HSA 2006 English Item 48print

HSA 2006 English Item 48

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After reading literature from around the world, students researched their own family backgrounds. One student, Shelli, decided to research her Irish heritage and learned that some Irish sports are popular in the United States. The draft of Shelli's essay, “Irish Sports,” requires revisions and edits. Read the draft. Then answer the following.

Which of these best combines the ideas in sentences 9 and 10 into one sentence?

  1. Camogie, also known as Hurling, is one of the world's fastest field games and one of Ireland's oldest sports.
  2. One of Ireland's oldest sports, Camogie is one of the fastest field games in the world, and Camogie is also known as Hurling.
  3. One of the fastest field games in the world is Camogie, and it is also known as Hurling, and it is one of the oldest sports in Ireland.
  4. Hurling is another name for Camogie, which is one of the oldest Irish sports, and it is also one of the world's fastest field games.

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