Who Am I 1
Cassius Clay is the boxer’s given name. He boasted that he could “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
Mohammed Ali
In 1962, this basketball player was the ?rst to score 100 points in a single game, and the ?rst player in the NBA to score 30,000 points.
Wilt Chamberlain
If someone ______________a place, that person damaged it while looking for something.
ransacked
A careless camper forgot to put out a campfire and accidentally __________________ a fire in the forest.
ignited
Which sentence best describes the relationship between SpaceShipOne and White Knight in the passage?
A SpaceShipOne helped guide White Knight safely back to Earth.
B SpaceShipOne was carried high in the sky under White Knight’s underbelly.
SpaceShipOne was carried high in the sky under White Knight’s underbelly
In 2001, she became the ?rst African American actress to win an Academy Award for her leading role in Monster’s Ball.
Halle Berry
In 1963, this former NAACP attorney became the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Thurgood Marshall
The lighthouse is located on the ____________________ of a big city.
outskirts
The nylon tent is made from a _______________ fabric.
synthetic
According to the passage, what was one of the toughest parts of Stinemetze’s job?
being unable to tell his family about it
This singer, songwriter, and actress from Houston, Texas is one of the best-selling female recording artists of the 21st century.
Beyonce
In 1849, this formerly enslaved person and leader of the Underground Railroad led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom.
Harriet Tubman
When someone broke into my uncle’s store, he reported it to the ________________________.
authorities
_____________________ is the gas that comes out of an engine as a waste product.
exhaust
Which sentence best summarizes the passage?
A. Stinemetze always dreamed of going to space.
B. Stinemetze created a spacecraft that helped develop the private spaceflight industry
B. Stinemetze created a spacecraft that helped develop the private spaceflight industry.
Her autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, remained on the New York Times paperback bestseller list for two years.
Maya Angelou
This iconic singer, songwriter, and entertainer won 13 Grammy Awards and holds the title for the most Top 10 Singles in an album, as well as the most #1 Singles in an album.
Michael Jackson
Someone who is _______________ shows no concern for other people and is very cruel.
ruthless
Something can be described as _______________ if it is made up of two or more different things.
hybrid
What evidence does the author provide to best support the idea that SpaceShipOne was a success?
A. Stinemetze's team won the Ansari X Prize
B. Stinemetze gave a presentation to his mom’s fifth-grade classroom.
A. Stinemetze's team won the Ansari X Prize
This baseball legend broke Babe Ruth’s homerun record by hitting his 715th home run in 1974. He made 755 home runs in his career, setting a Major League Record.
Hank Aaron
This agricultural chemist and experimenter developed new products derived from peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes.
George Washington Carver
The Supreme Court of the United States is an ___________________made up of nine justices who have the final decision on court cases.
institution
In _______________, we studied how energy is transferred from one steel ball to another using Newton’s cradle.
physics
SpaceShipOne reached an altitude that went past the boundary of space, which meant the team had sent a man into space. What does boundary mean as it is used here?
outer edge