Question 1
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Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word, if necessary.
The magnitude of the disaster is hard to imagine.
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Responses
size
size
pain
pain
debris
debris
ripple effect
ripple effect
Question 2
A)
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word, if necessary.
For many millennia, people believed Earth was flat.
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Responses
reasons
reasons
thousands of years
thousands of years
generations of people
generations of people
beliefs or propositions
beliefs or propositions
Question 3
A)
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word, if necessary.
The oil spill dispersed throughout the river, killing hundreds of fish.
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Responses
combusted
combusted
leaked
leaked
spread
spread
waded
waded
Question 4
A)
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word, if necessary.
She examined my costume minutely before declaring it the winner.
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Responses
with close attention to even the smallest details
with close attention to even the smallest details
for a minute
for a minute
piece by piece, minute by minute
piece by piece, minute by minute
casually
casually
Question 5
A)
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word, if necessary.
The horse broke her leg when she was only a yearling.
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Responses
newborn
newborn
trainee
trainee
foal learning to walk
foal learning to walk
youth between 12 and 24 months old
youth between 12 and 24 months old
Question 6
A)
In Of Wolves and Men, the author describes wolves as
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Responses
lone hunters only.
lone hunters only.
very serious animals.
very serious animals.
complex creatures.
complex creatures.
insensitive and unaware.
insensitive and unaware.
Question 7
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Which of the following sentences from Of Wolves and Men uses imagery to engage the reader?
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Responses
The wolf is three years old.
The wolf is three years old.
It is now late in the afternoon.
It is now late in the afternoon.
His ears are rammed forward, stiff.
His ears are rammed forward, stiff.
It is not a time of year for much howling.
It is not a time of year for much howling.
Question 8
A)
The speaker in "Birches" compares the boy's climbing to
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Responses
girls drying their hair.
girls drying their hair.
sweeping up broken glass.
sweeping up broken glass.
a forest full of spiderwebs.
a forest full of spiderwebs.
filling a cup to the top.
filling a cup to the top.
Question 9
A)
In “Birches,” the author uses the phrase “shed crystal shells” to describe
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Responses
a collection of glass figurines.
a collection of glass figurines.
the ice cracking off of the trees.
the ice cracking off of the trees.
the melting of snow on the rocks.
the melting of snow on the rocks.
the shine of seashells glistening on a beach.
the shine of seashells glistening on a beach.
Question 10
A)
In "Wave," Dale Wisely characterizes water as an element that
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Responses
gives life.
gives life.
takes life.
takes life.
gives and takes life.
gives and takes life.
is life.
is life.
Question 11
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In An Inconvenient Truth, the main greenhouse gas is
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Responses
carbon dioxide.
carbon dioxide.
nitrous oxide.
nitrous oxide.
oxygen.
oxygen.
methane.
methane.
Question 12
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According to Al Gore in An Inconvenient Truth, how is wind power beneficial in the fight against global warming?
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Responses
It uses wind panels to trap the power of the wind.
It uses wind panels to trap the power of the wind.
It emits water vapor, which cools the atmosphere.
It emits water vapor, which cools the atmosphere.
It creates a vast amount of energy without releasing poisonous gases.
It creates a vast amount of energy without releasing poisonous gases.
It uses batteries instead of electricity to produce power.
It uses batteries instead of electricity to produce power.
Question 13
A)
In An Inconvenient Truth, the most likely reason the author uses the heading A Silent Alarm is to
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Responses
use an image that all readers can visualize.
use an image that all readers can visualize.
show there is a problem that many do not know about.
show there is a problem that many do not know about.
to bore the reader.
to bore the reader.
frighten readers so they will take action.
frighten readers so they will take action.
Question 14
A)
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.
One way to save money on electricity is to replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent (CF) light bulbs.
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Responses
outside visible spectrum
outside visible spectrum
creating light by radiating heat
creating light by radiating heat
emitting light by creating water vapor
emitting light by creating water vapor
producing light by adding neurons to a glowing material
producing light by adding neurons to a glowing material
Question 15
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In “The Deadliest Tsunami in History,” the cause of the Indian Ocean tsunami was
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Responses
a rupture in the Burma plate.
a rupture in the Burma plate.
an unintended explosion in Japan.
an unintended explosion in Japan.
a tornado off the coast of Sumatra.
a tornado off the coast of Sumatra.
mass animal migrations to the North.
mass animal migrations to the North.
Question 16
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In “The Deadliest Tsunami in History,” survivors of the tsunami recognized that a receding ocean
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Responses
was a sign of danger.
was a sign of danger.
left pollution on shore.
left pollution on shore.
left boats and fish stranded on shore.
left boats and fish stranded on shore.
signals a coming earthquake.
signals a coming earthquake.
Question 17
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In “Orphans Give Indian Couple Will to Live,” the Paramesvarans are offended by the term orphans because
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Responses
they feel they are now the parents to these children.
they feel they are now the parents to these children.
the government will not let the children be adopted by them.
the government will not let the children be adopted by them.
Mr. Paramesvaran grew up without a father and knows how difficult it was.
Mr. Paramesvaran grew up without a father and knows how difficult it was.
they think the natural parents of the children will be found alive some day.
they think the natural parents of the children will be found alive some day.
Question 18
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In “Orphans Give Indian Couple Will to Live,” Karibeeran Paramesvaran was celebrating on December 26, 2004, because
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Responses
it was his birthday.
it was his birthday.
it was the anniversary with his wife.
it was the anniversary with his wife.
it was the day he met his adopted children.
it was the day he met his adopted children.
he was celebrating Christmas with his extended family.
he was celebrating Christmas with his extended family.
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