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WorksheetsSeptember News
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
On Sept. 8, Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-serving monarch, died at 96. She ruled for seven decades, unshakably committed to the rituals of her role amid epic social and economic change and family scandal.
Her reign overlapped the tenures of 15 British prime ministers — from _____ to Liz Truss.
Boris Johnson
Harry S. Truman
Margaret Thatcher
Winston Churchill
The war between Russia and Ukraine continued. In September, Ukraine launched an effective counteroffensive in the east and south, recapturing over 3,000 square miles of land.
Which of the following has Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, NOT done in response to Ukraine’s recent successes?
Called up roughly 300,000 reservists to the military
Made a veiled threat to use nuclear weapons
Pushed for direct negotiations with President Zelensky of Ukraine to end the war
Staged sham referendums on Russian annexation in occupied areas of Ukraine
For nearly seven weeks, the roughly 150,000 residents of Jackson, Miss., did not have access to _____ after severe rains and flooding overwhelmed crumbling systems.
electricity
fresh food
internet service
safe drinking water
The tennis greats Serena Williams and Roger Federer announced that they would be _____ .
retiring from the sport
starring in a new rom-com, “Tennis, Anyone?”
the new celebrity representatives for Chanel
writing a self-help book together
About 50 migrants unexpectedly arrived by plane _____ on Sept. 14. The move was an escalation of a tactic in Republican-led states of shipping migrants to liberal bastions like Washington and New York to protest the significant rise in illegal immigration under President Biden.
at Mount Rushmore
in Jackson Hole, Wyo.
on Ellis Island
on Martha’s Vineyard
Which show, the longest-running in Broadway history, announced it would close in February after 35 years?
“Cats”
“Phantom of the Opera”
“Hamilton”
“Into the Woods”
Antigovernment protests erupted in cities across Iran after a young woman, Mahsa Amini, died in the custody of Iran’s morality police, days after being arrested for _____.
attending a men’s sporting event
criticizing the government
violating Iran’s law requiring women to wear head scarves that fully hide their hair
dancing in public
There are 20 _____ ants worldwide, according to a new census, or 2.5 million for every living human.
quadrillion
trillion
billion
million
A panel of medical experts on Sept. 20 recommended for the first time that doctors screen all adult patients under 65 for _____ .
Lyme disease
anxiety
polio
monkeypox
The classic children’s book “Goodnight Moon” celebrated its 75th birthday this September. The book famously begins with the words “In the great green room / There was a telephone / And a red balloon / And a picture of _____ .”
a quiet old lady whispering hush
a very hungry caterpillar
green eggs and ham
the cow jumping over the moon
Attorney General Letitia James of New York filed a sweeping lawsuit on Sept. 21 that accused Donald J. Trump, his family business and three of his children of _____ .
fraudulently overvaluing his assets by billions of dollars
mishandling classified documents
pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to go along with a plan to unilaterally overturn his election defeat
soliciting fake electors
In Europe, hard-right political parties had major election victories in _____ and _____ .
Germany; Ireland
Finland; Greece
Sweden; Italy
Portugal; Spain
Why did a NASA spacecraft crash into an asteroid on Sept. 26?
It was abandoned over a decade ago and was no longer sending signals back to Earth.
It had veered significantly off course on its way to explore Saturn’s rings.
It miscalculated its landing as it tried to grab some pieces of the asteroid in the process.
Its mission was to test whether scientists could redirect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth.
Hurricane Ian bludgeoned its way through southwestern _____ on Sept. 28 as one of the most powerful storms to ever strike the state, bringing fierce winds, unrelenting rains and drastic inundations to coastal communities and knocking out power to millions of customers.
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Three of the articles below were recently published in The New York Times’s Business section. One is from the satirical site The Onion. Which is the fake news story?
“4-Day Workweek Brings No Loss of Productivity, Companies in Experiment Say”
“Fed Hikes Interest Rates for a Third Time in a Row”
“More Young Americans Achieving Homeownership by Changing Locks on Airbnb”
“Global Markets Tumble as Recession Fears Return”
