Roberto Clemente

Making Inferences in an Article about Roberto Clemente

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According to the article "Clemente's Impact Wanes in Puerto Rico 40 Years after His Death," what happens in Puerto Rico in 2012 to celebrate the anniversary of Clemente’s 3000th hit?

• A photograph of Clemente’s son is released to the media.

• Puerto Ricans unveil the "sport city" that Clemente envisioned.

• Roberto Clemente is inducted into the Hall of Fame.

• A musical about Clemente’s life is performed in a theater

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According to the article "Clemente's Impact Wanes in Puerto Rico 40 Years after His Death," what leads to Clemente’s passion for community service?

• Clemente experiences racial discrimination in America.

• Clemente attends youth clinics in Puerto Rico.

• Clemente witnesses the need for earthquake relief.

• Clemente visits American cities as he travels with his team.

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Read this excerpt from the article "Clemente's Impact Wanes in Puerto Rico 40 Years after His Death."

Three months before, we had been riveted by Clemente's pursuit of his 3,000th hit, a feat he accomplished on the last weekend of the 1972 season with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He became the 11th player and first Latino to reach the coveted mark, and the residents of this U.S. territory swelled with pride.

What can best be inferred from this excerpt?

• The Pittsburgh Pirates had a winning season in 1972.

• Roberto Clemente was his team’s best baseball player.

• Roberto Clemente had a devoted fan following.

• Many batters achieved 3,000 hits in 1972.

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Read this excerpt from the article "Clemente's Impact Wanes in Puerto Rico 40 Years after His Death."

At first, word was Orlando Cepeda was the victim, and that would have been a huge loss because the 1967 National League MVP was a popular figure and a future Hall of Famer.

Which is the best source to use to confirm the information in this excerpt?

• a Major League Baseball website with lists of award winners

• a video of Major League Baseball highlights from 1967

• a magazine article about famous Puerto Rican baseball players

• a Hall of Fame website with directions to the Hall of Fame museum

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Read this excerpt from the article "Clemente's Impact Wanes in Puerto Rico 40 Years after His Death."

On this latest trip home for the holidays, I have found the usual tributes to Puerto Rico's first Hall of Famer. His name is attached to an arena, a stadium in his native municipality of Carolina and an avenue, as well as this year's winter league baseball tournament.

Which is the best source to use to confirm the information in this excerpt?

• a magazine article about Roberto Clemente’s community service efforts

• a video showing highlights of Puerto Rican youth baseball tournaments

• a website describing Roberto Clemente’s influence on modern Puerto Rico

• a website providing a family tree of Roberto Clemente’s descendants

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Read this excerpt from Helen Keller’s autobiography, The Story of My Life.

My father, Arthur H. Keller, was a captain in the Confederate Army, and my mother, Kate Adams, was his second wife and many years younger. Her grandfather, Benjamin Adams, married Susanna E. Goodhue, and lived in Newbury, Massachusetts, for many years. Their son, Charles Adams, was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and moved to Helena, Arkansas. When the Civil War broke out, he fought on the side of the South and became a brigadier-general. He married Lucy Helen Everett, who belonged to the same family of Everetts as Edward Everett and Dr. Edward Everett Hale. After the war was over the family moved to Memphis, Tennessee.

Which is the best source to use to confirm the information in this excerpt?

• an Internet article about Confederate soldiers

• an atlas with maps of the eastern United States

• a photograph of Helen Keller as a child

• a biography with Helen Keller’s family tree

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Read this excerpt from Henry Ford’s autobiography, My Life and Work.

It was life on the farm that drove me into devising ways and means to better transportation. I was born on July 30, 1863, on a farm at Dearborn, Michigan, and my earliest recollection is that, considering the results, there was too much work on the place. That is the way I still feel about farming. There is a legend that my parents were very poor and that the early days were hard ones. Certainly they were not rich, but neither were they poor. As Michigan farmers went, we were prosperous. The house in which I was born is still standing, and it and the farm are part of my present holding.

Which is the best source to use to confirm the information in this excerpt?

• a travel brochure about Dearborn, Michigan

• a book about American farming in the 1800s

• a website providing a timeline of Ford’s life

• a magazine article about the Ford Motor Corporation

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What makes Roberto Clemente a hero?

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Read the excerpt from an article about Roberto Clemente by Jorge Ortiz.

"Roberto Clemente created the dream for many of us to become professional players and to reach the major leagues,'' Merced says. "He opened the eyes of the American teams to the talent that was here.''

The talent has diminished, and Clemente's on-field legacy has receded in the Puerto Rican consciousness. His dignity and devotion to those less fortunate, however, continue to resonate.

After reading this excerpt, readers can infer that

• Roberto Clemente was a leader on his team

• Roberto Clemente inspired other Puerto Rican athletes

• Roberto Clemente has been forgotten in Puerto Rico

• Roberto Clemente saved many lives through his work

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Read this excerpt from the article "Clemente's Impact Wanes in Puerto Rico 40 Years after His Death."

I didn't think I would learn much more about Clemente on this visit, and yet a few days ago my father, now a retired physician, told me of the time in the late 1960s when the perennial All-Star came to his office.

Seeking treatment for the back trouble that dogged him for much of his career, Clemente sat among the other patients and patiently waited his turn. It was an ordinary gesture by an extraordinary man, one that made his legend just a bit bigger in my eyes.

Based on this excerpt, which words best describe Roberto Clemente?

• awkward and uncomfortable

• successful and popular

• humble and considerate

• educated and intelligent

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Read this excerpt from Henry Ford’s autobiography My Life and Work.

The year from 1902 until the formation of the Ford Motor Company was practically one of investigation. In my little one-room brick shop I worked on the development of a four-cylinder motor and on the outside I tried to find out what business really was and whether it needed to be quite so selfish a scramble for money as it seemed to be from my first short experience. From the period of the first car, which I have described, until the formation of my present company I built in all about twenty-five cars, of which nineteen or twenty were built with the Detroit Automobile Company. The automobile had passed from the initial stage where the fact that it could run at all was enough, to the stage where it had to show speed.

Which is the best source to use to confirm the information in this excerpt?

• a video of a modern automobile being assembled

• a book about the founding of the Ford Motor Company

• a website rating the cars of the Ford Motor Company

• a magazine article comparing Fords to Chevys