Bradi a Soccer Legend (summary/Comp)

What is the this story mainly about?

• The story is about Brandi Chastain, a soccer player who won a Word Cup.

• The story about the last goal of the 1999, World Cup Woman's Soccer Match.

• This story is about the struggles and triumphs of Brandi Chastain, a woman World Cup champion.

• This story is about how woman's soccer got started in the United States.

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The paragraph in the image is mainly about....

• The many accomplishments Brandi had even before she became famous for her 1999 World Cup goal.

• How Brandi became a soccer player.

• Brandi's participation in the US Olympics.

• Brandi's difficulties trying to become a professional soccer player.

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Unfortunately, there were no women’s professional teams in the

United States for this talented athlete to join. In 1993,

Chastain played for one season on a professional team in Japan.

She was voted the team’s most valuable player. But when

she returned home, she could not continue playing soccer

as a professional.

Which option below says almost same thing as the paragraph above.

• If you become a good soccer player, then you can go play in Japan.

• Japan is better for women soccer players.

• The US soccer team is not as good as Japan's soccer team because the best players from the world go to Japan. They go there because they pay them a lot more.

• Even though Chastain had had a lot of success for her country she had to go to another country because women's soccer players were not appreciated in her country.

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The United States and China were tied 4–4 in the final game of the Women’s World Cup soccer match. More than 90,000 fans packed the Rose Bowl in California, where the game was being played. Another forty million people were watching on TV. All eyes were on Brandi Chastain, who was about to take her turn in the penalty kick shoot-out that would decide the winner.

What feeling did the author try to create when he wrote the lines above.

• Fear

• suspense

• happiness

• peaceful

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Brandi's attitude towards becoming a professional woman's player can best be described as _______.

• trustful

• liar

• committed

• hateful

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