If a vacationer has foresight, which of the following is most likely to be true? Base your answer on the meaning of foresight.

Read the following passage from “To Fly.”

For millennia, the idea of being able to fly occupied human dreams and fantasies. Waddling around on Earth’s surface as majestic birds flew overhead, perhaps we developed a form of wing envy. One might even call it wing worship.

What is the author saying about humans?

Read the following passage from “To Fly.”

We did, however, ultimately learn to fly because of the technological ingenuity afforded by our human brains. And of course, while birds can fly, they are nonetheless stuck with bird brains. But this self-aggrandizing line of reasoning is somewhat flawed, because it ignores all the millennia that we were technologically flightless.

What does the author mean when he says that this line of reasoning is flawed?

The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part A In “To Fly,” what is the most likely reason for the lunar module’s name, Eagle?

According to this magazine piece excerpted in “To Fly,” what would be the main effect of building a space station?

In the hands of the West a space station, permanently established beyond the atmosphere, would be the greatest hope for peace the world has ever known. No nation could undertake preparations for war without the certain knowledge that it was being observed by the ever- watching eyes aboard the“sentinel in space.” It would be the end of the Iron Curtains wherever they might be.

According to this passage from “To Fly,” what is one way in which the Wright brothers’ flight differed from earlier flights? Wilbur and Orville Wright were the first to fly a heavier-than-air, engine-powered vehicle that carried a human being—Orville, in this case—and that did not land at a lower elevation than its takeoff point. Previously, people had flown in balloon gondolas and in gliders and had executed controlled descents from the sides of cliffs, but none of those efforts would have made a bird jealous

What is the meaning of the prefix fore- in the underlined word? Our teacher forewarned us that the article might be difficult to read

Which underlined word is a proper adjective?In 1906, Alberto Santos-Dumont, a Brazilian designer, was the first person to fly a heavier- than-air machine in Europe—specifically, in Paris.

The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part A Which underlined word should be capitalized in this sentence? Dr. Markus told our high school class, “that helmet was used by the astronauts on an early space launch.”