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1、www.readinga-Believe It or Not?Believe It or Not?A Reading AZ Level Z1 Leveled BookWord Count:1,745Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Written by Kathie LesterLEVELED BOOK Z1YZ1Z2Writing Choose one of the mysteries from the book and decide if it is real or a hoax.Write a persuas

2、ive essay to make your point,using information from the book and outside resources.Social StudiesResearch to learn more about one of the mysteries in the book and create an informational brochure for your class.Include interesting facts and illustrations.ConnectionsBelieve It or Not?Level Z1 Leveled

3、 Book Learning AZWritten by Kathie LesterAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Photo Credits:Front cover(top left),page 4(top):P fotostock;front cover(top right),pages 4(bottom left),20:iStock/moonmeister;front cover(bottom),pages 13(inset),4(bottom right),10:Digital Vision/Fotosearch;front cover(backgro

4、und),title page,page 23(both):Jupiterimages Corporation;back cover:iStock/Sebastien Cote;page 3:Fortean/TopFoto/The Image Works;pages 6,21,22:Bettmann/Getty Images;page 8:John Bindernagel/Barcroft Media/Landov;page 9:Fortean/TopFoto/The Image Works;page 11:krmelda/123RF;page 12:Trinity Mirror/Mirror

5、pix/Alamy;page 13(main):Mike Lawrence/AP Images;page 14(top):iStock/Joze Pojbic;page 14(bottom):David Goddard/Getty Images News/Getty Images;page 15:K.SCHOLZ/ClassicStock/The Image Works;page 16:Hulton-Deutsch/Corbis Historical/Getty Images;page 17(main):Mark Karass/Corbis;page 17(inset):David Cole/

6、Alamy;page 18:iStock/travelshooterBelieve It or Not?www.readinga-Why are people fascinated by unsolved mysteries?Focus QuestionWritten by Kathie Lester24Glossaryarchaeologists(n.)scientists who study the remains of ancient cultures(p.18)decompose(v.)to decay,rot,or break down into small parts(p.9)ex

7、traterrestrials(n.)beings from outside Earth or its atmosphere(p.4)hoax(n.)something meant to mislead or trick(p.9)hover(v.)to stay in one place in the air(p.13)intricate(adj.)very detailed or complicated;complex(p.11)microwave(n.)an electromagnetic energy wave that is shorter than a radio wave but

8、longer than infrared radiation,often used in heating and radar devices(p.11)node(n.)the place on the stem of a plant from which a leaf or branch grows(p.11)pharaoh(n.)a ruler in ancient Egypt(p.15)plasma(n.)charged particles of gas that can conduct electricity(p.13)reclusive(adj.)shut off or apart f

9、rom the world;solitary(p.5)retracted(v.)took back or withdrew(p.12)Believe It or Not?Level Z1 Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Kathie LesterAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Photo Credits:Front cover(top left),page 4(top):P fotostock;front cover(top right),pages 4(bottom left),20:iStock/moonmeister

10、;front cover(bottom),pages 13(inset),4(bottom right),10:Digital Vision/Fotosearch;front cover(background),title page,page 23(both):Jupiterimages Corporation;back cover:iStock/Sebastien Cote;page 3:Fortean/TopFoto/The Image Works;pages 6,21,22:Bettmann/Getty Images;page 8:John Bindernagel/Barcroft Me

11、dia/Landov;page 9:Fortean/TopFoto/The Image Works;page 11:krmelda/123RF;page 12:Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy;page 13(main):Mike Lawrence/AP Images;page 14(top):iStock/Joze Pojbic;page 14(bottom):David Goddard/Getty Images News/Getty Images;page 15:K.SCHOLZ/ClassicStock/The Image Works;page 16:Hult

12、on-Deutsch/Corbis Historical/Getty Images;page 17(main):Mark Karass/Corbis;page 17(inset):David Cole/Alamy;page 18:iStock/travelshooterBelieve It or Not?CorrelationLEVEL Z1WXN/A60Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAarchaeologistsdecomposeextraterrestrialshoaxhoverintricatemicrowavenodepharaohplasmarec

13、lusiveretractedWords to Know23ConclusionMysterious occurrencesthings we cant understandwill always exist.Some people will think they are nonsense,and others will claim they are real.Now that youve read evidence here about four of them,its time to consider what youve read and determine what you belie

14、ve.You can use the Internet and the library to find more information.What do you think about these mysteries,and what others can you find?Easter IslandStonehengeHow were the moai statues carved and moved?Why and how were these structures built?Believe It or Not?Level Z134Table of ContentsIntroductio

15、n .4Bigfoot .5Crop Circles .10The Curse of the Mummy .15Bermuda Triangle .19Conclusion .23Glossary .24IntroductionIf you heard that hairy,smelly giants live in our wilderness,or that extraterrestrials make pictures in wheat fields,would you believe it?What if a friend told you an ancient curse cause

