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Activity 1: Reading Exercise
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Directions:  Read the article below. To listen to the audio, click on the button <a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif::::/sites/dl/free/0070082278/130370/play.gif','popWin', 'width=79,height=94,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (0.0K)</a> under the article.

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Directions:  Read the following questions about the article. Choose the best answer for each question.



1

Before the zipper, what was used to hold clothes together?
A)Velcro
B)snaps
C)buttons
D)glue
2

In what year did Elias Howe first invent the zipper?
A)1844
B)1851
C)1895
D)1911
3

What did people think about the zipper when Elias Howe invented it?
A)They were excited.
B)They were confused.
C)They were happy.
D)They were unimpressed.
4

How many years after Elias Howe did Whitcomb Judson invent another zipper?
A)forty
B)forty-four
C)forty-five
D)forty-eight
5

What did Gideon Sundback do?
A)improved the process for making the zipper
B)increased the length of the zipper
C)used the zipper in notebooks
D)made the zipper faster
6

When was the patent for the zipper first issued?
A)1851
B)1911
C)1917
D)1944
7

Who was recognized as the Father of the Zipper?
A)The Goodrich Company
B)Elias Howe
C)Whitcomb Judson
D)Gideon Sundback
8

Who invented the name zipper?
A)Whitcomb Judson
B)Elias Howe
C)The Goodrich Company
D)Gideon Sundback
9

What product did the Goodrich Company use the zipper for?
A)shoes
B)luggage
C)notebooks
D)children's clothing
10

According to the reading, what is a popular item that often has zippers?
A)diapers
B)phones
C)children's clothing
D)books







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