"Snow Sculptors Compete at Championships"

Where do the Snow Sculpture Championships take place?

• Canada

• Bulgaria

• Netherlands

• United States

Based on the passage, which statement is MOST LIKELY to be true?

• Teams prefer to work while the weather is sunny and warm.

• The technical skill used to make a sculpture is the least important factor in winning.

• Teams with the best sketches are selected for the sculpture competition.

• The international competition focuses on young carvers as participants.

How does the competition handle unexpected warm weather?

• by erecting sails to block the sun

• by canceling the competition

• by allowing electric tools

• by judging the sketches

What is MOST LIKELY the main appeal of a winning snow sculpture?

• the color

• the location

• the creativity

• the size

Which paragraph tells what is done to protect snow sculptures from the sun?

• Paragraph 5

• Paragraph 6

• Paragraph 7

• Paragraph 8

Which sentence should be removed from the summary?

(1) The snow sculpting championship occurs every winter in Breckenridge, Colorado.

(2) Teams from around the world compete to create the best snow sculpture.

(3) They must plan their sculpture, submit it to the officials, and then fight time and weather to create it.

(4) Team Canada won in 2003 with a giant owl overlooking a miniature village.

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 4

What is the BEST alternate title for the passage?

• Sand Castles and Cold Weather

• Winter Sports

• Carving Snow and Making Friends

• Snowflake Championship

Which sentence from the passage BEST describes the central idea of the passage?

• At the International Snow Sculpture Championships in Colorado held January 27, 2004, people

  carved the white stuff into art.

• Each year, planning begins months before the first snow falls.

• If it snows, she continued, teams have to work extra hard to scrape the new snow off their work.

• Kids get to pick their own winner.

Which sentence BEST summarizes Paragraph 2?

• The top teams during 2004 were from the United States, Mexico, the Netherlands, England,

  Germany, and Canada.

• Each team gets 20 tons of snow to create a snow sculpture in Breckenridge, Colorado.

• People from many countries worldwide go to Colorado to watch teams create snow sculptures.

• Teams from around the world use basic tools and tons of snow to create snow sculptures at the

  snow sculpture competition in Colorado.

In Paragraph 4, the author’s main point is that

• teams work for many hours, including at night, in extremely cold weather.

• teams work long hours in cold weather to carve snow using various tools, but no electric tools

  are allowed.

• since they cannot use electric tools in the cold weather, teams carve snow with chicken wire.

• fighting the cold weather is the greatest challenge to teams of snow sculptors.