Reading Comprehension

According to the passage, the first recorded evidence that lightning came from electricity was discovered by ....

• A. people of ancient civilizations.

• B. Ben Franklin.

• C. researchers from the 1400s.

• D. modern researchers.

The word dangling in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to ....

• A. connected.

• B. hanging.

• C. tied.

• D. sewed into.

According to the passage, the relationship between the charge in the cloud and that from earth is that ....

• A. they meet each other in the sky.

• B. they are the same polarity.

• C. the charge from earth travels to the

  cloud.

• D. the charge from the cloud reaches

  the ground before they meet.

According to the passage, the primary cause of the charge in the storm cloud is ....

• A. ice build-up.

• B. friction.

• C. unknown.

• D. water.

The author implies that as the lightning comes towards earth, but before it

strikes, ....

• A. it can be seen in the sky.

• B. it can turn back.

• C. its approach can be felt by someone

  about to be struck.

• D. thunder is heard several miles

  away.

The author indicates that thunder is created when ....

• A. the charge from the earth meets the charge from the cloud.

• B. lightning strikes the ground.

• C. friction occurs in the cloud.

• D. lightning leaves the cloud.

The author indicates that lightning can strike far from the center of a storm

when ....

• A. it travels horizontally first.

• B. the storm cloud is large.

• C. lightning has already emanated

  from the same cloud.

• D. it emanates from a positive charge

  in the cloud.

According to the passage, the victims of lightning are usually struck when they are doing the following activities, EXCEPT ....

• A. playing football on the field

• B. swimming in the indoor pool

• jogging in the park

• standing near the utility pole

The word occasionally in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ....

• A. hardly

• B. never

• C. sometime

• D. intermittenly