students. Today’s class is about _________ that live in cold ___________. Who
knows some animals that live in cold countries? Yes, go ________ Lisa.
Lisa: _________, _______, and penguins live in ____________.
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Mr. Wood: Very good. How can they _________ in the cold ___________?
Lisa: They have _________ of fat and ________ _______ that __________ _______ _______ the _______

__________.
Mr. Wood: Excellent!
Lisa: Not only that! There’s more. Penguins _________ _________ in large groups and _________ next to _______
________ to stay warm.
Mr. Wood: Very good, Lisa! Animals in cold countries have __________ ____________ ___ the cold weather __
________ ___ survive.
Cathy: Does that _______ we will ________ thick ________ ___ _____ on our body like penguins if we live in
___________?
Class: No, Cathy!

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Unit 11: The Most Dangerous Animals in the World
Listening Practice 1 (CD1, Track 41)
Nicole: Hey, Andy. What are you watching?
Andy: Hey, Nicole. I’m _________ __ ______ about the most ___________ animals in the world.
Nicole: Cool. ________ animal does it _____ is the _______ ____________?
Andy: It ________ _______ _____, but I think _____________ are the most dangerous.
Nicole: Why?
Andy: Because they have 68 sharp ________ that can _______ almost ___________ – ________ people.
Nicole: So how many __________ do crocodiles _______ every year?
Andy: They kill about 800 people ________ ________.
Nicole: Oh, no! I ________ people who _______ _______ crocodiles should be very ___________.
Andy: Yep. That is why most _________ _____ ________ ________ crocodiles have strong _______ _________. The
crocodiles can’t __________ them.
Listening Practice 2 (CD1, Track 42)
1) The blue ___________ __________ lives in the _________ __________. It is only about the ______ __ a golf

_______, but it _________ _________ __________ that can kill people ____________.
2) A box _______ ______ lives in __________ _______ and is one of the most ________ ________ _________. A
________ from a box ______ _______ can ____________ or even kill other animals.
3) _________ fish live in tropical areas. They do not ________ humans, but ________ ________ in their _________
and skin that can _________ ___________ breathing and ____________ _________.
4) ________ live in every _________ in the world. They are __________ __________ to humans, but if they do
________, their sharp teeth can be __________.
Listening Practice 3 (CD1, Track 43)
_________ are one of the most deadly animals __ _____ _________. They live in almost every country in the world.
They are cold-blooded and __________, which means they sleep during the day and ______ at night. Although they
are small, ________ ________ can cause ________ ______. Most scorpions are not deadly to ________, but __
_____ ___ them are. They kill around 2,000 people _______ year with their _________.
Listening Practice 4 (CD1, Track 44)
Beth: Gotcha! I hate _____________!
Chris: Me too.
Beth: Did you know that _____________ are the most _____________ _________ in the world?
Chris: No, way!
Beth: I just _______ that mosquitoes kill over 2 _________ people every year.
Chris: But they’re so _______! How can they kill that many people?
Beth: Mosquitoes ________ ________ ___________ like malaria and yellow _______. When a mosquito ______ __
_________, it can ________ ____ a deadly ________.
Chris: Oh, no! Do all mosquitoes ________ ___________?
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Beth: Well, mosquitoes in __________ areas are ___________ the most dangerous.
Chris: _______ _______?
Beth: There is no cold weather in tropical areas, so mosquitoes _________ _____ _______ ________. That ________

more _____________ and more __________.
Chris: That is __________!

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Unit 12: Animals Long Ago
Listening Practice 1 (CD1, Track 45)
Brian: Hey, Colleen. What are you reading?
Colleen: Hey, Brian. I am reading a book about ____________. It’s really _______.
Brian: I have a __________: What ________ ___ all of the __________? My grandmother said they were ______
____ by a huge ________ that ____ ____ ________ ___________ of years ago.
Colleen: Uh-huh.
Brian: But my sister ________ there was an ______ ______ when everything in the world was covered with ice, and
all of the ___________ ________ ___ ________. Who is right?
Colleen: Well, __________ really knows. ____________ know that the dinosaurs ________ ____ about 65
__________ years _____, but they are not _________ ______ what happened.
Listening Practice 2 (CD1, Track 46)
1) Tyrannosaurus rex _________ _________ about 65 million years ago. They were the _________ ______________
in the world, __________ about 13 meters in length.
2) The quaggas were ________ with stripes on only the front _______ ___ ________ _______. They were
__________ for their _______ and skin. The last one ___ ________ died in 1883.
3) The ________ elk went _________ about 11,000 years ago. They were the biggest ________ in the world, and had
huge _________ of up to 3.5 meters _______.
4) The Cave lions became __________ about 10,000 years ago. They were the _________ ______ that ever
________. Some of them were bigger than _________ lions.
Listening Practice 3 (CD1, Track 47)
What is an ________ animal? It is a kind of animal that ___ _________ ________ __________ in the world. The dodo