16、s people to die,or that something in a part of the Atlantic Ocean makes ships and planes disappear?How would you know whether or not these stories were true?After reading this book,youll have evidence about these four unsolved mysteries.You can decide whether you think theyre real or fake.Was this y

17、oung kings tomb protected by a curse?Who or what has made such intricate designs on acres of fields?Can anyone explain the mysterious losses of ships and planes?An amateur photographer took this picture in 1952 of what many thought was an alien spacecraft.Do you think its real or a fake?Believe It o

18、r Not?Level Z122Others say the unexplained losses are a result of the severe weather common in the area.Hurricanes and violent waterspouts blow up suddenly,and tidal waves are common.Any vessel that is destroyed would wash away without a trace.Some of the missing crews,when rescued later,tell storie

19、s of being forced to leave their storm-damaged ships.Some say that nothing unusual is going on in the area.They suggest that some of the losses blamed on the Bermuda Triangle actually happened hundreds of miles away.Other vessels that have been reported lost actually showed up later.Do you think the

20、 Bermuda Triangle is real or a hoax?In the vast ocean,violent weather could destroy a ship and not leave any evidence.34Table of ContentsIntroduction .4Bigfoot .5Crop Circles .10The Curse of the Mummy .15Bermuda Triangle .19Conclusion .23Glossary .24IntroductionIf you heard that hairy,smelly giants

21、live in our wilderness,or that extraterrestrials make pictures in wheat fields,would you believe it?What if a friend told you an ancient curse causes people to die,or that something in a part of the Atlantic Ocean makes ships and planes disappear?How would you know whether or not these stories were

22、true?After reading this book,youll have evidence about these four unsolved mysteries.You can decide whether you think theyre real or fake.Was this young kings tomb protected by a curse?Who or what has made such intricate designs on acres of fields?Can anyone explain the mysterious losses of ships an

23、d planes?An amateur photographer took this picture in 1952 of what many thought was an alien spacecraft.Do you think its real or a fake?Believe It or Not?Level Z121In 1966,Captain Donald Henrys tug,the Good News,was towing a cargo barge from Puerto Rico to Florida.When a dense fog suddenly swirled a

24、round the barge,the Good News lost the use of all of its instruments and partially lost power.For five minutes,the Good News struggled in a tug-of-war with the fog bank;it finally managed to pull itself and the barge free.People claim that a mysterious power causes the many losses of ships and crews

25、 in the Bermuda Triangle.Because weird lights are seen there,some think that UFOs capture humans and take them away.The USS Cyclops disappeared in 1918 with 306 people on board and is one of the earliest incidents linked to the Bermuda Triangle.Believe It or Not?Level Z156Bigfoot In remote areas of

26、the Pacific Northwest,Native Americans have told stories for hundreds of years of having encountered gigantic,reclusive,apelike creatures.The Salish peoples of Canada called them Sasquatch,which means“wild man of the woods,”but other tribes use different names.English speakers most often use the nam

27、e Bigfoot.In addition to Native Americans,others who have reported encounters with this creature are railway and forest workers,hikers,travelers,and people who live in remote areas.Most of them have never heard the Native American stories,so they havent had the opportunity to be influenced by other

28、accounts of these creatures.Roger Patterson took this picture in 1967.Is it a Bigfoot,a bear,or a human in a gorilla suit?WASHINGTONOREGONNKEYrepresents one Bigfoot sightingUNITED STATESBelieve It or Not?Level Z120On a clear day in 1945,while a group of planes called Flight 19 was on a routine train

29、ing mission,all five Avenger bombers lost their bearings and disappeared.The rescue airship that went to look for them disappeared as well.In 1881,the merchant ship Ellen Austin discovered a ghost ship floating without a crew,yet there were no signs of struggle on board.A crew boarded to steer her t

30、o port,but when a thick fog surrounded both ships,they lost contact overnight.When the ghost ship was found the next day,the second crew had disappeared as well.If a deserted ship could be brought to port,the crew could claim a reward.56Bigfoot In remote areas of the Pacific Northwest,Native America

31、ns have told stories for hundreds of years of having encountered gigantic,reclusive,apelike creatures.The Salish peoples of Canada called them Sasquatch,which means“wild man of the woods,”but other tribes use different names.English speakers most often use the name Bigfoot.In addition to Native Amer

32、icans,others who have reported encounters with this creature are railway and forest workers,hikers,travelers,and people who live in remote areas.Most of them have never heard the Native American stories,so they havent had the opportunity to be influenced by other accounts of these creatures.Roger Pa

33、tterson took this picture in 1967.Is it a Bigfoot,a bear,or a human in a gorilla suit?WASHINGTONOREGONNKEYrepresents one Bigfoot sightingUNITED STATESBelieve It or Not?Level Z119Bermuda TriangleStrange things have been happening to ships and planes for years in an area of the Atlantic Ocean that is

