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Which Of The Following Is True Regarding The Role Of The Rbt In The Behavior Intervention Process?
Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs) play a crucial role in the implementation of behavior intervention plans, but they do not design the interventions or functional assessment tasks. Their primary responsibilities include: Directly implementing behavior intervention plans developed by the superviRead more
Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs) play a crucial role in the implementation of behavior intervention plans, but they do not design the interventions or functional assessment tasks. Their primary responsibilities include:
The design of interventions, functional assessment tasks, and overall behavior intervention plans falls under the scope of BCBAs or other qualified professionals who have advanced training and expertise in applied behavior analysis (ABA).
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The Art Of Deception Q. What is the main idea of this selection? Ans: Forgery in its many forms. Q. Why was the West German magazine’s printing of… Ans: Journalists did not fulfill their ethical responsibility. Q. Which two features are utilized in Canada’s… Ans: Two lines of micro type, Hundreds ofRead more
The Art Of Deception
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Forgery in its many forms.
Q. Why was the West German magazine’s printing of…
Ans: Journalists did not fulfill their ethical responsibility.
Q. Which two features are utilized in Canada’s…
Ans: Two lines of micro type, Hundreds of tiny moose hoofprints.
Q. In what way has counterfeit money been used as a war tactic?
Ans: To lower the value of the enemy’s currency.
Q. Based on this selection, what are superdollars?
Ans: Forged U.S. dollars that are nearly indistinguishable from real dollars.
Q. Why were British counterfeiters in the…
Ans: Because of their ability to push fake currency into circulation.
Q. Place the following in the order in which…
Ans: Roman artists.
Albrecht Durer.
Rembrandt cemented.
An artist.
Q. Why does the author mention Canada’s $5 moose stamp?
Ans: To show how the Canadian postal service designed the stamp to frustrate forgers.
Q. This excerpt makes the point that…
Ans: Photographs that appear even in reputable media outlets cannot be assumed to be authentic.
Q. Which sentence reflects the view…
Ans: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that explains how software companies can help prevent the counterfeiting of money…
Ans: In addition, software programs.
Research Unlimited
Q. What is the main idea of this selection
Ans: The governments of many countries…
Q. Why has Singapore been producing a profusion of high-quality candidates for jobs in the STEM fields
Ans: For almost five decades, the government has stressed an understanding of the…
Q. Put the following educational landmarks in historical order, starting with earliest
Ans: The government of Singapore focuses…
Singapore’s agency for science, tech…
A*STAR encourages Singaporean and…
President Obama launches an initiative…
Q. In this excerpt, which words create a vibrant image of the biopolis complex
Ans: Enticing and bubbling
Q. Which sentence reflects the connection the author makes between STEM advances and a successful future for humanity
Ans: STEM innovations can provide us with the tools we need to maximize human health, safety, and quality of life
Q. Which of the following would most likely describe a STEM job candidate
Ans: Critical thinker and imaginative problem-solver
Q. Choose the sentence that explains how schools could enhance educational equality among students, thus creating social justice
Ans: Since those working in the STEM fields…
Q. What benefits do female engineering students receive from being part of ewha’s “hands-on” research program
Ans: They can perform studies to further…
They get state of the art experience…
Q. The author compares Singapore’s biopolis to
Ans: An ideal place for stimulating innovative ideas
Q. In this excerpt, the phrase “all hands on deck” refers to
Ans: A concentrated effort by a variety of people
Global Investigation Finds Dirty Secret/A Failing Recycling System
Q. The central idea of this text is that
Ans: U.S. plastic waste is taking a human toll on the countries receiving that plastic
Q. Read this excerpt from the text. Based on what you have read, you can reasonably conclude that
Ans: It is easier for the United States to ship plastic waste overseas than find ways to reduce plastic use
Q. Authors may use irony to contrast what is expected with what actually happened. Which of the following descriptions from the text is an example of irony?
Ans: The pile of plastic trash in Hanoi with a plastic bag from New Jersey that urges people to recycle
Q. Read these two excerpts. As some countries ban the import of plastic waste,
Ans: Countries that had not dealt with U.S. plastic will become overwhelmed by the problem
Q. Experts have found Malaysia to be “the most frightening example: of U.S. plastic overwhelming a country. Based on what you have read, this includes which two factors?
Ans: Enormous heaps of plastic waste left behind by illegal business operations
Illegal plastics-processing factories emitting fumes that are toxic to people who live in that area
Breaking Barriers in the Military
Q. Which one of the following statements best expresses the central idea of this selection?
Ans: Women have performed crucial work in the military for centuries and continue to break barriers in the armed forces.
Q. Based on these two excerpts, while Margaret Corbin received a lifetime pension (pay) for her service in the Revolutionary War, women who served in World War I
Ans: Were denied veteran benefits until a law was passed decades later
Q. Based on what you have read, which one of the following statements describes an irony of women in the U.S military?
Ans: Women have fought for their nation since the 1700s, but could not enroll in military academies until 1975
Q. The first digital computer was introduced in 1946. Personal computers became common in the 1980s. This relates to Dorothy Blum’s work for the National Security Agency by
Ans: Underscoring the transformative change her work brought to intelligence collection
Q. Women have served in the U.S military since the civil war. Place these events in order
Ans: The first woman in U.S military history attained the rank of
Women who served in World War I were granted veteran status
The U.S. Military Academy graduated its first female class
The number of military occupants open to women
Super-Speed Collisions
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Discoveries at the LHC contribute to formulating a Unified Field Theory
Q. What is another name for the Unified Field Theory?
Ans: Theory of everything
Q. In this image, which fundamental interaction is responsible for attracting the electron?
Ans: Electromagnetism
Q. What does a particle accelerator use to propel clusters of isolated protons to extremely high velocities?
Ans: Superconductive magnets
Q. Put the steps in a particle collision at the LHC in order, from first to last
Ans: Isolated protons are released into a tunnel
Superconductive magnets propel protons
Protons reach a very high velocity
Protons collide into each other at seven designated points
Q. Based on this excerpt, how does positive beta decay work to stabilize a nucleus within an atom?
Ans: By converting a proton into a neutron
Q. The tone of this quote By Albert Einstein illustrates the physicist’s
Ans: Insight and eloquence
Q. In this concluding paragraph, what was the author’s purpose for mentioning the graviton?
Ans: To confirm that the graviton is the next step toward advancing a Unified Field Theory.
Storms in Outer Space
Q. What is the main idea
Ans: Space weather comes in form…
Q. The monitoring, tracking, and forecasting…
Ans: Space Weather Prediction, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
Q. To predict storms, forecasters…
Ans: Massive explosions on the sun’s surface
Q. The text states the biggest solar storms arise…
Ans: A bubble of plasma expelled by the sun
Q. Which statement best summarizes the effect of space…
Ans: Space weather changes the transmission paths of HF…
Q. Choose the sentence in this paragraph that uses simile
Ans: These smaller scale instabilities…
Q. How do ionosphere scintillations differ from…
Ans: They are not associated with any sort of space weather…
Q. The text states that in the presence of plasma…
Ans: The loss of intensity or potency through a medium
Q. What phenomenon does the image show
Ans: The collision of…
Q. The need for space weather monitoring…
Ans: Our increasing reliance on satellite dependent technology…
Q. How can space weather impact earth?
Ans: Solar storms can cause fluctuations of electrical…
Q. How do these two excerpts compare to or contrast with each other?
Ans: Both explain how GPS communications…
Q. Based on this selection, what is the most significant distinction between space weather and terrestrial weather?
Ans: Space weather has the potential to impact
Architects of the Web
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: The Internet allows a vast body of collective knowledge to be accessible to anyone.
Q. Which of the following organizations was responsible for creating the World Wide Web?
Ans: CERN
Q. Which of the following events triggered the rise of Internet Service Providers?
Ans: The ARPANET was decommissioned.
Q. Place these events in the development of the Internet in the order in which they occurred, from first to last.
Ans: Early networking between computers involved digitizing information into quantified units called bits.
The U.S. Department of Defense set the groundwork for what would become the ARPANET.
NASA worked with SPAN to create the NASA Science Internet, connecting scientists in the first worldwide network.
Commerce restrictions were lifted, giving rise to Internet Service Providers.
Q. Why was the term “bandwidth” so important to the development of the Internet?
Ans: All networking channels have a limitation on the rate they transmit data.
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that summarizes the concept upon which Newton was able to hypothesize the laws of motion.
Ans: “Working under the premise that Earth is one of many planets orbiting the Sun at the center of our solar system, Newton was able to articulate the laws of motion dictating the orbit of planets, stars, and other celestial bodies.”
Q. In the opening paragraph, the author reviews the accomplishments of Isaac Newton to make the point that
Ans: All discoveries are built off of a collective body of knowledge.
Q. What effect has competition among private-sector technology companies had on the availability of computers and Internet connections?
Ans: It’s driven down the costs of these technologies, making them more accessible.
Q. Which of the following does the author use to support his statement on the rapid rise of Internet use in households?
Ans: U.S. Census Bureau reports
Q. What does the place in this image have to do with the selection?
Ans: It’s the place from which the first digital message was sent.
Q. In these excerpts, the author explains the importance of the printing press and the Internet. Why were both developments pivotal points during the information revolution?
Ans: Both expanded public access to a vast body of collective knowledge
Super-Tall, Super-Expensive
Q. What is the central idea of this selection?
Ans: New skyscrapers introduced to the skyline have been met with both positive and negative reactions.
Q. Read these two excerpts. Which one of the following statements is correct?
Ans: People disagree on the effect shadows caused by new skyscrapers will have on the city.
Q. The author uses similes to help readers visualize the new towers. Choose the two sentences from the following excerpt that use this device.
Ans: Poking up above the Manhattan skyline like etiolated beanpoles, they seem to defy the laws…
They stand like exposed elevator shafts awaiting their floors…
Q. I forgot the question
Ans: Something about air rights without public use
Q. Which of the following statements best confirms the impact the current zoning policy has on the development of the pencil-thin towers?
Ans: It allows builders to use the airspace
Q. Put these policies in order in which they occurred, from first to last
Ans: Setback requirements
Sky exposure plane rule
Floor area ratio rule
Air rights
Sharks! Part 1 & Part 2
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High-Risk Competitions
Q. What is the main idea
Ans: Extreme sports involve a high level of inherent danger
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that best summarizes its main idea
Ans: Extreme sports are often based on traditional sports
Q. Based on this selection, what distinguishes extreme sports
Ans: They involve more uncontrollable environmental variables
Q. Based on this selection, an experienced extreme athlete would… in which two areas?
Ans: Risk Management & Psychological composure
Q. Based on what you read, which extreme athlete has a connection… (Great Wall)…
Ans: Danny Way
Q. Which sentence most strongly supports the author’s contention
Ans: Sarah Burke had been considered
Q. What do these two excerpts indicate about extreme sports
Ans: Media and marketing campaigns have transformed extreme sports
Q. Put these developments in the history of extreme sports in order, from earliest to most recent
Ans: – Hawaiian natives invent surfing.
– Sir Edmund Hillary summits Mount Everest.
– Four men bungee jump from a bridge in England.
– The first X Games are held
Q. In this excerpt, Warren’s quote has a tone of
Ans: Candidness
Q. Based on what have you read, you can tell that Xpogo is
Ans: Similar to most extreme sports because it modifies a traditional sport
What’s A Biopolis?
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: The governments of many countries play an important role in delivering high-quality STEM programs to their students.
Q. Based on this selection, countries on which continent are producing a profusion of high-quality candidates for jobs in the STEM fields?
Ans: Asia
Q. In this excerpt, which words create a vibrant image of the Biopolis complex?
Ans: enticing and bubbling
Q. Which sentence reflects the connection the author makes between STEM advances and a successful future for humanity?
Ans: STEM innovations can provide us with the tools we need to maximize human health, safety, and quality of life.
