Intermediate english reading

Exercise 8.1 
Direction: Read each short scenario. Identify the cause and the effect for each. 
1. In science class, Jessica mixed vinegar and baking soda together. The mixture began 
to fizz and bubble over. 
Cause: _______________________________________________________________ 
Effect: _______________________________________________________________ 
2. My friend Elizabeth was talking during the quiz in Mrs. Jefferson’s class. Mrs. 
Jefferson told her she would have to stay inside during recess. 
Cause: _______________________________________________________________ 
Effect: _______________________________________________________________ 
3. My mother made a grocery list, but she left it at home. Then, she forgot to buy the 
flour that we needed to make a cake. 
Cause: _______________________________________________________________ 
Effect: _______________________________________________________________ 
4. It began to rain and storm just before our soccer game, so we had to cancel the game. 
Cause: _______________________________________________________________ 
Effect: _______________________________________________________________ 
 

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UNIT 9 
 
READING COMPREHENSION 4 
 
 
Terry Fox A real-life hero
Pre-reading 
Do you know any real-life heroes?
What actions turn ordinary people into heroes? 
󠄀Saving a person’s life 
󠄀Rescuing a child or animal in trouble 
󠄀Helping a disabled person 
󠄀Finding and returning someone else’s valuable possession 
󠄀Preventing or stopping a crime 
󠄀Doing volunteer work 
󠄀Raising money for a good cause 
󠄀Overcoming difficulty or hardship 
󠄀 ______________________________ 
Reading text 
1
At Mile Zero, the western starting point of Canada’s Number 1 Highway in 
Victoria, British Columbia, there stands a life-size bronze statue of a young, curly-
headed long-distance runner. He is wearing a prosthetic limb where his right leg had 
been, and the expression on his face is a mixture of pain, exhaustion, and sheer 
determination. He has cancer and he is running against time. The young man’s name is 
Terry Fox. 
2
Terry Stanley Fox was born on July 28, 1958, and grew up in Port Coquitlam, 
British Columbia. Throughout his school years, he was active in sports. He loved 
basketball, and although he was too short to qualify for the school team in Grade 8, hard 
work and persistence earned him a place the following year. In Grade 12, he and his 

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