Reading Comprehension Questions
a. The History and Rationale of Daylight Saving Timeb
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| a. The History and Rationale of Daylight Saving Time b. Lyndon Johnson and the Uniform Time Act c. The US. Department of Transportation and Daylight Saving Time d. Daylight Saving Time in the United States. The Daylight Saving Time Energy Act of 1973 was responsible for a. preserving and setting Daylight Saving Time across the continent. b. instituting five time zones in the United States. c. extending Daylight Saving Time in the interest of energy con- servation. d. conserving energy by giving the Department of Transportation authority overtime laws) Milton Hershey was born near the small village of Derry Church, Pennsylvania, in 1857. It was a __________ beginning that did not foretell his later popularity. Milton only attended school through the fourth grade at that point, he was apprenticed to a printer in a nearby town. Fortunately for all chocolate lovers, Milton did not excel as a printer. After awhile, he left the printing business and was apprenticed to a Lancaster, Pennsylvania candy maker. It was apparent he had found his calling in life, and at the age of eighteen, he opened his own candy store in Philadelphia. In spite of his talents as a candy maker, the shop failed after six years) It may come as a surprise to current Milton Hershey fans, but his first candy success came with the manufacture of caramel. After the failure of his Philadelphia store, Milton headed for Denver, where he learned the art of making caramels. There he took a job with a local manufacturer who insisted on using fresh milk in making his caramels Milton saw that this made the caramels especially tasty. After a time in Denver, Milton once again attempted to open his own candy-making businesses, in Chicago, New Orleans, and New York City. Finally, in 1886, he went to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he raised the money necessary to try again. This company— the Lancaster Caramel Company—established Milton’s reputation as a master candy maker 9 8 6801_501_ReadingCompQuest_4E[fin].indd 198 3/18/10 1:34:58 PM |