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1、www.readinga-ILOVisit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.LEVELED BOOK OBigger Than a Monster TruckA Reading AZ Level O Leveled BookWord Count:602Bigger Than a Monster TruckWritten by Sarah and Keith Kortemartinwww.readinga-Written by Sarah and Keith KortemartinCorrelationLEVEL OM2028

2、Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRABigger Than a Monster TruckLevel O Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Sarah and Keith KortemartinAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Photo Credits:Front cover:Larry MacDougal/Canadian Press/AP Images;back cover:courtesy of NASA/Troy Cryder;title page:Transtock Inc./Ala

3、my;page 3:Matthew Richardson/Alamy;page 4:Manu Fernandez/AP Images;page 5:Nik Taylor/Alamy;page 6(both):courtesy of SGT Paul L.Anstine II/USMC/DOD;page 7(left):Washington Imaging/Alamy;page 7(right):Pierre BRYE/Alamy;page 8:Natrow Images/Alamy;page 9(main):courtesy of LeTourneau University,Longview,

4、Texas;page 9(inset):courtesy of U.S.Army Yuma Proving Ground photo;page 10(main):REUTERS/Charles W Luzier;page 10(inset):Ben Cooper/Science Faction/Superstock;page 11:Zavalnyuk Sergey/123RF;page 12(main):Construction Photography/Corbis;page 12(inset):Norm Betts/Rex USA;page 13(top):Frank Augstein/AP

5、 Images;page 13(bottom):akg-images/Peter Connolly/The Image Works;page 14:F1 ONLINE/Superstock;page 15(top):European Southern Observatory/Science Source;page 15(bottom):Quirky China News/Rex/Rex USABigger Than a Monster Truck34Table of ContentsBig Movers.4Vehicles That Move Things and PeopleThe Duck

6、.5Vehicle Bridge.6Cranes .7Dump Trucks .8Overland Trains .9Moving Space Vehicles .10Vehicles That DigGiant Power Shovels.11Tunnel Diggers.12Bagger 288.13Big Vehicles .15Glossary .16Big MoversHave you ever seen a monster truck?Monster trucks have big wheels and can drive over almost anything.As big a

7、s monster trucks are,some vehicles are even bigger.A monster truck is large enough to crush other cars.Bigger Than a Monster Truck Level O34Table of ContentsBig Movers.4Vehicles That Move Things and PeopleThe Duck.5Vehicle Bridge.6Cranes .7Dump Trucks .8Overland Trains .9Moving Space Vehicles .10Veh

8、icles That DigGiant Power Shovels.11Tunnel Diggers.12Bagger 288.13Big Vehicles .15Glossary .16Big MoversHave you ever seen a monster truck?Monster trucks have big wheels and can drive over almost anything.As big as monster trucks are,some vehicles are even bigger.A monster truck is large enough to c

9、rush other cars.Bigger Than a Monster Truck Level O56Vehicles That Move Things and PeopleThe DuckThe“Duck”is a truck that can travel on both land and water.On land,the Duck travels on six wheels.In water,the Duck uses a propeller.The Duck can carry people and supplies to places that are hard to reac

10、h.Rescue workers sometimes use this truck to pick up people caught in storms.You can even ride a Duck for fun in some places.Vehicle BridgeThis amazing machine is both a vehicle and a bridge.The vehicle bridge is used in places where there are no roads or bridges.The vehicle moves the bridge into pl

11、ace.Then the bridge moves up and over the gap.Other vehicles can then drive across.When the bridge is no longer needed,it folds up onto the vehicle.Ducks can travel 50 miles per hour(80 kph)on land and 6.3 miles per hour(10.1 kph)in water.Soldiers practice using a vehicle bridge.Bigger Than a Monste

12、r Truck Level O56Vehicles That Move Things and PeopleThe DuckThe“Duck”is a truck that can travel on both land and water.On land,the Duck travels on six wheels.In water,the Duck uses a propeller.The Duck can carry people and supplies to places that are hard to reach.Rescue workers sometimes use this

13、truck to pick up people caught in storms.You can even ride a Duck for fun in some places.Vehicle BridgeThis amazing machine is both a vehicle and a bridge.The vehicle bridge is used in places where there are no roads or bridges.The vehicle moves the bridge into place.Then the bridge moves up and ove

14、r the gap.Other vehicles can then drive across.When the bridge is no longer needed,it folds up onto the vehicle.Ducks can travel 50 miles per hour(80 kph)on land and 6.3 miles per hour(10.1 kph)in water.Soldiers practice using a vehicle bridge.Bigger Than a Monster Truck Level O78CranesCranes lift a

