Multiple
Choice
Identify
the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
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Reading
Comprehension
DIRECTIONS:
Read each selection. Then, read each question about the
selection. Decide which is the best answer to the question.
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SAMPLE
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Maes
Howe: A Twofold Treasure
Maes
Howe, a chambered tomb located in Scotland’s Orkney
Islands, is older than the pyramids. Built from enormous
stones, the tomb has one long, narrow entrance with a
ceiling so low that visitors must hunch over as they pass
through it. The entrance faces toward the winter sun’s
location at sunset around the shortest day of the
year.Ancient rituals were performed there. Long after it was
abandoned by its builders, vikings broke into Maes Howe and
left runes carved in its walls. The collection of runes—viking
graffiti—shares sentiments familiar in any time:
“Ingigerth is the most beautiful of women”; “Haermund
Hardaxe carved these runes.” What looks from the outside
to be simply a round, grassy hill on a small, wind-swept
island represents an amazing historical find for two
different eras.
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1.
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Why
did the author write this passage?
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a.
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to
tell a story that shares his feelings about Maes Howe
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b.
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to
persuade readers to help preserve a historic site
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c.
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to
explain why Maes Howe is an interesting place
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d.
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to
give a detailed description of an ordinary place
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Answer:
C
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2.
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You can infer from the passage that
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a.
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the
builders of Maes Howe considered the winter sun important
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b.
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vikings
broke into Maes Howe only to carve runes there
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c.
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it
was probably easy for researchers to discover Maes Howe
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d.
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the
people who built Maes Howe also built the pyramids
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Answer:
A
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A
Even
the world’s greatest leaders sometimes learn things the hard way.
Eight hundred years ago a powerful king named Genghis Khan ruled an
empire that stretched from eastern Europe to the Sea of Japan and
included all of China. His armies marched on China and Persia, and
Khan was known as the greatest king since Alexander the Great.
B
According
to legend, one day Khan gathered some friends and servants and rode
into the countryside to search for game. Everyone in the party had
high hopes of bringing home enough meat for a great feast that
night. In those days it was customary to bring a trained hawk along
on hunting trips. On command, the hawk would leave its master’s
wrist and fly high into the sky. Then, using its exceptional
eyesight, the hawk would spot its prey and swoop down on it, so the
hunters would know where to follow.
C
On
this trip the king had brought his favorite hawk. It was a hot
summer day, and although the hunting party rode for hours, they had
no luck finding game. At dusk they gave up and turned toward home.
The king knew the area well, and while the hunting party took the
fastest way home, the king rode off on his own between two large
mountains, determined to have a successful hunt. In the valley, his
hawk flew off.
D
As
the king rode farther, he became parched and started looking for a
spring of water. His thirst was growing, but the hot summer had
dried up all the brooks that usually ran by the path. Finally, he
spotted a trickle of water running over the edge of a steep rock.
Quickly, he jumped from his horse, taking a small silver cup from
his bag. He held the cup under the trickle of water until there was
enough to drink.
E
However,
as he raised the cup to his lips, there was a whooshing sound, and
the cup was knocked from his hand to the ground. The king turned to
see who could be responsible. Spotting his pet hawk, he wondered why
the bird would do such a thing. Angrily, the king picked up the cup
and again held it under the trickling water. This time he held the
cup for just a few seconds before he began to raise it to his mouth.
Just as the cup touched his lips, the hawk flew down again, rushed
past the king, and again knocked the cup to the ground.
F
The
king was very angry now. Again he filled the cup, and again the hawk
kept him from having even the smallest drink. “You awful bird!”
the king shouted. “If you were near me I would kill you in an
instant!” As the king filled the cup for the fourth time, he spoke
to the hawk. “Now, you arrogant hawk, I warn you. If you value
your life, let me drink.” As he spoke, he held his sword ready.
Again the bird flew down, knocking the cup from the king’s hand;
but this time, the king was ready. His sword flashed and the bird
fell. The hawk dropped at his master’s feet and died quickly.
