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 high
in the air. (6) They send out water over a large 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. 1

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. 2

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. 3