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