Text Structure Quiz

The players in professional basketball are paid a lot of money for their talents. These players are also able to play for more than 10 years. Players in college basketball on the other hand are not paid money, they are given college scholarships. These players are only able to play for a few years. However, in both professional and college basketball you must be very talented.

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Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith. It quickly became a very popular sport. In 1932 the Federation International Basketball Association was formed. In 1936, basketball was added as an Olympic sport. Today the NBA has 30 teams.

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Alex and Stephen were playing a game of pick up basketball. Alex was a really good player. Stephen often gets frustrated playing with Alex. When Alex was driving the lane, Stephen committed a flagrant foul. He pushed Alex very hard. This sent him flying across the court. He landed on his left arm; breaking it.

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Many teenagers use both Twitter and Facebook. On Facebook, posts can contain as many words as the poster wants it to contain. Twitter, on the other hand, allows only 140 characters called “tweets.” In 2014 both websites were among the 10 most visited websites of the year.

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In 2010, One Direction was formed when each of the members tried out for The X-Factor and failed. They were all put together to form a group by people on The X-Factor. They did well on the show and finished in third place. In late 2010, they were signed to a record label. They began recording their debut album in January 2011. They released their debut single “What Makes You Beautiful” in September 2011. The groups fourth album Four was released November 17, 2014.

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Lionel Messi is considered on the of the world’s best soccer players. He has been named FIFA’s World Player of the Year in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. In the 2004-2005 season, he became the youngest player and the youngest goal scorer in the Spanish La Liga. He won a gold medal in the 2008 Olympic Games. He even won the Golden Ball, given to the best player in the World Cup tournament in 2014.

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Students in middle school and high school are exhausted. In fact, 82% of teenagers say they wake up feeling tired and unrefreshed. Researchers say to combat the exhaustion, schools should consider starting classes much later. Another way to combat this would be for students to go to bed much earlier.

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To make a grilled cheese sandwich, you need to follow a few specific steps. First select a skillet or griddle pan and place it on the stove. Heat the pan by turning on the stove to medium. Then choose your bread and cheese. Also, get out some butter. Take two slices of bread and butter one side of the bread. Place one slice of bread in the pan, butter side down. Then lay the cheese on the bread. Cover the cheese with your remaining bread, butter side up. Flip the sandwich over once it is golden brown (1-2 min.) Then continue to cook until the other side is also golden brown. Let it cool before eating.

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Hiccups are an irritation of the diaphragm. When your diaphragm is irritated it pulls down in a jerky way. This makes you breathe in air suddenly. When the air hits your voice box, your vocal chords close and make a big hiccup sound.

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Many times people look up at the night sky and see a “shooting star.” A shooting star is really space debris, dust or rock that are falling into Earth’s atmosphere. As they enter the atmosphere, they burn up thus causing the streaking light that looks like a “shooting star.”

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