Snow Magic

Snow Magic! Read the paragraph and answer the questions. (1) People first started using snow-making machines in the U.S. in 1949. (2) There are two kinds of snow-making machines. (3) The older machines are called snow guns. (4) These are very large machines. (5) They are always al ways high in the air. (6) They send out water over a lar ge area. (7) The water freezes and becomes snow before it hits the ground. (8) The newer kind of snow-making machines are called water sticks. (9) They are tall, thin poles. (10) Each pole produces a lot of snow very quickly. (11) They make a very soft snow, almost as good as snow from the sky. (12) These snow-making machines help businessmen make money and also help skiers have a good time.

Snow guns __________. are small snow-making machines are tall, thin poles are different from water sticks are not used in the U.S.

Snow-making started in the U.S. in __________. 1940 1959 1949 1994

The writer of this paragraph thinks that __________. snow-making is a good thing snow guns are better than water sticks ski areas should not use snow guns water sticks are better than snow guns

ESTUDENT: LESLIE SHAMIR CALIZAYA VALENCIA.

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The purpose of this paragraph is to __________. describe the history of skiing explain how snow-making machines work show people how to ski explain why ski areas use snow-making machines

The word these in sentence 4 refers to __________. ski areas snow-making machines water sticks snow guns

Where should this sentence go? Now almost all U.S. ski areas use them. after sentence 1 after sentence 2 after sentence 7 after sentence 10

The level of heat or cold is called __________. freezes temperature wind winter

A __________ is snow-covered area that people ski on. snow skier ski run snow-making machine ESTUDENT: LESLIE SHAMIR CALIZAYA VALENCIA.

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In the U.S. the weather in November is usually __________ than the weather in January. warmer more warm warmest the more warmer

He is a __________ skier than I am. carefuller careful more careful most careful

ESTUDENT: LESLIE SHAMIR CALIZAYA VALENCIA.

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