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Placement Test 1

Level 5 3

1 An Unusual Camp 3

Is outer space calling you? 3

2 Dynamic Bette 6

Do you know how Bette Midler started singing and acting? 6

3 The Challenge 9

Have you ever dreamed of climbing a mountain? 9

Why does Walter Dean Myers write about gangs? 13

4 Wealth of Experience 13

5 The Golden City 17

Read about Jerusalem.a city where three religions coexist! 17

6 A Baseball Legend 21

Read about Roberto Clemente.a legendary baseball player. 21

7 A New Kind of Country 25

Randy Travis is helping country music find a new audience. 25

8 Blue Whales 29

Can we save the blue whales? 29

9 The Mary Rose 33

Can a ship that has been under water for more than 400 years be restored? 33

Is this monster real or a fake? 37

10 Bigfoot 37

11 The Learning Man 41

Learn about Gordon Parks.a photographer,musician,and writer. 41

12 Rich and Amos 45

Do you like chocolate chip cookies?Famous Amos does. 45

13 A Daytime Star 49

Who is the most famous talk-show host? 49

14 Freedom Fighter 53

Pablo Casals was a freedom fighter and a classical musician. 53

Would you dare climb an active volcano? 57

15 Mountain of Fire 57

16 Going Once, Twice… 61

Have you ever been to a racehorse auction? 61

17 The Mystery of Stonehenge 65

How could these huge stones have been moved 4000 years ago? 65

18 True to Her Own Vision 69

Learn about Georgia O’Keeffe.a unique artist. 69

19 The Tower of Paris 73

Does every city have such a famous monument? 73

20 A String Sensation 77

Violinist Midori Goto is a child prodigy. 77

Test 1 81

Test 2 84

Level 6 89

21 Native American Actor 89

What does Vietnam have to do with Geronimo? 89

22 The Talented Ms.Streep 92

Learn about this incredible star. 92

23 A Special World 95

Have you been to any of the Disney parks? 95

24 Shark! 99

Watch out for these creatures! 99

What do you know about Japanese sumo wrestling? 103

25 Sport and Show 103

26 Space Disaster 107

Are you brave enough to fly in a space shuttle? 107

27 The Roughest Sport 111

So you think that hockey is rough! 111

28 UFO Mystery 115

Are they real? 115

29 Palace of Pride 119

This is a most romantic memorial. 119

30 Dedicated to Dignity 123

Everyone can make a difference! 123

How could this Great Pyramid have been built so many years ago? 127

31 Fit for a King 127

This man was interested in more than music 131

32 Yo Yo Ma 131

33 Barbra Streisand 135

Discover the many talents of Barbra Streisand 135

34 Soccer 139

A different kind of football 139

35 Athens Glory 142

A city of many contrasts 142

36 Healer of Many 146

A terrifying disease is prevented 146

An anthropologist researches whether adolescents are the same all over the world 150

37 Margaret Mead 150

38 An Artist for All 154

Pablo Picasso changed the world of art. 154

39 A Special Teacher 158

She can make a good student out of anyone! 158

40 Born to Run 162

Why is Bruce Springsteen considered a music maverick? 162

Test 3 166

Test 4 170

Maurice Sendak creates monstrous worlds 175

Level 7 175

41 Wild“Wild Things” 175

42 The Great Gretzky 178

The man who rewrote the hockey record books. 178

43 Conquering Dragons 181

Writer Laurence Yep captures young readers’imaginations. 181

44 A Justice for All 185

Why is Sandra Day O’Connor famous? 185

45 Man with a Dream 188

From his wheelchair. Stephen Hawking can see the universe. 188

James Earl Jones has one of the most famous voices. 192

46 Life in the Theater 192

47 Fighting Words 196

How did the Navajos help win World War Ⅱ? 196

48 Doctor to Actor 200

How did Dr Haing S.Ngor end up in The Killing Fields? 200

49 Talking to the Deaf 203

How can you talk on the phone to someone who cannot hear you? 203

50 A Natural Teacher 206

How did David Blackwell exceed his goals? 206

Why did ltzhak Perlman learn to play the violin? 210

51 Prince of Fiddlers 210

52 Mother to the World 214

Instead of retiring.Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize. 214

53 Out of the Garden 218

How can“Food from the’Hood”turn lettuce into hope? 218

54 Playing it Tough 222

Sigourney Weaver believes in the strength of women. 222

55 Poet Laureate 226

Maya Angelou wrote a poem for President Clinton’s inauguration. 226

Stephen Spielberg is one of the greatest filmmakers’of his time. 230

56 Amazing Filmmaker 230

57 Roller Coaster Mania 231

How can you have fun with gravity? 231

58 World Sculptor 237

Louise Nevelson is the mother of environmental sculpture. 237

59 A Proven Winner 240

Ted furner races yachts and adds color to old movies. 240

60 Zanzibar 241

Would you want to vacation here? 241

Test 5 248

Test 6 251

He has broken new ground in filmmaking 257

61 Spike Lee 257

Level 8 257

62 Color Her Creative 261

African American women are the focus of this prize-winning author. 261

63 Man of Fashion 264

Fashion is art to Oscar de la Renta. 264

64 The Greatest Athlete 268

Who would you pick as the greatest athlete of the past 50 years? 268

65 He Changed South Africa 272

Nelson Mandela went from prisoner to president of South Africa. 272

A tomb fit for a Chinese emperor also holds thousands of clay soldiers. 276

66 Army of the Dead 276

67 Music in the Family 280

The Marsalis brothers go their own way musically. 280

68 Candice Bergen 284

She plays a different kind of female character on TV. 284

69 He’s a Winner 287

Jim Abbott’s handicap didn’t keep him from playing in the major leagues. 287

70 Children’s Doctor 290

This doctor overcame his own difficulties to bring hope to ill children. 290

71 A Miracle Voice 293

How has one invention broadened the world of blind persons? 293

Mozart died young and in poverty but his music will live forever. 297

72 Musical Genius 297

73 King of Horror 301

What writer of horror stories has inspired many nightmares? 301

74 An Artist’s Vision 305

Mary Cassatt’s reputation as an American Impressionist is still growing. 305

75 Computers of the Future 309

How can you travel into space without leaving a room? 309

76 Raising a Ruckus 313

Charles Grooms creates artworks that are sure to start a commotion. 313

Have you ever wanted to search for sunken treasure? 316

77 A Treasure Ship Returns 316

78 The Greatest Actor 319

Laurence Olivier’s influence on actors lives on. 319

79 Space Derby 322

How can a planet get a black eye? 322

80 A Hero for Our Time 326

Raoul Wallenberg was a hero of wartime. 326

Test 7 330

Test 8 333

Answer Key 336

Glossary 344