4. How does the author introduce the United States' women's soccer team in the text? * 15 points
A. The author describes the women's team as surprising Japan with how quickly and easily they scored.
B. The author portrays the women's team as impressed by the size of the crowd.
C. The author describes the women's team as being able to beat Japan, only because of Lloyd's talent.
D. The author portrays the women's team as working harder than the Japanese team.

5. How does paragraph 8 contribute to the development of ideas in the text? *
15 points
A. It shows that Lloyd's siblings gave up playing soccer because Lloyd was better than them.
B. It shows Lloyd's love of soccer and how she was willing to work hard to get good at it.
C. It reveals that Lloyd's parents gave her a lot of freedom as a child.
D. It emphasizes Lloyd's interest in many types of activities, not just sports.

6. What is the relationship between Lloyd's setbacks and later successes? How does this idea support the central idea of the text? *