34、generally between Florida,Bermuda,and Puerto Rico.In 1965,Vincent Gaddis wrote a book about these strange occurrences called Invisible Horizons.He was the first to call the area the Bermuda Triangle,and he also called it the Triangle of Death.In this area,numerous planes and ships disappear without

35、a trace.Crews mysteriously disappear from ships,dense fogs suddenly appear,and compasses and navigation equipment wont work.Some people include a larger area when describing strange events in the Atlantic Ocean.UNITED STATESMEXICOCANADAMiamiSan JuanBERMUDAPUERTO RICOTHE BAHAMASNBelieve It or Not?Lev

36、el Z17A Bigfoot is reported to be huge,as much as 8 feet(2.4 m)tall,with hair all over its body.Based on the depth of its enormous footprints,its weight is estimated to be between 350 and 800 pounds(160360 kg).People who see one usually report hearing high-pitched screams and smelling a terrible odo

37、r.Cryptozoologists(scientists who study animals that may or may not exist)and other curious people have spent a great deal of time and money to find out whether Bigfoot really exists.After following up on thousands of eyewitness reports,they have not yet been able to find proof.Bigfoot is believed t

38、o be smaller than a grizzly bear but taller than the average man.9 ft 8 ft 6 ft 4 ft 2 ft 2.74 m 2.44 m 1.83 m 1.22 m.61 m GrizzlyBigfootManBelieve It or Not?Level Z118It is possible that dead bodies produce bacteria that could cause illness and death.Could this have contributed to Lord Carnarvons d

39、eath?Todays archaeologists wear rubber gloves and clothing that protects them,but early people who robbed tombs might have become sick in this way.This might have been how stories of a curse started.Early Egyptians went to a lot of trouble to prepare their kings for burial.They believed that kings s

40、hould be buried with riches to use in their next life.These Egyptians may have started legends of danger to keep people away from the tombs.Do you think the curse of the mummy is real or a hoax?Egyptian pharaohs were buried in pyramids.8In 1924,a lumberjack named Albert Ostman went into the mountain

41、s alone to prospect for gold.During the third night of his trip,he was carried off in his sleeping bag by something huge and smelly.After several hours,it dropped him in a clearing,where four huge,hairy,apelike creatures surrounded him.They seemed to be a family made up of a father,a mother,and two

42、children.Albert escaped,badly shaken but unharmed,after nearly a week.This is just one of many reports of Bigfoot encounters,though not all were so peaceful.In 1998,Dr.John Bindernagel examined a pit in which he thought a Bigfoot had built a nest.17In the early 1900s,reporters sometimes invented fac

43、ts to make stories more exciting.Lord Carnarvon had actually been sick for twenty years before he died,so the timing of his death might have been just a coincidence.Research shows that actually only six people involved with finding the tomb died in the first ten years.Howard Carter worked on the tom

44、b for at least ten years,and yet he lived for seventeen years after the discovery,and the curse that was reportedly written in the tomb was not there at all.Howard Carter with Lord Carnarvon(right,inset photo),who funded the search for King Tuts tomb in an area of Egypt called the Valley of the King

45、s(above)Believe It or Not?Level Z19In the vast uninhabited forests and glaciers of the northwestern United States,nature quickly gets rid of dead bodies.They decompose or are eaten by insects or other animal scavengers.However,scientists believe that if Bigfoot does exist,someone should be able to f

46、ind a dead body,a skeleton,or fossil remains,yet nothing has ever been found.In 1977,a Bigfoot sighting in northern Washington turned out to be a hoax planned by three young men with gorilla suits and walkie-talkies.This makes people think that other reports must have been faked as well.Do you think

47、 the Bigfoot sightings are real or a hoax?A mans foot compared to a cast of a Bigfoot footprintBelieve It or Not?Level Z116Carters search for the tomb was funded by Lord Carnarvon.When Lord Carnarvon died in Egypt in 1923,newspaper stories said that he was killed by a pharaohs curse.It was also said

48、 that Carnarvons dog howled and dropped dead in England at the same minute as his owner.The newspapers reported that twenty-six people involved with finding the tomb died in the first ten years.Many of these deaths were supposed to involve suspicious circumstances.This mystery has been so fascinatin

49、g that it has been used as the theme for many movies,books,and games.Howard Carter opens a door to King Tuts tomb in 1922.10Crop CirclesIn fields of tall crops,circles where the plants have been flattened were reported as early as 1590.Farmers thought they were made by wind.In the 1980s,the number o

50、f circles increased dramatically,and since then,they have changed from simple circles to complex designs.Most crop circles form mysteriously in the night,but a few people report having seen them formed by spaceships or whirlwinds.Sometimes lights are seen in the sky and humming or music is heard,and