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Jane Goodall
From What a Life!
By Matilda Broukal

Much of the information we have today about chimpanzees comes from the
groundbreaking, long-term research of the great conservationist, Jane Goodall.

Jane Goodall was born in London, England, on April 3, 1934. On her second
birthday, her father gave her a toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. Jubilee was named
after a baby chimp in the London Zoo, and seemed to foretell the course Jane’s life
would take. To this day, Jubilee sits in a chair in Jane’s London home. From an early
age, Jane was fascinated by animals and animal stories. By the age of 10, she was
talking about going to Africa to live among the animals there. At the time, in the
early 1940s, this was a radical idea because women did not go to Africa by
themselves.

As a young woman, Jane finished school in London, attended secretarial school,

and then worked for a documentary filmmaker for a while. When a school friend
invited her to visit Kenya, she worked as a waitress until she had earned the fare to
travel there by boat. She was 23 years old.

Once in Kenya, she met Dr. Louis Leakey, a famous paleontologist and
anthropologist. He was impressed with her thorough knowledge of Africa and its
wildlife, and hired her to assist him and his wife on a fossil-hunting expedition to
Olduvai Gorge. Dr. Leakey soon realized that Jane was the perfect person to
complete a study he had been planning for some time. She expressed her interest in
the idea of studying animals by living in the wild with them, rather than studying
dead animals through paleontology.

Dr. Leakey and Jane began planning a study of a group of chimpanzees who were
living on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Kenya. At first, the British authorities
would not approve their plan. At the time, they thought it was too dangerous for a
woman to live in the wilds of Africa alone. But Jane’s mother, Vanne, agreed to join
her so that she would not be alone. Finally, the authorities gave Jane the clearance
she needed in order to go to Africa and begin her study

In July of 1960, Jane and her mother arrived at Gombe National Park in what was
then called Tanganyika and is now called Tanzania. Jane faced many challenges as
she began her work. The chimpanzees did not accept her right away, and it took
months for them to get used to her presence in their territory. But she was very
patient and remained focused on her goal. Little by little, she was able to enter their
world.

At first, she was able to watch the chimpanzees only from a great distance, using
binoculars. As time passed, she was able to move her observation point closer to
them while still using camouflage. Eventually, she was able to sit among them,
touching, patting, and even feeding them. It was an amazing accomplishment for
Jane, and a breakthrough in the study of animals in the wild. Jane named all of the
chimpanzees that she studied, stating in her journals that she felt they each had a
unique personality.

One of the first significant observations that Jane made during the study was
that chimpanzees make and use tools, much like humans do, to help them get food.
It was previously thought that humans alone used tools. Also thanks to Jane’s
research, we now know that chimps eat meat as well as plants and fruits. In many
ways, she has helped us to see how chimpanzees and humans are similar. In doing
so, she has made us more sympathetic toward these creatures, while helping us to

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better understand ourselves.

The study started by Jane Goodall in 1960 is now the longest field study of any
animal
species in their natural habitat. Research continues to this day in Gombe and is
conducted by a team of trained Tanzanians.

Jane’s life has included much more than just her study of the chimps in Tanzania.
She pursued a graduate degree while still conducting her study, receiving her Ph.D.
from Cambridge University in 1965. In 1984, she received the J. Paul Getty Wildlife
Conservation Prize for "helping millions of people understand the importance of
wildlife conservation to life on this planet." She has been married twice: first to a
photographer and then to the director of National Parks. She has one son.

Dr. Jane Goodall is now the world’s most renowned authority on chimpanzees,
having studied their behavior for nearly 40 years. She has published many scientific
articles, has written two books, and has won numerous awards for her
groundbreaking work. The Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education,
and Conservation was founded in 1977 in California but moved to the Washington,
D.C., area in 1998. Its goal is to take the actions necessary to improve the
environment for all living things.

Dr. Goodall now travels extensively, giving lectures, visiting zoos and chimp
sanctuaries, and talking to young people involved in environmental education. She
is truly a great conservationist and an amazing human being.

"Jane Goodall" by Milada Broukal, from What A Life! Stories of Amazing People. Copyright© 2000 by
Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. A Pearson Company.

1. Read this sentence from the article.

But she was very patient and remained focused on her goal.

What is an antonym for the word focused ?

