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Today, Jesse Owens is remembered as a world-class track-and-field athlete. But his path to stardom was long and full of hardship. Owen represented the United States at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, where he earned four gold medals. But when he returned home, President Franklin D. Roosevelt never met with Owens to congratulate him, contrary to tradition. In 1976, the mistreatment was finally addressed when President Gerald Ford awarded Owen the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Sadly, despite his success, Owen struggled to make money. To earn a living, he had to participate in stunt races against dogs, horses, and motorcycles.

Choose the right solution for each problem. (There are two answers)

• Problem: Owen's Olympic wins failed to result in financial success

  Solution: Owens was awarded the Medal of Freedom in 1976

• Problem: Owen's Olympic wins failed to result in financial success

  Solution: Owens participated in stunt races.

• Problem: Owens failed to get the recognition he deserved.

  Solution: Owens participated in stunt races

• Problem: Owens failed to get the recognition he deserved

  Solution: Owens was awarded the Medal of Freedom in 1976

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If you've never worked on a farm, you may think that straw and hay are the same thing. They do both come from plants, but there are actually a number of important distinctions. Straw is leftover plant material collected after a seed or grain harvest. As such, it is a great source of fiber. It is used in a number of ways, including as feed and bedding for livestock. Hay is used for similar purposes, but its high nutritional value makes it especially appealing as livestock feed. It is harvested before the plants produce seeds, which preserves many nutrients that straw lacks. Straw and hay alike are commonly tied together in large bundles called bales.

Which are true for Straw?

• Comes from plants

• Plant matter left over after a harvest

• Does not have much nutritional value

• All of the above

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If you've never worked on a farm, you may think that straw and hay are the same thing. They do both come from plants, but there are actually a number of important distinctions. Straw is leftover plant material collected after a seed or grain harvest. As such, it is a great source of fiber. It is used in a number of ways, including as feed and bedding for livestock. Hay is used for similar purposes, but its high nutritional value makes it especially appealing as livestock feed. It is harvested before the plants produce seeds, which preserves many nutrients that straw lacks. Straw and hay alike are commonly tied together in large bundles called bales.

Which are true for Hay?

• Comes from plants

• Plant matter left over after a harvest

• Does not have much nutritional value

• All of the above

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Walk into any American kitchen, and you'll most likely find two appliances for cooking: a microwave oven and a conventional oven. Both appliances are useful, but they cook food in different ways. A microwave often uses short waves of energy that specifically affect the water molecules in food. Microwaves make the water molecule vibrate, creating thermal energy, or heat, which quickly cooks the food from within. In contrast, conventional ovens heat the air surrounding the food, which cooks the food more slowly. Though microwaves are great for immediately heating food, sometimes rapid heating isn't appropriate. Baking bread, for example, requires slow heating in a conventional oven so the dough has time to rise.

Which are true for Microwave ovens? (multiple answers)

• Are found in most American homes

• Cook food by heating water molecules

• Can be used for making bread.

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Walk into any American kitchen, and you'll most likely find two appliances for cooking: a microwave oven and a conventional oven. Both appliances are useful, but they cook food in different ways. A microwave often uses short waves of energy that specifically affect the water molecules in food. Microwaves make the water molecule vibrate, creating thermal energy, or heat, which quickly cooks the food from within. In contrast, conventional ovens heat the air surrounding the food, which cooks the food more slowly. Though microwaves are great for immediately heating food, sometimes rapid heating isn't appropriate. Baking bread, for example, requires slow heating in a conventional oven so the dough has time to rise.

Which are true for Conventional ovens? (multiple answers)

• Are found in most American homes

• Cook food by heating water molecules

• Can be used for making bread.

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In April 2016, the city of Boston and the nonprofit organization Mass Poetry wanted to commemorate National Poetry Month. For this reason, the two entities joined forces to create "Raining Poetry," an art installation featuring poems on Boston's city sidewalks. The poems were installed using biodegradable, water-resistant spray paint and stencils. When the weather is dry, the poems are invisible. However, when it begins to rain, the sidewalks get wet and darken, except in the places where the paint repels the water. As a consequence, the poems appear, glistening through the raindrops.

Match the causes with their effects (multiple answers)

• Cause: Sidewalks get wet

  Effect: "Raining Poetry" is conceived

• Cause: Sidewalks get wet

  Effect: Poems are revealed

• Cause: Mass Poetry and the city of Boston want to celebrate National Poetry Month.

  Effect: Poems are revealed

• Cause: Mass Poetry and the city of Boston want to celebrate National Poetry Month

  Effect: "Raining Poetry" is concieved

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Although the U.S. women's hockey team clinched the 2016 world championship, players were paid far less than male hockey players. The women threaten to boycott the 2017 world championship until their demands for fairer treatment were met. Days before the deadline, they reached an agreement with U.S.A. Hockey and took to the ice. The U.S. women's soccer team also faced a similar issue. Though they have been hugely successful, their pay was not equal to the men's team. In 2016, they filed a complaint against the U.S. Soccer Federation, resulting in better wages and benefits.

Match the problems with their solutions. (Multiple answers)

• Problem: The women's hockey team wasn't getting fair pay

  Solution: The team started a boycott until their demands were met.

• Problem: The women's hockey team wasn't getting fair pay

  Solution: The team filed a complaint

• Problem: The women's soccer team wasn't getting fair pay.

  Solution: The team started a boycott until their demands were met.

• Problem: The women's soccer team wasn't getting fair pay

  Solution: The team filed a complaint.

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Congress passed the Clean Water Act of 1972 to address the serious environmental crisis of water pollution. In New York's Hudson River, levels of toxic bacteria were 170 times the level considered safe. Oil floating on the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland Ohio burst into flames in 1969. Factories were dumping pollutants into waterways; untreated sewage flowed directly into river; and untold numbers of fish were dying. The Clean Water Act restricted discharges of pollution into the nation's waters and authorized the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce water quality regulations. It also provided money for sewage treatment plants. Although the work to clean up the nation's lakes and streams is ongoing, water quality today is much better than it was in the 1960s.

Which organizational structure does this text primarily use?

• Sequential

• Problem-Solution

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Which is more common?

• something that seldom happens

• something that sometimes happens

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Which uses a firmer grip?

• holding something

• clenching something

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