Informational Review

21. 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

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

22. 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

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

23. 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

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

24. Which idea is supported by information in the article?

• Technology is often too inefficient to be particular

• 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.

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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

• athletic competitions are challenging for any participants

• Mr. Evolta was a difficult robot for Takahashi to design

• people can be extremely inventive

• Mr. Evolta is capable of amazing accomplishments

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

26. In paragraph 5, the word impediments refers to

• environments

• events

• obstacles

• robots

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• found a create way to promote its batteries

• is the most successful company in Japan

• focuses most of its efforts creating robots

• is primarily concerned with setting world records

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

28. Which of the following best supports the idea that finishing the Ironman Triathlon 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.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

29. 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

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

30. 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 triatholon

• showing the reader the equipment used by the robot during the races

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5