G
“That
will teach you,” said the king. Then Genghis Khan turned and
looked for the cup, but it was nowhere to be found. “I will drink
now anyway,” he said, and started climbing the steep rock toward
the source of the water. It was a long climb, and the king’s
thirst grew and grew.
H
Finally,
he reached the top and could see the water. As he walked closer, he
could see something in the water. With one more step the king could
see now that the huge thing was a dead snake, one of the most
poisonous in his entire kingdom.
I
Now,
the king stopped walking. He forgot his thirst, and his heart ached
as he thought dismally of the dead hawk he had left lying on the
ground below. He dropped his head and said, “You were a true
friend, Sir Hawk. You saved my life, and yet in anger I killed you.
I will honor your memory and never forget the lesson you taught
me.”
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Compared
with other members of his hunting party, the king was more—
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careless
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c.
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stubborn
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b.
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generous
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d.
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awkward
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2.
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What
is the conflict in this story?
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a.
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The
king becomes lost after getting separated from his hunting
party.
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b.
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The
king does not understand the actions of his hawk and becomes
angry.
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c.
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The
king’s hunting party does not find any game, despite help
from a trained hawk.
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d.
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The
king comes upon a dangerous snake in a lake but has no
weapon to defend himself.
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3.
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Which
happened last in the story?
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a.
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The
king and his companions went separate ways.
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b.
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The
hawk forced the cup from the king’s hand.
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c.
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The
king saw a snake.
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d.
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The
king went hunting.
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4.
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The
lesson the king learns in this story is to—
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a.
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hold
his temper
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c.
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avoid
being jealous
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b.
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love
his enemies
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d.
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have
faith in himself
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Reading
Comprehension
DIRECTIONS:
This is a test of how well you understand what you read. Read
each selection. Then, read each question about the selection. Decide
which is the best answer to the question.
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SAMPLE
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Maes
Howe: A Twofold Treasure
Maes
Howe, a chambered tomb located in Scotland’s Orkney
Islands, is older than the pyramids. Built from enormous
stones, the tomb has one long, narrow entrance with a
ceiling so low that visitors must hunch over as they pass
through it. The entrance faces toward the winter sun’s
location at sunset around the shortest day of the year.
Ancient rituals were performed there. Long after it was
abandoned by its builders, vikings broke into Maes Howe and
left runes carved in its walls. The collection of runes—viking
graffiti—shares sentiments familiar in any time:
“Ingigerth is the most beautiful of women”; “Haermund
Hardaxe carved these runes.” What looks from the outside
to be simply a round, grassy hill on a small, wind-swept
island represents an amazing historical find for two
different eras.
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1.
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Why
did the author write this passage?
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a.
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to
tell a story that shares his feelings about Maes Howe
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b.
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to
persuade readers to help preserve a historic site
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c.
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to
explain why Maes Howe is an interesting place
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d.
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to
give a detailed description of an ordinary place
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Answer:
C
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2.
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You can infer from the passage that
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a.
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the
builders of Maes Howe considered the winter sun important
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b.
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vikings
broke into Maes Howe only to carve runes there
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c.
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it
was probably easy for researchers to discover Maes Howe
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d.
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the
people who built Maes Howe also built the pyramids
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Answer:
A
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A
The
growing cities of the Middle Ages could be exciting places. However,
many were dark, unsafe, and unhealthy. Streets were narrow, crooked,
and filthy. There were no streetlights or police. Many people did
not go out alone at night for fear of robbers. If people did go out,
they often took servants along with them for protection and to carry
lanterns or torches to light the way. Waste was dumped into open
gutters. All in all, conditions were disgusting. This caused
diseases to spread quickly through the crowded cities.
B
Beginning
in 1347, one such disease, a terrible plague, swept through Europe.
The disease was called the Black Death because of the darkened color
of its victims’ faces after they died. The plague began in Asia
and spread along busy trade routes. Trading ships carried the
disease west to the Mediterranean. From the Mediterranean ports, the
disease spread throughout most of Europe. Rats on the ships carried
the disease. Fleas from the rats spread the disease to people.