15、nd move heavy objects from one place to another.These machines help workers build buildings and load and unload cargo.Some of the worlds largest cranes move containers from ships to land.Others are used to lift supplies to the tops of buildings.Dump TrucksThe worlds biggest dump trucks are found at

16、mines.Miners use these trucks to haul loads of rocks and dirt.Some trucks can move up to 400 tons of soil.Because they carry such heavy loads,they use some of the biggest tires in the world.Their tires are over 13 feet(4 m)talltwice as tall as a person.This dump truck is the largest truck in the wor

17、ld.Heavy cranes are big enough to set up structures.Bigger Than a Monster Truck Level O78CranesCranes lift and move heavy objects from one place to another.These machines help workers build buildings and load and unload cargo.Some of the worlds largest cranes move containers from ships to land.Other

18、s are used to lift supplies to the tops of buildings.Dump TrucksThe worlds biggest dump trucks are found at mines.Miners use these trucks to haul loads of rocks and dirt.Some trucks can move up to 400 tons of soil.Because they carry such heavy loads,they use some of the biggest tires in the world.Th

19、eir tires are over 13 feet(4 m)talltwice as tall as a person.This dump truck is the largest truck in the world.Heavy cranes are big enough to set up structures.Bigger Than a Monster Truck Level O910Overland TrainsThese giant trains were built to haul loads to remote places without roads.The trains t

20、ravel on huge wheels instead of on train tracks.Each wheel is about 10 feet(3 m)high and has its own motor.The longest overland train was almost 600 feet(183 m)long and pulled twelve cars.The lead car held six people,beds,and a kitchen.Moving Space VehiclesSome of the worlds biggest vehicles were ma

21、de to move spacecraft.They carry rockets,space shuttles,and other vehicles on a platform two stories high.These vehicles are so wide that they need their own road.Computers and a team of thirty people help these huge machines move.This vehicle moves space shuttles at a top speed of.9 miles per hour(

22、1.4 kph).Overland trains,which are used to pull large loads,have many cars.Bigger Than a Monster Truck Level O910Overland TrainsThese giant trains were built to haul loads to remote places without roads.The trains travel on huge wheels instead of on train tracks.Each wheel is about 10 feet(3 m)high

23、and has its own motor.The longest overland train was almost 600 feet(183 m)long and pulled twelve cars.The lead car held six people,beds,and a kitchen.Moving Space VehiclesSome of the worlds biggest vehicles were made to move spacecraft.They carry rockets,space shuttles,and other vehicles on a platf

24、orm two stories high.These vehicles are so wide that they need their own road.Computers and a team of thirty people help these huge machines move.This vehicle moves space shuttles at a top speed of.9 miles per hour(1.4 kph).Overland trains,which are used to pull large loads,have many cars.Bigger Tha

25、n a Monster Truck Level O1112Vehicles That DigGiant Power ShovelsMiners use giant power shovels to dig loads of rocks and dirt out of a mine.These shovels have a big bucket that can break into the earth and scoop it up.Power shovels can be as tall as a sixteen-story building.Tunnel DiggersThese mach

26、ines dig tunnels under the earth.Tunneling machines can even move through solid rock.They use a drill to dig through the ground.These machines dug three tunnels under the ocean between England and France.The tunnels are big enough for large trains to pass through.Some giant power shovels load dump t

27、rucks full of sand.Machines like this one dug a tunnel between England and France.Bigger Than a Monster Truck Level O1112Vehicles That DigGiant Power ShovelsMiners use giant power shovels to dig loads of rocks and dirt out of a mine.These shovels have a big bucket that can break into the earth and s

28、coop it up.Power shovels can be as tall as a sixteen-story building.Tunnel DiggersThese machines dig tunnels under the earth.Tunneling machines can even move through solid rock.They use a drill to dig through the ground.These machines dug three tunnels under the ocean between England and France.The

29、tunnels are big enough for large trains to pass through.Some giant power shovels load dump trucks full of sand.Machines like this one dug a tunnel between England and France.Bigger Than a Monster Truck Level O1314Bagger 288The largest vehicle in the world is the Bagger 288.This enormous machine is u

30、sed for digging in mines.The Bagger is 705 feet (215 m)longalmost as long as two football fields.The Bagger digs using a gigantic wheel.The wheel has buckets along its edge that scoop up dirt as the wheel turns.The Bagger 288 is big enough to move mountains.Do You Know?People have built enormous veh

31、icles since ancient times.The Helepolis(hehLEH-puh-lis)was a huge tower built on wheels.It was used in battles in ancient Greece.The Helepolis was so heavy that more than 3,000 men were needed to move it.The Bagger 288 moves to a new mine.The Bagger 288 weighs 13,500 tons.HelepolisBigger Than a Mons

