Reading Building 2 – Unit 7

Understanding the Heart – Comprehension Questions

A. Read the article on page 42 and make short answers.
1. Which organ does your whole body depend on?
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2. How many chambers are there inside your heart?
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3. How is blood carried throughout the body?
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4. What do arteries do?
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5. What color are arteries?
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6. What do veins do?
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7. Are veins pink or blue?
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8. How long would your blood vessels be if they were lined up end to end?
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9. How big is an average heart?
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10. How many times does a heart beat per minute?
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11. How much blood does an adult heart pump each day?
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 Reading Building 2 – Unit 7
Understanding the Heart – Vocabulary Questions
1. Do the people who pump gas in gas stations make a lot of money?
2. Which area of Taipei has the best shops?
3. Do you know how the organs in your body work?
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5. Have you ever punched anyone with your fist? Who? Why?
6. Is your heart beating quickly or slowly at the moment?
7. Who do you depend on to give you food and a place to live?
8. DO you plan to keep your English studies going after you graduate?
9. Do you prefer to spend your free time inside or outside?
10. How many separate arguments have you had with your family this week? (Not
arguments about the same topic.)
11. How many chambers are there in your heart? (four)
12. How many heartbeats per minute is normal and healthy?
13. Do you think that school fills your brain with useful information?
14. Do you feel sick if you see blood?
15. How many empty chairs are there in this room?
16. Do you know how the circulatory system works?
17. What things do you always carry with you?
18. What is a snack that is popular throughout Taiwan?
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20. Which are smaller, arteries or blood vessels?
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22. Do we need oxygen or CO2 to breathe?
23. Can you imagine what the world will be like in 100 years?
24. When do you have to line up in school?
25. If all the books in this classroom are lined up end to end, how long would the line
be?
26. Do you know how to wrap bandages around your arm if you break it?
27. How many text/Line messages do you send each day?
28. What is something that you think is surprisingly tasty? (Before you tried it, you
thought it would be disgusting, but actually it’s good.)
29. How many adults are there in this room?
30. Is it hard or easy to study English?
31. Around how many students are there in your school?
32. How many times per week do you study English?
33. How many liters of water should you drink each day?
34. What is your daily amount of homework? (1 hour, 2 hours, etc.)
35. How many times do you exercise each week?
36. What is the best way to get your brain working in the morning?