- For thousands of years, the spinning of wool into yarn was done by hand. Yarn was made in the home on a very simple spinning wheel. Today, in industrialized countries, spinning at home has almost disappeared. Yarn for cloth is spun on very complicated machinery in
Your answer:
countries
schools
factories
homes
- If the earth did not rotate on its axis, half of the surface would always have daylight, whereas the other half would have unending
Your answer:
play
day
sleep
night
- In some parts of the world, many people live on houseboats. Children are born on houseboats, live there all their lives, and die there without having known any other home. They may go to work in cities or towns, but at night they go back to their homes on the
Your answer:
hill
water
farms
shore
- On some U.S. roads there are cruising service trucks. When motorists have car trouble, they need only pull off the road and in some way signal to show that they need
Your answer:
directions
a new car
money
help
- Margarita wore a warm sweater to school,but in the afternoon the temperature had risen so much that she
Your answer:
gave it to her girl friend
did not need the sweater
was glad to wear the sweater
needed a warmer sweater
- My appointment with the doctor was at nine o'clock in the morning. I did not know that my alarm clock was an hour slow, so I overslept and arrived at the doctor's office
Your answer:
in a taxi
an hour late
an hour early
before the doctor
- There are many dirt roads in some parts of the country. One can drive a car on these roads in dry weather, but in wet weather the roads are too
Your answer:
icy
crooked
muddy
dusty
- When we see a plane in the sky, we are likely to think that it has the whole sky to fly in and can freely fly in any direction. But pilots follow assigned air routes just as strictly as bus drivers follow assigned
Your answer:
van routes
plane schedules
passengers
bus routes
- Just before school started in the morning, traffic was very heavy. As soon as the bell rang, the cars were all gone; and the traffic officer
Your answer:
blew the whistle
came on duty
went away
directed traffic
- Coffee contains caffeine, which acts as a mild stimulant and is not good for young children. Although some children like coffee with milk and sugar in it, most parents do not give coffee to young children because it is also
Your answer:
sweet
imported
hot
a stimulant