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    The document describes Rafael Ortiz's career as an extreme kayaker. Ortiz grew up in Mexico near a river where he learned to kayak as a teenager. He became very skilled at freestyle kayaking and was the first Mexican to compete in the world championships. Ortiz later pursued extreme kayaking and successfully navigated many dangerous waterfalls around the world, though he ultimately decided not to attempt paddling over Niagara Falls due to safety concerns.

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    The document describes Rafael Ortiz's career as an extreme kayaker. Ortiz grew up in Mexico near a river where he learned to kayak as a teenager. He became very skilled at freestyle kayaking and was the first Mexican to compete in the world championships. Ortiz later pursued extreme kayaking and successfully navigated many dangerous waterfalls around the world, though he ultimately decided not to attempt paddling over Niagara Falls due to safety concerns.

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    The document describes Rafael Ortiz's career as an extreme kayaker. Ortiz grew up in Mexico near a river where he learned to kayak as a teenager. He became very skilled at freestyle kayaking and was the first Mexican to compete in the world championships. Ortiz later pursued extreme kayaking and successfully navigated many dangerous waterfalls around the world, though he ultimately decided not to attempt paddling over Niagara Falls due to safety concerns.

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    Read the selection and choose the best answer to each question.

    Then fill in
    the answer on your answer document.

    Caitlyn wrote the following composition about an inspirational figure. She would like
    you to read her paper and think about any corrections she needs to make. When you
    finish reading, answer the questions that follow.

    A Dream Unrealized
    (1) Rafael, or Rafa, Ortiz was born in Mexico City, but his father did not want

    to raise him in the midst of the city’s tall buildings and concrete streets. (2) He

    wanted his children to be close to nature and animals, so when Rafa Ortiz was about

    five years old, his father moved his family to a ranch near Veracruz. (3) Rafa Ortiz

    and his siblings began water rafting in the nearby Filobobos River. (4) Over time

    Ortiz’s early experiences with rafting led him to an extraordinary career in extreme

    kayaking.

    (5) When Ortiz was about 14, his father and sister bought two kayaks.

    (6) With no instructions or guidence, Ortiz and his sister planned to take their new

    boats out onto the water. (7) They put on skateboarding helmets and swimming pool

    life jackets and brought their kayaks to the river. (8) Fortunately, an experienced

    kayaker saw them and offered some much-needed advice. (9) “You guys need

    proper life jackets, proper helmets, and proper spray skirts to close the kayaks,” he

    gently told them. (10) “You can visit a website and get all set up.” (11) The two

    siblings did just that, and Ortiz soon became an avid kayaker. (12) He started

    spending his summers in Canada, where he perfected his skills in freestyle kayaking.

    (13) As a teen in the junior ranks, Ortiz became the first Mexican of any age to

    compete in the world freestyle kayak championships.

    (14) Ortiz soon grew interested in extreme kayaking and made his first

    descent down a 40-foot drop over Big Banana Falls in Mexico. (15) He came out of

    the plunge bleeding and with a broken paddle, but he was hooked nonetheless.

    (16) After steady practice and a great deal of experience at various waterfalls around

    the globe, Ortiz improved his skills. (17) Today he is one of the most celebrated

    extreme kayakers in the world. (18) Among his unparalleled achievements is

    paddling his kayak over both the Alexander Falls, a 150-foot drop in British

    Columbia, and the Palouse Falls, a 189-foot drop in the state of Washington.

    English I
    Page 16
    Larry Clouse/ Associated Press
    Rafael Ortiz Kayaking on
    Homestake Creek in Vail, Colorado

    (19) In recent years Ortiz had been looking forward to conquering the

    ultimate challenge, the 165-foot plummet of Niagara Falls. (20) He had already

    conquered a higher drop, but Niagara has the highest flow rate of any waterfall in the

    world, so Ortiz knew the feat would be more perilous than anything he had

    attempted before. (21) Still Ortiz dreamed of being the first kayaker to paddle over

    the falls. (22) Hoping to be as prepared as possible for a challenge that he knew

    would require an extraordinary amount of skill, he studied the spectacular attraction

    for three years.

    (23) But Ortiz would never conquer that ultimate challenge. (24) On the day

    that he was supposed to paddle over Niagara Falls, he went to the top and looked

    down, he said that things just didn’t feel right. (25) So in a move that surprised

    many, he simply walked away. (26) After three years of preparation, Rafa Ortiz left

    his biggest dream behind. (27) He later explained that he just wasn’t confident he

    would be able to land the kayak safe. (28) “Not often it hurts so much to walk away

    from a dream,” he said. (29) But he added, “I heard once [that] sometimes it takes

    more courage to walk away from a drop than to run it.”

    (30) Other extreme kayakers agree and have praised Rafa Ortiz’s decision.

    (31) Fellow kayaker Rush Sturges is one example. (32) “I am proud of Rafa’s

    decision,” he commented, and I think it is a great testament to his character and

    courage.”

    (33) So for now Rafa Ortiz will have to be happy with all the other amazing

    feats he has accomplished. (34) As one writer put it, “Surely another waterfall

    awaits Ortiz—just not Niagara Falls.”

    English I
    Page 17
    14 What change should be made in sentence 6?

    F Change With to Without

    G Change guidence to guidance

    H Delete the comma

    J Change planned to planning

    15 What change is needed in sentence 13?

    A Change the comma after ranks to a semicolon

    B Change became to becomes

    C Insert a comma after age

    D Change world freestyle kayak championships to World Freestyle Kayak


    Championships

    16 What is the correct way to write sentence 24?

    F On the day that he was supposed to paddle over Niagara Falls. He went to the top, looked
    down, and said that things just didn’t feel right.

    G On the day that he was supposed to paddle over Niagara Falls, he went to the top and
    looked down. He said that things just didn’t feel right.

    H On the day that he was supposed to paddle over Niagara Falls, he went to the top and
    looked down. And said that things just didn’t feel right.

    J On the day that he was supposed to paddle. Over Niagara falls, he went to the top, looked
    down, and said things just didn’t feel right.

    English I
    Page 18
    17 What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 27?

    A Change explained to explains

    B Change confident to confidant

    C Change safe to safely

    D No change needs to be made in this sentence.

    18 What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 32?

    F Insert quotation marks before the first and

    G Change I think to we think

    H Change testament to testiment

    J No change needs to be made in sentence 32.

    BE SURE YOU HAVE RECORDED ALL OF YOUR ANSWERS


    English I
    ON THE ANSWER DOCUMENT.
    Page 19

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