A Whole New Ball Game 3/26/18 - Laura Black | Laabri

Use the diagram above to answer questions 1-3.

1

What is a payload?

1

Which of the following happened at about 3:48 p.m.?

A The Falcom Heavy took off.

B The side boosters separated from the main rocket.

C The side boosters landed.

D The main booster landed.

Read "Blast Off!" and then answer the following questions.

1

What happened to the main booster after it separated from the rocket?

1

Why does SpaceX reuse rockets?

A to reduce costs

B to show it may be able to spend people into deep space

C to beam back images to Earth

D to grab attention

1

Which word means nearly the opposite of innovative?

A important

B original

C uncreative

D powerful

Read "Plan Bees" and then answer the following questions.

1

Which context clue helps explain the meaning of conservationists?

A "land animals"

B "tiny bees"

C "using that fear"

D "help protect"

1

Threats to elephants include poachers, habitat loss, and _____.

A electric fences

B conservationists

C beehive fences

D crops

1

What is the main purpose of beehive fences?

A to keep elephants from going on farms

B to stop poachers from killing elephants

C to make honey

D to keep bees from stinging elephants.

Read "A Whole New Ball Game" and then answer the following questions.

1

The introduction to the article says "female players stepped up to the plate." This means that women _____.

A practiced batting

B responded to a challenge

C went off to war

D stood on home plate

1

People started to take the women's baseball league seriously when they _____.

A learned how much the women were paid

B saw how "ladylike" the players were

C met the owners of the teams

D saw how talented the players were

1

Which of the following was a cause of the others?

A Many Major League Baseball players joined the military.

B Nearly 300 women tried out for the first pro baseball league for women.

C Philip K. Wrigley worried that Americans would lose interest in baseball.

D The U.S. entered World War II.

1

An athlete is a professional is he or she _____.

A practices a lot

B is very talented

C plays a sport for fun

D is paid to play

1

Which statement best summarized the section "A New League"?

A Women had new job opportunites during World War II.

B Betsy Jochum was paid $50 per week.

C For years, women were shut out of many jobs.

D Women can play baseball as well as men.

1

Why is Rosie the Riveter important?

A There was a song about her in the 1940s.

B She worked in a factory during World War II.

C She is a symbol of strength for women.

D She was a baseball player in the 1940s.

1

Why did the women's baseball league end?

A Women had to return to other jobs.

B Troops came home after World War II.

C People realized that women could not play baseball as well as men.

D It struggled to compete with Major League Baseball.

Read "Monument Makeover" and then answer the following questions.

1

An appropriate subheading for paragraphs 3 to 5 would be _____.

A "The Beautiful Taj Mahal"

B "Soot, Sewage, and Goo"

C "An Emperor's Command"

D "The Dangers of Scaffolding"

1

Which word is most similiar in meaning to obstructs?

A blocks

B opens

C builds

D cleans

1

Which of the following is a cause of the discoloration of the Taj Mahal?

A a mud bath

B insects

C metal scaffolding

D visitors to the site

1

What is Shah Jahan's connection to the Taj Mahal?

A He ordered that the Taj Mahal be built.

B He lived in the Taj Mahal for 22 years.

C He shut down many coal-burning factories.

D He ordered a cleaning of the Taj Mahal.

1

Which detail best explains how the cleaning of the Taj Mahal might affect tourists?

A "Millions of people have visitied the while marble monument."

B "Workers have cleaned the Taj Mahal's walls and towers."

C "The project could be finished in November."

D "The tall system of wooden planks and metal poles obstructs the view."