A. bothered C. disinterested
B. tired D. concerned

2. What is the author’s purpose in writing this article?

A. to entertain the reader with stories about chimpanzees
B. to inform the reader of the importance of wildlife conservation
C. to warn the reader about the challenges of working in Africa
D. to describe the work and life of Jane Goodall

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons Dr. Leakey chose
Jane to work with him?
A. She knew a lot about Africa.
B. She knew a lot about African wildlife.
C. She earned money to travel to Africa on her own.
D. She was interested in studying animals in the wild.

4. Which of the following is NOT true of chimpanzees?

A. Chimpanzees are often comfortable with strangers right away.
B. Chimpanzees eat meat as well as plants and fruit.
C. Chimpanzees use tools to help them get food.
D. Different chimpanzees have different personalities.

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5. What is the main idea of the article?
A. Chimpanzees are amazing creatures with unique personalities.
B. Jane Goodall has taught us a great deal about animal behavior and wildlife
conservation.
C. Africa is full of wildlife that must be preserved and studied.
D. Humans are very similar to chimpanzees and can learn a great deal by
studying them.

Choose the best word to complete each definition.

6. An illustration or ___ explains the parts of a device.

A.. index
7. Alphabetical list of terms and their definitions i ___
B. glossary
8. Text that explains the subject of a photo or illustration ___
C. boldface
9. Words that appear in heavy, darker type to show that it’s important
___ D. diagram
10. An alphabetical list of the key topics in a text and their page
numbers___ E. caption

11. Which TWO of these best describes STRUCTURES found in a

textbook? (choose TWO)
A. teaches the reader about a particular subject
B. begins with a lead
C. uses headings and boldface to show important information
D. organizes information by topic

Picking Strawberries: Could You Do It?

By Flo Ota De Lange

The following experiment will give you an idea of what it is like to pick strawberries for
a living. One problem with picking a strawberry is that a ripe berry is easily bruised by
handling, and if it is bruised, no one will buy it. So the strawberry picker must find a way to
pluck the berry off the plant without hurting it. Sound easy? Well, maybe so - if you have all
the time in the world and are picking only one berry. But what if, in order to earn enough
money to provide your family with the basics, you have to pick about ten thousand
strawberries in a twelve - hour workday? That increase in numbers turns strawberry picking
into a very different situation, doesn’t it?
In order to pick ten thousand strawberries in twelve hours, you have to pick about
• I strawberry every four seconds
• 14 strawberries every minute
• 840 strawberries every hour
So how can we get an idea of what the strawberry picker’s hands are doing as she or
he picks a berry? In the absence of a real strawberry plant, let’s settle for a twelve- inch
length of string. Imagine anchoring this piece of string to something stable, like a chair back
or door handle. Then, tie a granny knot. Think you can do it in four seconds or less?
Imagine tying knots in fourteen separate lengths of twelve – inch string. The idea is to get
fourteen knots tied in less than a minute. Now, imagine tying 840 knots in an hour and 10,
080 in twelve hours. Are you getting the idea of what strawberry picking is like?

12. A strawberry picker faces all of the following problems except-

A. dealing with fragile fruit
B. not having enough time
C. having to work quickly and accurately
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D. having to tie knots

13. You can infer that the knot – tying passage is intended to show
A. how difficult it is to pick strawberries
B. how people like to eat strawberries
C. why strawberries should cost less
D. how strawberry picking is just like tying knots

14. Based on this article, which conclusion could you make about
the writer’s beliefs?
A. Strawberry pickers work too hard.
B. Strawberry pickers could work harder.
C. Strawberry pickers should seek other work.
D. Management takes unfair advantage of strawberry pickers.

President Abraham Lincoln delivered the following speech on November 19, 1863. A few
months prior to Lincoln's address, one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War had
taken place at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Lincoln delivered this speech at a ceremony
dedicating a portion of the battlefield for use as a cemetery.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation,
conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so
conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war.
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here
gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do
this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow --
this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far
above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we
say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be
dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly
advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that
from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the
last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have
died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that
government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

15. What is the best summary of Lincoln's message in this speech?

A. The audience has assembled on an important battlefield of the American Civil War.
B. America is dedicated to the idea of freedom and the belief that all men are created
equal.
C. The living can best honor the dead by bringing the war to an end and reuniting the
nation.
D. A section of the battlefield will be officially dedicated as a cemetery for those who
died there.

