EOC Prep - Paired #2

Read the following dictionary entry.

Which definition most closely matches the use of the word clout in paragraph 3?

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Read this sentence from paragraph 16.

And she became an ambassador as much as coach, allowing television cameras into the locker room, willing to play almost any team on almost any court.

In this sentence, the author is trying to show that Summitt —

• frequently sought out opportunities to appear on television

• was able to pick and choose which teams to play

• took on a role in women’s sports that went beyond coaching

• compromised her standards occasionally

Why does the author end the article with a quotation?

• To show how Pat Summitt will likely be remembered over time

• To suggest that Pat Summitt’s accomplishments may soon be eclipsed

• To imply that female coaches will never win as many games as male coaches

• To provide an opinion that differs from those expressed in the rest of the article

Which of these best summarizes the article?

• Throughout her career, Pat Summitt has been an important figure in women’s sports. Although it was difficult for her to face the discrimination directed at female players and coaches, she managed to have successful seasons at the University of Tennessee.

• The popularity of women’s sports today is largely the result of the enactment of Title IX in 1972. Before that, female athletes like Pat Summitt had little funding or support for their teams. Pat Summitt’s success is an example of how Title IX helped women athletes and

  coaches.

• Although Pat Summitt had been a very successful basketball coach for many years, her primary accomplishment came after she developed Alzheimer’s disease. By refusing to hide her diagnosis from the public and vowing to continue coaching, she set a powerful

  example for others.

• Through her determination to lead and succeed, Pat Summitt has become both a successful coach and an inspiration to female athletes. She applied the work ethic she learned as a child to her playing and coaching career, ultimately winning more games than

  any other college coach.

According to the author, Pat Summitt learned important lessons about how to face difficult circumstances from her time spent —

• playing on the 1976 Olympic team

• dealing with her Alzheimer’s diagnosis

• working on her family’s farm

• losing games as a new coach

Tara VanDerveer thinks Pat Summitt is equipped to handle her illness because of

• the support from her team

• the availability of good medical care

• her physical conditioning

• her coaching experience

What is the primary purpose of the photos of Pat Summitt?

• To show how she became famous over time

• To portray both her successes and failures

• To represent different aspects of her career

• To highlight differences in her attitude over time

[No Dream is Impossible] The selection is mainly about

• the importance of luck in finding success in Hollywood

• the need for adult guidance

• the limited career opportunities for women in Arkansas

• the importance of trusting oneself

Read this sentence from paragraph 3.

One honest glance told me that only by unglamorous hard work over quite a few years would this gangling, unsure Arkansas girl be transformed into my dream of a fine actress.

In this sentence, the author admits that —

• her quest would be more difficult than she had thought

• Hollywood directors didn’t think she had much talent

• it was time to start thinking about a different career

• acting was not as much fun as it had once seemed

Which line demonstrates the author’s realization that she may have overestimated her abilities?

• But of course what really made me feel like catching the next bus for Arkansas was that in all the offices I managed to invade, not one casting man had looked at me with sudden interest and exclaimed, “That girl has something.”

• Since then I’ve found this inner voice always spoke the truth or made me try to find it for myself.

• No one in my entire family had ever had artistic yearnings, so they looked upon my girlish dreams as a rather silly and impractical phase, which I would surely outgrow and then settle down in Arkansas like my more sensible cousins.

• It tells me no dream is impossible because faith in my inner self will guide me to its fulfillment.