C
Once
people became infected, the disease could be spread from person to
person. People became infected as they came in contact with the
sick. According to Jean de Venette, a friar who lived at the time,
young people were more likely to die than old people. Those who got
sick lasted only two or three days and then died suddenly. This
happened in such great numbers that often those who lived could not
keep up with burying the dead. The friar wrote, “Someone who was
healthy one day could be dead and buried the next. . . .A healthy
person who visited the sick hardly ever escaped death.”
D
No
one knows the exact number of plague deaths in Europe. Some guess
that about 25 million people died in Europe from 1347 to 1351. This
was about one third of the entire population. The death rate varied
from place to place. Towns seemed to be harder hit than the
countryside. Some entire villages and towns were wiped out. The
plague affected the rich as well as the poor. Even the great and
powerful, including royalty, were struck down. Throughout Europe,
populations were devastated by, as the Welsh called it, “death
coming into our midst like black smoke.”
E
The
Black Death greatly affected Europe. Relations between the upper
classes and lower classes changed. Workers, now in short supply,
demanded higher wages. In several European countries, peasants
staged uprisings. There were emotional effects as well. In some
areas, the theme of death appeared in poetry, sculpture, and
painting. People’s faith was shaken. The church lost some of its
power and importance. The Black Death took a greater toll on human
life than any war or illness before that time. It was perhaps the
greatest tragedy in all of European history.
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5.
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What
is the main purpose of this passage?
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a.
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to
warn people of the dangers of the plague
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b.
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to
inform people about a famous plague in history
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c.
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to
persuade people to read more about the plague
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d.
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to
entertain people with stories about plague victims
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6.
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To
make the passage more interesting, the author uses—
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a.
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specific
examples of plague symptoms in humans
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b.
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quotations
from people who lived during the plague
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c.
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opinions
given by health experts on how to avoid the plague
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d.
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statistics
about which towns suffered the greatest plague losses
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7.
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Which
sentence below would be most important to include in a
summary of paragraph D?
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a.
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Perhaps
25 million people died during a five-year period.
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b.
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Some
places had higher death rates than others.
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c.
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No
one knows exactly how many people the plague killed.
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d.
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Even
members of the royalty were killed by the plague.
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8.
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You
can tell from the passage that Friar Jean de Venette—
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a.
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inherited
goods from those who died
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c.
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witnessed
much tragedy
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b.
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bravely
cared for the sick
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d.
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became
ill himself
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9.
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It
is most likely that disease hit towns harder than the
countryside because the towns—
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a.
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had
no police
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c.
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were
not lighted
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b.
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had
more rats
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d.
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were
more crowded
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10.
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Which
is the best detail to add to paragraph E?
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a.
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One
effect of the deaths of farm workers was that much less land
could be prepared for crops.
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b.
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King
Alfonso XI of Castile died, and Joan, daughter of King
Edward III, died on the way to her wedding to Alfonso’s
son.
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c.
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The
wide use of torches and lanterns made fire a serious danger
for medieval towns.
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d.
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From
the Mediterranean, the disease spread to North Africa, to
mainland Italy, Spain, England, and France, and then to
Austria and Hungary.
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11.
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Which
sentence from the passage contains the author’s opinion
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“The
growing cities of the Middle Ages could be exciting
places.”
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b.
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“Waste
was dumped into open gutters.”
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c.
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“The
plague began in Asia and spread along busy trade routes.”
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d.
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“Fleas
from the rats spread the disease to people.”
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Reading
Comprehension
DIRECTIONS:
This is a test of how well you understand what you read. Read
each selection. Then, read each question about the selection. Decide
which is the best answer to the question.
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SAMPLE
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Maes
Howe: A Twofold Treasure
Maes
Howe, a chambered tomb located in Scotland’s Orkney
Islands, is older than the pyramids. Built from enormous
stones, the tomb has one long, narrow entrance with a
ceiling so low that visitors must hunch over as they pass
through it. The entrance faces toward the winter sun’s
location at sunset around the shortest day of the year.
