B Close Reading Read each statement. Decide if it is True or False, or if there is No Information
found in the reading. Check () the appropriate box. Discuss your answers with a
partner.
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FALSE
NO INFORMATION
1. Students like to travel so that they can tell
people about their own culture.
2. In order for study-abroad programs to be
effective, they should be as long as possible.
3. Traditional classrooms do not provide as
many firsthand experiences as studying
abroad.
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4. When students travel, they often become
more sensitive to the world around them.
5. The problems students somotii
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2(NO INFORMATION)

3(FALSE)

4(TRUE)

5(NO INFORMATION)

invention of the washing machine

in the past, people used sticks and stones or scrub boards to clean their clothing. as it was sweaty, backbreaking work, we owe a world of to james king because he created the model for the modern washing machine in 1851. the most important issue was that this machine cleaned clothes while a person cranked the handle. doing this made people who used it develop strong muscles in their arms. later, in 1908, alva j. fisher created an electric washing machine named thor. this one was not the first automatic washing machine. however, it was one of the most popular models at the time.