"Just Once/"Football vs. Futbol"

1. Based on the text, which of the following is closest to the figurative meaning of the phrase, “sports memorabilia greets you at the door”? 

• 1. Draws attention away from all types of sports

• 1. Helps sports fans to study the statistics of their favorite players

• 1. Exposes all types of sports logos

• 1. You often see sports memorabilia in places you go

  
  

Which words from the article have a positive connotation?

• 1. Muddled, ditched, gridiron

• 1. Memorabilia, touchdown, refined

• 1. Virtually, gridiron, infinitely

• 1. Ditched, safety, controversial

What does the author mean when he writes “soccer" has been around since the beginning of time”? 

• 1. Soccer is only played at a certain time 

• Soccer has been played for over 2,000 years

• 1. Soccer is a new sport

• 1. Soccer has only been around for 25 years

What is the best meaning of the word infinitely as it is used in the passage?

"Scoring in football is infinitely more complicated than in soccer. In soccer, a point is scored when the ball is kicked into the opponent's goal. In football, a team can earn six points by scoring a touchdown. To score a touchdown, the player must carry (or catch) the ball beyond the opponent's goal line....

• never-ending

• less

• continuous

• a lot

Read this sentence from the article:

Football is a collision sport, meaning that players purposely hit or collide with each other, during typical gameplay.

Which definition below is accurate for how collison is used in the sentence? 

• 1. A conflict between opposing ideas

• 1. An instance of one object striking another

• 1. Two or more records being assigned the same identifier or location

• 1. A situation where two or more people hit each other forcefully

  
  

The interjection “Whew!” can be used to indicate that someone is surprised, relieved, or hot. How is it meant in the article? 

• surprised

• relieved

• hot

• all of these

Which excerpt from the article BEST supports "Whew!" meaning relieved in the passage?

• Scoring in football is infinitely more complicated than soccer

• In soccer, a point is scored when the ball is kicked into the opponent's goal.

• In football, a team can earn 6 points by scoring a touchdown, which means carrying (or catching) the ball beyond an opponent's goal line.

• After each touchdown, a team can score one extra point by successfully kicking the ball through the goal post.

 Read this sentence from the article:

Team logos scream from car bumpers and clothing, and cheesy-grinned athletes stare at  you from cereal boxes and television ads.” 

What type of figurative language is used here? 

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Read this sentence from the article:

So, the British ditched the old name and replaced it with soccer.

What is the connotation of the word ditched as it is used in the sentence? 

• postive

• negative

• neutral

• denotation

 In which sentence, has the word ditched been replaced with a word (or phrase) of the opposite connotation? 

• 1. So, the British dumped the old name and replaced it with soccer

• 1. So, the British retired the old name and replaced it with soccer

• 1. So, the British dropped the old name and replaced it with soccer.

• 1. So, the British threw out the old name and replaced it with soccer.