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NameDateSELECTION TEST B/C, CONTINUEDVocabularyChoose the answer that best explains the meaning of each underlined word. (6 pointseach)6. What is compensation?A. obligationB. payment7. Brevity meansA. importanceB. discussion8. What is a dissenter?C. ransomD. fineC. shortnessD. entertainmentA. a person who holds a different opinionB. a writer who comments on an opinionC. someone who wants to hear a newopinionD. an athlete who advises others ondecisions9. Entitlement is the state ofA. wanting to rename somethingB. having a claim to somethingC. desiring a new structure or planD. deserving to play sports professionally10. Voracious means possessingA. incredible talentB. unlimited desireC. uncommon senseD. absolute certaintyPRO ATHLETES’ . . . / DOPROFESSIONAL ATHLETESWritten ResponseShort Response On a separate sheet of paper, answer the following questionsbased on your knowledge of the articles. (10 points each)11. In “Pro Athletes’ Salaries Aren’t Overly Exorbitant,” Singletary says, “But theplayers are no more selfish than the owners who pay their salaries.” What errorin reasoning does this statement demonstrate?12. Why does Hjelm compare Nolan Ryan’s salary in 1979 with players’ salariestoday? Include one detail from “Do Professional Athletes Get Paid Too Much?”in your response.Extended Response Answer one of the following questions based on yourknowledge of the articles. Write one or two paragraphs on a separate sheet of paper.(20 points)13. What are the two strongest pieces of support for the claim that Singletary usesin his argument in “Pro Athletes’ Salaries Aren’t Overly Exorbitant”? Explainyour response, using specific details from the article.14. Challenge Explain the attitudes that you think the authors display towardprofessional athletes. What specific details from the articles shows you theseattitudes?Copyright by McDougal Littell, a division of Houghton Mifflin Company134 Unit 8 Resource ManagerGrade 7
Answer KeyPro Athletes’ Salaries Aren’t Overly Exorbitant /Do Professional Athletes Get Paid Too Much?Elements of Nonfictionp. 119Responses will vary. Possible answers are provided.Claim: Pro Athletes’ Salaries Aren’t Overly Exorbitant (title)Support: All long as there are people willing to pay the salaries, there will be players who will demand thesalaries (lines 21–24).Support: The historical argument for paying exorbitant salaries to athletes is the brevity of their careers.If players get hurt, they may not make any more money beyond that season (lines 56–64).Support: Our fans are important to the economic health of our ball club . . . And fair is that the athletes deservewhat the fans are willling to pay (lines 64–65, 81–83).Claim: “Athletes are paid far too much for simply playing games” (lines 34–35).Support: Even role players in professional sports are making more than the average working person (lines 12–14).Support: Entertainment is necessary, but not nearly as much as the work of teachers, police officers, and firefighters(lines 39–47).Support: The number of teenagers skipping college to go straight to the draft has risen sharply since 1994 as a resultof the huge increase in salaries.
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