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Sometime in December of 1891, Dr. James Naismith was teaching gym at the YMCA College in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was raining, and Dr. Naismith was trying to keep his students active. He wanted them playing a rough game that would keep them moving. He didn't like a few ideas that were too rough. Then Naismith had his breakthrough. He wrote out the rules for a game with peach baskets fixed to ten-foot elevated tracks. Naismith's students played against one another, passing the ball around and shooting it into the peach baskets. Dribbling wasn't a part of the original game. Also it took a while to realize that the game would run more smoothly if the bottoms of the baskets were removed. But this game grew to be one of the most popular sports in America today. Can you guess which one?

IDENTIFY THE MAIN IDEA

Before you put on that skeleton costume and rove door-to-door pandering for candy, take a minute to reflect on this tradition. Halloween is believed to have come from an ancient Celtic festival dating back some 2,000 years. November 1st was the Celtic New Year and marked the end of summer to the Celts. They celebrated on its eve by wearing costumes made of animal skins and dancing around bon fires. Over the next two millennia, this primitive celebration grew to be the candy fueled costume ball that we know today.

IDENTIFY THE MAIN IDEA

You might think that all automobile fuels are the same, but they aren't. Automobiles can run on one of three types of fuel: gasoline, diesel, and biodiesel. All these fuels are burned inside of the engine, which creates the heat and energy that is used to power the car. But there are important differences between these fuels. Gasoline and diesel are more common than biodiesel. But each burns differently. Diesel fuel is heavier and less flammable than gasoline, so it has to be compressed before it will burn. Gasoline may be lighter than diesel, but both fuels are made from crude oil. On the other hand, biodiesel fuel is made from vegetables. Both biodiesel and diesel fuels must be burned in diesel engines, which only use diesel fuel. If gasoline is pumped into a diesel engine, it will have to be pumped out. These fuels may look pretty similar at the gas station, but remember that there are important differences between them or it may cost you.

Which is the best source to find the location of the Mississippi river valley?

Which source would give me another word for "pleasant"?

What old print source would I use to obtain information about madras plaid shirts?

Where could I find information about what is happening this week in Atlanta, Georgia?

What kind of reference source is this?

"Small crowd"

“Aren’t we having some lovely weather.” said the man as he noticed it was raining again.

“Well, this is just the best day ever.” said the bus driver as his bus broke down for the third time that day.

"Awfully good!"

"If I know one thing, it's that I know nothing."

"Pretty ugly"

"Men work together whether they work together or apart." - Robert Frost.

"Living dead"

"Less is more."

“How lovely of you to cook me dinner.” said the husband when he saw his wife had only made food for herself.

One of the most essential skill that we use in communicating in order to comprehend and to give appropriate feedback when needed.

It is a listener-based listening strategy wherein the listener uses a schema or background knowledge of the topic to make sense of what he/she is listening to.

A text-based listening strategy that attempts to make sense of the language sound by sound or word by word, with less use of background knowledge.

Listed below are the factors in using or applying listening strategies, which doesn’t belong to the group?

Listening is the same as hearing.

Listening is the least significant skill one should develop.

Communication can be effective even if we don’t listen carefully.

Listening from a public announcement to make predictions is an example of Top-down listening strategy.

A child trying to recognize words is an example of a Bottom-up listening strategy.

There are three types of listening strategies.