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Reading 1A: The World’s Game

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GIST
1. What would be the best alternative title for this reading?
a. Football, the Global Sport
b. Barefoot Soccer
c. Soccer: Anyone Can Play!
d. The History of Football

DETAIL
2. Football as it is played today began in ______.
a. China
b. South Africa
c. Brazil
d. England

VOCABULARY
3. The word ultimately in paragraph C, line 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
a. supposedly
b. currently
c. basically
d. exactly

REFERENCE
4. The word its in paragraph C, line 2 refers to ______.
a. a ball
b. universal appeal
c. a can
d. the game of soccer

DETAIL
5. According to the author, the primary reason that football is popular is ______.
a. the promise of wealth
b. its simplicity
c. camaraderie
d. its international flavor
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Reading 1B: What Makes an Olympic Champion?

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DETAIL
1. The most important factors in the success of an Olympic athlete might be ______.
a. biological factors
b. genetic factors
c. intense training
d. environmental conditions

VOCABULARY
2. Which of the following is a synonym for the term elite athlete?
a. Olympic competitor
b. average athlete
c. muscular champion
d. super sportsman

REFERENCE
3. The word these in paragraph B, line 12 refers to ______.
a. weightlifters
b. fast-twitch fibers
c. muscles
d. typical people

DETAIL
4. The main difference between a successful weight-lifter and a successful runner is how
______.
a. fast their muscles twitch
b. well they can stand muscle pain
c. long their legs are
d. fast they breathe

DETAIL
5. According to the author, it is an advantage for ______ to be short and light-weight.
a. swimmers
b. gymnasts
c. weightlifters
d. marathon runners
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Reading 2A: What Is Beauty?

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DETAIL
1. Which of these questions can NOT be answered with information from paragraph A?
a. What was the subject of the Egyptian paintings?
b. Why did wealthy French nobles wear wigs?
c. When did the ancient Maya consider crossed eyes attractive?
d. What color were the wigs worn by French nobles?
DETAIL
2. The author does NOT say that men find women with ______ attractive.
a. big eyes
b. full lips
c. narrow waists
d. small noses

REFERENCE
3. The word them in paragraph E, line 14 refers to ______.
a. Douglas Yu and Glenn Shepard
b. thin women
c. fashion magazines
d. body types

DETAIL
4. The author does NOT say that Huli males ______.
a. dance at festivals
b. have long hair
c. dress up
d. paint their faces

VOCABULARY
5. The word appealing in paragraph G, line 6 is closest in meaning to ______.
a. healthy
b. attractive
c. truthful
d. unpleasant
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Reading 2B: Skin: The Body’s Canvas

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VOCABULARY
1. The author uses the word canvas in the title of the reading because canvas is ______.
a. the same thickness as human skin
b. used as a surface for art
c. the same color as some people’s skin
d. like skin, sometimes used as a covering

DETAIL
2. The author does NOT mention that skin can protect the body from ______.
a. heat and cold
b. direct sunlight
c. radiation
d. bacteria

INFERENCE
3. When the author says “attitudes … shifted in the opposite direction” (paragraph B), he
implies that ______.
a. darker skin had become more desirable
b. many people wanted lighter skin
c. no one bought skin-lightening products
d. people started spending more time outdoors

DETAIL
4. In Australia, scarring can indicate that people ______.
a. are community leaders
b. have accomplished something important
c. are allowed to sing ceremonial songs
d. are members of certain families

VOCABULARY
5. The word Hence in paragraph G, line 12 could be replaced with ______.
a. Since
b. Nevertheless
c. Despite
d. Therefore
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Reading 3A: Racing to Rescue Koalas

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GIST
1. What would be the best alternative title for this reading?
a. Koalas in the Suburbs
b. Koalas’ Diet
c. Koalas in Danger
d. Koala Babies

VOCABULARY
2. The word ferocious in paragraph C can NOT be replaced by ______.
a. passive
b. savage
c. fierce
d. aggressive

INFERENCE
3. The main reason for the decline in the number of koalas is ______.
a. a lack of their primary food source
b. being run over by vehicles
c. attacks by other animals
d. being caught in fences

VOCABULARY
4. The word vibrant in paragraph H, line 5 is closest in meaning to ______.
a. slowly declining
b. vigorously alive
c. nearly extinct
d. mostly unknown

DETAIL
5. When de Villiers captured Tee Vee, she first ______.
a. covered her with a blanket
b. gave her a tranquilizing drug
c. measured her and examined her
d. took off her radio collar
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Reading 3B: Tracking the Snow Leopard

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VOCABULARY
1. The word stalks in paragraph A, line 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
a. hunts
b. attacks
c. devours
d. flees

REFERENCE
2. The word it in paragraph A, line 3 (to stop it) refers to ______.
a. a foot
b. a mountain wall
c. a snow leopard
d. a stone

VOCABULARY
3. A word in paragraph B with the same meaning as elusive is ______.
a. distinctive
b. spotted
c. secretive
d. remote

DETAIL
4. It is feared that there may only be around ______ snow leopards left in the wild.
a. 1,500
b. 3,500
c. 4,000
d. 7,000

DETAIL
5. The Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust does NOT ______.
a. arrange for visitors to stay with herders
b. pay people to not kill snow leopards
c. build barriers to keep snow leopards away
d. conduct classes for school children