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