Summary Practice 1
Reading Quiz
Which BELONGS in a summary of the text?
Trains made circuses more profitable.
Some circuses used to have more than 600 horses.
W.C. Coup partnered with P.T. Barnum in 1871.
Elephants travel on a circus train too.
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Which DOES NOT BELONG in a summary of the text?
W.C. Coup is credited as one of the first to use a circus train.
Trains made it easier for circuses to travel.
Circuses made more money using trains.
Circuses grew larger by making more money.
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Which best describes that MAIN IDEA of the text?
Circuses grew larger because of trains.
Small towns are not a great place to bring your circus.
P.T. Barnum was a magnificent showman.
Moving a circus to another town is fast and easy.
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Which BELONGS in a summary of the text?
TGV is short for 'Train a Grande Vitesse'
April 3rd, 2007 was a historic day for trains.
TGV trains move so fast that they are dangerous.
TGV trains have set many speed records.
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Electricity powers TGV trains.
TGV are French passenger trains.
Petrol powered trains can travel pretty fast too.
TGV are the fastest trains in the world.
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Which best describes that MAIN IDEA of the text?
The French have no translation for the phrase 'Holy Cow.'
Electricty is much safer and more efficient that petrol fuel.
A TGV test train reached speeds of up to 357.2 MPH.
The TGV, a French passenger train, is the fastest in the world.
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Which BELONGS in a summary of the text?
Cows used to graze on the open range.
Trains allowed cowboys to ship cattle across the country.
The Yankees lived in the Northeast, far from the Southwest.
Cowboys fought with cattle rustlers to protect their herds.
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Which DOES NOT BELONG in a summary of the text?
Trains brought cows to the East.
Cowboys brought cows to train stations.
Facing extreme weather was one of the greatest risks of being a cowboy.
Easterners paid high prices for beef.
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Which best describes that MAIN IDEA of the text?
Cowboys lived a very dangerous life but made a lot of money.
Trains helped to grow the beef market and create cowboys.
Barbed wire ended the open range and the cowboy lifestyle.
Cowboys robbed trains and stole easy money from passengers.
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Which BELONGS in a summary of the text?
Auto companies tried to destroy the public tram system.
Labor strikes helped to end the public tram system.
Trams require electric tracks and cables to run.
Busses can drive anywhere but a tram has to stay on a track.
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Which DOES NOT BELONG in a summary of the text?
The trams were replaced by busses.
Trams used to be the main form of public transportation.
Car companies worked together to destroy the tram system.
The Great Depression was another reason the tram system ended.
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Which best describes that MAIN IDEA of the text?
The bus system was a great improvement over the electric trolley system.
Electric trolley cars were inconvient due to needing cables and tracks to run.
The Great Depression was a very hard time for most Americans.
Car companies made public transportation worse to boost their sales.
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