IR2 Unit 1 Reading I Comprehension Questions

Underground homes are considered normal in Cooper Pedy.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Paragraph 1: Subterranean living has become normal in Coober Pedy.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

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The first underground homes in Cooper Pedy were built by the Aborigines.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Paragraph 2: Many soldiers returning from World War I came to the area and dug the first underground residences.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

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All the opals located in and near Cooper Pedy belong to one trading company.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Paragraph 3: Dealers from Hong Kong buy the opals directly from the miners because large companies cannot mine here.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

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Coober Pedy has liberal attitudes toward miners’ behaviors.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Paragraph 4: The miners may enjoy a rough kind of fun--including occasional fights--but the community takes a liberal attitude toward this behavior.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

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The environment around Coober Pedy is dry and rocky.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Paragraph 5: Just outside town are colorful rocky areas, used as the location for numerous films, including "Red Planet" and "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome."

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

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Some tourists have died from falling into holes in the town.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Paragraph 6: Tourists have died after carelessly walking backwards while taking photographs.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

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Most underground structures in Coober Pedy were originally opal mines.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Paragraph 7: Dug-outs in the 1980s, before Coober Pedy established a town government, were usually blasted into a hillside, not actually dug.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

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The cost of creating an underground home is similar to the cost of building a home on the surface.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Paragraph 8: Three-bedroom plans are common, and having your cave drilled out costs about the same as building a new above-ground home of similar size.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

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It is easier to dig an underground home into a hillside than into the ground.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Paragraph 7: Most home-diggers tunnel into a hillside, which is a lot easier than digging straight down.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

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So far, only one underground home in Cooper Pedy has water service.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Paragraph 8: The homes are essentially artificial caves, but don't assume there is anything primitive about them...Plumbing is set in similar grooves.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

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