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2018 ‫מועד קיץ‬ - 42 - ‫ פרק ראשון‬- ‫ אנגלית‬

19. The main purpose of the first paragraph is to describe -

(1) the rules of the ancient ball game of chaah
(2) Pedro Martyr's experiences in the New World
(3) Europeans' first encounter with rubber balls
(4) a game played between Spaniards and Mesoamericans

20. In line 5, "ricocheting" is closest in meaning to -

(1) astonishing
(2) bouncing
(3) heavy
(4) miraculous

21. The sentence "The ball . . . order" (lines 11-13) -

(1) shows that chaah had been played for thousands of years
(2) discusses Mesoamerican beliefs about the creation of the world
(3) presents the Spaniards' interpretation of a Mesoamerican ritual
(4) describes the religious meaning of the game of chaah

22. The last paragraph is mainly about -

(1) the ancient method of making rubber and modern appreciation for it
(2) Frank Bates' and Dorothy Hosler's research on Mesoamerican rubber
(3) Pedro Martyr's description of a seemingly magical material
(4) how scientists discovered the process by which ancient rubber was made

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