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The Corrected Headline (story)
[1] Esme, the editor of the school newspaper, printed a headline that read, “Cafeteria Lowers Lunch Prices.” [2] The next morning, Milo, who ran the lunch line, stopped by the newsroom with a puzzled look. [3] Milo explained that just the sandwich lunch had gotten cheaper, and the hot lunch cost exactly what it had the week before. [4] Esme had based the headline on a flyer posted in the hallway, which announced “New lower prices” in large letters above a smaller list of the actual prices.
[5] The list showed the sandwich lunch dropping by fifty cents, while the hot lunch stayed at its old price. [6] Esme's face grew warm, because Esme had read the big words and skipped the list. [7] Instead of hiding the mistake, Esme wrote a correction and printed it in the same spot on the front page.
[8] The correction named the sandwich lunch, gave both prices, and explained how the flyer had caused the mix-up. [9] Several students told Milo that they trusted the paper more after reading the correction. [10] Esme also started a rule that each headline must be checked against the numbers underneath before it goes to print.
Noah must prove an idea the text never says outright. All four sentences are true. Which one is the strongest evidence for this: “Esme's error came from reading in a hurry, not from wanting to mislead readers”?
- [7] Instead of hiding the mistake, Esme wrote a correction and printed it in the same spot on the front page.
- [10] Esme also started a rule that each headline must be checked against the numbers underneath before it goes to print.
- [4] Esme had based the headline on a flyer posted in the hallway, which announced “New lower prices” in large letters above a smaller list of the actual prices.
- [6] Esme's face grew warm, because Esme had read the big words and skipped the list.
Pia compares two things. All four sentences are true. Which one best proves this contrast: “The headline suggested that all lunches got cheaper, but the real change was small and limited to one lunch”?
- [1] Esme, the editor of the school newspaper, printed a headline that read, “Cafeteria Lowers Lunch Prices.”
- [4] Esme had based the headline on a flyer posted in the hallway, which announced “New lower prices” in large letters above a smaller list of the actual prices.
- [5] The list showed the sandwich lunch dropping by fifty cents, while the hot lunch stayed at its old price.
- [3] Milo explained that just the sandwich lunch had gotten cheaper, and the hot lunch cost exactly what it had the week before.
Tala traces an effect. All four sentences are true. Which one is the strongest evidence of this effect: “Printing the correction made readers trust the newspaper more”?
- [8] The correction named the sandwich lunch, gave both prices, and explained how the flyer had caused the mix-up.
- [9] Several students told Milo that they trusted the paper more after reading the correction.
- [10] Esme also started a rule that each headline must be checked against the numbers underneath before it goes to print.
- [7] Instead of hiding the mistake, Esme wrote a correction and printed it in the same spot on the front page.
What Street Trees Can Do (article)
[1] On a hot afternoon, a city street can feel several degrees warmer than a park a few blocks away. [2] Dark pavement and rooftops absorb sunlight all day and release the heat slowly, a pattern that scientists call the urban heat island effect. [3] Planting trees along city streets is one response, but trees cool a city in more than one way.
[4] Their leaves block sunlight, so shaded pavement can be 20 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than pavement in full sun, while the air above it cools far less. [5] Trees also release water vapor through tiny openings in their leaves, and the evaporating water absorbs heat from the air, which can lower peak summer air temperatures by about 2 to 9 degrees. [6] A person standing in the shade therefore feels much cooler than a thermometer in the air alone would suggest.
[7] Trees are not a complete solution. [8] Young trees cast little shade, and street trees often have short lives because their roots have tight spaces and little water. [9] Cities that plant trees therefore need to pay for watering and pruning, or the cooling may not arrive. [10] Planting several trees close together also helps, because their shade overlaps and covers more pavement.
Luz must prove an idea the text never says outright. All four sentences are true. Which one is the strongest evidence for this: “Streets can stay warm well after the afternoon sun has passed”?
- [1] On a hot afternoon, a city street can feel several degrees warmer than a park a few blocks away.
- [4] Their leaves block sunlight, so shaded pavement can be 20 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than pavement in full sun, while the air above it cools far less.
- [2] Dark pavement and rooftops absorb sunlight all day and release the heat slowly, a pattern that scientists call the urban heat island effect.
- [3] Planting trees along city streets is one response, but trees cool a city in more than one way.
Ari compares two things. All four sentences are true. Which one best proves this contrast: “Shade cools hard surfaces much more than it cools the air above them”?
- [1] On a hot afternoon, a city street can feel several degrees warmer than a park a few blocks away.
- [5] Trees also release water vapor through tiny openings in their leaves, and the evaporating water absorbs heat from the air, which can lower peak summer air temperatures by about 2 to 9 degrees.
- [4] Their leaves block sunlight, so shaded pavement can be 20 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than pavement in full sun, while the air above it cools far less.
