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THIRD EDITION

Skills for Success


READING AND WRITING

Colin S. Ward | Margot F. Gramer

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CONTENTS
Welcome to Q: Skills for Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
What is IQ Online? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

UNIT 1 Sociology – How do you make a good first impression? 2


Reading 1: Small Talk: A Big Deal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Critical Thinking Strategy: Identifying a causal chain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Reading Skill: Identifying main ideas and supporting details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Reading 2: 21st Century Job Interviews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Work with the Video: Advice on a Good First Impression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary to identify word forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Writing Skill: Organizing and developing a paragraph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Grammar: Real conditionals: present and future. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Unit Assignment: Write a “how to” paragraph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

UNIT 2 Nutritional Science – What makes food attractive? 28


Reading 1: Knowing Your Tastes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Critical Thinking Strategy: Making inferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Reading Skill: Previewing a text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Reading 2: Eating with Our Eyes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Work with the Video: Soul Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Vocabulary Skill: Use of context to understand words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Writing Skill: Using descriptive adjectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Grammar: Use and placement of adjectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Unit Assignment: Write a descriptive paragraph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

UNIT 3 Information Technology – How has technology affected our lives? 54


Reading 1: Cars That Think . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Critical Thinking Strategy: Identifying advantages and disadvantages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Reading Skill: Taking notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Reading 2: Classrooms without Walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Work with the Video: How Algorithms Changed the World. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Vocabulary Skill: Synonyms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Writing Skill: Writing a summary and a personal response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Grammar: Parallel structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Unit Assignment: Write a summary and a personal response paragraph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

UNIT 4 Marketing – Does advertising help or harm us? 80


Reading 1: Can Targeted Ads Change You?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Reading Skill: Distinguishing facts from opinions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Reading 2: In Defense of Advertising. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Critical Thinking Strategy: Using a Venn diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Work with the Video: How Tech Companies Monetize Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Vocabulary Skill: Suffixes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Writing Skill: Writing an opinion essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Grammar: Compound sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Unit Assignment: Write an opinion essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
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UNIT 5 Psychology – How do people overcome obstacles? 104
Reading 1: How People Learn to Become Resilient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Critical Thinking Strategy: Justifying your opinion of a text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Reading Skill: Using referents to understand contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Reading 2: The Climb of My Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Work with the Video: Shona Regains Her Confidence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary to find the correct meaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Writing Skill: Writing a narrative essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Grammar: Shifts between past and present time frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Unit Assignment: Write a narrative essay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

UNIT 6 Neurology – Are you a good decision maker? 130


Reading 1: The Lazy Brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Reading Skill: Using a graphic organizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Reading 2: Problem-Solvers: Which One Are You? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Critical Thinking Strategy: Classifying Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Work with the Video: Intuition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Vocabulary Skill: Phrasal verbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Writing Skill: Stating reasons and giving examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Grammar: Gerunds and infinitives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Unit Assignment: Write an analysis essay with reasons and examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

UNIT 7 Economics – Can a business earn money while making a difference? 158
Reading 1: FEED Projects: How a Bag Can Feed Children in Many Ways. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Reading Skill: Using a timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Reading 2: A New Business Model: Do Well While Doing Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Critical Thinking Strategy: Adding details to support statements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Work with the Video: Ecotourism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Vocabulary Skill: Collocations with verbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Writing Skill: Writing a cause/effect essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Grammar: Complex sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Unit Assignment: Write a cause/effect essay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

UNIT 8 Behavioral Studies – What does it take to be successful? 186


Reading 1: Fast Cars, Big Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Reading Skill: Scanning a text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Reading 2: Practice Makes . . . Pain?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Critical Thinking Strategy: Identifying problems and solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Work with the Video: Sports Scholarships in the USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Vocabulary Skill: Collocations with adjectives + prepositions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Writing Skill: Writing an argumentative essay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Grammar: Sentence fragments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Unit Assignment: Write an argumentative essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Vocabulary List and CEFR Correlation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212


Authors and Consultants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
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