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PASSAGE 1: Reаd this pаssаge tо answer questiоns 11-16. A Living Legend [A] Ask an American tо name a famous swimmer and they will probably say Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz, or Matt Biondi. All three of these great Olympic champions have become immortalized1 for American and global sports fans. What is truly amazing, however, is the fact that many Americans would not be able to name their country's most successful competitive swimmer. Her name is Trischa Zorn, the most decorated2 athlete in the history of the Paralympic Games. [B] Born with a condition called aniridia - a disorder that leads to the absence of the iris3 in both eyes - Zorn competed in the S12 category of the Paralympic swimming competitions. Within this division, Zorn captured an incredible total of 55 medals (41 gold, nine silver, and five bronze) over the course of her career. Impressively, this is more than the number of medals won by Phelps, Spitz, and Biondi combined. At times, Zorn not only defeated her opponents, but dominated them. From 1980 to 1992, she won every Paralympic race that she participated in and, at one point, even held eight world records. [C] There are several reasons why Zorn was able to achieve so many victories and world records. First and foremost was her longevity. Zorn participated in seven Paralympic Games, beginning with Arnhem in 1980 and ending with Athens in 2004. As a result of her passion for competitive swimming, Zorn trained incredibly hard to remain at the elite level of the sport for more than 25 years. This is a remarkable achievement in itself, considering many Olympic and Paralympic athletes can only maintain their highest performance levels for two or three Olympic Games. [D] Another reason for Zorn's success was the wide variety of swimming techniques that she had perfected. Unlike other swimmers who focus on mastering one particular stroke, Zorn was the master of all, frequently winning in freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, and butterfly races. Aside from her natural talent and hard work, many attribute this incredible set of skills to her early involvement with the Mission Viejo Nadadores, a southern California swim club that she joined at the age of 10. Although mostly unknown to those who do not follow the sport, the club is operated by some of the best swimming instructors in the United States, including several previous Olympic champions. The swim club has the distinction of having sent at least one of its swimmers to the Olympics every year since 1976. [E] After retiring from competitive swimming in 2004, the desire to succeed pushed Zorn to complete a degree in law. She currently does legal work for U.S. army veterans in need of assistance. While many who enter her legal office may not know about the incredible accomplishments of her previous life, those in the American swimming community will never forget. Each year in the United States, the Trischa Zorn Award is presented to one swimmer with a disability who has had an outstanding performance. It can certainly be said then that Trischa Zorn has also now achieved immortality. 1 To be immortalized means caused to become famous for a long time. 2 To be decorated means to have received many awards. 3 The iris is the colored part of the eye around the pupil. QUESTION: In the second sentence of paragraph D, what does the word all refer to?
PASSAGE 2: Reаd this pаssаge tо answer questiоns 6-11. Balancing Act [A] Ask anyоne to name the countries that dominate international soccer competitions, and they are likely to mention Brazil, Germany, Italy, or Argentina. This, of course, is correct. Each of these countries has been a World Cup champion more than once. Few would mention Norway, China, Japan, or the United States, but they would be wrong. Each of these countries has either won or been to a final of at least one Women's World Cup. [B] Women's soccer does not yet generate the same level of interest as the men's game, but this is gradually changing. In the last 30 years, the Women's World Cup has gone from a small tournament that very few people noticed to a major international sporting event. When the United States defeated Norway 2-1 in the first Women's World Cup held in China in 1991, very few people were watching. By the 2015 event held in Canada, television audiences had grown to 750 million people worldwide. In the United Kingdom - a traditional soccer hotbed1 - television viewership for the 2015 event increased by over 500 percent from the 2011 tournament. When the United States defeated Japan 5-2 in the 2015 final, over 25 million Americans watched on television - a record viewing of the American national soccer team, for either men or women. [C] While the popularity of the women's game versus the men's game has become slightly more balanced in recent years, the growth of women's soccer has also produced balance in another way. As mentioned in the introduction, some countries that have appeared in the final of the Women's World Cup could only dream of doing so in the men's tournament. [D] Despite being called "the world's game," men's soccer has only produced world champions from Europe or South America. Teams from outside of these two continents have never even reached the final. Amazingly, European and South American dominance of the men's tournament has been so complete that only two teams from outside of these continents have ever made it to the semi-finals. These were the United States in 1930 and South Korea in 2002. This statistic becomes even more incredible when you consider that there have been 21 men's World Cups and therefore 84 semi-finalists. [E] The women's game, by contrast, has had much better global representation. Since the establishment of the tournament in 1991, the winners have been the United States (North America), Germany (Europe), Norway (Europe), and Japan (Asia). In terms of semi-finalists, there have been eight from North America, 14 from Europe, two from South America, and four from Asia. When we consider that there have been seven Women's World Cups with 28 semi-finalists, this means that no continent has produced more than 50 percent of teams reaching the final four. [F] As women's soccer continues to grow, the Women's World Cup also continues to expand. While the original tournament featured only 12 teams, the 2015 edition expanded to 24 participating countries. With more and more national teams becoming strong competitors, it is likely that women's soccer will continue to make "the world's game" a truly global affair. 1 A hotbed is a place where a particular kind of activity happens a lot. QUESTION: What is the purpose of paragraph D?