Question 11(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(03.07 MC)
A poem describes someone as having a "Mona Lisa smile." The Mona Lisa is a famous painting by Leonardo DaVinci, in which the woman painted has a mysterious half-smile. What type of allusion did the author include?
A. Biblical
B. Historical
C. Literary
D. Mythological
Answer: B. Historical
Question 12(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(01.07 MC)
Read the article and answer the question that follows.
Tales of the Deep: The Giant Squid By Carter Madison
Have you ever wondered what swims in the deepest parts of the world's oceans? Well, we just got a better idea about one mysterious creature of the deep ocean: the giant squid.
Just recently a Japanese film crew managed to film a giant squid swimming in its natural habitat. They managed to lure it to their cameras with bait after many hours of waiting and searching two thousand feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.
The giant squid is truly a giant. It can grow up to 50 feet in length, with tentacles making up most of this great length. For comparison, 50 feet is about as long as most school buses. Imagine meeting something the size of your school bus in the deep dark ocean and you might get an idea what it is like to meet a squid.
Over the centuries, many squid specimens have been found, but it's hard to get an idea of how the squid lives because it typically cruises in the deepest depths of the ocean. We know that the giant squid's main predator is the sperm whale. We know this because bits of giant squid have been found in the stomachs of sperm whales. We also know they feed on deep-sea fish and other squid. We know this because of all the giant squid that have washed ashore.
The giant squid lives in all the world's oceans, though few are found in the tropics or the Arctic waters. As a result, stories of giant squid were told among sailors for hundreds of years. These sightings must have been frightening and may be the source for the legend of the Kraken, a sea monster reputed to be as large as an island and capable of eating an entire ship.
Which of the following sentences from the text provides the least support for the central idea of the passage?
A. Imagine meeting something the size of your school bus in the deep dark ocean and you might get an idea what it is like to meet a squid.
B. The giant squid lives in all of the world's oceans, though few are found in the tropics or the Arctic waters.
C. We know that the giant squid's main predator is the sperm whale.
D. It can grow up to 50 feet in length, with tentacles making up most of this great length.
Answer: A. Imagine meeting something the size of your school bus in the deep dark ocean and you might get an idea what it is like to meet a squid.
Question 13 (True/False Worth 1 points)
(03.04 LC)
A prefix is added to the end of a root word.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B. False
Question 14(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(01.04 MC)
Which sentence incorrectly uses a hyphen?
A. At almost 800,000 square feet, the Dubai Miracle Garden is the la- rgest garden in the world.
B. This rock-hard steak is impossible to cut through.
C. Over 15,000 butterflies make their home in the human-created butterfly habitat.
D. The world-famous garden contains 50 million flowers and 250 million plants.
Answer: C. Over 15,000 butterflies make their home in the human-created butterfly habitat.
Question 15(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(02.04 MC)
The following passage appears on a website:
While born a drab shade of gray, flamingos eventually blossom into the pink-feathered creatures thanks to a diet solely based on carotenoids, or algae, larvae, and shrimp. The high consumption of carotenoids is broken down and absorbed by the digestive system, coloring the birds from the inside out.
Which choice best paraphrases the information?
A. Carotenoids are broken down and absorbed by a flamingo's digestive system, making them go from a drab shade of gray to pink.
B. Flamingos are born a drab shade of gray but eventually blossom into a pink color thanks to a diet of algae, larvae, and shrimp.
C. The flamingo's high consumption of carotenoids is broken down and absorbed into the digestive system, turning them from a drab shade of gray into pink-feathered creatures.
D. The pink hue of the flamingo's feathers is a result of the way their body digests a certain chemical they eat in large quantities.
Answer: C. The flamingo's high consumption of carotenoids is broken down and absorbed into the digestive system, turning them from a drab shade of gray into pink-feathered creatures.
Question 17(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(03.06 MC)
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A. At the end of a long day: there is usually just one thing on my mind sleep.
