PAIREDREADTheInterstateHighwaySystembyPaulMasonillustratedbyDanBridyHistoricalFictionFreedomTheMachineSTRATEGIES&SKILLSA**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategySynonymsVocabularydecades,directed,engineering,gleamed,scouted,squirmed,technology,tinkeringContentStandardsScienceTechnologyWordCount:2,004**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119189-5MHID:0-02-119189-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1TheLatestThing.........................2Chapter2NotaToy...............................5Chapter3SteamandanOffer......................8Chapter4TotheSea.............................12RespondtoReading....................16TheInterstateHighwaySystem..17FocusonGenre........................20EssentialQuestionHowdoinventionsandtechnologyaffectyourlife?byPaulMasonillustratedbyDanBridyFreedomTheMachineCHAPTER1TheLatestThingThefirsttimeIsawacarupclosewaswhenIwaswalkinghomewithmydad.Wewereeachcarryingabigsackofapples.MydadworksforMrs.Williams,takingcareofherlargehouseandgarden.Whenshesawmehelpingmydadpickherapples,shetoldmetotakesomehome.Mrs.Williamsisgenerouslikethat.Suddenlyaweirdnoisecamefrombehindus.Itwasarattling,coughingkindofsound.Weturnedandsawacardrivinginthemiddleoftheroad.Itwasjustlikewe’dseeninpictures.Thedriverwavedatus,andwesmiledback.2“Wow,ifwehadacarlikethat,wewouldn’thavetocarrytheseheavysacks,”Isaid.“Wecouldevendrivetothegrocerystorewheneverwewanted.”Myfathershookhishead.“Haveyouanyideawhatoneofthosecon...
