1. What is the best paraphrase of these lines from "January"?
Fat snowy footsteps
Track the floor,
A. Thick, snowy footprints show where animals walked
B. Thick, snowy outlines of feet mark the floor**
C. Large snow boots lie on the floor of the house
D. A fat, snowy creature followed us into the house
2. Which is the best paraphrase of these lines from "Grandma Ling"?
and there I faced
my five foot height, sturdy legs and feet,
A. And there I saw someone the same height as me, with strong legs and feet**
B. And there I stood as tall as I could on strong legs and feet to face someone shorter
C. And there I accepted that I was five feet tall, with thick legs and feet
D. And there I observed someone else who was five feet tall, with slim legs and feet
3. In "Grandma Ling" by Amy Ling how does the speaker meet her grandmother?
A. She leaves China and joins her grandmother in Pennsylvania.
B. She travels to Taiwan and meets her grandmother there.**
C. She meets her every time she looks in a mirror, since the resemblance is so strong.
D. She "digs a hole to China" and meets her grandmother in the world of imagination.
4. Which of the following people is behaving impertinently?
A. a doctor saving lives
B. a student answering a teacher rudely**
C. an actress whose hair is blown by wind
D. a farmer carefully planning a crop of corn
5. If something begins to recede into the distant, what is happening?
A. It is moving closer.
B. It is growing larger.
C. It is growing smaller.
D. It is moving farther away.**
4 answers
a
b
b
d