B. I relaxed in my chair and closed my eyes: I was finally home.
C. I like: reading, swimming, and traveling to different state parks each summer.
D. She broke her record running time by clocking a five minute:twenty second mile.
Answer: B. I relaxed in my chair and closed my eyes: I was finally home.
Question 18(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(01.03 MC)
Read the fable "The Astrologer." Then, answer the question that follows.
A man who lived a long time ago believed that he could read the future in the stars. He called himself an Astrologer and spent his time at night gazing at the sky. One evening he was walking along the open road outside the village. His eyes were fixed on the stars. He thought he saw there that the end of the world was at hand, when all at once, down he went into a hole full of mud and water. There he stood up to his ears, in the muddy water, and madly clawing at the slippery sides of the hole in his effort to climb out. His cries for help soon brought the villagers running. As they pulled him out of the mud, one of them said: "You pretend to read the future in the stars, and yet you fail to see what is at your feet! This may teach you to pay more attention to what is right in front of you and let the future take care of itself." "What use is it," said another, "to read the stars, when you can't see what's right here on the earth?"
Which two of the following themes are present in the fable?
A. Take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves.
B. The only way to predict the future is by asking for advice.
C. We often disregard good things because we are looking for something greater.
D. If you want something done right, you need to do it yourself.
1. A and B
2. A and C
3. B and C
4. C and D
Select one of the numbered answers
Answer: 2. A and C
Question 19(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(01.04 MC)
Which sentence correctly uses a hyphen?
A. Leonardo DaVinci was a world-famous polymath, who is a person with many different talents.
B. In addition to being an accomplished painter, he was also an i- nventor, architect, and mathematician.
C. DaVinci was quite-obsessed with flying and even though his man powered flying machine never went airborne, his hang glider did.
D. Leonardo left behind over 6,000 journal-pages of ideas and inventions, but you have to hold them up to a mirror to read them.
Answer: B. In addition to being an accomplished painter, he was also an i- nventor, architect, and mathematician.
Question 20(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(01.05 MC)
Read the sentence. Then, answer the question that follows.
Usually described as a bundle of energy, Casey was quite lethargic after staying up late studying for her science test.
Which word from the sentence provides an antonym context clue to the meaning of lethargic?
A. Energy
B. Exam
C. Late
D. Studying
Answer: A. Energy
Question 11(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(03.07 MC)
A poem describes someone as having a "Mona Lisa smile." The Mona Lisa is a famous painting by Leonardo DaVinci, in which the woman painted has a mysterious half-smile. What type of allusion did the author include?
A. Biblical
B. Historical
C. Literary
D. Mythological
Question 12(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(01.07 MC)
Read the article and answer the question that follows.
Tales of the Deep: The Giant Squid
By Carter Madison
Have you ever wondered what swims in the deepest parts of the world's oceans? Well, we just got a better idea about one mysterious creature of the deep ocean: the giant squid.
Just recently a Japanese film crew managed to film a giant squid swimming in its natural habitat. They managed to lure it to their cameras with bait after many hours of waiting and searching two thousand feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.
The giant squid is truly a giant. It can grow up to 50 feet in length, with tentacles making up most of this great length. For comparison, 50 feet is about as long as most school buses. Imagine meeting something the size of your school bus in the deep dark ocean and you might get an idea what it is like to meet a squid.
Over the centuries, many squid specimens have been found, but it's hard to get an idea of how the squid lives because it typically cruises in the deepest depths of the ocean. We know that the giant squid's main predator is the sperm whale. We know this because bits of giant squid have been found in the stomachs of sperm whales. We also know they feed on deep-sea fish and other squid. We know this because of all the giant squid that have washed ashore.
The giant squid lives in all the world's oceans, though few are found in the tropics or the Arctic waters. As a result, stories of giant squid were told among sailors for hundreds of years. These sightings must have been frightening and may be the source for the legend of the Kraken, a sea monster reputed to be as large as an island and capable of eating an entire ship.
Which of the following sentences from the text provides the least support for the central idea of the passage?
