Question 1

Which of the following is an example of an extreme sport that we read about.

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Free climbing

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Golfing

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Fishing

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Football

Question 2

an important accomplishment that results from hard work or careful planning

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achievement

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risk

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agility

Question 3

Which is NOT an example of an idiom?

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It is raining outside

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I got cold feet

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It's raining cats and dogs

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I'm drawing a blank

Question 4

ability to move quickly and easily

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Agility

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achievement

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perform

Question 5

How do athletes who participate in extreme sports achieve their goals?

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Hard work, training, working well with others, never giving up,  problem solving, accepting challenges, building their strength.

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Giving up after training, working with others, problem solving, and accepting challenges.

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Doing the bare minimum to build their strength, problem solve, train, and while working with others.

Question 6

to injure a part of the body by using it too much

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Strain

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ascend

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grasp

Question 7

What did Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgenson accomplish while climbing The Dawn Wall?

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They accomplished their goal of climbing the wall and making it to the top

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They climbed as far as they could and went back home after two days

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They made it half way up the wall

Question 8

to do something to entertain people

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perform

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risk

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accomplish

Question 9

Where were Tommy and Kevin Climbing?

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Yosemite National Park

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Yellowstone National Park

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Acadia National Park

Question 10

to do something that might cause harm or a bad result

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risk

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perform

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achievement

Question 11

Why do people participate in extreme sports?

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They like the rush. They love a challenge. They like to achieve the impossible.

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They want to prove people wrong and love the rush.

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They enjoy proving people wrong who say they can't. They enjoy the challenge.

Question 12

to grab something firmly

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grasp

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delay

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risk

Question 13

to wait until a later time

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delay

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grasp

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accomplish

Question 14

What was Kevin's response when Tommy told him to continue without him?

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He suggested he rest and heal so that they could work through it together. He was not going to move on without him because their goal was to accomplish this together.

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He was fine with it because he wanted to keep going and did not want Tommy to slow him down.

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He suggested he rest and heal but he would continue without him.

Question 15

to move upward; to climb something

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ascend

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risk

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agility

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