Q. Which of the following would most likely describe a STEM job candidate?
Ans: critical thinker and problem-solver
Q. What can be considered a main cause of Singapore’s success in biotechnology?
Ans: government-sanctioned educational initiatives
Q. Which sentence supports the author’s claim that establishing relationships between climatic and ecosystem changes are important?
Ans: Scientists can illustrate specific consequences of climate change and how they may affect people, animals, and plants, influencing government policies and practices.
Q. The author compares Singapore’s Biopolis to
Ans: an ideal place for stimulating innovative ideas.
Q. The educational philosophy of A*STAR could be best described as based on hands-on and
Ans: collegial experiences.
Q. In this excerpt, the phrase “all hands on deck” refers to
Ans: a concentrated effort by a variety of people.
Zap Actions Spark a Movement / ACT UP: Organizing for LGBT Rights
Q. What is the central idea of this selection?
Ans: In order to enact social change, gay activists switched from modeling respectability to a strategy focused on directly confronting public figures.
Q. In the context of this selection, the term “zap action” refers to…
Ans: Protests that focused on directly confronting public figures and gaining media attention.
Q. Read this excerpt. Which two of the following most strongly support that Mark Segal’s protest at CBS news influenced the public’s view of gay rights?
Ans: Mark Segal’s action in front of an audience of 60 million viewers // Walter Cronkite’s decision to take LGBT rights more seriously and speak up for them
Q. Choose the sentence that acknowledges that during the early stages of gay liberation movement some members of the LGBT community had negative perception of using zaps as a tool for social change.
Ans: As GAA activist Arthur Evans explained, at first the greater LGBT community was “disturbed at the demonstrators for rocking the boat,” but eventually this turned into “anger [and] a sense of class consciousness.”
Q. Read this excerpt. What does the phrase “assimilationist goals” mean in the context of this excerpt?
Ans: Early gay rights groups tried to gain acceptance by creating gradual change inside current societal frameworks instead of confronting them.
On Writing a Dictionary
Q. What was Johnson’s primary purpose…
Ans: To explain
Q. Reread this excerpt. The tone…
Ans: A dry humor
Q. What was Johnson’s opinion of the English language…
Ans: He found…
Q. Johnson’s original plans…
Ans: Was concerned…
Q. Which of the following best describes…
Ans: Reading the works of…
Q. Johnson admitted…
Ans: The nature…
Some shortcomings…
Q. How does this image…
Ans: While reviewing…
Q. What does this excerpt reveal…
Ans: He began his work with the intention…
Q. The first excerpt…
Ans: Johnson believed…
Q. Johnson stated…
Ans: Wrote the dictionary…
What’s A Biopolis?
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: The governments of many countries play an important role in delivering high-quality STEM programs to their students.
Q. Based on this selection, countries on which continent are producing a profusion of high-quality candidates for jobs in the STEM fields?
Ans: Asia
Q. In this excerpt, which words create a vibrant image of the Biopolis complex?
Ans: enticing and bubbling
Q. Which sentence reflects the connection the author makes between STEM advances and a successful future for humanity?
Ans: STEM innovations can provide us with the tools we need to maximize human health, safety, and quality of life.
Q. Which of the following would most likely describe a STEM job candidate?
Ans: critical thinker and problem-solver
Q. What can be considered a main cause of Singapore’s success in biotechnology?
Ans: government-sanctioned educational initiatives
Q. Which sentence supports the author’s claim that establishing relationships between climatic and ecosystem changes are important?
Ans: Scientists can illustrate specific consequences of climate change and how they may affect people, animals, and plants, influencing government policies and practices.
Q. The author compares Singapore’s Biopolis to
Ans: an ideal place for stimulating innovative ideas.
Q. The educational philosophy of A*STAR could be best described as based on hands-on and
Ans: collegial experiences.
Q. In this excerpt, the phrase “all hands on deck” refers to
Ans: a concentrated effort by a variety of people.
Jack Johnson: His Own Man
Q. This selection is mainly about the
Ans: 1910 fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries.
Q. Imagine you are a black person living in America in the early 1900s, the time period described in this selection. Which two of the following customs would be a part of your daily life?
Ans: Use different facilities than whites
Show your submission and respect to whites
Q. Put these events in the life of Jack Johnson in the order in which they occurred, from first to last.
Ans: He won a heavyweight championship by defeating Canadian fighter Tommy burns.
He won a heavyweight championship by defeating Jim Jeffries.
He traveled to Paris to continue his boxing career.
He lost a heavyweight championship to Jess Willard.
Q. Prior to the establishment of a “color line” in the late 1880s
Ans: African Americans played on Major League Baseball teams.
Q. Read this excerpt. Why does the author mention the Plessy vs. Ferguson U.S. Supreme Court case?
Ans: To explain the crowd’s reaction to Johnson
Q. Why was the bout between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries anticipated as “The Fight of the Century”?
Ans: Due to racial attitudes of the time it was seen as a battle for the nation’s soul.
Q. How does the author seek to convince the reader that the popular image of Johnson as a brute was unjustified?
Ans: By noting that Johnson was an avid reader and skilled musician
Q. Why did African Americans celebrate Johnson’s victory over Jeffries?
Ans: His victory struck a blow to the prevailing notion of white supremacy
Q. Why did Tommy Burns eventually relent and offer Johnson a shot at the championship?
Ans: A promoter willing to meet Burns’ demand for $30,000 was found.
Q. This excerpt states that Johnson’s presence in the ring was enough to incite the crowd. Choose the sentence that best summarizes why.
Ans: “He served as a repudiation of a belief system they had no desire to question.”
Q. Which prizefighter described in this selection idolized the man in this image?
Ans: Jack Johnson
The Museum of Trickey
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Forgery in its many forms
Q. Why was the West German magazine’s printing of…
Ans: Journalists did not fulfill their ethical…
Q. Which two features are utilized in Canada’s…
Ans: Two lines of microtype, Hundreds of tiny moose hoofprints.
Q. In what way has counterfeit money been used as a war tactic?
Ans: To lower the value of the enemy’s currency.
Q. Based on this selection, what are superdollars?
Ans: Forged U.S. dollars that are nearly indistinguishable from real dollars.
Q. Why were British counterfeiters in the…
Ans: Because of their ability to push fake currency into circulation.
Q. Place the following in the order in which…
Ans: a–Roman artists…
b–Albrecht Durer…
c–Rembrandt cemented…
d–An artist…
Q. This excerpt makes the point that…
Ans: Photographs that appear even in reputable media outlets cannot be assumed to be authentic.
Q. Which sentence reflects the view…
Ans: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that explains how software companies can help prevent counterfeiting of money.
Ans: In addition, software programs…
A Man, A Dog, And A Glacier
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: People and animals like dogs have more in common than first meets the eye.
Q. Based on this excerpt, the narrator’s attitude toward nature could be best described as
Ans: ebullient.
Q. This piece of writing is best described as a
Ans: journal or diary outlining a real-life event in the narrator’s life.
Q. In this excerpt, what phrase could replace the words “polished bosses”?
Ans: smooth rocky surfaces
Q. Based on this selection, the lake and rock debris in this image is most likely evidence of
Ans: glacial movement.
Q. In this selection, the narrator and dog are alike because they both
Ans: have nightmares after their close call on the glacier.
Q. The narrator had to coax Stickeen to traverse the narrow bridge because
Ans: the dog could sense the danger and hesitated to proceed.
Q. Which sentence best illustrates the narrator using his knowledge to navigate nature?
Ans: The longitudinal lines of the glacier itself were my main guides.
Q. Why does the narrator describe leaping the chasms as “at once frightful and inspiring”?
Ans: The narrator knows that he could get hurt if he falls into a chasm, but is impressed that he can jump over the dangerous obstacles.
Q. When the author describes the dog running around, “swirling like autumn leaves in an eddy,”what figure of speech is he using?
Ans: simile
Alan Turing: An Exceptional Man
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: An odd scientist played a key role in defeating Nazi Germany and developing the computer.
Q. What impact did Turing’s research have on the outcome of World War II?
Ans: It enabled the Allies to defeat Germany in many key battles.
Q. All of the following are characteristics exhibited by turing. Which two were most helpful to the British government?
Ans: His anti-war sentiments.
His expertise in cryptology and mathematics.
Q. The author mentions that Turing chained his tea cup to a radiator to
Ans: Offer an example of his idiosyncratic personality.
Q. Put these events from Turing’s life in the order in which they occurred, from first to last.
Ans: Turing joined the British Anti-War Movement.
Turing published his paper entitled, “On Commutable Numbers,” which introduced the idea of a computer-like machine.
Turing joined Britain’s Government Code and Cypher School.
Turing visited the United States to view a speech encryption system.
Q. Read this part from the selection. What can be inferred about Turing’s mother based on this excerpt?
Ans: She was aware that her son’s interests differed from the interests of other boys his age, and she was willing to document those differences
Q. Turing’s colleagues called him “prof” because
Ans: His shabby appearance reminded them of a professor.
Q. Which statement offers the best summary of information in this excerpt?
Ans: In Britain in the 1920’s, an education in the classics was more valued than one in science.
Q. The Enigma machine was
Ans: Used by Nazi Germany to encrypt secret messages.
Q. How is this monarch connected to Alan Turing?
Ans: She granted a royal pardon to Turing after his death.
Q. In 2009, the British government publicly apologized to Turing. Which two of the following statements best describe why the apology was warranted?
Ans: Turing was denied appropriate recognition for his wartime service.
Turing was persecuted for his sexual orientation
Q. Choose the sentence that confirms the idea that Turing believed that the human mind was more powerful than a machine.
Ans: “Turing was somewhat dismissive of U.S cryptologists at the time…”
Q. The tone of this selection is best described as
Ans: Reverent and compassionate.
Leaning in, Digging Deep
Q. Which statement best expresses the central idea of this selection?
Ans: Despite obstacles that remain, women of color are making significant breakthroughs at leadership levels.
Q. Read this excerpt from the selection and one from the other source. Based on these excerpts you can conclude that
Ans: With regard to representation in politics, the U.S. lags behind much of the world in female leadership.
Q. Choose two sentences that most strongly suggest the influence of “gendered racism” in the cooperate world.
Ans: According to a 2016 survey, women of color make up just 3 percent…
More than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies have no women of color on their boards.
Q. This excerpt from the selection provides an example of
Ans: Intersectionality
Q. In this excerpt, the authors use the word “microaggression” to describe
Ans: Everyday actions and comments that express negative bias to the target person or group.
Q. In this excerpt, the author includes critic bell hooks’ reaction to “Lean In” to emphasize hooks’ criticism of Sandberg’s
Ans: Tone deafness regarding intersectionality.
Q. Look at this image. Coral Moseley Braun, shown here, made U.S. history more than once. As one example of her achievements, in
Ans: 1992 she became the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
From Human to Insect Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3
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Robert F. Kennedy at Cape Town
Q. What was Robert Kennedy’s primary purpose for making this speech?
Ans: To inspire the youth in South Africa and around the world to work for progressive change
Q. Kennedy said, “In the last five years we have done more to assure equality to our Negro citizens and to help the deprived, both white and black, than in the hundred years before that time.” What evidence in this excerpt supports
Ans: The passage of laws prohibiting racial discrimination.
Q. In his speech, Robert Kennedy outlines four dangers he believes the National Union of South African Students faces. List these dangers in the order in which Kennedy recites them, from first to last.
Ans: Futility
Expediency
Timidity
Comfort
Q. Robert Kennedy said “the belief there is nothing one man or one woman can do against the enormous array of the world’s ills — against misery, against ignorance, or injustice and violence” is incorrect. What evidence did he provide to support his statement?
