Question

1 which sentence from the section
oise, bumps and shaking\ would be least important to include in the articles summary? (a) she went, got the highest score (794 of 800), then stunned everyone by winning the dry - land push trials. (b) three months after the combine tests, evans found herself on ice at the olympic bobsled track in lake placid, new york. (c) the bobsleds, she said, \sound like a locomotive in a tunnel and are as smooth and graceful as a drunken elephant.\ (d) two days later, in the second of four runs of the national team trials for the 2012 - 13 season, evans and driver jamie greubel set a start record for the lake placid track. 2 select the paragraph from the section \cool runnings\ that hints that evans is different from her family, which is full of athletes. (a) in this session, there would be sets of box squats, in which she eventually lifted 305 pounds, sets of dead lifts up to 195 pounds, and crouching carries of a 40 - pound sandbell, a weight that looks sort of like an accordion. she also would repeat flips of a 400 - pound tire, and, most eye - catching of all, box jumps. (b) she learned more about bobsledding during the 2010 winter olympics. her university of illinois track coach, mike erb, decided to compare evans powers in sprinting, jumping and power to those used to test the bobsled athletes. erb realized her combination of skills was ideal for a sled pusher and encouraged her to try the sport. (c) sports success is in her familys dna. her father, fred, was an naia swimming champion for chicago state - the first black swimmer to win a national title for college athletes. her uncle is longtime major league baseball player gary matthews and her cousin gary matthews jr. has played baseball in the majors for 12 years. (d) \but no one grew up bobsledding in their backyard,\ rosa said. evans attraction to bobsledding was even more unlikely considering shes from the south side of chicago.

Explanation:

1. For the first question, a summary focuses on key events and achievements related to the main - topic. Option C is a descriptive quote about bobsleds' sound and movement, which is less central to the main events of Evans' achievements compared to the other options.
2. For the second question, Option D mentions that no one in her family was into bobsledding, which hints at her difference from her athletic - family as bobsledding is her sport of choice.

Answer:

1. C. The bobsleds, she said, "sound like a locomotive in a tunnel and are as smooth and graceful as a drunken elephant."
2. D. "But no one grew up bobsledding in her backyard," Rosa said. Evans' attraction to bobsledding was even more unlikely considering she's from the south side of Chicago.