bird is a very famous __________. It went _________ ______ 300 years ago. It became extinct because people
________ it. Today, only __________ and ___________ of the dodo bird are _______. __________ extinct bird is the
Moa. It used to live in _____ __________, but it ___________ about 500 years ago. The Maori people of New
Zealand hunted Moa for their meat, ____________, and ________. Some Moa _______ very large, and the largest
one was 3.7 meters ________.
Listening Practice 4 (CD1, Track 48)
Teacher: OK, ________. Can anyone ____________ any of the extinct animals we talked about today? Yes, Mary?
Mary: The ____________ _________.
Teacher: Good. Can you tell us about it?
Mary: Well, it lived in North America, and it was very ___________, until it went extinct.
Teacher: OK, Mary. Why did it go __________?
Mary: People _________ it for food and ___________ the ______________where it lived.
Teacher: And _______ did it ____ extinct?
Mary:: The last ___________ __________ ________ in 1914.
Teacher: Thanks, Mary. Anyone else? Dale?
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Dale: The Bali ________.
Teacher: OK. What __________ ___ the Bali ________?
Dale: It lived on the _________ of Bali, ____________. People ___________ its _______ and hunted it. The last
________ _________ ______ ________ in 1937.
Teacher: Great, Dale. OK, everyone. Class is ________. _________ a ________ day!

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Review 1 Units 1-12
Listening Review 1
Good morning, everybody. I’m Mike Kent ______ the ___________ ___________. It’s a _______ day right now with a
___________ of around 22 degrees. ________ ____ this afternoon, it will get _______ ______ with a __________
high of around 31 _________. Tomorrow is going to be another _____________ day with the _________ of an
____________ _________, so it is a good idea to take your umbrella.
Listening Review 2
Linda: Hey, Tim. Where did you ___ _______ your __________?
Tim: Hi, Linda! I went to _____________ for five days with my __________.
Linda: How was it?
Tim: It was _________ _______, but we _____ __ ________ ________. We stayed __ ____ __________ and
snowboarded, ice-skated, and ________ ice-hockey for the _______ three days. Then, we ________ two days
__________ sled-dog races and ice fishing. My family ______ ______ a ________ ___ the sled-dog ________.
Linda: What was the ________?
Tim: We won a __________! Come here, Max!
Linda: Wow! He is _____________.
Tim: He sure is!
Listening Review 3
Tim: Jamie, do you _______ __ _____?
Jamie: Yes. I’ve got a ___________. His name is Frank. He’s very _______ and __________. What about you, Tim? Do
you have a pet?
Tim: No, I don’t. I’m _________ ___ most animals, but my _________ does. He has a _______ and an ___________
_______ ___ _______. He also has a cat and a dog.
Jamie: Wow, his house is just like a small ______!

Listening Review 4
Nicole: Hey, Andy. What are you doing here __ ____ ___________?
Andy: Hey, Nicole. I’m just ___________ some _______ _____ __ ________ I am writing on __________ foods.
Nicole: ___________ _______? How can foods be dangerous?

Andy: Have you ever _________ ____ puffer fish?
Nicole: Oh. Is that the ____________ fish they eat __ ________?
Andy: Yep! _________ ________ and skin _________ __________. If it is not _________ __________, it can be
deadly.
Nicole: Wow. ________ _____ ______ _______ it is safe to eat?
Andy: _________ need a ___________ and special __________ to ________ it.
Nicole: Wow!
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Listening Review 5
__________ became __________ ___________ of years ago. Nobody knows ______ _______ how they became
extinct, but we do know __ ______ about them. Some of them _____ _______, dangerous __________ with sharp,
_________ teeth, and others were small, ________ _________. There were ___________ ___ ___________
_________ that lived in both cold and __________ areas of the world. ___________ we don’t know what made them
_____ off, ___________ keep __________ their _________ to find out.

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