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As the dog sled teams raced against time, people around the world breathlessly followed their progress in newspapers and on the radio. The coverage helped make Balto a global sensation. In 1925, his fans in New York City—thousands of miles away from Nome—honored Balto by installing a statue of him in Central Park. The statue stands there to this day.
5 Gunnar Kaasen, the driver of the last team on the run to Nome, agreed with the public that Balto was an exceptional dog. He told reporters after the trip, “I couldn’t see the trail. Many times, I couldn’t even see my dogs, so blinding was the gale. I gave Balto, my lead dog, his head and trusted him. He never once faltered. It was Balto who led the way. The credit is his.”


The central idea of Selection 1 is that —
A. heroism means bravely doing good, and heroes can be found in real life and in stories.
B. heroism means bravely doing good, and true heroes are found in Greek mythology.
C. there are heroes in real life and in stories, but fictional heroes overcome greater obstacles.
D. there are heroes in real life and in stories, but real-life heroes are more heroic.

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Answer 1

A. The passage presents Balto as a real-life hero—bravely leading the sled team through a blizzard and being publicly honored—supporting the idea that heroism means bravely doing good and that heroes appear in real life as well as in stories.