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Questions

13. The main purpose of the text is to -

(1) explain why so few people know about the Wright brothers' achievement
(2) discuss the methods used by the Wright brothers in their experiments
(3) prove that the Wright brothers' Model A was the first modern airplane
(4) describe the Wright brothers' success in flying and how they achieved it

14. The main purpose of the first paragraph is to discuss -

(1) why it took time for the Wright brothers to be recognized as the first people to
fly an airplane

(2) how flight was defined before the Wright brothers' time
(3) the many achievements of the Wright brothers
(4) the reasons why the Wright brothers were the first people to fly an airplane

successfully

15. According to the text, what did Lilienthal do that the Wright brothers thought was

ineffective?

(1) He raised and lowered the wings of his airplane.
(2) He used a glider that weighed too much.
(3) He used his body to keep the glider balanced.
(4) He did not learn from earlier inventors.

16. The main purpose of the third paragraph is to -

(1) describe the mistakes the Wright brothers made in their early experiments
(2) explain why the Wright brothers worked with Lilienthal to build gliders
(3) describe the Wright brothers' work on the problems of flight
(4) show that the Wright brothers were the first to build a balanced airplane

17. The observers were "astonished" (line 25) because -

(1) the Model A's flight lasted so long
(2) airplanes were being flown by people other than the Wright brothers
(3) they had never seen a Model A before
(4) the Wright brothers conducted so many flights

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