PASSAGES Unit 6

Question 1

canvas

Answer 1

A piece of cloth on a frame to be used for a painting

Question 2

Ignition

Answer 2

The place where a car key is inserted to start the car

Question 3

Epidemic

Answer 3

illness that spreads through a population

Question 4

Famine

Answer 4

A serious shortage of food

Question 5

Hijacking

Answer 5

Stealing a vehicle or airplane

Question 6

Kidnapping

Answer 6

Holding a person in exchange for money

Question 7

Natural disaster

Answer 7

Destructive force of nature, such as a flood, typhoon, earthquake, etc.

Question 8

Political crisis

Answer 8

A crucial political situation that may result in negative change.

Question 9

Rebellion

Answer 9

Resistance to a government

Question 10

Recession

Answer 10

Slow or falling economy

Question 11

Robbery

Answer 11

Taking another’s possessions illegally

Question 12

Scandal

Answer 12

An action that is considered against moral standards and that has been made public

Question 13

Kind of

Answer 13

A little; not a lot

Question 14

Dropped off

Answer 14

Took something somewhere and left it there

Question 15

Errands

Answer 15

Everyday tasks that require leaving the house

Question 16

Raced home

Answer 16

Quickly returned home

Question 17

Receipt

Answer 17

A slip of paper that shows what you paid for something

Question 18

Panicked

Answer 18

Having a feeling of uncontrolled fear

Question 19

Stuck

Answer 19

To be tightly inside or between something and not able to get out

Question 20

Punch line

Answer 20

The funny end of a joke

Question 21

Driveway

Answer 21

A paved path that leads from the street to the front of a garage

Question 22

Baby-sitter

Answer 22

A person who watches children while the parents are out of the house

Question 23

Blues

Answer 23

Feelings of sadness

Question 24

Slam

Answer 24

To close something with a great force

Question 25

Hysterically

Answer 25

Without control

Question 26

Smoke detector

Answer 26

An alarm on the ceiling that sounds when there is smoke in the room

Question 27

Defiant

Answer 27

Rebellious

Question 28

Get away with

Answer 28

To do something wrong and not be punished for it

Question 29

Finals

Answer 29

Final exams

Question 30

Campus

Answer 30

All the buildings of a university, including classrooms, student housing, bookstore, cafeterias, etc., grouped together in the same place

Question 31

Juggle

Answer 31

Handle many things at the same time

Question 32

Chill out

Answer 32

Relax and do nothing

Question 33

main attraction

Answer 33

the person or event that everyone wants to see