Simone Biles

1. Which of these inferences about Simone Biles is best revealed by the passage below (paragraph 1)?

   Biles smiled from ear to ear, revealing her braces.

• 1. Simone Biles is upbeat and easy to like.

• 1. Biles is young for the amount of experience and success she's had.

• 1. Braces are one of the many struggles that Simone Biles had to overcome.

• 1. Biles is is proud to have a gymnastics move named after her.

1. The following passage (paragraph 4) adds to the understanding of Biles’s development mainly by _____.

   She also didn’t know how to control her immense power, often bounding up and back several feet after landing tumbling passes.

• 1. explaining why Biles would have to build a career without being able to perfect the balance beam

• 1. showing how unnecessarily harsh critics were toward Biles early on in her career

• 1. suggesting how Biles took a weakness and turned it into one of her greatest assets

• 1. establishing what would be her signature tumbling technique throughout her Olympic run

1. Which of the following inferences is best supported by the passage below (paragraph 7)?

   Part of Biles’s natural talent also stems from her height or lack thereof. In some sports, height is an advantage, but gymnasts benefit from being shorter. From 2000-2012, the four all-around gold medal winners at the Olympics were between 5-foot and 5-foot-3. While that might seem short for most athletes, Biles stands at just 4 feet 8 inches. Her height bothered her as a child. As she told Women’s Health, “it was kind of a struggle being small since everyone would make fun of you,” but she’s glad she can show others that they can be “short or tall” and become the best.

• 1. The all-around competition was previously better suited for the elegant Eastern Europeans.

• 1. Biles was expected to struggle in the all-around competition due to being under 5-feet.

• 1. Most fans do not realize just how short Gabby Douglas is.

• 1. Biles possessed a distinct physical advantage over even the highest-achieving gymnasts before her.

1. With which of the following statements would the author of this text most likely agree?

• 1. Biles is such an exceptional gymnast that it became almost impossible to for any other gymnasts to compete at her level.

• 1. Biles attributes a good deal of her success to her close bond with Gabby Douglas.

• 1. Biles does not pick routines that have a high degree of difficulty, but she executes them with near perfection.

• 1. Biles was almost kept out of Olympic competition due to her height.

1. 1. Which of these inferences is best supported by the text?

• 1. Many leaders of USA Gymnastics are quietly hoping that Biles does not compete in 2020 so that other gymnasts can have a chance.

• 1. Most of the other nations that Biles competes against have deeply-rooted racist beliefs.

• 1. Biles does not see a college degree as something that is necessary for her future success.

• 1. Changes to the gymnastics score system have helped Biles to flourish even more greatly.

Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym.

• fundamentals

• top-tier

• elite

• basics

• rigor

• completion

• resolute

• determined

• invested

• spent

Match the following

• Biles’s coach pulls her

  out

• Second

• An outdoor field trip Biles is scheduled

• First

• Biles spent time with a psychologist

• Fourth

• Biles has to be homeschooled

• Third