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In the selection, the author compares an atom giving or takins
energy to a
very hot iron horsehoe.
These sentences are from the selection. Which two can be
considered main ideas of selection?
– But science often measures time far
outside…
– To measure faster times, scientists
need a faster (and more accurate)…
Read this excerpt. Imagine that you are a scientist. If you
wanted to witness the start of a nuclear reaction, you would
want to use
Edgerton’s “rapatronic” camera.
The author begins the selection with this excerpt mainly to
help readers create a picture in their
minds that relates to the topic.
Read these two excerpts from the selection. Together, these
excerpts
provide examples of how people have
learned to measure long periods of
time.
Read this excerpts from the selection. What does it tell you
about tides?
They can affect the speed of Earth’s
daily rotation.
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This selection is mainly about the
courageous athlete who paved the way for the
integration of major league baseball.
Order:
1) Robinson becomes the first athlete to letter in
four sports at…
2) Robinson joins the army but is dismissed for
refusing to move…
3) Robinson becomes the firstAfrican Americanto
play major…
4) Robinson became the firstAfrican
Americantelevision announcer…
Which two prominent institutions did the author
note were still racially segregated when Jackie
Robinson played his first game…
– the U.S. military
– public schools
We can win only if we convince the world that I
am doing this because you’re a great ballplayer and
the gentleman.
won the Rookie of the Year Award.
As a politicalactivist, Jackie Robinson
wantedAfrican Americansto enjoy the
constitutional rights of all citizens.
Choose the one sentence in this excerpt that reflects
Branch Rickey’s strategy…
We can win only if we convince the world that I
am doing this because you’re a great ballplayer,
and the gentleman.
How could this image be interpreted as an analogy
for what Jackie Robinson experienced…
He was barred from staying in “whites only”
hotels.
Dodgers’ president Branch Rickey felt it was
important that Jackie Robinson have “guts enough
not to fight back”…
reacting to racial hatred with uncontrolled anger
would fuel prejudice.
Jackie Robinson’s teammates circulated a petition
to say they would not play if Robinson was on the
field…
Teammate Pee Wee Reese forcefully refused to
sign the petition.
In the quote from this excerpt, what was Leo
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He would not tolerate anyone who opposed
having Robinson play.