Ancient rituals were performed there. Long after it was
abandoned by its builders, vikings broke into Maes Howe and
left runes carved in its walls. The collection of runes—viking
graffiti—shares sentiments familiar in any time:
“Ingigerth is the most beautiful of women”; “Haermund
Hardaxe carved these runes.” What looks from the outside
to be simply a round, grassy hill on a small, wind-swept
island represents an amazing historical find for two
different eras.
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1.
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Why
did the author write this passage?
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a.
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to
tell a story that shares his feelings about Maes Howe
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b.
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to
persuade readers to help preserve a historic site
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c.
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to
explain why Maes Howe is an interesting place
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d.
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to
give a detailed description of an ordinary place
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Answer:
C
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2.
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You can infer from the passage that
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a.
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the
builders of Maes Howe considered the winter sun important
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b.
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vikings
broke into Maes Howe only to carve runes there
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c.
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it
was probably easy for researchers to discover Maes Howe
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d.
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the
people who built Maes Howe also built the pyramids
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Answer:
A
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How
Did the Thief Escape with the Gold?
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A
My
friend, Chief Inspector McClure, and I were discussing a case over
lunch. “But how could you have possibly known,” I asked him,
“who the thief was and how the gold was smuggled out of the
building?”
B
“Actually,”
he answered cautiously, “I did not have a clue who the thief was
until I discovered how the gold was removed from the building. After
that, I had a short list of suspects.”
C
“All
right then,” I continued in genuine curiosity, “how was the gold
removed from the building when every exit was guarded and every inch
of the building was carefully searched? Why, the place was sealed as
tight as a drum!”
D
“Well,
you see,” McClure began in his thoughtful way, “the other day I
was watching some children playing hide-and-seek in the
schoolyard—”
E
“My
dear McClure,” I interrupted, “please tell me about the Hanover
gold heist, and spare me the details about children playing
hide-and-seek in a schoolyard.”
F
“Ah,
my impatient friend,” he replied, “please listen, and you will
see how all of this hangs together—the children, the game, the
gold, the thief— they all are intertwined.
G
“As
I was saying, the children played hide-and-seek. You know the rules.
Well, there was one young man who was almost never found when he was
hiding. I studied his stratagem carefully. Let me tell you what he
would do. Did he go farther out afield than the other children? No.
Did he select more creative or inaccessible hiding places than the
others? No. Then what did he do?
H
“He
would ignore the first simple, obvious hiding place he came to, but
he would find a place not far away and just a little out of sight of
the child who was ‘it’ and out of sight of the first obvious
hideout that he had rejected. Then, when the child who was ‘it’
came searching, he would always take a quick peek in the first,
obvious hiding place, and seeing nothing there, he would move on.
This is when my young man would make his move. As the searcher
looked elsewhere, my young man would streak like lightning to the
first, obvious place that had now been ‘cleared’ by the child
who was ‘it.’ Since the searcher had looked there himself and
seen nothing, he never dreamed there was a need to check the same
spot again.”
I
“Yes,
yes,” I interrupted again, my patience running thin, “but what
of the gold? It is the case of the gold about which I wish to
hear,” I pleaded.
J
“My
dear Smythe,” he soothed me, “I am coming to the point right
now. As you know, as soon as the gold was discovered missing from
the vault, the exits were sealed, every package leaving the building
was searched for the rest of the day, and every inch of the inside
of the building was searched. But imagine this. Suppose the gold was
never moved very far at all. Suppose, for example, it was moved only
from the vault to a trash basket a few feet from the door of the
vault. Suppose it sat there, with just a piece or two of scrap paper
covering it, until the gold was discovered missing and the search
was begun. Suppose that just after the main coat closet right inside
the front door was searched, the gold was moved like lightning from
the trash basket to the coat closet. It could have stayed there in a
plain-looking container, perhaps a brown paper shopping bag, until
the thief was ready to take it out of the building, whenever we
stopped searching packages. As it turned out, the next morning was
when the gold was actually removed from the building.”
K
“But
how did you know all this and catch the thief ?” I asked.
