Reading Benchmark 3 20-21 (1342] Sing into Mistory (STAAR 2019)
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35. What is the most likely reason the author wrote this selection?
Read the selection and choose the best answer to each question.
Then fill in the answer on your answer document.
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To give the history of pilots who have been
honored for their contributions to air travel
Flying into History
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To explain how businesses have impacted the
production of planes throughout history
To provide information about how the design of
planes has changed throughout history
dark May night in 1927, starlight flickered on the silver wings
mall plane as it sputtered on
th the sky. Through the side
the pilot could see the glow
Ey of Paris. He glided over
To relate the details of an important event in the
history of air travel