Looking to the Sky and The Ironman Robot

What does the word maneuver mean in paragraph 3?

• skillfully change a path or position
• be guided by a remote control
• cause to move rapidly
• contain electronic equipment

What is paragraph 1 mainly about?

• People watching birds in flight
• The ancient Greeks telling about people who try to fly like birds
• Leonardo da Vinci inventing a pair of mechanical wings in the 1400s
• People being interested in flying like birds

The organizational pattern of the article develops the author's viewpoint by - 

• presenting facts about how SmartBird works and explaining why it is a useful invention
• comparing SmartBird with other inventions and showing how technology has advanced
• describing the reason Festo invented SmartBird and the effects the invention has had on the company
• relating the sequence of events that occurred to create SmartBird

Which idea is supported by information in the article?

• Technology is often too inefficient to be practical.
• Nature can inspire human innovation. 
• The best machines have been designed to work by remote control. 
• Innovations are usually based on the ideas of inventors who lived long ago. 

The information in paragraphs 2 and 6 supports the idea that - 

• athletic competitions are challenging for any participant
• Mr. Evolta was a difficult robot for Takahashi to design
• people can be extremely inventive
• Mr. Evolta is capable of amazing accomplishments

In paragraph 5, the word impediments refers to - 

• environments
• events
• obstacles
• robots

Based on the information included in the selection, the reader can infer that the author believes Panasonic - 

• found a creative way to promote its batteries
• is the most successful company in Japan
• focuses most of its efforts on creating robots
• is primarily concerned with setting world records

Which of the following best supports the idea that finishing the Ironman Triathalon was a remarkable feat for Mr. Evolta?

• It normally takes less than 13 hours for a human to complete the competition. 
• Mr. Evolta is only about one-tenth the height of the average human. 
• Each race in the event was held in Hawaii. 
• Mr. Evolta needed more time to finish the competition than a human would. 

The author includes the information in paragraph 1 most likely to - 

• cause the reader to reflect upon personal accomplishments
• build the reader's interest by presenting an improbable situation
• present the most important information about the topic first
• explain various reasons for writing about the topic

The photographs of Mr. Evolta support the information in the selection by - 

• illustrating how difficult each race was to complete
• proving that the robot successfully finished all the races
• helping the reader understand the length of each race in the triathalon
• showing the reader the equipment used by the robot during the races