L
“At first it was merely a theory,” he replied. “However,
it seemed like a good theory. It fit all the facts. So I asked who
could have moved the contents of a trash basket as quick as
lightning without being noticed? I investigated the secretaries at
first, but that was a waste of time. Then the answer struck me in a
flash. The building custodian seemed a likely suspect. As soon as I
began investigating, I discovered that he had suddenly come into an
incredible fortune, which he could not explain, and I had my man.”
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12.
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Compared
with McClure, the narrator of this story seems more—
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a.
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thoughtful
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c.
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sentimental
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b.
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impatient
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d.
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unfeeling
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13.
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Why
does the narrator keep asking McClure to explain how he caught the
thief?
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a.
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He
is planning to commit a similar crime.
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b.
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He
doubts McClure’s abilities as a crime solver.
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c.
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He
is considering recommending McClure for another case.
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d.
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He
is extremely curious about how the crime was solved.
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14.
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Which
happened first in the story?
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a.
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Packages
were searched.
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b.
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The
exits were guarded.
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c.
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The
gold was put in a trash basket.
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d.
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The
gold was removed from the building.
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15.
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McClure
figured out who the thief was by comparing the thief’s actions
to—
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a.
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a
player in a children’s game
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c.
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the
Chief Inspector himself
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b.
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another
thief in a similar case
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d.
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his
friend, the narrator
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16.
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Why
didn’t the people searching the building find the gold in the
closet?
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a.
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because
it was covered with paper
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b.
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because
it was in a shopping bag
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c.
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because
they never looked in the closet
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d.
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because
it wasn’t there yet when they looked
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17.
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Which
of the following best describes a theme of the story?
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a.
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Even
children can solve a crime.
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b.
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Adults
can learn from watching children.
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c.
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Children
should be seen but not heard.
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d.
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All
of us are children at heart.
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18.
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Based
on his words and actions in this story, McClure is most likely
to solve crimes in the future by—
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a.
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relying
on tips from witnesses
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b.
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catching
criminals in the act of committing crimes
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c.
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hiring
extra detectives to help
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d.
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observing
carefully and reasoning
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Reading
Comprehension
DIRECTIONS:
This is a test of how well you understand what you read. Read
each selection. Then, read each question about the selection. Decide
which is the best answer to the question.
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SAMPLE
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Maes
Howe: A Twofold Treasure
Maes
Howe, a chambered tomb located in Scotland’s Orkney
Islands, is older than the pyramids. Built from enormous
stones, the tomb has one long, narrow entrance with a
ceiling so low that visitors must hunch over as they pass
through it. The entrance faces toward the winter sun’s
location at sunset around the shortest day of the year.
Ancient rituals were performed there. Long after it was
abandoned by its builders, vikings broke into Maes Howe and
left runes carved in its walls. The collection of runes—viking
graffiti—shares sentiments familiar in any time:
“Ingigerth is the most beautiful of women”; “Haermund
Hardaxe carved these runes.” What looks from the outside
to be simply a round, grassy hill on a small, wind-swept
island represents an amazing historical find for two
different eras.
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1.
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Why
did the author write this passage?
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a.
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to
tell a story that shares his feelings about Maes Howe
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b.
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to
persuade readers to help preserve a historic site
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c.
|
to
explain why Maes Howe is an interesting place
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d.
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to
give a detailed description of an ordinary place
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Answer:
C
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2.
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You can infer from the passage that
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a.
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the
builders of Maes Howe considered the winter sun important
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b.
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vikings
broke into Maes Howe only to carve runes there
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c.
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it
was probably easy for researchers to discover Maes Howe
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d.
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the
people who built Maes Howe also built the pyramids
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Answer:
A
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A
People
living in England hate winter because it can be long and dreary. The
weather is cold and wet for weeks and months at a time, and the gray
sky makes people dream of vacations in sunny locations. It’s
difficult to reach some of these destinations because England is an
island. Some lucky families get to travel to Italy during the
winter. Though the trip is a long one by car, English families have
been driving it for many decades. Today, thanks to two important
tunnels, their trip to the sun is much faster and safer than it used
to be.
B
Two
major natural obstacles lie between England and Italy. One is the
English Channel, a narrow body of water between England and France.
