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Reading Comprehension

Choose the correct answers.

1 What happened in 201 O?
a Jurek ran his first ultramarathon.
b Jurek ran longer in one day than anyone ever before in America.
c Jurek started training to run ultramarthons.
d Jurek moved to America.
2 What is an ultramarathon?
a a race that is longer than a marathon
b a short race run by at least 1,000 people
c a race that takes longer than 10 days to run
d a: person who has run in at least 100 races
3 What does Jurek eat?
a only meat
b a mix of meat, eggs, and fruit
c a lot of fruit, nuts, and vegetables
d salads and a lot of pasta
4 According to the passage, what does Jurek do so he can run long distances?
a He goes swimming every day.
b He is careful about what he eats.
c He eats a lot of meat and eggs.
d He runs 110 km every day.

5 What does Jurek think is most challenging about ultrarunning?
a dealing with your thoughts
b caring about your feet
c breathing easily
d not getting sick when running

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