Lake Ellyn's homecoming game last night was a great success. The home team won a smashing victory. The score was 36 to 17. After the game was over, Sanders, the team captain, won something else. He was given a football scholarship to the state university. Gross, the junior who scored four touchdowns, was carried off the field by the happy team.

More than 2,700 fans showed up for the game. The homecoming queen, Candy Carruthers, rode on the winning team's float. She threw roses to the spectators as the float traveled down Anderson Road and around the football field.

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Marjorie sat opposite her mother, and observed the other passengers on the train with great interest. Across the car was a little girl who seemed to be about her own age, and Margorie greatly wished that they could become acquainted. Mrs. Maynard said that after lunch she might go and speak to the little stranger if she chose, and Marjorie gladly did so.

What does "become acquainted" mean in the above paragraph?

Students who graduate from high school have a graduation event. All the graduating seniors come. They wear caps and gowns. Each cap has a flat, square top. This top is called a mortarboard. Attached to the middle of the mortarboard is a tassel. This is a decoration made up of many strings.

In most schools, students come to the event with their tassels hanging on the right side of their caps. When their names are called, the graduates march up on the stage, one by one. The principal hands each student a diploma. After the student receives the diploma, the tassel is moved to the left side of the cap. The student is now a graduate.

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Marjorie went to meet the new girl on the train. As the girls were now seated together in one of the big chairs with the kitten cuddled between them, they rapidly made each other's acquaintance, and soon became good friends. They were not at all alike, for Stella Martin was a thin, pale child with a long braid of straight, light hair, and light blue eyes. She was timid, too, and absolutely absent of Marjorie's impulsiveness and daring. But they were both pleased at the discovery that they were to be near neighbors throughout the summer. Stella's home was next door to Grandma Sherwood's, although, as both country places were so large, the houses were some distance apart.

What does the phrase "absolutely absent of Marjorie's impulsiveness and daring" mean in the above paragraphs?

In the 1700s, girls attended a type of school called an academy. An academy was a private school. Regular school subjects were not taught at an academy. A girl was usually taught how to read and write at home by her parents or a tutor. Knowing how to read and write was considered very important.

Eqaually important were manners. Girls had to learn how to curtsy properly. They had to speak pleasantly and clearly and dress neatly. They had to have clean hands and neat hair. At mealtime, the girls had to use the right knives, forks, and spoons. They also had to be able to make interesting conversation with others. Correct grammar and correct manners were the two most important things taught at an academy.

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California's history is full of the deeds of heroic men who did not consider their own lives at all in the face of every kind of danger - snowstorms, sandstorms, cloudbursts, floods, falling trees, and wild animals.

One of the most fearless of them all was John Thompson, popularly known as "Snowshoe Thompson." For over twenty years he braved the winter storms, as both by day and by night, he traversed the Sierra Nevada Mountains, with the mail strapped on his back.

What does the phrase "braved the winter storms" mean in paragraph 2?

Most students have heard of "detention" by the time they enter high school. Detention is a type of punishment often used in high school. The word detention means detaining or delaying a person. A student who gets detention is delayed from getting out of school on time. Detention is used as a punishment by teachers.

Sometimes all a student must do during detention is sit in a room. Just sitting can be pretty boring, especially if the detention is for two hours! But sometimes a student must work during detention. Maybe the student must help a teacher clean a classroom. Sometimes the teacher makes the student do homework during detention.

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Down by a brush heap, near the edge of the woods, was the home of a happy family of quails. The father's name was "Bob White". Morning after morning when the dew was on the grass and clover he used to call out, "Bob White! Bob White!" to please his children; then they would lift their pretty heads and try to say, "Bob White! Bob White!" just as he did.

When Mr. and Mrs. Bob White went to housekeeping, they wasted no time looking for empty houses, but built a home to suit themselves and when it was finished it was just exactly what they needed.

What is the meaning of the phrase "went to housekeeping" mean?

Robin struck a chord on his electric guitar. The students screamed and clapped and shouted. Robin loved it. He struck another chord and paraded across the stage. Behind him, the rest of his band warmed up. Steve rolled out a beat on the drums. Shelia played the organ and sang softly. The backup guitarist and bass player tuned their instruments. It was the night of the junior prom. Robin and the Worms were playing. Robin had graduated from this school two years ago, and he knew most of the kids. What was more important, they knew him. They loved his music. He loved them when they stomped, clapped, and shouted. Robin gave the signal. The band broke into its first number.

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