32、ter Truck Level O1314Bagger 288The largest vehicle in the world is the Bagger 288.This enormous machine is used for digging in mines.The Bagger is 705 feet (215 m)longalmost as long as two football fields.The Bagger digs using a gigantic wheel.The wheel has buckets along its edge that scoop up dirt

33、as the wheel turns.The Bagger 288 is big enough to move mountains.Do You Know?People have built enormous vehicles since ancient times.The Helepolis(hehLEH-puh-lis)was a huge tower built on wheels.It was used in battles in ancient Greece.The Helepolis was so heavy that more than 3,000 men were needed

34、 to move it.The Bagger 288 moves to a new mine.The Bagger 288 weighs 13,500 tons.HelepolisBigger Than a Monster Truck Level O1516Big VehiclesHuge vehicles are used in many ways.These amazing vehicles move heavy loads and travel both above and below the ground.Gigantic vehicles have gotten much bigge

35、r over the years.It looks as though they will keep getting bigger and bigger.How big are they going to get?Glossarycargo(n.)goods carried by a large vehicle(p.7)enormous(adj.)very large(p.13)mines(n.)places where minerals are taken from the ground by digging or blasting(p.8)platform(n.)a flat surfac

36、e that is higher than the area around it (p.10)propeller(n.)a device with rotating blades connected to an engine,used to move a ship or aircraft(p.5)remote(adj.)distant or isolated;in the distant past(p.9)spacecraft(n.)a vehicle used for traveling in space(p.10)tunneling(v.)digging a passageway unde

37、rground or through something(p.12)vehicles(n.)anything not living that is used to move people or goods(p.4)This is a design for a bus in China that could drive over other carsWhat will vehicles of the future have to move?Bigger Than a Monster Truck Level O1516Big VehiclesHuge vehicles are used in ma

38、ny ways.These amazing vehicles move heavy loads and travel both above and below the ground.Gigantic vehicles have gotten much bigger over the years.It looks as though they will keep getting bigger and bigger.How big are they going to get?Glossarycargo(n.)goods carried by a large vehicle(p.7)enormous

39、(adj.)very large(p.13)mines(n.)places where minerals are taken from the ground by digging or blasting(p.8)platform(n.)a flat surface that is higher than the area around it (p.10)propeller(n.)a device with rotating blades connected to an engine,used to move a ship or aircraft(p.5)remote(adj.)distant

40、or isolated;in the distant past(p.9)spacecraft(n.)a vehicle used for traveling in space(p.10)tunneling(v.)digging a passageway underground or through something(p.12)vehicles(n.)anything not living that is used to move people or goods(p.4)This is a design for a bus in China that could drive over othe

41、r carsWhat will vehicles of the future have to move?Bigger Than a Monster Truck Level Owww.readinga-Written by Sarah and Keith KortemartinCorrelationLEVEL OM2028Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRABigger Than a Monster TruckLevel O Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Sarah and Keith KortemartinAll righ

42、ts reserved.www.readinga-Photo Credits:Front cover:Larry MacDougal/Canadian Press/AP Images;back cover:courtesy of NASA/Troy Cryder;title page:Transtock Inc./Alamy;page 3:Matthew Richardson/Alamy;page 4:Manu Fernandez/AP Images;page 5:Nik Taylor/Alamy;page 6(both):courtesy of SGT Paul L.Anstine II/U

43、SMC/DOD;page 7(left):Washington Imaging/Alamy;page 7(right):Pierre BRYE/Alamy;page 8:Natrow Images/Alamy;page 9(main):courtesy of LeTourneau University,Longview,Texas;page 9(inset):courtesy of U.S.Army Yuma Proving Ground photo;page 10(main):REUTERS/Charles W Luzier;page 10(inset):Ben Cooper/Science

44、 Faction/Superstock;page 11:Zavalnyuk Sergey/123RF;page 12(main):Construction Photography/Corbis;page 12(inset):Norm Betts/Rex USA;page 13(top):Frank Augstein/AP Images;page 13(bottom):akg-images/Peter Connolly/The Image Works;page 14:F1 ONLINE/Superstock;page 15(top):European Southern Observatory/S

45、cience Source;page 15(bottom):Quirky China News/Rex/Rex USABigger Than a Monster Truckwww.readinga-ILOVisit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.LEVELED BOOK OBigger Than a Monster TruckA Reading AZ Level O Leveled BookWord Count:602Bigger Than a Monster TruckWritten by Sarah and Keith Kortemartin