Ans: He lists great movements in history sparked by the actions of individuals.
Q. If Robert Kennedy had given a speech at the United Nations covering the same topics, how might his tone have differed?
Ans: He might have expressed a harsher view of the South African government for its resistance to ending Apartheid.
Q. Robert Kennedy states that it is vital to “recognize the full human equality of all of our people”
Ans: Because on a moral basis it is the right thing to do
Playing Inventively
Q. The central idea of the selection is
Ans: Seemingly trivial, seemingly frivolous pastimes had actually led to a disproportionate number of world changing events and ideas.
Q. The author says, “You will find the future wherever people are having the most fun.” Based on his reasoning, what will the popular “Pokemon Go” result in?
Ans: Augmented reality
Q. According to the selection, what is the “hummingbird effect”?
Ans: The set of changes that come unexpectedly as the result of a new idea or invention.
Q. Which one of the following sentences from the text best persuades the reader of the importance of play?
Ans: General intelligence in human beings or in other mammals often corresponds to the amount of playtime they have in their childhood.
Q. According to the selection, fashion and shopping, music, taste, illusions, games, and public space are all examples of
Ans: Leisure activities with hidden productivity.
A Father’s Memory
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: A businessman grapples with the untimely death of his young son years
Q. Read these excerpts. what do they suggest about the two men’s attitudes and characters
Ans: The first explains how Woodfield admired the chairman while the
Q. Based on this excerpt, what did Woodfield and the chairman have in common
Ans: Both lost sons during wartime
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that shows this selection is being told by a third-person omniscient
Ans: Poor old guy
Q. What does the animal shown in this image have to do with this selection?
Ans: The narrator compares the chairman’s servant to this faithful and eager animal
Q. Read these paragraphs from this selection. in the second paragraph, the chairman stated that his
Ans: His luxurious new office indicated the exact opposite
Q. What was the chairman’s attitude regarding the photograph of his son?
Ans: He saw it as inaccurate
Q. At what point did the chairman notice the fly?
Ans: As he rose to look at his son’s photograph
Q. What does chairman’s interaction with the fly suggest about him?
Ans: He was capable of inflicting anguish and misery to satisfy his own curiosity
Q. Based on this excerpt at the end of the selection, what two things happened to the chairman
Ans: None of his problems were resolved he lapsed into forgetfulness
The Panama Canal
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: The Panama Canal is an extraordinary feat of engineering and construction that was built despite enormous obstacles
Q. What reason does the author give to support the decision to
Ans: Loss of revenue due to the canal’s inability to accommodate
Q. In this excerpt, which word emphasizes the meaning the author is communicating by enclosing
Ans: Eurocentric
Q. Choose the sentence from this excerpt that contains a figure of speech
Ans: The completion of the railroad energized the canal movement
Q. Which of the following best expresses the lesson Ferdinand de Lesseps might draw?
Ans: Appearances are deceiving
Q. Which of the following was the most significant hindrance in recruiting and retaining labor?
Ans: The prevalence of diseases in the region
Q. Which word best describes Ferdinand de Lesseps at the beginning of?
Ans: Grandiose
Q. In which two ways did Ferdinand de Lesseps’ plan for a canal differ?
Ans: The Charges River would be diverted; The mountain would be leveled to below sea level
Q. Why was Dr. Gorgas able to eradicate yellow fever?
Ans: Researchers identified mosquitoes as carriers of the disease
Q. What was the author’s purpose in describing the difficulties in building the Panama railroad?
Ans: To foreshadow what the canal builders would face
John Muir and Stickeen
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Overcoming the challenges of nature can be exhilarating for both humans and.
Q. Based on this excerpt, the narrator’s attitude toward nature could be…
Ans: Enthralled.
Q. When observing a rushing stream during a storm, Muir described it as…
Ans: Musical.
Q. This piece of writing is best described as a…
Ans: Journal outlining a real-life event in the narrator’s life.
Q. In this excerpt, what phrase could replace the words “polished bosses”…
Ans: Smooth rocky surfaces.
Q. Based on this selection, the lake, and rock debris in this image…
Ans: Glacial movement.
Q. The narrator had to coax sticker to traverse the narrow bridge because of the dog…
Ans: Could sense the danger and hesitated to proceed.
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that best illustrates the narrator using his knowledge to…
Ans: The longitudinal lines of the glacier itself were my main guides.
Q. Why does the narrator describe leaping the chasms as…
Ans: The narrator knows that he could get hurt, but is impressed that he can jump.
Q. Based on this selection, Muir and Stickeen’s relationship could best be described as
See lessAns: aring partnership.
Reading Plus Answers Level M
A REALLY Long Race Q. What is the main idea of this selection? Ans: Ultra-marathon running is a sport that requires both physical strength and a positive mentality. Q. Based on the text, why is the Self-Transcendence 3,100-Race held on a short, looping course? Ans: to ensure medical attention can beRead more
A REALLY Long Race
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Ultra-marathon running is a sport that requires both physical strength and a positive
mentality.
Q. Based on the text, why is the Self-Transcendence 3,100-Race held on a short, looping course?
Ans: to ensure medical attention can be administered in a timely manner
Q. Why is “Self-Transcendence” an appropriate name for the 3,100 race?
Ans: Runners must exceed their mental and physical limits.
Q. Why was Stage Five considered to be the “most interminable” leg of The Last Desert race in 2008?
Ans: It was to cover over 60 miles, the longest leg of the race.
Q. Based on this selection, what condition is this dehydrated runner displaying?
Ans: bonking
Q. In this excerpt, Karnaze’s description of his experience in Antarctica has a tone of
Ans: ebullience.
Q. Which sentence supports the author’s claim that ultra-marathon runners can overcome injury with positive thinking?
Ans: The runner meditated each day so that she could complete the race with a good attitude, despite her serious injuries.
Q. Why was it so amazing that Kyung Tae Song finished The Four Deserts series?
Ans: Song was blind, deaf, and had been severely depressed, but found a purpose in finishing all the races.
Q. Why does the author mention the $12,000 entrance fee for The Last Desert Race?
Ans: to highlight the challenging logistics of conducting a race in the Arctic.
Q. When the fifth stage of The Last Race was canceled, you could tell that
Ans: not all the runners were disappointed they didn’t have to run in an arctic storm.
Observing Animal Behavior
Q. What is the main idea of this selection
Ans: The scientific notion that animals possess the ability to think, feel, and learn as…
Q. Which of the following could be considered an obstacle to the widespread acceptance of Charles Darwin’s ideas about animal cognition in the early 20th century
Ans: Cognitive behaviorists’…
Q. It can be considered “ironic that animals like birds, dogs, and dolphins are now considered by most…
Ans: For much of history it was believed that…
Q. Read this excerpt. based on how it is used, what does the word “taboo” most closely mean in the second…
Ans: Abhorred
Q. In this excerpt, the tone of the scientist could best be described as
Ans: Skeptical
Q. Put these milestones in the development of modern animal cognition theory in order, starting with the first.
Ans: Charles Darwin published his book…
Dr.Thomas Struhsaker established his…
Dr.Peperberg taught Alex the African…
Dr.John piles taught his border collie to…
Q. Based on the research of Dr. Seyfarth, Dr. Cheney, Dr. Marker, and Dr. Struhskar, the screams of wild vervet…
Ans: Emitting distinct calls of alarm
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that illustrates just how many words Chaser the border collie learned…
Ans: Remarkably, Chaser can distinguish each of the 800 toy animals, 116 balls, and 26…
Q. Read the following excerpt. Why does the author say that Dr. Pile mentioned that “he hasn’t used one morsel of food to entice chaser to learn in his 10 years…
Ans: To challenge the typical day training method of using food by explaining…
Q. Based on this excerpt, Dr. Pepper Berg’s lab seems to most closely resemble a
Ans: Kindergarten classroom
The Knight’s Tale / Canterbury Characters Part 1 & Part 2
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Job Hunting 101
Q. The main idea of this story is
Ans: ethical behavior is a major component of the job search process.
Q. An ethical person most likely
Ans: will demonstrate a high level of integrity on the job.
Q. It is acceptable to highlight your accomplishments on your resume because of all the following reasons except
Ans: listing all your accomplishments will make you look better than you really are.
Q. This story suggests that which of the following should be excluded from the resume of a college student who is about to graduate?
Ans: details about the student’s travel to foreign countries
Q. Which of the following students is exercising proper etiquette and ethics when meeting with professionals?
Ans: A male medical student meets with a doctor in a city hospital. He arrives on time, wearing a lab coat over his street clothes. He sends a thank-you note.
Q. If an interviewer asks what salary you expect, you should respond by saying
Ans: “I’m sure your company pays a competitive salary for this position.”
Q. A major drawback to online job recruitment is
Ans: employers cannot distinguish serious from casual applicants.
Q. During the interview process, it is unethical to
Ans: criticize or downplay another job candidate’s qualifications.
Q. Accepting an interview for a job you do not really want results in all of the following except
Ans: the vacant position will be filled quickly and with the best candidate.
Q. If you decide to turn down a job offer, you should not
Ans: take your time notifying the employer
The Amazing Human Brain
Q. What is the main idea of this selection
Ans: The ever-changing human brain constantly responds to its environment…
Q. Based on this selection, what is the overall role of neurons
Ans: They gather information and transmit it as signals between the nervous system…
Q. When the author of the selections states that the brain’s “simper” processes deserve some credit, to which two of the following functions was he referring
Ans: Voluntary actions, such as brushing your…
Involuntary processes, such as breathing
Q. Put the following steps required to jump over a mud puddle in order from first to last
Ans: Your brain processes the visual image…
Your brain retrieves memories of your…
Your brain confirms that the puddle is…
Your brain directs your body’s muscles…
Q. What type of cell does our brain use to control muscle movement
Ans: Motor neurons
Q. Based on this selection, what do researchers from Harvard believe causes the brain function responses involved in the placebo effect
Ans: Therapeutic encounters
Q. Based on this excerpt, what evidence did neuroscientist find that convinced them the placebo effect is not merely psychological
Ans: The placebo effect results in changes in brain activity and chemistry
Q. How could repurposing visual sections of the brain in blind people result in their developing virtuosic talents
Ans: Previously visual sections now focus their resources on processing other senses…
Q. Read this excerpt. how could models of computer architecture based on organization of the human brain be more effective than old architectures based on sequential operations
Ans: Distributing functions between many parallel processors reduces overloading a single point and increases processing efficiency and speed
Q. Based on this excerpt, which two of these statements about human positivity research are valid
Ans: Research…ambiguous…positivity APPEARS
Results…on positive emotions SEEM TO…
Q. The bottlenecking effect that can occur during times of peak used in computer architectures based in sequential operation an analogous to a
Ans: Traffic Jam
Q. Why does the author draw similarities between functions of the brain and superpowers of fictional characters?
Ans: To illustrate how amazing the brains abilities are as well as the potential for further discovery into its function
Wretched Lives Part 1 & Part 2
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Demining: A Slow, Dangerous Business
Q. This selection is mainly about
Ans: What landmines are, how they became a problem, and what people are doing now to work toward a solution
Q. Read this excerpt. The author’s intention for including this line in the text is to
Ans: Give a balanced point of view about an optimistic new development that could address landmines.
Q. In this quote from the text, the word “barbarous” most closely means
Ans: Atrocious
Q. Which two of the following statements about the “Rains Patent” are most accurate
Ans: The rains patent is a modern iteration of the explosive devices used to defend the Chinese Song Dynasty.
Use of devices made with this patent increased globally following their debut in the American Civil War.
Q. Which of the following sentences most accurately compares these two excerpts
Ans: The first excerpt offers early accounts of landmines’ destructiveness, while the second offers a more recent account pointing to landmines’ problematic legacy.