A. Imagine meeting something the size of your school bus in the deep dark ocean and you might get an idea what it is like to meet a squid.
B. The giant squid lives in all of the world's oceans, though few are found in the tropics or the Arctic waters.
C. We know that the giant squid's main predator is the sperm whale.
D. It can grow up to 50 feet in length, with tentacles making up most of this great length.
Question 13 (True/False Worth 1 points)
(03.04 LC)
A prefix is added to the end of a root word.
A. True
B. False
Question 14(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(01.04 MC)
Which sentence incorrectly uses a hyphen?
A. At almost 800,000 square feet, the Dubai Miracle Garden is the la-
rgest garden in the world.
B. This rock-hard steak is impossible to cut through.
C. Over 15,000 butterflies make their home in the human-created butterfly habitat.
D. The world-famous garden contains 50 million flowers and 250 million plants.
Question 15(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(02.04 MC)
The following passage appears on a website:
While born a drab shade of gray, flamingos eventually blossom into the pink-feathered creatures thanks to a diet solely based on carotenoids, or algae, larvae, and shrimp. The high consumption of carotenoids is broken down and absorbed by the digestive system, coloring the birds from the inside out.
Which choice best paraphrases the information?
A. Carotenoids are broken down and absorbed by a flamingo's digestive system, making them go from a drab shade of gray to pink.
B. Flamingos are born a drab shade of gray but eventually blossom into a pink color thanks to a diet of algae, larvae, and shrimp.
C. The flamingo's high consumption of carotenoids is broken down and absorbed into the digestive system, turning them from a drab shade of gray into pink-feathered creatures.
D. The pink hue of the flamingo's feathers is a result of the way their body digests a certain chemical they eat in large quantities.
Question 17(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(03.06 MC)
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A. At the end of a long day: there is usually just one thing on my mind sleep.
B. I relaxed in my chair and closed my eyes: I was finally home.
C. I like: reading, swimming, and traveling to different state parks each summer.
D. She broke her record running time by clocking a five minute:twenty second mile.
Question 18(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(01.03 MC)
Read the fable "The Astrologer." Then, answer the question that follows.
A man who lived a long time ago believed that he could read the future in the stars. He called himself an Astrologer and spent his time at night gazing at the sky.
One evening he was walking along the open road outside the village. His eyes were fixed on the stars. He thought he saw there that the end of the world was at hand, when all at once, down he went into a hole full of mud and water.
There he stood up to his ears, in the muddy water, and madly clawing at the slippery sides of the hole in his effort to climb out.
His cries for help soon brought the villagers running. As they pulled him out of the mud, one of them said:
"You pretend to read the future in the stars, and yet you fail to see what is at your feet! This may teach you to pay more attention to what is right in front of you and let the future take care of itself."
"What use is it," said another, "to read the stars, when you can't see what's right here on the earth?"
Which two of the following themes are present in the fable?
A :Take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves.
B: The only way to predict the future is by asking for advice.
C: We often disregard good things because we are looking for something greater.
D: If you want something done right, you need to do it yourself.
1. A and B
2. A and C
3. B and C
4. C and D
Select one of the numbered answers
Question 19(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(01.04 MC)
Which sentence correctly uses a hyphen?
A. Leonardo DaVinci was a world-famous polymath, who is a person with many different talents.
B. In addition to being an accomplished painter, he was also an i-
nventor, architect, and mathematician.
C. DaVinci was quite-obsessed with flying and even though his man powered flying machine never went airborne, his hang glider did.
D. Leonardo left behind over 6,000 journal-pages of ideas and inventions, but you have to hold them up to a mirror to read them.
Question 20(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points)
(01.05 MC)
Read the sentence. Then, answer the question that follows.
Usually described as a bundle of energy, Casey was quite lethargic after staying up late studying for her science test.
Which word from the sentence provides an antonym context clue to the meaning of lethargic?
A. Energy
B. Exam
C. Late
D. Studying
Answer each question Individually
1 answer
1 answer