Major Test #2 Review- Most Missed Questions

Select the phrase that provides the BEST clue to the meaning of the word SUCCESSFUL as it is used in paragraph 5.

• Newspaper didn't publish stories about his rockets' successful flights,

• those that went as he had planned.

Which sentence describes the main idea of paragraph 1?

• Goddard dreamed of rockets that could travel to space and read everything he could about the subject.

• Goddard was born years before NASA was formed by the United States to explore space.

• Goddard did many experiments with rockets but most of them ended in failure.

• Goddard was convinced that space travel was possible long before anybody else. 

What can the reader infer from paragraph 2?

• Goddard's preparations for the rocket launch took a long time.

• Goddard hoped that liquid fuel would burn faster than solid fuel.

• Goddard's launch crew had grown tired of his experiments.

• Goddard had already tried using solid fuel for his rockets.

PART A

What sentence best states the main idea of "Ready for Liftoff!"

• Goddard's failed rocket launches caused newspapers to call him "Moon Man."

• On March 26, 1926, Goddard used liquid fuel to launch a rocket 41 feet into the air.

• Goddard used liquid-filled engines to lift giant rockets into space.

• Goddard's experiments were important to the future of modern rocket science.

PART B

Which key detail from the text best supports the answer in Part A?

• "to make the rocket lighter so that it could travel farther, he did something new." (paragraph 2)

• "The rocket rose only 41 feet into the sky at the speed of 60 miles per hour." (paragraph 3)

• "These stores, however, caught the attention of Charles Lindbergh, a famous pilot." (paragraph 6)

• "Today's spacecrafts use more than 200 parts that are based on his designs." (paragraph 7)