The Women Pilots of WWII / A First For Female Pilots
Q. Which statement expresses the central idea of this selection?
Ans: Women played an unprecedented role as World War II pilots at a time when air warfare was intensifying
Q. Why does the author describe Melitta Schiller and Hanna Reitsch as having the “rare position” of working for the German military?
Ans: Both women worked for the German Air Force at a time when laws kept most women in the home
Q. In 1935 the US government hired commercial pilot Nancy Love to air mark the country. This describes a
Ans: Navigation aid for pilots
Q. Read this excerpt from the text and one other. Based on these excerpts, you can reasonably conclude that Cornelia fort was
Ans: Training a new pilot for the us military the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor
Q. The United States military began using aircraft in WWI. Based on these two excerpts which two of the following show what changed in WWII
Ans: The nature of air warfare
•Having secretly built up its Air Force
The Hard Truth About Concrete Part 1 & Part 2
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The Mystical City
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: The natural rights of man are often in jeopardy because of greed.
Q. What does this excerpt tell you about the beliefs of the Piro Indians?
Ans: They derived their beliefs from traditional tribal stories and mythical legends.
Q. Why was Uini insulted that first day when he awoke in confinement?
Ans: His captors did not treat him like a guest and offered him an inferior meal.
Q. After Uini grew fully into manhood, his attitude toward Saramama changed
Ans: from trust to skepticism.
Q. What is meant by description of Paititi as “existing both within and beyond the limits of space and time”?
Ans: The city possesses both physical and spiritual characteristics.
Q. What was the author’s purpose in writing this story?
Ans: to show how an ancient culture chose to survive despite the odds
Q. In this excerpt, the author describes the initial stage of Uini’s quest by creating a mood of
Ans: confidence.
Q. Based on this selection, you can deduce that Uini’s tribe
Ans: possessed a deep respect for nature.
Q. When Uini finally discovers the Lost City of Paititi, he has the revelation that
Ans: those who don’t respect the earth degrade their own environment.
Q. In the end, Uini learned
Ans: to distrust hollow promises to protect his people’s homeland.
The Lost City of Gold
Q. What is the main idea of this selection
Ans: The natural rights of man are often…
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that best shows the Piro’s belief that man and nature are connected spiritually
Ans: Uni learned that trees were revered friends, with the death of a tree…
Q. Why was Uni insulted that first day when he awoke in confinement
Ans: His captors did not treat him like a guest and offered him an inferior meal
Q. Based on this excerpt, after Uni grew fully into manhood, his attitude toward Saramama changed
Ans: From trust to skepticism
Q. In which two ways did the mohanese heal Uni of his illness
Ans: They canted and gesticulated over him
They sucked his deceased breath from…
Q. What is meant by the description of paititi as “existing both within and beyond the limits of space and time”?
Ans: The city possessed both physical and spiritual characteristics
Q. In this excerpt, the author describes the initial stage of Uni’s quest by creating a mood of
Ans: confidence
Q. Based on this selection, you can deduce that Uni’s tribe
Ans: Possessed a deep respect for nature
Q. When Uni finally discovered the lost city of paititi, he has the revelation that
Ans: Those who don’t respect the earth degrade their own environment
Q. Put these events of Uni’s journey of self-discovery in the correct order, starting with the earliest.
Ans: Uni wakes up in a strange abode
Uni discovers the mythical city of paititi
A giant waddle carries Uni through the…
Uni turns his back on Saramama
The Decision
Q. This selection is mainly about a
Ans: Princess who must choose…
Q. Why is this tribunal method of justice described as “semi-barbaric”
Ans: The accused was free to make a…
Q. Irony is a liter device in which the intended meaning of a word or phrase is opposite that of what is actually stated. which line or lines from this excerpt is an example of irony
Ans: This was the king’s semi-barbaric…
Q. How do these two passages from the selection work together
Ans: The first characterizes…
Q. Of what is the young man accused
Ans: Loving the princess
Q. Choose the two sentences in this excerpt that indicate why the king objected to the young man his daughter loved
Ans: This royal maiden…
It so happened that among the kings…
Q. The selection states, “But gold, and the power of a woman’s will, had brought the secret to the princess…
Ans: She knew behind which door was the…
Q. Place these events in order…
Ans: The princess discovered…
The princess knew…
The princess and the accused…
The princess gave the young man…
Q. In literature, conflict is a fight between two forces that adds tension to the plot. One conflict in this piece…
Ans: The princess
Q. The author left it to the readers to decide whether the lady or the tiger came out of the chosen door…
Ans: Wanted readers to analyze the princess’ motivations…
Breeding a Problem / The Quintessential Fur Babies
Q. The central focus of this selection is…
Ans: An ethical quandary at the intersection of animal welfare and human culture.
Q. The author includes this excerpt in the selection primarily for the purpose of…
Ans: Warning readers against the normalization of health problems in ‘bratty’ dog breeds
Q. Read this excerpt from the selection. Hemivertebrae in flat-faced dogs is an example of…
Ans: An unintended consequence of inbreeding.
Q. Based on what you have read about the consequences of inbreeding, it’s likely that…
Ans: Nature tends toward diversity to prevent the buildup of recessive genes.
Q. In this excerpt, the author describes the…
Ans: Inherent irony involved in breeding purebred dogs means to fit a certain appearance.
From Clunky to Sleek
Q. What is the main…
Ans: TV is undergoing dramatic…
Q. Based on this excerpt…
Ans: Increasingly personal
Encouraging socialization
Q. Based on information…
Ans: It will become an…
Q. What does the word “pale”…
Ans: To lose significance
Q. What does the author mean…
Ans: They have resulted in…
Q. Why does the author mention “Sesame Street?”
Ans: To provide an example of how children’s programs are becoming more interactive.
No Jog in the Park / Alternative Foot Races
Q. What is the main idea of this selection
Ans: Alternative foot races are meant to challenge runners of all ages and…
Q. Why has it become possible for tower runners to become after since the earliest tower-running races, such as the inaugural Empire State building run-up, were held
Ans: Improved nutrition, training, and education have contributed to tower runners’ abilities to run faster
Q. What reason does the author give to support her statement that participating in the first Empire State Building Run-Up “was considered a privilege”?
Ans: At the time, the building was the third-tallest building in the world.
Q. Organizing and executing the inaugural tough cookie 8k trail race required several steps. put these steps in the order hankinson accomplished them, starting with the first
Ans: She determined the theme of the race…
She complied with the requirements of…
She made the decision to hold the race…
She mapped a course for the race that…
Q. According to the selection, the person in this photo would benefit most from which of the following charities
Ans: Long Island greenbelt trail conference
Q. If ranked in order from most competitive to least competitive, how would the three primary alternative foot races described in this excerpt be listed
Ans: Empire State building run-up, tough cookie 8k…
Q. Third-place 1978 state building run-up finisher Paul fetcher defined his tower-running strategy as
Ans: Ape-like, drawing inspiration from a popular media icon associated with…
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that indicates the reason lebow selected the Empire State building as the location of the first tower run in the U.S.
Ans: Defending his choice, lebow stated austerely, “No other building in the world has the charisma of the empire…
Q. How do you know participant in the first tough mudder excused the organizers for the race’s early flaws?
Ans: The successive surge in the race’s popularity suggests participants saw the flaws as minor and correctable.
Q. Dean and Livingstone encountered all of the following challenges on the day of the first tough mudder except
Ans: Overtly muddy conditions
Q. The author of the selection writes that people primarily participate in alternative foot races for which two of the following reasons
See lessAns: The races are accessible for athletes…
The races are enjoyable
Reading Plus Answers Level L
Is It a Crime? / In Her Own Words Q. This speech is mainly Ans: A plea to grant women… Q. Which of the following sets of words… Ans: Logical and persuasive Q. Based on… what is the most likely meaning for the word “disenfranchisement?” Ans: The state of being deprived a right Q. What evidence in theRead more
Is It a Crime? / In Her Own Words
Q. This speech is mainly
Ans: A plea to grant women…
Q. Which of the following sets of words…
Ans: Logical and persuasive
Q. Based on… what is the most likely meaning for the word “disenfranchisement?”
Ans: The state of being deprived a right
Q. What evidence in the text supports your answer to the previous question…
Ans: Anthony creates a logical argument…
Q. Shortly before her trial for voting…
Ans: The newspaper was mocking Anthony and expressing…
Thinking Computers / Monsters or Machines?
Q. Which statement best
Ans: Artificial intelligence is ubiquitous
Q. Put these events…
Ans: Arab Scholar
Computer
IBM computer deep blue
IBM Watson
Q. Read this excerpt. For an iron…
Ans: Learn to shut
Q. In this excerpt from the
Ans: Overabundance
Q. What 2 pieces of info do apps
Ans: The behavior
The choices
Q. What evidence does the author
Ans: Industrial Robots
Q. This selection explains how artificial
Ans: Machines do not double
Q. This selection states that people
Ans: Rebellious machines have
Q. Why does the author ask
Ans: To show that there
Q. This selection can be best
Ans: Informational text
Discover Diplomacy
Q. This selection mainly
Ans: Describes…
Q. This is an image of the U.S. Embassy…
Ans: An embassy often have a very large staff
Q. The 1961 Vienna…
Ans: Representatives…
Q. This excerpt supports the idea that…
Ans: The public is more inclined…
Q. What is the purpose of the second sentence…
Ans: To prove…
Q. The word subtle…
Ans: Hard to perceive
Q. This selection mentions three benefits…
Ans: The staff creates U.S. policies…
My Friend Jane
Q. This selection is mainly
Ans: A recount of…
Q. In this selection, Dr. Jane Goodall took…
Ans: Other scientists could be able to study…
Q. Technology has been an important asset…
Ans: Computers allow us…
Q. This text is best described as
Ans: Narrative nonfiction
Q. In this excerpt, the author uses the phrase…
Ans: Motivated and ambitious
It’s a Superpower! / Step By Step to a Smarter You
Q. Which of the following quotes from this selection captures the central idea?
Ans: “Walking makes us healthier, happier, and brainier.”
Q. Based on these two excerpts, it can be reasonably inferred that
Ans: If walking promotes the growth of synapse formation in learning, it may also help improve depression.
Q. Read this excerpt. The author cites a 2018 study to support Shane O’Mara’s claim that walking makes us healthier and happier. Which statement is supported by the findings of this study?
Ans: Maintaining a higher level of activity today may have a positive affect on one’s outlook for decades to come.
Q. Some people think that relying on a GPS to navigate diminishes the brain’s abilities. Choose the sentence that shows Ans: O’Mara does not agree.
“That’s absolute garbage,” says O’Mara.
Q. The author writes that “it’s easy to start feeling like a brainless polyp” when sitting at a desk all day. Which statement expresses this comparison in a different way?
Ans: Like a jellyfish that only develops a brain while swimming, moving around activates our brains.
Cold War Crisis/A Captured Spy
Q. This selection is mainly about
Ans: Global confrontation.
Q. Based on the selection, which statement is accurate?
Ans: The United States developed the NASA cover-up plan far in advance of Power’s U-2 flight.
Q. Which two of the following phrases could best replace the words “provocative actions” in this excerpt?
Ans: •Tactics of intimidation
•Aggressive behavior
Q. Which words best describe the Soviet’s intent towards the United States following the U-2 incident?
Ans: To embarrass and humiliate
Q. Read the excerpt from the selection and the 2012 CNN news report. Based on these, which statement about Francis Gary Powers is correct?
Ans: Under duress he may have revealed the nature of his mission, but the U.S government did not consider him to be a traitor.