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16. Which of the following passages from "The Gettysburg Address" reveals why Lincoln believes
the North will win the Civil War?

A.. "... our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty.."
B. "...government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the
earth..."
C. "...we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so
conceived and so dedicated, can long endure..."
D. "...from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they
gave the last full measure of devotion..."

Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony was a leader for women's rights in the 19th century. The following excerpt
is from a speech she gave following her arrest for illegally voting in the presidential election of
1872.

Friends and fellow citizens: I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged
crime of having voted at the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote. It
shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus voting, I not only committed no
crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizen's rights, guaranteed to me and all United
States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power of any state to deny.

The preamble of the Federal Constitution says:

"We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish
justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general
welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and
establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens;
but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings
of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to
the whole people - women as well as men. And it is a downright mockery to talk to women of
their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of
securing them provided by this democratic-republican government - the ballot.

For any state to make gender a qualification that must ever result in the
disfranchisement of one entire half of the people, is to pass a bill of attainder, or, an ex post
facto law, and is therefore a violation of the supreme law of the land. By it the blessings of
liberty are forever withheld from women and their female posterity.

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17. Based on the above excerpt, which one of the following statements best summarizes
Anthony's argument regarding a woman's right to vote?

The Federal A. Constitution directly states women have the right to vote.
B. Since men and women contributed to the founding of the nation, women deserve the
same rights as men.
C. Women will follow her example and continue to vote even though doing so is illegal.

D. Even without voting, women can still enjoy the blessings of liberty.

18. Which one of the following passages from Anthony's speech best reveals her belief that laws
prohibiting women are illegal?

A. By it the blessings of liberty are forever withheld from women and their female posterity.
B. It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we,
the whole people, who formed the Union.
C. I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last
presidential election...
D. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them...

19.Which of the following points best supports the statement Sports are
the favorite extracurricular activity in my school?

A. At the baseball team tryouts, Danny was one of many students who were not chosen
for the school’s team.
B. The entire student body was disappointed this year when the school’s basketball
team lost the championship to its longtime rival.
C. On the poll, the majority of the students said they enjoyed playing on an athletic
team more than participating in any school club.
D. After graduating, many school athletes have remained friends, and they have
returned to school to support the current teams.

20.A series of causes and effects explains -

A. the similarities between two items
B. ideas in the order of their importance
C. how and why one event leads to another
D. the steps necessary for completing a task

21.in an article or story written in chronological order, the author –

A. uses the present tense throughout the story
B. interrupts the story to tell about events that happened in the past
C. describes the events in the time sequence in which they occur
D. imagines what will happen in the future

22.The words pear and pair are examples of-

A. homophones
B. synonyms
C. adjectives
D. idioms

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23.When an informational text has unity, -
A. it is written by one author
B. the reader shares the writer’s opinion
C. all its details support the main idea or topic
D. the subject is not complicated or complex

24.Which text structure is being used when the strongest idea is

presented first in an essay?
A. chronological order
B. order of importance
C. cause and effect
D. comparison and contrast

25.A biased treatment of a subject is-

A. one-sided and unbalanced
B. broad and general
C. narrow and specific
D. neutral and fair

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26. Before he sees land, Odysseus is adrift in the ocean for

A. two weeks and two days C. two nights and two days
B. one month D. one week

27. The best place Odysseus finds to land is

A. the edge of a beach C. the entrance to a harbor
B. the mouth of a river D. the side of a cliff

28. Why does Odysseus swim away from the shore at one point?
A. to return to Troy C. to find his raft
B. to find Poseidon D. to search for a safer place to land

29. Odysseus would have died if he had not possessed

A. self-control B. self-pity C. self-esteem D. self-
doubt

30. Odysseus bases his appeal to the lord of the stream on the rights of
A. hosts B. sailors C. guests D. heroes

31. Which of the following is not an element of an epic?

A. about a hero C. about ordinary people
B. uses lofty language D. about a journey or quest

32.All of the following are themes of The Odyssey except

A. loyalty to family and friends
B. the cost of ambition
C. overcoming obstacles
D. the relationship between humans and gods

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