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WorksheetsDiving into danger
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 37mins
Which of the following is the main idea of the story?
As a child, Audrey Mestre loved the sea. Her mother and father were scuba divers. When she grew up, she went to college and studied the ocean. She loved many water sports.
A daring woman named Audrey Mestre tried to break the free diving record. Something went wrong during the dive, and she died.
Some sports, such as free diving, take a lot of skill and strength. People who take up these sports must understand that they are putting their lives in danger
Audrey Mestre grew up in
France.
CDA.
The United States.
Australia.
At first, Audrey Mestre wanted to meet Pipin Ferreras so that he would
marry her.
help her with a paper
help her set a diving record.
help her learn how to swim.
Judges didn't want to count Mestre's 558-foot dives as a record because
she was not a member of the Free Diving Club.
nobody believed a woman could dive that deep.
no officials saw her do it.
Mestre blacked out after being under water for
one minute and 42 seconds.
nearly four minutes.
eight minutes.
2 minutes, 2 seconds.
When you draw a conclusion that is not directly stated in the text, you are making an inference. Which TWO statements are correct inferences?
Mestre was probably a very good swimmer.
The scuba divers didn't try very hard to save Mestre's life.
Free diving is a good sport to do when no one else is around.
Some people really enjoy sports that put them in danger.
Which sentence has the closest definition to the capitalized word?
Let's get ready for the party. Your job is to INFLATE a balloon for each child coming.
to make bigger by filling with air.
to make smaller by taking air away.
to walk or march in a parade.
to poke with a needle.
Which sentence has the closest definition to the capitalized word?
If it rains, we will POSTPONE the picnic until a sunny day.
decide never to do something again
do something no matter how hard it is
wait to do something until later
do something right now at this exact moment
Which sentence has the closest definition to the capitalized word?
Her sneezes are so VIOLENT that people next door can hear them.
very strong
very soft
very pretty
very gentle
Which sentence has the closest meaning to the capitalized word?
If you put too much air in the balloon, it will EXPLODE and wake the baby.
fly away
blow up
cost too much
sing a lullaby
Which sentence has the closest meaning to the capitalized word?
To keep the air clean, the mayor wants to put a BAN on smoking in the city hall.
a right that he people have
a rule against something
money collected for a special cause
a silent protest
Which sentence has the closest meaning to the capitalized word?
Most parents FORBID their children to stay out late on school nights.
tell a joke or a funny story
ask someone to do a favor
order not to do something
allow to do whatever one pleases
"Audrey Mestre loved the ocean"
The author uses this sentence from the article to
tell one important thing about Audrey Mestre.
describe free diving and why it is so dangerous.
compare Audrey Mestre and her parents.
to tell everyone about life without education.
Choose the statement below that is the weakest argument for free diving.
free diving is fun
free diving can take your life
not many people are strong enough to free dive
free diving is free
Which summary says all the important things about the article?
Free diving changes the body in many ways. Water pressure squeezes everything. The lungs shrinks. The heart beats so much slower.
Before Audrey Mestre made her last dive on October 12, 2002, a storm struck. Her husband thought she should put off making the dive. But when the weather got better, she decided to try it anyway.
Free diver Audrey Mestre set a record in the training dive. October 12, 2002, she lost her life while trying to repeat the dive for judges. She was given the record anyway.
Which sentence means the same thing as the following sentence? "Taking a breath would have meant giving up her chance to make a record."
To make a record, she had to dive without taking a breath.
If she took a breath, she would have had a chance to make the record.
Even though she took a breath, she made the record.
Choose the statement below that states an opinion.
In a training dive, Mestre went down 558 feet.
Mestre had trained herself to hold her breath about three minutes.
No one should risk his or her life just to make a record.
Mestre was a free diver.
Mestre and Ferreras were alike because
Both came from France.
Both were free divers.
Both made dives on October 12, 2002.
Both liked to wear rainbow clown wigs in their spare time.
When Mestre was ready to go up after her dive, her air bag wouldn't inflate. What was the effect of that problem?
The sled didn't rise.
Mestre gave a sign that she wanted some air.
Mestre started coughing and couldn't stop.
Mestre grew gills and because a mermaid.
If you were a free diver, how could you use the information in the article to make a record?
I would practice holding my breath as long as I could.
I would move to France to learn to swim well.
Because the air bag caused trouble, I would not use an air bag. I would just pull the heavy sled up by myself.
I would eat tons of junk food while sitting on the couch all the day before the dive.