Q. Immediately following the announcement that Powers’ plane was missing…
Ans: It grounded all U-2 planes for inspection of their oxygen systems
Q. At the summit meeting in Washington,
Ans: US condemnation
Assurance
A public
US punishment
A Preacher Of Nonviolence
Q. Another title for this selection could be
Ans: “The Life of a Civil Rights Leader”
Q. Dr. King learned about segregation from
Ans: personal experience
Q. Which two early childhood experiences influenced Dr. King to devote his life to the cause of equality?
Ans:
– He and his father were not allowed to sit in the only seats available in a shoe store
– He was required to attend an all-black school, separating him from his white childhood friend
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that best explains why Dr. King chose to go to prison.
Ans: Dr. King decided to go to jail instead of paying a fine because he reasoned that he could make more people aware of the unfairness of segregation if he was imprisoned
Q. What happened in 1954 that caused great tension in the South?
Ans: The Supreme Court issued a ruling to integrate public schools
Q. Which sentence demonstrates that Dr. King and Coretta Scott had “much in common”?
Ans: They both were victims of the injustices of segregation
Q. Which words in this excerpt indicate how Rosa Parks was feeling on the day she was arrested?
Ans: wearily, long day’s work
Q. Which sentence indicates a reason why the Montgomery bus boycott was successful?
Ans: The Montgomery boycott had a negative effect on the city’s finances
Q. The most important reason Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize was because he
Ans: led non-violent protests in the Civil Rights Movement
Q. In this concluding paragraph, the author creates a mood of
Ans: optimism
The Feathers Tell a Story
Q. Which statement best expresses the central idea of this selection?
Ans: Scientists are collaborating to correctly identify and catalog artifacts in the Powell collection, which offers a host of information about Native American culture.
Q. The text describes scientist Carla Dove’s name as aptonymic. Considering the topic of this selection, what other name could also be considered aptonymic?
Ans: Kay Fowler
Q. Put these events from John Wesley Powell’s life in the order in which they happened.
Ans: He fought for the Union during the Civil War.
He collected Native American artifacts while mapping and exploring the Colorado River and Grand Canyon.
He made his home in Washington, D.C., where he had considerable success as a scientist.
He established the Bureau of Ethnology and became chief of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that best validates why an examination of the Powell collection, which has never Ans: been on display, is valuable now.
The Powell collection hasn’t received…
Q. Based on these excerpts, it is reasonable to infer that
Ans: The primary directive in correctly identifying and cataloging the bird materials used in the artifacts is to provide information for future researchers.
Being Female In America
Q. Which statement from this selection best expresses the central theme?
Ans: For centuries…
Q. The author compares novelists…
Ans: As an example of why people…
Q. Read this excerpt from the selection… Based on these 2 excerpts and the context…
Ans: It is a literary interpretation of what it feels like…
Q. This image shows a 1913 march for…
Ans: African American women were asked to…
Q. This excerpt from the selection supports the overall text by demonstrating that…
Ans: Even women of color who were well-known…
Q. Despite uniting people…
Ans: Any fight for…
The Little Rock Nine/An Order to Integrate
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Nine black students successfully integrated Central High School at great personal cost.
Q. Put these events in the order in which they occurred, starting with the first.
Ans: The Supreme Court rules segregated schools violate citizens’ rights to equal protection under the law.
The school board stipulates that Central High School would be open to black students.
Superintendent Blossom explains the rules governing the attendance of the Little Rock Nine.
Governor Faubus announces plans to bring the Arkansas National Guard to Central High School.
Q. Which of the following was the main reason the Supreme Court ruled that schools had to be integrated?
Ans: The education provided in the segregated black schools was inferior to that in the white schools.
Q. Which two rules of attendance did the Little Rock Nine have to obey?
Ans: To refrain from reacting to any provocations from other students
To leave the school immediately at the end of each day
Q. Why did white students tend not to make friends with the Nine?
Ans: They were afraid of retaliation from segregationists
Q. In this excerpt, what is the meaning of the word “incessant”?
Ans: Constant
Q. What is the most likely reason the Nine decided to proceed with their plans to enter Central High School even though they would not be permitted to participate in extracurricular activities?
Ans: They knew Central had better course offerings, facilities, and equipment than their all-black school.
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that could be described as foreshadowing.
Ans: “They were prepared, or so they thought.”
Q. Based on this selection, what was the likely state of mind of Ernest Green’s parents at his graduation?
Ans: Relieved and proud
Q. What was the author’s purpose in listing a selection of Central’s extracurricular activities in this excerpt?
Ans: To highlight that all students are now welcome to participate in these activities
Q. Which sentence indicates the state of mind of the Nine today?
Ans: They are gratified that their sacrifice at Central was worthwhile and has been recognized
Q. What evidence does the author present that many segregationists in Little Rock have had a change of heart in the decades since Central was integrated?
Ans: A large interracial crowd cheered the Nine at a commemoration ceremony at Central in 1997.
A New World of Opportunity / The Age of Reptiles
Q. What is the main idea of this selection
Mass extinctions on earth periodically kill off many species and allow others to prosper
Q. Place these events in chronological order, earliest to latest
Ans: Most of Earth’s land bound together…
A series of volcanic eruptions…
The Great Dying marked the end…
The Chicxulub Asteroid marked the end…
Q. Based on these two excerpts, why did the author transition from the extinction of the dinosaurs to the Great Dying
Ans: The demise of the dinosaurs is a well known example of mass extinction
Q. The author argues that mass extinction create opportunity for some groups of species. Choose two sentences from these Ans: excerpts that support this claim.
While the most severe natural cataclysms…
Mass extinction eliminated many of the amphibious species…
Q. Based on this excerpt, which happened last during the coalification process
Ans: The underground heat and pressure squeezed the water out of plant remnants
Q. Which two periods of geological history does the author collectively refer to as the “Age of the Amphibians”?
Ans: Permian Period
Carboniferous Period
Q. Based on what you have read about the greenhouse effect…
Ans: Greenhouse gases absorb infrared energy…
Q. Based in this excerpt what does the word “epoch” mean?
Ans: A chain of natural disasters that devastate life on Earth…
A Tradition of Feathers
Q. Which statement best expresses the central idea of this selection?
Ans: Scientists are collaborating to correctly identify & catalog artifacts in the Powell collection, which offers a lot of information about Native American culture.
Q. The text describes scientist Carla Dove’s name as aptonymic. Considering the topic of this selection, what other name could also be considered aptonymic?
Ans: Kay Fowler.
Q. Put these events from John Wesley Powell’s life in the order in which they happened…
Ans: He fought for the Union during the Civil War.
He made his home in Washington, D.C., where he had considerable success as a scientist.
He established the Bureau of Ethnology and became chief of the U.S. Geological Survey.
He collected Native American artifacts while mapping and exploring the Colorado River and Grand Canyon.
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that best validates why an examination of the Powell collection, which has never been on display, is valuable now…
Ans: The Powell collection hasn’t received.
Q. Based on these excerpts, it is reasonable to infer that…
Ans: The primary directive in correctly identifying and cataloging the bird materials used in the artifacts is to provide information for future researchers.
Frauds, Forgeries, and Fakes
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: A little-known Chinese painter duped the art world.
Q. Forgers often use this tool. What do they do with this tool, and why do they do it?
Ans: They remove paint from old paintings, which leaves a canvas that looks old and worn.
Q. Read these excerpts from the selection. Which two of the following statements are correct based on the information provided in the excerpts?
Ans: The artworks created by Qian were mainly imitative
Qian’s artistic talents were apparent during his childhood and he retained those talents as an adult.
Q. An attorney working for one of the duped art collectors compared the discovery of the 31 “unseen masterpieces” created by Qian to
Ans: Winning the lottery 31 times.
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that includes a metaphor.
Ans: The smoking gun…
Q. Put these events in the order in which they occurred, from first to last.
Ans: Qian painted
Qian began
Jack
The Knoedler
Q. According to the selection, “provenance” is the
Ans: History of painting’s creation, ownership, custody, and location.
Q. Motherwell, Rothko, Pollock, and de Kooning can all be classified as
Ans: Abstract expressionist painters.
Aretha Franklin
Q. What statement best expresses the central idea
Ans: Aretha Franklin was a deeply admired musician…
Q. In this sentence from the selection, the term…
Ans: Clapped enthusiastically
Q. The first excerpt about Aretha Franklin…
Ans: Reverential and celebratory
Q. The first excerpt is from this selection…
Ans: Aretha was unable
Aretha’s career flourished
Q. Based on this selection, which one of the following…
Ans: Laws that enforced racial segregation…
Q. Place these events in order (First to last)
Ans: She traveled across the country with Martin Luther King Jr.
Her version of Otis Redding’s song “Respect”
President George W. Bush
She sang at President Barack Obama
Sports Bloopers/Timeout for Laughs
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Many memorable moments in pro sports, like basketball, are remembered not for being amazing, but for being humorous.
Q. Flicked, flocked, brandishing
Ans: Flicked, flocked, brandishing
Q. How does this image relate to an occurrence in the selection?
Ans: The author uses it as a simile for how Marc Jackson’s body looked as he prepared to shoot a two-point layup while blindfolded.
Q. Read these two excerpts. For which two of the following reasons could the Hornets’ optimism in their April 7, 2006, game Ans: against the Suns be considered commendable?
The Hornets had been stuck in the midst of a losing streak.
•The Hornets were forced to play in an unfamiliar arena after being displaced by a natural disaster.
Q. Put the following NBA bloopers in the order in which they occurred in NBA history, from first to last.
Ans: Darius Songalia scored a shot in the wrong basket after a ball bounced off his shoulder.
Amar’e Sroudemire accidentally blindfolded Marc Jackson, who still managed to score a shot.
Amar’e Sroudemire lost the number off of his jersey during a decisive moment of an important game.
DeMar Rozan took a shot that got stuck on top of a blackboard camera during an NBA playoffs game.
Q. Which of the following words could replace “proliferating” in this excerpt?
Ans: surging
Q. From a psychological perspective, why might fans find a sports blooper so captivating?
Ans: It makes them feel better to know that even pro athletes make mistakes
Frederick Law Olmsted: Architect
Q. What is the main idea of this selection
Ans: A master landscape architect created…
Q. Put these events in Olmsted’s early life in the order in which they occurred, from first to last
Ans: His mother died from an accidental…
He became sick and could not attend…
He worked various jobs, including sailor…
He published his first book following a…
Q. For what reason did Olmsted like to cover rocky, broken terrain with lush plants
Ans: To create a sense of nature’s abundance and peacefulness
Q. Which two landscape features did Olmsted alter in order “to lend the landscape a sense of mystery”
Ans: Shade
Light
Q. What period in history influenced Olmsted’s belief that it was essential to preserve green and open spaces…
Ans: Industrial revolution
Q. Which of the following would be most surprising to a visitor to central park today
Ans: It had once been a reeking swampland filled with rubbish and industrial waste
Q. What did writer Adam Gopnik mean when he described Central Park as “a stage set”
Ans: It was a man-made site with every detail added for a specific purpose
Q. Which quote supports Olmsted’s reputation as a mastermind of urban park design
Ans: Only a genius could have created a system that over 100 years still works
Q. In what way are Central Park and Disney world comparable
Ans: They were both planned as artificial environments meant to create an illusion
A Carriage Ride
Q. Main Idea
Ans: A traveler…
Q. Genre can be best described as
Ans: Horror or suspense fiction
Q. The author’s descriptions of light and darkness…
Ans: Menacing
Q. What do these 2 excerpts have in common
Ans: Both use the horses’
Q. Which characteristic about the stranger…
Ans: His extraordinary strength
Q. Choose the sentence that shows an example of a simile
Ans: In and out…
Q. Why did the driver stop the carriage…
Ans: He knew Jonathan was scheduled…
New Era Of Equality
Q. The main idea of this selection is related to
Ans: how the Americans with Disabilities Act was a declaration of equality for individuals with disabilities
Q. The successful passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act can be described as a
Ans: collaborative effort
Q. Why does President Bush compare the day of the signing of the ADA with July 4th, Independence Day?
Ans: Disabled individuals welcomed a new era of equality, independence, and freedom
Q. President Bush describes Lisa Carl as
Ans: a “brave girl” with cerebral palsy who, thanks to the ADA, is now allowed into her local theater
Q. After the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 but prior to the passage of the ADA, life for people with disabilities could be classified as
Ans: trying and troublesome
Q. Read this excerpt. Based on what you have read, you can infer that “Points of Light” are
Ans: community members involved in volunteer service
Q. In this excerpt, the President is
Ans: addressing concerns about the economic impact of the act on business practices and profits
Q. Place these guarantees of the ADA in the order President Bush lists them, from first to last.
Ans:
– prohibition of discrimination by employers
– access to public places such as restaurants
– expanded access to transportation
– availability of equivalent telephone services
Q. In this excerpt, the tone of the author could be described as which two of the following?
Ans:
– passionate
– wholehearted
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that supports the President’s statement, “This act does something important for American business.”
