WHY WE NEED SOLO SPORTS

Which word from paragraph 5 best helps the reader understand the meaning of "payoff"?

• Requires

• Benefit
  

• Change
  

• Observed

2. How does the author support the argument made in the selection?

• By including personal anecdotes about athletes
  

• By citing research studies and statistical data

• By using rhetorical questions to persuade the reader
  

• By listing various types of sports

What is the author’s main message?

• Individual sports provide long-term fitness and mental health benefits.
  

• Schools should only offer individual sports in physical education programs.
  

• People should exercise daily for at least an hour to stay healthy.

• Team sports are more beneficial for children than solo sports.
  

4. The author wrote this selection most likely to appeal to ____

• Professional athletes looking to improve their performance
  

• Individuals seeking lifelong fitness options
  

• People interested in competitive team sports

• Coaches who want to develop better team players

What is the most likely reason schools are offering individual sports such as hip-hop dance and kickboxing?
A)

• To provide students with fitness options they can continue throughout their lives
  

• B) To replace traditional team sports like soccer and basketball
  

• C) To increase students’ chances of becoming professional athletes
  

• D) To make physical education classes more difficult

Read these sentences from paragraph 8:
"In addition to fostering physical and mental health, individual sports cultivate essential life skills. Unlike team sports, where individuals rely on teammates, solo sports require participants to develop self-discipline, problem-solving abilities, and goal-setting strategies."

What is the best paraphrase of this excerpt?

• Team sports help people develop more skills than individual sports.
  
  

• Playing individual sports helps people become more independent by teaching self-discipline and goal setting.

• Team sports and individual sports require the same level of effort and skill.

• Physical health is the most important benefit of playing sports.
  

7. What is the most likely reason the author begins paragraph 2 with a rhetorical question?

• To engage the reader and introduce the topic of solo sports’ benefits
  

• To challenge the idea that team sports are more important than solo sports
  

• To provide a summary of the article’s main argument

• To test the reader’s knowledge of fitness