- [6] A person standing in the shade therefore feels much cooler than a thermometer in the air alone would suggest.
The Walk-a-thon Numbers (story)
[1] After the school walk-a-thon on Saturday, the program director told the cheering crowd that “about 400 people” had joined. [2] Zee, who was writing the story for the school website, wanted to confirm the number before printing it. [3] Zee asked Ari, who had handed out wristbands at the gate, how many had been given out. [4] Ari checked the tally sheet from the gate table and reported 312.
[5] That was a big gap from 400, and Zee wondered whether the director had exaggerated the turnout to make the event sound bigger. [6] Ari remembered, however, that the volunteers who staffed the water stations and the first-aid tent wore bright vests instead of wristbands. [7] The sign-in sheet for volunteers, kept in a folder by the first-aid tent, listed eighty-six names. [8] Together, 312 and 86 came to 398, which was close to the director's estimate.
[9] Zee wrote that “nearly 400 people took part, including 86 volunteers,” and thanked Ari for the tally. [10] The director later said that rounding up was a habit, but that the real numbers pleased the team. [11] Zee kept the tally sheet in the newsroom file in case anyone asked.
Noah compares two things. All four sentences are true. Which one best proves this contrast: “The wristband count and the director's figure were counting different groups of people”?
- [1] After the school walk-a-thon on Saturday, the program director told the cheering crowd that “about 400 people” had joined.
- [6] Ari remembered, however, that the volunteers who staffed the water stations and the first-aid tent wore bright vests instead of wristbands.
- [7] The sign-in sheet for volunteers, kept in a folder by the first-aid tent, listed eighty-six names.
- [4] Ari checked the tally sheet from the gate table and reported 312.
Milo traces an effect. All four sentences are true. Which one is the strongest evidence of this effect: “Zee's checking changed what the website reported”?
- [11] Zee kept the tally sheet in the newsroom file in case anyone asked.
- [9] Zee wrote that “nearly 400 people took part, including 86 volunteers,” and thanked Ari for the tally.
- [5] That was a big gap from 400, and Zee wondered whether the director had exaggerated the turnout to make the event sound bigger.
- [3] Zee asked Ari, who had handed out wristbands at the gate, how many had been given out.
The Broad Street Pump (article)
[1] In the late summer of 1854, cholera struck the Soho neighborhood of London, and within ten days nearly five hundred people near Broad Street had lost their lives. [2] Most doctors then believed that cholera spread through bad air, a theory known as miasma. [3] A physician named John Snow doubted this, because the illness seemed to attack the intestines, not the lungs. [4] Snow visited homes, asked families where they got their drinking water, and marked each death on a street map.
[5] The deaths clustered tightly around a public water pump on Broad Street. [6] Snow also found a nearby brewery with almost no cholera deaths, and its workers drank from the brewery's own well. [7] A woman who lived far from Soho fell ill with cholera after water from the Broad Street pump was delivered to her, because she liked its taste.
[8] Snow took his evidence to the local officials, who agreed to remove the pump's handle on September 8. [9] The outbreak was already fading by then, so historians debate how much the removal saved. [10] Even so, Snow's map showed how careful records can point to a hidden cause, and later work showed that cholera spreads through contaminated water. [11] His method is often called an early example of epidemiology.
Kira must prove an idea the text never says outright. All four sentences are true. Which one is the strongest evidence for this: “The disease traveled with the pump's water, not with the air of the neighborhood”?
- [5] The deaths clustered tightly around a public water pump on Broad Street.
- [7] A woman who lived far from Soho fell ill with cholera after water from the Broad Street pump was delivered to her, because she liked its taste.
- [2] Most doctors then believed that cholera spread through bad air, a theory known as miasma.
- [6] Snow also found a nearby brewery with almost no cholera deaths, and its workers drank from the brewery's own well.
Luz compares two things. All four sentences are true. Which one best proves this contrast: “The doctors' theory and Snow's observation pointed in different directions”?
- [10] Even so, Snow's map showed how careful records can point to a hidden cause, and later work showed that cholera spreads through contaminated water.
- [2] Most doctors then believed that cholera spread through bad air, a theory known as miasma.
- [3] A physician named John Snow doubted this, because the illness seemed to attack the intestines, not the lungs.
- [4] Snow visited homes, asked families where they got their drinking water, and marked each death on a street map.
Pia traces an effect. All four sentences are true. Which one is the strongest evidence of this effect: “Snow's evidence persuaded officials to act”?
- [5] The deaths clustered tightly around a public water pump on Broad Street.
- [9] The outbreak was already fading by then, so historians debate how much the removal saved.
- [8] Snow took his evidence to the local officials, who agreed to remove the pump's handle on September 8.
- [4] Snow visited homes, asked families where they got their drinking water, and marked each death on a street map.
