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Test Bank For Reading Across the Disciplines College Reading and Beyond, 8th edition Kathleen T. McWhorter

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Reading Across the Disciplines College Reading and Beyond

Eighth Edition Kathleen T. McWhorter, Niagara County Community College

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Part 1 A Handbook for Reading and Thinking in College

Chapter 1 READING ACTIVELY Exercise 1-1 Evaluating Textbook Learning Aids Answers will vary. Exercise 1-2 Active Reading (p. 33) 1 Copyright © 2025, 2018, 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

1. annotate as you read, compare and contrast the poems’ subject matter, language, and meaning 2. underline key steps, visualize the process, focus on overall purpose of the lab 3. underline, write summary notes, discover how the article relates to course content Exercise 1-3 What Did You Learn from Previewing? (p. 37) 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F Exercise 1-4 Previewing (p. 38-40) 1. the nature of zoos 2. Zoos can help prevent the extinction of species. 3. Zoos kept animals in small cages and the animals’ welfare was not important. 4. Answers will vary. 5. Answers will vary. Exercise 1-5 Activating Background Knowledge (p. 41) Answers will vary. Exercise 1-6 Checking Your Comprehension (p. 42) Answers will vary. Exercise 1-7 Using SQ3R (p. 44) Answers will vary. Exercise 1-8 Highlighting 1 (p. 46-47) 1. B 2. Example A contains too much highlighting. Too many details are highlighted, and the highlighting will not save much time in reviewing. Exercise 1-9 Highlighting 2 (p. 47) Answers will vary. See AIE for sample highlighting. Exercise 1-10 Annotating 1 (p. 54) Answers will vary. See AIE for sample annotations. Exercise 1-11 Annotating 2 (p. 54) Answers will vary.

Exercise 2-2 Drawing a Conceptual Map (p. 60-61) 1. meeting the basic needs of society 2. take over from older generation, keep society going 3. young to become contributors to welfare of society 4. Religious Institution; bearable or satisfying 5. makes and enforces laws to prevent destabilization of society 6. Economic Institution Exercise 2-3 Drawing a Conceptual Map 2 (p. 61) Answers will vary. Exercise 2-4 Drawing a Process Diagram 1 (p. 62-63) 1. bill 2. vote 3. Senate 4. president 5. signs 6. 2/3 vote 7. does not pass 8. law; U.S. Criminal Codes Exercise 2-5 Drawing a Process Diagram 2 (p. 64) Answers will vary. Exercise 2-6 Drawing a Time Line (p. 65-66) Answers will vary. Exercise 2-7 Drawing a Part and Function Diagram (p. 66) Answers will vary. Exercise 2-8 Paraphrasing 1 (p. 68) 1. 2 2. Paraphrase 1 does not contain the important idea that silence varies cross culturally. Paraphrase 3 is inaccurate (not all Siberian women are silent) and it does not explain that silence is a form of communication that varies cross-culturally. It does not explain that silence does not always indicate powerlessness. Exercise 2-9 Paraphrasing 2 (p. 69) Answers will vary. Exercise 2-10 Summarizing 1 (p. 70) There are three stages in the general adaptation syndrome, which is the body’s response to stress. In the first stage, called alarm reaction, the sympathetic nervous system increases activity as part of the “fight- or-flight” syndrome. This response includes dilated pupils and bronchial passages, a slowed digestive system, and increases in heart rate, blood sugar, blood pressure, and blood flow to skeletal muscles. The endocrine system also produces more cortisol, which is a critical 3 Copyright © 2025, 2018, 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

hormone in the body’s response to stress. Body systems return to normal in the second stage, called the stage of resistance. In this stage, the stimulus has ceased to produce stress because the person is able to adapt and cope. Factors that contribute to this coping ability include physical and mental health, education, experiences, and support networks. The third stage is exhaustion, which results from prolonged exposure to a stressor or an especially severe stressor. In this stage, a person is unable to resist or adapt to the stressor, which may result in serious illness; however, most people do not get to this stage. Exercise 2-11 Summarizing 2 (p. 70) Answers will vary. Exercise 2-12 Using Recall Strategies (p. 73) Answers will vary. Some suggested answers follow. 1. You could organize the features and examples according to each type of market; you could take notes, highlight, and/or outline the material as well as read it aloud. 2. Before you begin reading, you could plan to remember key ideas as well as controversial opinions about the different causes; you could associate each cause with what you already know about the loss of forests from your trips to Colorado. 3. You could create a mental image of the name of each bone written on your hand and wrist.

