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29 Daytona International Speedway #5036 Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading 38 ©Teacher Created Resources Warm-Up Check Your Understanding / 4 Name ______________________________________________ 1. From the context of the passage, which word refers to a measurement of electrical power? a. injured c. watts b. acres d. project 2. What can you infer about the building of Hoover Dam? a. Construction cost more in the 1930s than today. c. The cost was about the same in the 1930s as today. b. Construction cost less in the 1930s than today. d. There is nothing that you can infer. 3. Which fact would support the information in the first paragraph? a. Lake Mead supplies water for crops and people. b. The dam helps farmers control floods. c. There are seventeen power-producing turbines at the dam. d. all of the above 4. From the context of the passage, what is an antonym for man-made? a. artificial c. fake b. natural d. free Hoover Dam was built between 1931 and 1936. It was one of the great successes of American engineering. The dam was built on the Colorado River at the border between Arizona and Nevada. Hoover Dam is 660 feet wide at the base and 726 feet high. Towers on the dam extend forty feet above the dam. Hoover Dam created Lake Mead. It is a man-made lake 115 miles long and about 589 feet deep. Lake Mead covers 247 square miles. The dam is important for preventing floods. The lake supplies water to homes, farms, and industries. The falling water from the dam can produce more than one billion watts of electric power. The dam supplies water to more than one million acres of farmland. The dam was built during the Great Depression when many people could not find jobs. Hoover Dam cost forty-nine million dollars to build and provided jobs for thousands of workers. Building accidents on the dam took ninety-six lives. Many other employees were also seriously injured. Before the dam could be started, Boulder City had to be built to house the workers. Miles of highways and railroads had to be laid from the dam site to Boulder City and Las Vegas. The dam itself used more stone and similar materials than a pyramid. The dam was named for Herbert Hoover. He had suggested the idea in 1921. He also helped get the project approved by Congress in 1928. He was president when construction started. Interesting Places and Events Download 10.24 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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