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22 Lincoln’s Man ©Teacher Created Resources 95 #5036 Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading Warm-Up Check Your Understanding / 4 Name ______________________________________________ 1. Which word refers to the “greatest number of people allowed”? a. doubtful c. cemented b. maximum d. million 2. Which event occurred third? a. convincing the committee to accept the Ferris wheel b. riding on the Ferris wheel c. planning for the Chicago World’s Fair d. building the Ferris wheel 3. What can you infer about the reasons the committee didn’t immediately accept and support the idea of the Ferris wheel? a. They didn’t think it would work. c. They thought it didn’t cost enough. b. They thought it would hold too many people. d. both a and c 4. From the context of the passage, which is the best synonym for impressive? a. towering c. ugly b. remarkable d. both a and c The directors of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair needed something special to mark their event. The Eiffel Tower had been constructed for the Paris World’s Fair in 1889. Architects and engineers made many proposals for towers, but they really didn’t hold anybody’s interest. A bridge builder and engineer named George Ferris had a different idea. He wanted to create a monster wheel 250 feet tall. It would be a moving wheel with spokes like a bicycle. He intended to carry more than 2,000 people on each ride. Altogether, they would weigh more than 200,000 pounds. Ferris convinced a very doubtful committee to let him build the wheel at his own expense. He built his huge wheel and then cemented two giant towers into the earth to hold the wheel. The axle that would hold the giant wheel weighed about fifty tons. Two powerful engines could turn the wheel with a huge chain near the edge of the wheel. The spokes of the wheel would hold thirty-six large wooden boxes. Each box could hold sixty people. The maximum number of people on the ride at one time was 2,160 people. The giant boxes had five glass windows on each side, and iron grills kept people from falling out. The entire wheel was 250 feet across. To make night rides more impressive, Ferris outlined the wheel with light bulbs, a recent invention. The first ride was taken on June 21, 1893, and was a huge success. It cost fifty cents. This was ten times the cost of a ride on a carousel. About 1.5 million people rode the Ferris wheel at the fair. From the Past Download 10.24 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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