STAAR English II High School 2017 - Past Paper

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Realizing that she hadn't recovered from her previous race, a jog was all she could slow her pace to.

She realized that she hadn't recovered from her previous race, her pace slowed to a jog.

She realized that she hadn't recovered from the pace of her previous race, which slowed to a jog.

Realizing that she hadn't recovered from her previous race, she slowed her pace to a jog.

"We are a little bit of a minority being distance runners," Vogel shared sometime later. "I think we all have an instant connection."

"I remember moving to her position," Vogel recalled after the event. "[McMath] was doing the best she could to keep her body upright."

Vogel quietly commented at a later time, "At the time, all I was thinking was that she fell so I probably should pick her up."

"She was in front of me the whole race, so she deserved to finish in front of me no matter what it took," Vogel later commented.

In the days that followed, both girls were inundated with calls from the media.

Overall, the girls thought they would eventually have to talk to members of the media.

However, the girls were soon being interviewed over the phone and on national television.

In conclusion, the media wanted a story, and they were going to get it no matter what it took.

Looking back at the day that she both won a gold medal and came in last place, Vogel said, "I got more attention for helping Arden than for winning at state, but I don't mind. Sportsmanship is a much bigger deal than winning a race."

One day Vogel was heard to have said to a group of people who were listening, "When I hear words like that I think of Harriet Tubman and saving people's lives. I don't consider myself a hero."

Interestingly, Vogel has been reported to have once said to a reporter, "I was just worried about getting Arden across the finish line and not hurting her."

"It definitely caught me off guard," Vogel said of the attention after the race. "I was expecting the first week of my summer to be pretty relaxed. I was looking forward to getting away. All I could think was, 'You've got to be kidding me.'"

There was a group in the area that would be called Knits for Nature. This particular group decided that it wanted to help the birds and made sweaters for them that would do this.

While many people wanted to help the little birds, Knits for Nature acted quickly. After learning about the plight of Australia's fairy penguins, they knew that there was something they could contribute.

These birds desperately needed some help, or they might all die. A group known as Knits for Nature came to the rescue for the birds with their sweaters.

A group of concerned conservationists in the area came together to help these birds. The group, which called itself Knits for Nature, began temporarily fitting the oil-soaked birds with handmade sweaters.

Each day the penguins head out to sea to spend the day swimming and feeding, leaving their burrows.

Each day the penguins leave their burrows they head out to sea to spend the day swimming and feeding.

Each day the penguins that leave their burrows head out to sea for spending the day swimming and feeding.

Each day the penguins leave their burrows and head out to sea to spend the day swimming and feeding.

Some penguins would try to groom themselves because they swallowed the toxic oil and died.

Attempting to groom themselves were some penguins, who swallowed the toxic oil and died.

While attempting to groom themselves, some penguins swallowed the toxic oil and died.

Some penguins would try to groom themselves, they swallowed the toxic oil and died.

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Attempting one shallow takeoff after another. Each time it banged itself against the glass.

It attempted one shallow takeoff after another, each time banging itself against the glass.

It attempted one shallow takeoff after another. Each time banging itself against the glass.

Attempting one shallow takeoff after another and each time banging itself against the glass.

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