Ans: Remember, this is a tremendous pool of people who will bring to jobs diversity, and loyalty.
The Heritage of Capoeira
Q. What is the main…
Ans: A former disguised…
Q. According to the selection…
Ans: They both focus on the interaction, they both teach participants to control
Q. What was the primary…
Ans: To disguise the martial…
Q. Which two of the following…
Ans: The negative evasion…,
The aerial roll…
Q. Put the following actions…
Ans: Both capoeiristas sway back,
One capoeira provokes,
One capoeirista executed,
Both capoeiristas…
Q. The selection makes a comparison. It states…
Ans: Mining for gems…
Q. What evidence does the author…
Ans: Escaped slaves…
Q. How do these two excerpts work together?
Ans: They both illustrate…
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that uses…
Ans: They were treated as commodities
Q. In this excerpt, the word “moreover” signals that the author is going to
Ans: Make an additional point related to the last
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that explains…
Ans: Capoeiristas never stand still, making it difficult…
Q. In this excerpt, what is the rationale…
Ans: The car company changed the wording…
They Marched in Protest
Q. Which of the following quotes best summarizes the central…
Ans: Rights…
Q. This is Inez Milholland. Who was she, and why…
Ans: This is an organizer…
Q. What is the meaning of the word milieu
Ans: It mainly means setting…
Q. The eleven marches identified…
Ans: They demonstrate…
Q. The crowd estimate for the Million…
Ans: Systemic racist…
World Heritage
Q. What is the main idea?
Ans:
– Workers used excavation equipment
– Workers extracted the blocks from the site
– Workers used heavy equipment to transport
– Workers secured the blocks together
Q. Choose the sentence.
Ans: The dam construction project would result in the flooding of the river valley.
Q. The great wall of china was originally built as
Ans: a form of protection
Q. Why is the ongoing degradation of the Great wall of China?
Ans: Tourists deface the site even though it is legally protected as a world heritage site.
Q. Based on this selection, which human activity..
Ans: burning of fossil fuels
Q. Read this excerpt, If it were a part of a news story
Ans: It would probably include a quote from one of the…
Q. What is likely to have influenced the white appearance of this sample.?
Ans: higher ocean temperatures.
Q. Read these excerpts. Which two statements are about the World Heritage Sites?
Ans:
– Both World Heritage sites described face the threat of deterioration.
– The World Heritage Site in the first excerpt is a cultural site, while the site in the second is a natural site.
Q. Which of the following sentences from the selection expresses the author’s opinion…
Ans: It is important to learn about your global heritage to better understand…
Q. Based on this excerpt, the Abu Simbel project
Ans: Herculean effort.
No Driver Needed
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: SDC’s are developing rapidly
Q. Place the steps an SDC would make to navigate…
Ans: Vehicle sensors
Sensor data
The map
On-board
Q. What is the biggest concern about SDC’s?
Ans: Safety and reliability
Q. In what way will SDC’s be safer than conventional cars?
Ans: They will reduce the number of accidents
Q. What distinguishes Google’s SDC from a conventional car?
Ans: Its SDC has no steering column, brakes, or accelerator
Q. What are similarities of SDC’s and auto pilot? (Or something similar)
Ans: Both allow the operator to control on complex situations
Q. In this excerpt, what is the author’s purpose in mentioning the headline, “MACHINE KILLS BOY”?
Ans: To give an example…
Q. Based on these two excerpts, you could conclude the author presents
Ans: An equal assessment
Q. Based on the way it is used in this excerpt, the phrase “watershed moment” means a
Ans: Critical point
Q. Which of the following statements are valid, based on this excerpt?
Ans: California is a pioneer
U.S. states have been fairly
Robots in Disguise
Q. Which statement reflects the central idea
Ans: Although much
Q. The author describes humans as robots
Ans: Unlike robots, humans have the power
Q. Together, what do these excerpts show about addiction
Ans: Excerpts take multiple
Q. Choose the sentence that best helps readers judge the validity
Ans: Indeed
Q. Place the four phrases
Ans: The dog,
No food given,
While the dog,
No food is presented
American Slang
Q. What is Mencken’s primary thesis?
Ans: American vernacular, with all of its idiosyncrasies and eccentricities, is worthy of the same academic analysis and literary dignity as dialects found in European countries.
Q. Mencken includes these quotes from other American authors in order to
Ans: highlight the differences of opinion that existed even among his compatriots.
Q. Mencken asserts the efforts of some to differentiate slang from idiomatic expressions is “largely in vain.” Why?
Ans: Language is too fluid and constantly shifts between the two domains.
Q. How do these pieces of text work together?
Ans: They propose cooperation, as opposed to a struggle, between “British” English and “American” English dialects.
Q. Based on the text, some etymologists claimed Shakespeare displayed a “feeble taste in language” by incorporating slang into his works. Mencken refutes this by
Ans: arguing the terms used at that time had not yet become the overused slang we know today, but rather were the inventive and necessary use of language to fill a void.
Q. According to Mencken, who creates slang?
Ans: singular people with linguistic dexterity and inventiveness
Q. Mencken claims that slang terms lose their substance and significance when they
Ans: are misused and overused by the masses.
Q. In Mencken’s experience, what was the public’s preference regarding the use of slang, especially as it pertained to sports?
Ans: Most approved the use of slang, explaining that it made the game more exciting for those who were unable to watch in person and had to read about it in the papers.
Q. In this excerpt, the phrase “stage of bombast” is used in reference to what event?
Ans: the use of pretentious words and phrases for simple things
Q. The quotes in the conclusion leave the overall impression that
Ans: while Mencken ultimately saw American slang as having a significant role in language, he recognized others’ valid concerns regarding the potential adverse effects of its ubiquitous “muddy tide.”
Canine Cops
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Dogs are hardworking animals, mentally and physically well-suited to working in law enforcement.
Q. Which type of training method is used to teach police dogs how to perform scent detection or tracking tasks?
Ans: positive reinforcement
Q. Why are dogs so highly valued by law enforcement agencies for use in scent detection or tracking work?
Ans: Dogs can detect specific scents and track down people much faster than a human officer could because they have a sensitive sense of smell.
Q. What could happen if a police dog exhibited an “aggressive alert” behavior while searching for an explosive device?
Ans: The dog could accidentally injure or kill itself and its handler.
Q. When preparing police dogs for scent-detection work, which step in the dogs’ training process occurs last?
Ans: A handler has the dog reflexively dig or scratch on detecting an odor.
Q. In this excerpt, the author creates a mood of
Ans: astonishment.
Q. What evidence does the author give to support the claim that modern canines have evolved by selective breeding?
Ans: Some breeds of domesticated dogs are mentally and physically very different from their ancestor, the wolf.
Q. Based on this selection, why is the job of a police dog handler described as “demanding”?
Ans: Handlers are required to train, work, and constantly accompany their dogs.
Q. In this excerpt, the idiom “working like a dog” is an example of
Ans: simile.
Q. What feature of the dog in this image would contribute to its strong sense of smell?
See lessAns: sloping, muscular neck
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Ancient Teeth and Human Roots
Q. The central idea of this selection is
Ans: Archaeological analyses…
Q. This excerpt from the text best demonstrates how
Ans: Scientific discoveries are often…
Q. The author included these two quotes in the selection…
Ans: To back up, to put recent…
Q. Hypoplasias. This word closely means
Ans: Underdevelopment
Q. Which two of the following traits…
Ans: We have jaws,
We experience a longer…
Q. Imagine you’re about to visit…
Ans: More teeth…
The Measure of Freedom / The Path to the Moon
Q. This is primarily about
Ans: Katherine Johnson’s life and accomplishments as a mathematician for NASA.
Q. Place these events leading to the Apollo-11 lunar landing mission in order in which they occurred.
Ans: The IBM computer plots Apollo 8’s orbital flight paths coordinates and John Glenn recommends Katherine to review them.
NASA conducts a trial lunar mission with Apollo 8 where the astronauts completed 10 orbits of the moon.
Katherine plots the lunar module needed to ensure that astronauts on their missions get to and from the moon safely.
The lunar module Eagle ensures that all astronauts on the Apollo 11 mission are successful.
Q. Katherine is described as “a pioneer who broke the barriers of race and gender” by President Obama. Which of the following statements confirm this?
Ans: She became the first African American woman to be promoted to the Space Task Group.
Q. From this excerpt, you can conclude that
Ans: John Glenn revered and trusted Katherine’s intellect.
Q. Read these two excerpts. Which of the following statements about these two excerpts is correct?
Ans: Excerpt 1 explains facts about Katherine’s life in an informational tone while Excerpt 2 is the author’s historical reimagining of Katherine’s experiences.
Smart, Green, and Sky-High
Q. What is the central idea of this selection?
Ans: The development of a new smart city is a detriment to environmental and humanistic principles and practices.
Q. Read these two excerpts. What significant claim do both excerpts share?
Ans: Both reveal that the development of specialized cities is constructed at the expense of a country’s citizens and natural ecosystems
Q. Read this excerpt. Bassey’s tone can best be described as
Ans: Derisive
Q. Read this excerpt. Which statement about newly built tech-eco-utopias is correct?
Ans: Developers claim that these cities are made to resolve population issues, yet they actually contribute to global issues that deter mentally affected citizens
Q. Which of the following statements best describes why the author begins the selection by discussing Kim Jong-wins’ apartment?
Ans: To provide the reader a concrete example of how new smart devices impact people in all aspects of their lives.
Sky Rovers
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: The potential uses of drones are virtually unlimited.
Q. Why does the author mention the wedding ring stunt?
Ans: To illustrate that drones are being used in novel ways
Q. Place the following uses for drones in the order the author describes them in the selection in detail, from first to last.
Ans: For military purposes
In the farm business
In the energy industry
For package delivery
Q. What is the objective of “Gliderpalooza”?
Ans: To capture a picture of the Atlantic’s underwater movements
Q. According to this excerpt, the ACLU says drones potentially “could profoundly change the character of public life” because of their use by
Ans: Law enforcement to invade our privacy.
Q. As the result of the proliferation of drones in the future, some people expect which two things to happen?
Ans: Number of jobs to increase
Economy to expand
Q. In this excerpt, the author describes an aspect of a marine drone by alluding to a glacier’s
Ans: Sluggish movement.
Q. Which of the following is one of the author’s strongest arguments for the use of drones in agriculture?
Ans: Replacing crop dusters with unmanned aircraft could potentially save hundreds of lives.
Q. The author bases many of his strongest arguments for the use of drones on their
Ans: Cost effectiveness.
How could a drone be used in the setting pictured?
To inspect the structures for damaged parts
Q. In Texas, the operator of a drone
Ans: Could be fined for using it to record a neighbor without permission.
