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- A
- The rules of the contest were that the balloons should ascend
- following one another in rapid succession. We were provided with red
- envelopes by the committee, with instructions to throw them overboard at
- the end of each two hours and as near as possible to towns, so that they
- might readily be found.
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- 1. The contestants were given red envelopes to throw overboard
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- A. to give the men a task so they would stay awake
- B. to make it possible to keep track of where the balloons were
- C. to lighten the balloons and make them ascend
- D. so that townspeople would have a souvenir of the contest
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- b
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- B
- Correct.
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- B
- (B) The balloons could be tracked by means of the envelopes.
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- B
- The balloon is like a little earth; it absorbs and radiates heat very
- powerfully. At night, the balloon is continuously cooling, and we had to
- throw out ballast at intervals to keep from sinking to the earth on account
- of the cooling and shrinking of the gas, as well as on account of a slow
- loss of gas through the envelope of the balloon.
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- 1. From this passage it can be assumed that
-
- A. the balloon developed a leak at night
- B. ballast makes a balloon lighter
- C. during the day the sun causes the balloon to rise
- D. during the day balloonists must be alert to keep from descending
- E. the balloon was large, like the earth
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- c
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- C
- Correct.
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- C
- (C) A cooling balloon descends; a heated balloon ascends.
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- C
- Reclining in our basket, and shielding ourselves as best we could
- from the sun, we ate our mid-day meal. At the height of a mile and a half,
- we found it necessary to shelter our faces to prevent sunburn, although
- the air around us was but little warmer than that of the previous night,
- being about forty-five degrees.
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- 1. The narrator
-
- A. found it difficult to eat in the balloon
- B. found the sun to be very strong
- C. found the sun to be very warm
- D. all of the above
- E. B and C
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- b
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- D
- Correct.
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- D
- (B) He found that the sun's rays were strong enough to cause sunburn.
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- D
- We crossed the Susquehanna River near the rapids at a height of less
- than one thousand feet, and could hear the gurgling murmur of the waters
- long before they came in view, and after they were lost to sight. We
- crossed a railroad-siding, where a puffing engine was waiting with a train
- of cars, and called through our megaphone, hoping to attract the notice
- of the engineer; but our voices were drowned by the hissing steam.
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- 1. The narrator uses the literary device of _________ in this passage.
-
- A. hyperbole
- B. apostrophe
- C. cliche
- D. personification
- E. euphemism
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- d
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- E
- Correct.
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- E
- (D) "Gurgling murmur of the waters," "puffing engine," and "hissing steam"
- are all personifications.
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- E
- In making the air a domain for human travel, the conquest of which
- seems almost in sight, a competitive race like this is a trial of methods,
- materials, and men to the utmost possibilities; and although the results
- of one race cannot settle the matter, the results of many races determine
- the best of these appliances and open the door to new inventions and new
- methods.
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- 1. The narrator feels that
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- A. balloons will soon be used as a common means of travel
- B. the outcome of the race is in doubt
- C. contests such as this are valuable
- D. balloon racing is a growing sport
- E. balloon racing is a dangerous sport
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- c
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- F
- Correct.
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- F
- (C) Balloon races are valuable sources of information on aerial flight.
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