The other is the Swiss Alps, a mountain range in Switzerland,
between France and Italy. The Alps are the most beautiful mountains
in the world, and they are amazingly high.
C
Obviously,
no one can drive on water. So there have long been ferryboats to
carry cars and passengers across the English Channel. The problem,
however, is that ferry travel is slow and unpleasant. In winter,
storms can cause further delays or, at the least, seasickness. And,
as anyone who has ever traveled through mountains knows, roads are
winding and long, and driving is slow. It is a stressful,
nerve-racking experience. The main highway between France and Italy
used to go over the mountains near Mont Blanc, the highest mountain
in the Alps. At times, winter snow completely blocked the highway
and caused even longer delays. In 1949, therefore, the first step
was taken to provide a shortcut through Mont Blanc.
D
In
that year, the French and Italian governments agreed to construct
the seven-mile tunnel. Digging started from both sides of the
mountain ten years later, in 1959. Rock slides, floods, and even an
avalanche caused problems for the engineers and workers. However, in
just three years, in 1962, the two digging teams met under the
mountain, and in 1965, the tunnel was opened. It has shortened the
driving distance for English families by 120 miles and saves them
many hours of their vacation time. Millions of people drive through
the tunnel every year, and of course, not all of them are English!
E
About
ten years after the Mont Blanc tunnel was completed, France and
England decided to build a different kind of tunnel—under the
English Channel. This was not a new idea, for the Channel’s narrow
width made a tunnel or bridge an obvious possibility. A channel
tunnel had first been proposed in 1802, and at least three different
attempts were made, but all had eventually been abandoned. Finally,
in 1987, new construction began on a 32-mile underwater tunnel. In
three years, the two digging teams met, and the Channel Tunnel, or
“Chunnel,” as it became known, was completed. Now, instead of
spending hours on a ferry boat in rough weather, English families in
search of sun load their cars onto trains that speed through the
Chunnel in only 20 minutes.
F
The
Chunnel and the Mont Blanc Tunnel are only two of the many important
tunnels in the world. As long as people want faster and safer ways
to travel, someone, somewhere, will be digging.
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What
is the primary purpose of this passage?
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a.
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to
persuade
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c.
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to
inform
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b.
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to
criticize
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d.
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to
entertain
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20.
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Which
of the following is a more accurate title for the passage?
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a.
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A
Cold English Family
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c.
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Dangerous
Road Travel
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b.
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Two
Important Tunnels
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d.
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Winter
Vacation Time
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21.
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There
is enough information in the passage to show that both the
Mont Blanc tunnel and the Chunnel—
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a.
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are
near mountains
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c.
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took
three years to dig
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b.
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were
started in 1959
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d.
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had
to go under water
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22.
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Which
is the best detail to add to paragraph E?
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a.
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The
surface temperatures of the English Channel range from 45°F
to 61°F in September.
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b.
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The
Chunnel cost more than $21 billion to build—more than 700
times the cost of the Golden Gate Bridge!
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c.
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It
takes a little more than ten minutes to go through the Mont
Blanc tunnel.
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d.
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England
and France were once part of the same land mass during the
Mesozoic Era.
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23.
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It
was possible to dig a tunnel under the English Channel because the
Channel is—
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a.
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cold
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c.
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narrow
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b.
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deep
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d.
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stormy
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24.
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Which
sentence from the passage contains the author’s opinion?
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a.
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“Two
major natural obstacles lie between England and Italy.”
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b.
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“One
is the English Channel, a narrow body of water between
England and France.”
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c.
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“The
other is the Swiss Alps, a mountain range in Switzerland,
between France and Italy.”
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d.
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“The
Alps are the most beautiful mountains in the world, and they
are amazingly high.”
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25.
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Which
of these is a fact in this passage?
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a.
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“People
living in England hate winter because it can be long and
dreary.”
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b.
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“.
. . ferry travel is slow and unpleasant.”
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c.
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“It
is a stressful, nerve-racking experience.”
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d.
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“A
channel tunnel had first been proposed in 1802. . . .”
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