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The Cost Of The Games
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High-Risk Competitions
- What is the main idea…
A. Extreme sports involve a high level of inherent danger…
- Choose the sentence in this excerpt that best summarizes its main idea…
A. Extreme sports are often based on traditional sports…
- Based on this selection, what distinguishes extreme sports…
A. They involve more uncontrollable environmental variables…
- Based on this selection, an experienced extreme athlete would… in which two areas?
A. Risk Management + Psychological composure…
- Based on what you read, which extreme athlete has a connection… (Great Wall)…
A. Danny Way…
- Which sentence most strongly supports the author’s contention…
A. Sarah Burke had been considered…
- What do these two excerpts indicate about extreme sports…
A. Media and marketing campaigns have transformed extreme sports…
- Put these developments in the history of extreme sports in order, from earliest to most recent…
A. *Hawaiian natives invent surfing. *Sir Edmund Hillary summits Mount Everest. *Four men bungee jump from a bridge in England. *The first X Games are held…
- In this excerpt, Warren’s quote has a tone of…
A. Candidness…
- Based on what have you read, you can tell that Xpogo is…
A. Similar to most extreme sports because it modifies a traditional sport…
The Panama Canal
- What is the main idea of this selection?
A. The Panama Canal is an extraordinary feat of engineering and construction that was built despite enormous obstacles…
- Which of the following was the most significant hindrance in recruiting and retaining labor for construction in Panama?
A. The prevalence of diseases in the region…
- Which word best describes Ferdinand de Lesseps at the beginning of his Panama Canal project?
A. Grandiose…
- In which two ways did Ferdinand de Lesseps’ plan for a canal differ from the American plan?
A. The Charges river would be diverted The mountain would be leveled to below sea level…
- Why was Dr. Gorgas able to eradicate yellow fever?
A. Researchers identified mosquitoes as carriers of the disease…
- Why did the California gold rush trigger the need for a quicker route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
A. Time-consuming and arduous…
- Put these events in the construction of the Panama Canal in the order in which they occurred, starting with the earliest…
A. The construction of a railroad The failure of the French canal project The eradication of yellow fever The completion of a manmade lake…
- What was the author’s purpose in describing the difficulties in building the Panama railroad?
A. To foreshadow what the canal builders would face…
- Which of the following best expresses the lesson Ferdinand de Lesseps might draw from his Panama Canal experience?
A. Appearances are deceiving…
- Chooses the sentence in this excerpt that contains a figure of speech called a simile…
A. The completion of the railroad energized the canal movement like a gust of wind to a wildfire…
The Jumping Frog
- A refined traveler…
- …Frame narrative…
- …Formal education…
- … thrill of a wager…
- … Unfavorable characteristics…
- … Dan’l Webster lost
- … Nonchalantly…
- … leaves abruptly…
- … aggravate him…
- … competition…
The Museum Of Trickey
- What is the main idea of this selection?
A. Forgery in its many forms…
- Why was the West German magazine’s printing of…
A. Journalists did not fulfill their ethical…
- Which two features are utilized in Canada’s…
A. Two lines of microtype, Hundreds of tiny moose hoofprints.
- In what way has counterfeit money been used as a war tactic?
A. To lower the value of the enemy’s currency.
- Based on this selection, what are superdollars?
A. Forged U.S. dollars that are nearly indistinguishable from real dollars.
- Why were British counterfeiters in the…
A. Because of their ability to push fake currency into circulation.
- Place the following in the order in which…
a – Roman artists…
b – Albrecht Durer…
c – Rembrandt cemented…
d – An artist…
- This excerpt makes the point that…
A. Photographs that appear even in reputable media outlets cannot be assumed to be authentic.
- Which sentence reflects the view…
A. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
- Choose the sentence in this excerpt that explains how software companies can help prevent counterfeiting of money.
A. In addition, software programs…