"Pele's Beautiful Game" Passage/Questions

What are the main ideas of the text?

• Pelé played soccer for his home country of Brazil and helped the team win three World Cups.

  He became famous because of his skillful soccer moves and being able to score goals

  consistently for his team.

• Pelé is the most famous soccer player from the country of Brazil. After playing soccer for local

  teams as a young child, he eventually earned a place on the professional team in Brazil

  because of his talents in the game.

• Pelé became a well-known soccer player by winning many games and three World Cups with

  his home country of Brazil. After his soccer career ended, Pelé spent his time encouraging

  others around the world to play soccer.

• Pelé is known for all of the records he set as a soccer player in the country of Brazil. He hopes

  that other players will eventually break his records and gain fame as soccer players in their

  own countries.

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Which quotation supports the inference that Pelé did things no other player had done

before?

• “After stopping a long pass with his chest, Pelé flicked the ball over the head of the Swedish

  defender and fired it past the goalkeeper before it hit the ground.” (paragraph 8)

• “He is the only three-time World Cup champion and has scored more goals for Brazil—77 in

  92 games—than any other player.” (paragraph 9)

• “In 1974, Pelé signed a two-year contract with the New York Cosmos to promote soccer in

  North America.” (paragraph 10)

• “In 1995, he was named Minister of Sport for the government of Brazil.” (paragraph 11)

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What does the author mean by the phrase “spread like wildfire” in paragraph 2?

• People began playing soccer all over the world.

• People became interested in soccer very quickly.

• People knew very little about how to play soccer.

• People started many soccer teams in a short period.

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What does the author mean by the phrase “got his first break” in paragraph 4?

• Pelé was injured in a soccer game.

• Pelé was able to begin playing soccer as a young child.

• Pelé was allowed to rest after a soccer game.

• Pelé was given a chance to play soccer at a higher level.

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How did Charles Miller impact the game of soccer?

• He created the rules of soccer.

• He started the first soccer league in Brazil.

• He was the first soccer superstar.

• He brought the game of soccer to Brazil.

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What does the author mean by the phrase “swell of pride” in paragraph 6?

• Pelé felt glad that his team had the opportunity to be in the soccer tournament.

• Pelé felt a strong sense of satisfaction to be playing soccer for his country.

• Pelé felt a deep sense of confidence that his team would win the soccer tournament.

• Pelé felt excited to be playing in his first soccer game outside of his country.

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What point does the author make about Brazil?

• Brazil has been credited with creating the game of soccer.

• Brazil has a long and successful history in the game of soccer.

• Brazil has trained more soccer superstars than any other country.

• Brazil has more support for its soccer teams than any other country.

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How did Pelé spread the popularity of soccer around the world?

• Pelé joined an American soccer team and got people in America excited about the game.

• Pelé created sports camps that taught young children in other countries how to play soccer.

• Pelé became a government official in Brazil in charge of encouraging people to play soccer.

• Pelé got people interested in soccer because of all the goals he scored in other countries.

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What does accomplished mean as it is used in paragraph 9?

• achieved

• adjusted

• observed

• unlocked

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Which phrase from paragraphs 9 - 11 helps the reader understand the meaning of the word promote?

• “...the best soccer player of the century.”

• “...two-year contract with the New York Cosmos...”

• “...attracted millions of Americans to the ‘beautiful game...’”

• “...used his fame to help others.”

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