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 PAGE 12 Unit 1 Book 2 Keys to In-Class Reading IV. Post-Reading Reading Comprehension 1. Understanding the Structure Para.1-4 c Para.5-7 a Para.8-11 b Para.12-13 d 2. 1) They would stare at them. 2) He felt embarrassed/ashamed. 3) He never let on. 4) He usually walked there with the help of his son. 5) He was pulled on a child’s sleigh to the subway station. 6) He liked baseball, dances, and parties. 7) He asked them to sit down and fight with him. 8) He was proud of his son. 9) He missed him very much and was sorry for what he had thought about him. 10) He learned to have a good heart from his father. 3. 1) C 2) A 3) C 4) B 5) D 6) A 7) B 8) C* 9) D 10) A *Although the father was severely crippled, he was eager to join the fight like a normal person. To do so, he could only fight anyone who would sit with him. Compare each of the statements in the choices with what he actually said and we can see that C is closest in meaning to the original sentence. 4. Reference Words 1) the difficulty in coordinating the steps 2) a good heart 3) whether a person has a good heart 4) the baseball team 5) sat down to fight 6) what the son has achieved, i.e. serving in the Navy 7) sensed 8) the reluctance to walk with him 5. Questions for Discussion 1) I think there are many things to make a good heart. These are: kindness to others, generosity, sympathy for others (compassion), endurance, hard-work, never hurting others, being satisfied with life, patience, etc. 2) The father knew his disability stood in the way between him and his son. That’s why he said to his son: “You set the pace. I’ll adjust to you.” The son was young, so he was ashamed of his father because other people stared at them. But deep in their hearts they loved each other. The father was proud of his son, and the son learned a lot from his father. 3) The son realized that it was his father who taught him many things such as how to have a good heart. He knew that