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WorksheetsSummer News Part 3
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 10mins
A Russian judge on Aug. 4 sentenced the American _____ star Brittney Griner to nine years in a penal colony after finding her guilty of bringing illegal drugs into Russia.
basketball
gymnast
soccer
A Texas jury ordered the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Aug. 5 to pay the parents of a child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting _____ in punitive damages for spreading the lie that they helped stage the massacre.
$452,000
$4.52 million
$45.2 million
The F.B.I. conducted a search of Donald Trump’s home in Palm Beach, Fla., on Aug. 9. What was the search reportedly targeting?
Emails soliciting fake electors after the 2020 election
Material that Mr. Trump took with him when he left the White House
The former president's tax documents
________ said on Aug. 9 that she planned to retire from tennis after playing in this year’s U.S. Open.
Venus Williams
Serena Williams
Jessica Pegula
Weeks after the bill appeared dead, the House passed legislation on Aug. 12 that would reduce the cost of prescription drugs and pour billions of dollars into the effort to slow _____ , as House Democrats overcame united Republican opposition to deliver on key components of President Biden’s domestic agenda.
global warming
the rise in homelessness in cities
the spread of misinformation
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed many of its Covid-19 guidelines on Aug. 11, shifting sharply away from several of the precautions, including quarantines and social distancing, that have long defined the pandemic.
Which of the following statements is NOT true under the new guidelines:
Children who have been in close contact with someone who has Covid-19 do not need to stay home.
People who have been exposed to the virus can continue with their daily routines regardless of their vaccination status, as long as they remain asymptomatic.
All Americans must stay six feet away from strangers at all times.
On Aug. 14, Norwegian authorities killed Freya, a 1,300-pound mammal whose presence had attracted crowds, a decision that has divided the nation. What kind of animal was she?
Elephant
Walrus
Whale
On Aug. 16, a Texas school district ordered the removal of the Bible and a graphic novel adaptation of _____ , an example of a growing trend to ban and restrict books in the U.S. over the past few years.
Anne Frank’s “The Diary of a Young Girl”
Lois Lowry’s “The Giver”
Octavia E. Butler’s “Kindred”
“House of the Dragon,” premiered on Sunday, Aug. 24 with over 10 million viewers across platforms, the biggest start for a series in HBO history. The show is a prequel for which popular series?
“Game of Thrones”
“Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
“How To Train Your Dragon”
President Biden announced on Aug. 24 that the federal government would cancel up to $20,000 worth of _____ debt for tens of millions of Americans
credit card
home mortgage
student loan
Why was Mack Rutherford, 17, pictured above, in the news this August?
He attempted to recreate the final journey of Amelia Earhart in an attempt to solve the mystery of her disappearance.
He became the youngest pilot to circle the globe alone in a small plane.
He is set to star in the next “Top Gun” movie alongside his hero Tom Cruise.
Across _____ , torrents of floodwater have ripped away mountainsides, swept buildings off their foundations and roared through the countryside, turning whole districts into inland seas. More than 1,100 people have died so far, and more than one million homes have been damaged or destroyed.
Australia
Costa Rica
Pakistan
The summer saw the passing of several iconic figures. In sports, Bill Russell, the Hall of Fame basketball player who _____ , died at 88 on July 31. And in politics, Mikhail Gorbachev, the reformist Soviet leader who _____ died at 91 on Aug. 30.
dazzled the sports world with his dynamic dunks; helped to avert nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis
once scored 100 points in a game; led the Russian Revolution and the creation of the first Communist nation
propelled the Boston Celtics to 11 N.B.A. championships; presided over the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the U.S.S.R.
