Chapter 8: Review Test 5

• Yoga stretches out muscles that have been shortened through weight training.
• Yoga helps stretch, soften, and dissolve hard scar tissue that sometimes forms after injury or surgery.
• Yoga develops strength, flexibility, and balance.
• Yoga also helps relieve stress.
• Yoga challenges a person to push beyond physical limits.

Implied main idea: __________

• The classified advertisements in a newspaper are the lists of ads set in small type that advertise jobs, items for sale, and garage sales.
• Display advertisements located throughout the newspaper use photographs, drawings, and larger type.
• For example, when the movie Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace opened in theaters in 1999, many newspapers carried large display ads for the film.
• The third type of advertisement found in newspapers is the insert, which is similar to a small catalog and most often advertises merchandise for sale at department stores and supermarkets.

Implied main idea: __________

• In 2000, the average American woman having her first baby was almost 25 years old.
• In 1970, the average age was 21.4 years for a first birth, according to a 2002 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• The report also showed that the average (or mean) age of mothers for all births rose from 24.6 years to 27.2 over the past three decades.
• From 1970 to 2000, the number of women completing college has nearly doubled.
• In addition, the number of women in the labor force has gone up by almost 40 percent.
• Women may also delay having children due to changes in birth control, social support, and marriage patterns.

Implied main idea: __________

      ¹When George Washington left Mount Vernon for the eight-day trip to New York for his inauguration, his progress was a series of celebrations. ²In every town he was met by bands, honor guards, local dignitaries, and crowds of cheering citizens. 3The people were informally ratifying the decision to create a new, more powerful United States. ⁴On April 30, 1789, Washington took the oath of office at New York's Federal Hall.

Which is the best statement of the implied main idea?