Chapter 3 VOCABULARY BUILDING Exercise 3-1 Using Definition Clues 1 (p. 77) 1. facts or information that support the truth or validity of something 2. a strong attractive force that holds atoms together 3. hearing 4. a group of animal or plants that share similar characteristics and are able to interbreed 5. periods of time between an infection and appearance of a symptom Exercise 3-2 Using Definition Clues 2 (p. 78) 1. the period of growth from childhood to maturity 2. small, closely knit groups of friends who spend most or all of their time together 3. individuals who have friends from several cliques but belong to none 4. individuals with few friends 5. loose associations of cliques that usually meet on weekends Exercise 3-3 Using Example Clues 1 (p. 79) 1. reserved; restrained 2. information about performance or results 3. materials 4. natural, necessary, unconscious bodily activities 5. words with identical pronunciations but different spellings and meanings Exercise 3-4 Using Example Clues 2 (p. 80) 1. a lake zone near the shore in which abundant light and nutrients support a diverse plant and animal community 2. photosynthesizing, microscopic organisms present in a lake’s littoral zone 3. non-photosynthesizing, microscopic organisms present in a lake’s littoral zone 4. an open-water lake zone that allows enough light for photosynthesis; it is inhabited by bacteria, zooplankton, crustaceans, and fish 5. a deep, dark lake zone that does not support photosynthesis; it is inhabited by decomposers, detritus feeders, and fish 6. Answers will vary but may include cattail, bulrush, protist, crustacean, detritus, and larvae. Definitions can be found in a general dictionary or biological dictionary. Exercise 3-5 Using Contrast Clues 1 (p. 81) 1. wealthy; well-to-do 2. doubtful 3. agreed 4. condemned; spoke against 5. renovated; changed; updated Exercise 3-6 Using Contrast Clues 2 (p. 82) 1. misleading, deceptive 2. living in luxury, indulging in fancy tastes 5 Copyright © 2025, 2018, 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

3. rejects, turns away from; abstains from 4. modest, plain, simple 5. someone from high society, far from the “common man” Exercise 3-7 Using Logic of the Passage Clues 1 (p. 83) 1. incorporated; absorbed 2. financially supported 3. place of safety 4. frightened; deterred 5. future situation that cannot be predicted with certainty Exercise 3-8 Using Logic of the Passage Clues 2 (p. 83-84) 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. a 5. d Exercise 3-9 Using Prefixes 1 (p. 88) 1. Uni 2. Bi 3. pseudo 4. sub 5. Multi Exercise 3-10 Using Prefixes 2 (p. 89) 1. bi 2. sub 3. im 4. ir 5. mis 6. multi 7. inter 8. dis 9. sub 10. retro Exercise 3-11 Using Roots 1 (p. 91) 1. a duplicate copy or reproduction made photographically 2. ability to be seen 3. written evidence of one’s qualifications 4. to guess, reflect, take a risk 5. a tract of land; the character or quality of land 6. hearing; a performance by an actor or artist trying out for a part 7. a study of the physics of the stars 8. a record of events in time order or sequence 9. a person’s signature 10. the study of earth 6 Copyright © 2025, 2018, 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Exercise 3-12 Using Roots 2 (p. 92) 1. voc 2. bio 3. bene 4. logy 5. gyneco Exercise 3-13 Using Suffixes 1 (p. 94) 1. conversation 2. assistant 3. qualifications 4. internship 5. eaten 6. audible 7. seasonable 8. permission 9. instructive 10. memory/remembrance Exercise 3-14 Using Suffixes 2 (p. 95) 1. biologists 2. impassable 3. oceanic 4. geological 5. continuous Exercise 3-15 Understanding Idioms (p. 96) 1. a police investigation that was never solved 2. focus her attention on 3. get a decision from 4. make it difficult to tell the difference between 5. became angry