Q. In this sentence, the word “feasible” is best replaced by the word
Ans: Viable.
Q. Based on this excerpt, you could classify the future of drones in which two ways?
Ans: Still developing
Encouragingly promising
Horror in the Dungeon
Q. The events in this tale could best be described as the expression
Ans: “Stuck between a rock and a hard place.”
Q. Literary consonance is a poetic device in which consonant sounds are repeated, often to the emphasize a certain sensation. At one point, the narrator states the pendulum “hissed” through the air. Which words from this excerpt employ literary consonance to accentuate this “hiss”?
Ans: Sweep, steel, surcingle, scimitar
Q. How do the items in this image figures into the narrator’s irrational state of mind?
Ans: He believes they are angels who will save him.
Q. Based on its use in the excerpt, the word “viand” means Food.
Poe is know for his stories evoking terror at supernatural, unearthly, inexplicable events. However, this piece varies from that construct in one key regard. Based on this excerpt, what is it?
Ans: The events in this tale are realistic, not supernatural or inexplicable.
Q. Place these items that exist in the dungeon in the dungeon in the order in which the narrator finds them.
Ans: A cold, slimy wall
A deep circular pit
Massive metal plates
A painting on the ceiling
Q. The purpose of these two excerpts is to
Ans: Illustrate how disoriented the narrator was in his initial examination of the question
Q. Why didn’t Poe reveal what was on the bottom of the pit?
Ans: He preferred to leave it to the reader’s imagination.
How War Changes Men
Q. What was the main idea of the selection
Ans: An unexpected friendship changes…
Q. The beginning of the selection states that Hardimont was at Aix in Savoy,…
Ans: He was wealthy enough not only to own… but able to take it to a spa
Q. In this excerpt, the word “dainty” could be best be replaced by
Ans: picky
Q. What about Jean-Victor strikes Hardimont as “startling”?
Ans: Jean-Victor’s struggle with starvation
Q. Put these events in the life of Jean-Victor in the order in which they occurred, starting with the earliest
Ans: Sent to live in orphanage
He was an apprentice
He did odd jobs
He enlisted in the army
Q. What does the animal in this image have to do with Jean-Victor?
Ans: The narrator describes Jean-Victor…
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that includes personification
Ans: The torn and shattered arbors under…
Q. Reread these two excerpts. The change in Hardimont’s perception regarding life’s “difficult existence” can best be summarized by the saying
Ans: One man’s trash is another man’s treasure
Q. What event does this excerpt indicate?
Ans: and returned to his aristocratic life
Q. Based on these excerpts, how does the figurative significance of the piece of bread change?
Ans: Hunger, sacrifice
Fake Art, Big Money
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: A little-known Chinese painter duped the art world.
Q. Forgers often use this tool. What do they do with this tool, and why do they do it?
Ans: They remove paint from old paintings, which leaves a canvas that looks old and worn.
Q. Read these excerpts from the selection. Which two of the following statements are correct based on the information provided in the excerpts?
Ans: The artworks created by Qian were mainly imitative.
Qian’s artistic talents were apparent during his childhood and he retained those talents as an adult.
Q. An attorney working for one of the duped art collectors compared the discovery of the 31 “unseen masterpieces” created by Qian to…
Ans: Winning the lottery 31 times.
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that includes a metaphor…
Ans: The smoking gun.
Q. Put these events in the order in which they occurred, from first to last…
Ans: Qian painted, Qian began, Jack, The Knoedler.
Q. According to the selection, “provenance” is the…
Ans: History of painting’s creation, ownership, custody, and location.
Q. Motherwell, Rothko, Pollock, and de Kooning can all be classified as…
Ans: Abstract expressionist painters.
Nelle and Truman / Best Friends to Best-Selling Authors
Q. The central idea of this text can be explained as
Ans: Childhood friends who become best-selling authors and the issues that challenged their adult friendship.
Q. Lee published “To Kill a Mockingbird” as Harper Lee because she thought people would mispronounce her first name Nelle. Based on this text, you can also conclude that
Ans: Mistaking the author for a man may have boosted the book’s success.
Q. Read these two excerpts from the text. The author suggests that Capote was envious of Lee. Which events from the text support this?
Ans: Capote was a published author long before “To Kill aMockingbird” came out, but without Lee’s fame.
Lee had won a major book award for her first novel while Capote was still working on “In Cold Blood.”
Q. In this excerpt, why does the author use the words “now reversed” to describe Lee and Capote’s relationship?
Ans: As children Lee protected Capote from unkind boys, and as adults he looked out for her in the writing world.
Q. Based on this selection, what led Harper Lee and Truman Capote to become inseparable childhood friends?
Ans: They had unconventional personalities and did not fit in with other children in the neighborhood.
The author notes that Lee was upset to learn Capote had “merely” dedicated the book to her. The author uses the word “merely” to emphasize that
Ans: “In Cold Blood” would not have been possible without Lee’s significant contributions
Put-Downs Can Leave Deep Scars / Bullying Hurts
Q. Choose the statement that best expresses the central idea of this selection
Ans: Childhood bullying…
Q. Copeland and his co-workers…What were the two objectives
Ans: To observe
To discover
Q. The text states that not all unkind behaviors… Which two of the following qualifies as bullying
Ans: Repeatedly behaving
Targeting
Q. Based on what you have read, the Roots program works…
Ans: Training students who get the attention…
Q. Based on these two excerpts, you may reasonably conclude…
Ans: Promote better long term…
Ending the Slave Trade / The Legacy of Slavery
Q. Which sentence from the text best encapsulates the main idea of this selection?
Ans: The transatlantic slave trade ended, but it left a legacy that’s still evident today.
Q. Read these excerpts. While banning the importation of slaves in 1808 may seem like a victory, what was the actual effect?
Ans: An increase in the domestic slave market
Q. Put the following events in the order in which they occurred.
Ans: Britain abolishes slavery in Britain.
Britain abolishes slavery in any of its territories.
Britain creates a network of treaties to pressure other countries to abolish slavery.
Britain and the United States sign a treaty allowing them to search one another’s ships for slavery violations.
Q. Even after slavery ended, its effects endured on an international level. Which of the following was NOT an after-effect of international slavery?
Ans: The election of an American as president of Liberia
Q. The selection explains how the slave trade depleted Africa’s population and also allowed Africa to be exploited due to
Ans: Increased familiarity with the resources of the African continent.
Ending Employment Discrimination
Q. What is the central idea of this selection about affirmative action?
Ans: Progress has been made in reducing discriminatory employment practices, but there is more to be done.
Q. The author covers at length a series of lawsuits that challenged the discriminatory hiring practices of the Alabama Department of Public Safety. Why?
Ans: To emphasize state officials’ intentional refusal year after year to comply with judicial decisions
Q. The federal program in Excerpt 1 is known as the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE). Excerpt 2 is from the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause. Based on both excerpts, which question most strongly suggests why the lawsuits in Excerpt 1 were filed?
Ans: Does the MBE violate the right of every citizen to impartial treatment
Q. In the case of the Alabama Department of Public Safety and a discrimination lawsuit, the author describes a court order meant to “level the playing field.” This refers to the
Ans: One-for-one hiring and promotion practice intended to make up for past discrimination.
Q. Based on these two excerpts, which two of the following are reasonable conclusions?
Ans: In addition to its racial disparities, the police workplace suffers from gender inequalities
Alabama is not alone in failing to adequately diversify its law enforcement workforce.
53C and Melted Shoes / Is This the World’s Toughest Race?
Q. What is the central idea…
Ans: Runners need to prepare…
Q. From this excerpt, you can conclude that an…
Ans: Is dependent upon personal…
Q. Which detail from the selection best supports the claim…
Ans: The race traverses…
Q. Read the excerpt. Which of these best describes…
Ans: To reveal…
Q. What does the phrase crown jewels…
Ans: This ultramarathon is the most difficult…
Third-Culture Kid / Living Abroad
Q. This selection is mainly about
Ans: How living abroad helped the author develop and appreciate a global identity.
Q. This selection is an example of
Ans: Autobiography
Q. When the narrator saw people in Japan bowing instead of shaking hands and wearing masks when they had colds, she mentions that, unlike in her native culture, this behavior shows
Ans: Consideration for the welfare of the larger group over the individual.
Q. Read these two excerpts. How do they relate to one another?
Ans: The first offers evidence of the atypical experience of the narrator, and the second offers a typical experience.
Q. What is the point of view of this selection?
Ans: First-person
Q. During the uprising against the Marcos government in the Philippines…
Ans: The narrator is awoken at a sleepover…
The parents take the narrator home…
The family waits in the night…
The family and the people celebrate…
The Legacy of the Bard
Q. This selection provides an account of Shakespeare’s
Ans: Considerable prosperity and creativity
Q. Read this excerpt from the text. Which of the following words is the correct term for creating a new word or expression?
Ans: Neologism
Q. What factor has influenced the controversial opinion that Shakespeare may not have written the works attributed to him?
Ans: The death of personal letters, note, and other documentation left by Shakespeare
Q. In his will, Shakespeare stated…
Ans: Some interpret this as an insult reflecting an unhappy marriage…
Q. The text is a work of nonfiction. Which of the following subgenres of nonfiction best describes this text?
Ans: Historical biography
The Coordinates to Greatness
Q. This is primarily about
Ans: Katherine Johnson’s life and accomplishments.
Q. This is primarily about…
Ans: Katherine Johnson’s life and accomplishments.
Q. The author’s tone…
Ans: Reverential and celebratory.
Q. Read these two excerpts. Which of the following…
Ans: Excerpt 1… is the author’s historical reimagining.
Q. Katherine is described as…
Ans: She became the first African American.
Q. From this excerpt, you can conclude that…
Ans: John Glenn revered and trusted.
Equality at Work
Q. What is the central idea of this selection about affirmative action?
Ans: Progress has been made in reducing discriminatory employment practices, but there is more to be done.
Q. The author covers at length a series of lawsuits that challenged the discriminatory hiring practices of the Alabama Department of Public Safety. Why?
Ans: to emphasize state officials’ intentional refusal year after year to comply with a judicial decision.
Q. The federal program in Excerpt 1 is known as the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE). Excerpt 2 is from the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause. Based on both excerpts, which question most strongly suggests why the lawsuits in Excerpt 1 were filed?
Ans: Does the MBE violate the right of every citizen to impartial treatment?
Q. In the case of the Alabama Department of Public Safety and a discrimination lawsuit, the author describes a court order meant to “level the playing field.” This refers to the…
Ans: one-for-one hiring and promotion practice intended to make up for past discrimination.
Q. Based on these two excerpts, which two of the following are reasonable conclusions?
Ans: In addition to its racial disparities, the police workplace suffers from gender inequalities.
Alabama is not alone in failing to adequately diversify its law enforcement workforce.
Self-Driving Cars
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: SDC’s are developing rapidly.
Q. Based on the way it is used in this excerpt, the phrase “watershed moment”…
Ans: Critical point that marks.
Q. Which two of the following statements are valid, based on this excerpt?
Ans: California is a pioneer.
U.S. states have been fairly slow to embrace.
Q. In this excerpt, what is the author’s purpose in mentioning the headline, “MACHINE KILLS BOY”?
Ans: To give an example of.
Q. Which feature of SDCs would be most helpful in this setting?
Ans: Rear cross-traffic alert.
Q. Based on these two excerpts, you could conclude the author presents…
Ans: An equal assessment of the future of self-driving cars.
Q. Place the steps an SDC would make to navigate a city street, from first to last…
Ans: Vehicle sensors feed information to the steering system.
Sensor data is used to create a 3D map of the SDC’s.
The map informs the cars what to expect.
Onboard sensors compare map data to real-world conditions.
