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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
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
(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
(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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D
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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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E
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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
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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F
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(C) Balloon races are valuable sources of information on aerial flight.
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