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The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be held in Brazil. It will be the 20th year of the World cup. Brazil was chosen in October 2007 to host the 2014 competition. Earlier in the year, South America has been chosen as the continent for the contest. Brazil was the only country to put in a bid. This is the second time Brazil will host the World Cup. The country hosted it in 1950. It is the first World Cup to be held in South America since 1978, when Argentina hosted. No other South American country has hosted the World Cup more than once.

Which of the following best summarizes the passage?

• The 2014 World Cup will be held in Brazil. It is the second time Brazil has been chosen to host the World Cup. Brazil is the only South American country to host the World Cup twice.

• In October 2007, Brazil was chosen to host the 20th World Cup. Brazil has already hosted the World Cup before. 1978 was the last time a South American country hosted the World Cup.

• Early in 2007, South America was chosen as the continent for the 20th World Cup. Brazil was the only country that put in a bid. Brazil hosted the World Cup before in 1950.

• The 20th World Cup will take place in 2014. In 2007, it was decided that the competition would be held in South America. It is the first World Cup in South America since 1978.

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Turn over a bag of potato chips. Is the label interesting? A simple food recipe may use several ingredients. These come from the soil and from chemistry labs around the world. Surprises also show up in the labels on clothing and other products. Look at the label on a package of lipstick. The tube seems small and shiny, but inside the lipstick there is soap, oil, fish scales, and wax.

What is the best way to summarize this passage?

• Lipstick seems small and shiny. Look at the label sometime. It has at least four different ingredients.

• Clothes and other products have many ingredients as well. Lipstick alone has soap, oil, wax, and fish scales.

• Labels show what goes into food, clothing, and other products. A simple product may have many ingredients.

• A bag of potato chips seems like a simple recipe. There are many ingredients from the soil and from chemistry labs.

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The Atlantic puffin looks similar to a penguin but it has a colorful beak. The distinctive beak is the reason why the Atlantic puffin is called a "sea parrot." The puffin's beak turns from gray in the winter to colorful in the sprint- just in time for mating season. Puffins spend a majority of their time in the water, but they are excellent fliers who beat their wings up to 400 times a minute. Puffins lay their eggs in the same site each year. Most puffins breed and lay eggs along the coast of Iceland.

What is the best summary of the paragraph?

• The Atlantic puffins spend a majority of their time in the water, but they only beat their wings up to 400 times a minute. Most breed and lay eggs along the coast of Iceland.

• The Atlantic puffin's colorful and distinctive beak is why it is called a "sea parrot." The puffin is an excellent flier but spends most of its time in the water, and it breeds along the coast of Iceland.

• The Atlantic puffin has a distinctive beak that is the reason why the Atlantic puffin is called a "sea parrot." Puffins also lay thier eggs in the same site each year, and spend most of their time in the water.

• The Atlantic puffin looks like a penguin and can beat its wings 400 times a minute. Its beak is distinctive and changes to bright colors just in time for mating season.

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Paragraph 1 from "History of the Harmonica":

The harmonica has been around for more than 200 years. Before its invention, people used small hollow objects that could make sounds. A person could blow into the instrument. A Chinese man made the first object like this. It was made from a gourd with reeds stretched across it. Later, the instruments were made from small pipes tied together.

Which detail from the first paragraph is most important to include in a summary of the passage?

• A Chinese man made the first instrument like a harmonica.

• People once had small hollow objects that could make sounds.

• The harmonica has been around for more than 200 years.

• Abraham Lincoln even carried a harmonica in his pocket.

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The ancient Greeks developed a sophisticated culture. They created cities with agoras that served as a market place and center of the community. Each ancient Greek city-state developed a government, a set of laws, created armies, and levied taxes. The city-state was protected by a god or goddess. For example, it was believed that the goddess Athena protected the city-state of Athens. The ancient Greeks produced epic poetry written by Homer as well as advances in science and mathematics.

• The ancient Greeks developed a sophisticated culture that produced eipic poetry and advances in science and mathematics. The Greek city-states included community markets as well as governments that established laws, armies and levied taxes.

• The ancient Greeks developed a sophisticated culture that included gods and goddesses that protected each of the city-states. Greeks are also famous for epic poetry that is still read today, as well as advances in science and mathematics.

• The ancient Greeks developed a sophisticated culture that included epic poetry written by Homer, as well as advances in science and mathematics. Each city depended on a god or goddess for protection, and developed a government that levied taxes.

• The ancient Greeks developed a sophisticated culture that included agoras at the center of their communities. The city-states were run by their own government and protected by a god or goddess, like Athena who protected the Athens.

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