how high can you jump? if you are like most people, you can probably jump one or two feet high.\nhow high do…

how high can you jump? if you are like most people, you can probably jump one or two feet high.\nhow high do you think the worlds best jumper can jump? a man named javier sotomayor set the world record for the highest jump. he is an olympic gold medalist. he has jumped over a bar set at a height of 8.04 feet. so far, javier sotomayor is the only person who has ever jumped higher than 8 feet. thats pretty amazing. but believe it or not, there are many animals out there that are far better at jumping.\nwhen you think of animals that can jump well, you probably think of kangaroos, rabbits, or frogs. these animals are all very good at jumping, but they are not the best. when we talk about how good an animal is at jumping, we do not simply mean how high they can jump. instead, we mean how high they can jump compared to how big they are. for example, a grasshopper can jump 20 inches. that is not very far for a person, but it is very far for something as small as a grasshopper. a grasshopper is only one inch long. this means that a grasshopper can jump 20 times its own height. this\nchallenge question\nthe author mentions javier sotomayor to\na illustrate just how good some animals are at jumping\nb admire a world - class athlete at the height of his career\nc juxtapose the jumping ability of a grasshopper and a flea\nd show physical similarities between humans and animals

how high can you jump? if you are like most people, you can probably jump one or two feet high.\nhow high do you think the worlds best jumper can jump? a man named javier sotomayor set the world record for the highest jump. he is an olympic gold medalist. he has jumped over a bar set at a height of 8.04 feet. so far, javier sotomayor is the only person who has ever jumped higher than 8 feet. thats pretty amazing. but believe it or not, there are many animals out there that are far better at jumping.\nwhen you think of animals that can jump well, you probably think of kangaroos, rabbits, or frogs. these animals are all very good at jumping, but they are not the best. when we talk about how good an animal is at jumping, we do not simply mean how high they can jump. instead, we mean how high they can jump compared to how big they are. for example, a grasshopper can jump 20 inches. that is not very far for a person, but it is very far for something as small as a grasshopper. a grasshopper is only one inch long. this means that a grasshopper can jump 20 times its own height. this\nchallenge question\nthe author mentions javier sotomayor to\na illustrate just how good some animals are at jumping\nb admire a world - class athlete at the height of his career\nc juxtapose the jumping ability of a grasshopper and a flea\nd show physical similarities between humans and animals

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The text first introduces a human jumper (Javier Sotomayor) with an impressive jump height. Then it shifts to discuss animals' jumping ability. The author's purpose of mentioning Javier Sotomayor is to contrast with animals' jumping skills. After introducing Javier's record - breaking jump (a human achievement), the text says "But believe it or not, there are many animals out there that are far better at jumping". The following paragraphs explain how animals (like grasshoppers) are good at jumping relative to their size. So the mention of Javier is to illustrate that some animals are excellent at jumping (by first showing a human's good - but - not - the - best - in - a - relative - sense jumping ability).

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A. illustrate just how good some animals are at jumping