Refer to your Who Is Sonia Sotomayor? book for a complete version of this text. Part A (say both answers)

What is a main idea of Chapter 9?

A. When she is chosen to serve as a U. S. Supreme Court justice, Sonia makes history.

B. Politicians doubt that Sonia will be a capable Supreme Court justice, so she must go through a special approval process.

C. Sonia’s family worries that she will forget about her past once she is a Supreme Court justice.

D. Sonia wants to become a Supreme Court justice so that she can meet popular politicians and performers from Puerto Rico.

Part B

Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

A. “The president wanted to be sure Sonia didn’t have any problems or ugly secrets in her past.”

B. “Jennifer Lopez, the famous singer, also had a big party at her mansion on Long Island.”

C. “She would be only the third woman, and first Hispanic, ever to sit on the court.”

D. “Even though she was about to become a Supreme Court justice, she didn’t want to start acting differently.”

The “big dig” the “big dig” (the central artery/tunnel project) has been complex and challenging. located in boston, massachusetts, this tunnel is eight lanes wide and three-and-a-half miles long. what is most amazing about this tunnel is that it is constructed under a major highway and skyscrapers located in boston’s financial district. construction crews used “clamshell excavators” during this dig. these machines carved narrow trenches, and then a special substance was pumped into the trench to keep the dirt from caving in. finally, steel beams were lowered into the trench and concrete was pumped in. one problem that engineers faced while constructing the tunnel is the fact that the soil beneath boston is extremely loose and soggy. engineers solved this dilemma by freezing the soil and pumping very cold water into pipes beneath the city. to strengthen the soil even further, a special type of glue was injected into the ground to with the consolidation of the soil. 23 which phrase best defines the word excavator as used in the passage? a. a device used to measure underground temperatures b. a device used to level uneven surfaces c. a device used to move heavy objects d. a device used to dig holes