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that provides evidence of the value of forward-collision warning systems…
See lessAns: Researchers have seen a seven percent reduction in crashes for vehicles with a basic.
Reading Plus Answers Level L
Robots Have Arrived Q. What is the main idea of this selection? Ans: Robot technology is contributing to a safer and higher quality of life. Q. Today’s mitral valve surgery is different from former conventional heart surgery because the surgeon now Ans: inserts a robot through a small incision. Q. TRead more
Robots Have Arrived
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Robot technology is contributing to a safer and higher quality of life.
Q. Today’s mitral valve surgery is different from former conventional heart surgery because the surgeon now
Ans: inserts a robot through a small incision.
Q. The prefix of the word “tele-surgical” indicates it refers to a surgery that is performed
Ans: at a distance.
Q. Use of robots as a means of border patrol might stir controversy because of the robot’s ability to
Ans: discharge weapons in response to illegal activity.
Q. The most inventive feature of the lawn-mowing robot would probably be its ability
Ans: to sound an alarm if taken by a thief.
Q. One of the first uses of robots to replace humans in the workplace was in
Ans: the automotive industry.
Q. Based on this selection, some people have expressed concern about the proliferation of robots because they think robots
Ans: will become more intelligent than real human beings.
Q. In this excerpt, which sentence is the key to understanding the role of robots in modern life?
Ans: Robots are ultimately controlled by humans so we can maximize their potential while minimizing the risks.
Q. In this selection, the author bases her information on the value of robotic pets on
Ans: research results.
Q. From this excerpt, you can tell that the author’s tone in regard to robots is
Ans: optimistic
Turkey’s Vibrant Capital / A Modern Ancient City
Q. Another title for this selection can be
Ans: The point where east meets west
Q. What is the name of this historic site, which attracts many visitors to Istanbul
Ans: Grand Bazaar
Q. Put these events in order…
Ans: The Hagia
The Istanbul Archaeology
The Basilica
The Istanbul Modern
Q. Based on this excerpt, which of the following is an opinion?
Ans: Today it is one of the world’s most vibrant, fascinating, and diverse cities.
Q. Which of the following was NOT a former name for the city of Istanbul
Ans: Golden horn
Q. In this excerpt, when the author describes kumpir as “a glorious, delectable mess”, he is
Ans: Appreciating a local specialty
African American Pioneers / First and Free
Q. This selection primarily
Ans: Describes the migration of African Americans into the Northwest Territory and their struggles and successes.
Q. Read this excerpt. In responding to a question about the ideals of the Revolution, Harvard historian Anna-Lisa Cox argues that modern readers
Ans: Can rightly fault historical white people for being racist because they did, in fact, know better.
Q. In the interview, Anna-Lisa Cox states that the Northwest Territories were “not an uncomplicated space, even from the beginning.” What is she referring to?
Ans: Native Americans were losing their rights in these territories at the same time African Americans were settling here to exercise their rights
Q. Read this excerpt. The author’s intent in including this information is to
Ans: Explain the attraction of the Northwest Territory to African American settlers.
Q. Choose the one sentence that provides evidence that African American farmers in the Northwest Territories were successful
Ans: Over and over again I would come across stories…
Don Quixote / A Courageous Knight
Q. What is the main idea…
Ans: A simple but…
Q. Based on this excerpt, the main
Ans: Noble but impoverished
Q. Read this excerpt. From it…
Ans: Pearls
Whit mean tiny…
Q. What ultimately motivates the gentleman…
Ans: He is convinced
Q. Based on this excerpt, the word “scoured”…
Ans: Burnished
Q. Why did he rename the horse?
Ans: He believed the horse needed an appropriate
Q. Chose the sentence in this excerpt that best…
Ans: This, he considered
Q. In this selection, de Cervantes…
Ans: A knight errant
Making a Difference with Song
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Two prominent singers who are advocates for social change use their music to generate support for their causes.
Q. Put these events in the life of Pete Seeger in the order in which they occurred, from first to last.
Ans: He became inspired on hearing the banjo being played at a music festival.
He taught music and performed with a puppet troupe.
He got a job in the Library of Congress’ musicology department.
He served in the U.S. Army first as a mechanic, then as a musician.
Q. Which sentence probably describes Seeger’s state of mind when he refused to testify before Congress about suspected communist sympathizers?
Ans: Seeger was adamant that freedom of speech and thought should be upheld, even though there would be negative repercussions to his career.
Q. Which two songs did Seeger perform with his quartet, the Weavers?
Ans: “Wimoweh”
“Goodnight Irene”
Q. Why did South African government officials take away Miriam Makeba’s passport?
Ans: Makeba was openly critical of apartheid and, as a successful singer, she could influence others to oppose the system.
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that best demonstrates the author’s attitude about the power of song.
Ans: “If you doubt the capacity of singing as a catalyst for positive social change, you’ve probably never viewed movies depicting civil rights era protestors walking arm in arm singing, “We Shall Overcome” as they marched to demonstrate their opposition to racial discrimination.”
Q. In this excerpt, what does the inscription on Seeger’s banjo mean?
Ans: Music is a way to bring people together to confront hostility and turn it into harmony.
Q. Which of the following marked a turning point in Makeba’s career?
Ans: Her marriage to Stokely Carmichael
Q. How does this image reflect the issues in South Africa that Makeba addressed in her songs?
Ans: It depicts the deplorable living conditions for black people under apartheid.
Q. Which sentence supports the author’s statement that song can be used as a catalyst for change?
Ans: “We Shall Overcome” became an anthem for proponents of the civil rights movement and an inspiration to freedom seekers internationally.
Q. Why was Makeba’s performance in South Africa in 1990 so satisfying to her?
Ans: She was elated to be able to return to her home country at the moment when apartheid was ending
Q. What does the word “trifle” mean in this Revolutionary War song?
Ans: A small, unimportant matter
Tennis Titan: Novak Djokovic
Q. Why does the author mention Djokovic’s impression of other players?
Ans: To illustrate his mischievous sense of humor
Q. Put these events in the order in which they occurred, starting with the earliest.
Ans: Yugoslavia
Djokovic makes
Time
Djokovic earns
Q. Which of the following sentences supports the statement that Djokovic is a “complete player”?
Ans: He has developed
Q. What does the author mean when he says Djokovic is surrounded by a “coterie”?
Ans: He collaborates
Q. From this image, you can tell by the surface of the tennis court that Djokovic is playing at
Ans: Roland-garros stadium in Paris
Q. What do these two excerpts say about Djokovic’s feelings about his childhood
Ans: He had both good and bad experiences
Q. In this excerpt, which group of words best contribute to its mood
Ans: Crouched, screeched, prayed
Q. Which of these sentences reflects Djokovic’s early development as a tennis player?
Ans: He had a natural talent
Q. Which of the following show that Djokovic has useful skills that transcend the world of tennis?
Ans: He is a successful…, he is fluent in several languages
Q. What is the main idea of the selection?
Ans: A pro tennis with immense natural ability earns the title of the most perfect player of all time
Techmobile
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Science, just like the fine arts, stirs the imagination and inspires creativity.
Q. What does the word “glitch” mean in this excerpt?
Ans: Defect in a mechanism
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that best supports Ariel’s future hopes for her dune buggy.
Ans: By putting a blind person in control of a car, we can shape policy and technology for the visually impaired.
Q. How does Richard Feynman’s quote at the end of the selection mirror Ariel’s own life philosophy?
Ans: They both believe that innovative ideas, even if they seem crazy, should be encouraged, not blocked.
Q. When Ariel’s teacher approached her about the contest, his tone could be described as
Ans: Straightforward and encouraging.
Q. In this excerpt, what does Ariel mean when she says her team came together “synergistically”?
Ans: The team as a whole was greater than any single person
Q. What does the author’s purpose in writing this selection?
Ans: To show that if you think “outside the box”
Q. What evidence does the author give out that Ariel and Brock have thoroughly done their research before their….?
Ans: Both Brock and Ariel easily answered the questions and concerns the Virginia Tech students put before them.
Q. Put in order the last things Ariel and her team added to or adjusted in the dune buggy before they took it for a test drive
See lessAns: They replaced
They put
They mounted
Brock adjusted
Reading Plus Answers Level K
Suffrage & Civil Rights Q. What is the central idea of this selection? Ans: The turn of the 20th century heralded a significant period of social activism & change in America, particularly for women & African Americans Q. Compare the women described in these excerpts from the test. ComparRead more
Suffrage & Civil Rights
Q. What is the central idea of this selection?
Ans: The turn of the 20th century heralded a significant period of social activism & change in America, particularly for women & African Americans
Q. Compare the women described in these excerpts from the test. Compared to American women living at the onset of US independence, American women today
Ans: Have more rights in the workplace through inequalities remain, particularly for Latinas and women of color
Q. The National American Woman Suffrage Association was formed…
Ans: When separate women’s suffrage groups founded by Susan B. Anthony and Lucy Stone merged into one
Q. Which of the following court cases overturned segregation in schools to launch the modern civil rights movement?
Ans: Brown v. Board of Education…
Q. Put these significant events from the modern American feminism movement in the order they occurred, from earliest to latest
Ans:
– Alice Paul formed the National Women’s party
– The U.S. passed the 19th Amendment
– The Equal Rights Amendment was first proposed
– The National Organization for Women was formed
Q. In this sentence, the word oratorical is best replaced by the word
Ans: Speaking
Q. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was so effective because
Ans: Pulled money away from the Montgomery busing system, forcing change to happen
Q. When the author describes many 20th-century women as being “frustrated with their limited citizenship” she is
Ans: emphasizing the growing agitation women experience, having limited rights in a country controlled politically by men
Q. The document in this image is related to which event in the history of women’s suffrage?
Ans: The Seneca falls convention…
Q. The first protestors to descend on the White House
Ans: Were women advocating for their right to vote, and they were arrested by police and mistreated by bystanders
Slave Trade And Ships
Q. Which statement from the selection best expresses the central idea?
Ans: The Amistad was an important event in the transatlantic
Q. The authors of this selection discuss the “Middle Passage” of the three-part transatlantic trade
Ans: Transport of kidnapped African people to the Americas where they sold
Q. The previous question asked about the transatlantic trade route. Based on your answer to that question…..
Ans: Ships from European ports brought goods to Africa in exchange for human beings.
Q. Which two of the following show the significance of Justice Joseph Story’s Supreme Court decision?
Ans:
– It was a turning point in the abolitionist movement
– It affirmed the ideals on which the country was founded.
Q. Which one of the following shows the irony in this excerpt?
Ans: The meaning of the name of the ship
Q. The African captives on slave ships had a “completely unknown future” Based on the text, a primary reason for this was that
Ans: Those who were captured never returned to their homelands to share their experience.
Q. Based on this excerpt from the selection, the “three-part transatlantic trade route” could be considered
Ans: Forced Migration
Q. Select the two sentences in this excerpt from the text
Ans:
– The naval officers from the USS Washington, as well as two
– They claimed they should receive the value
Q. Read the excerpt from the selection and one from another source
Ans: By expanding on information in the first excerpt
Q. Which pair of words best characterize the author’s tone throughout this selection?
Ans: Candid and Objective
The Bet
Q. Based on what you have read, how could Chekhov’s writing style be considered ironic?
Ans: He wrote simply of complex characters with complicated motivations
Q. What was the bet?
Ans: The banker bet that the lawyer couldn’t handle living in solitary confinement
Q. There are two main characters in this piece, but only the banker provides narration. How does this affect the selection?
Ans: The reader is allowed only one character’s point of view
Q. Based on the context of this excerpt, the word “gaoler” means
Ans: jailor
Q. Based on this excerpt, what conclusion can be made about the banker’s motivations?
Ans: His greed drove him to consider committing a terrible crime
Q. Based on these excerpts, which two statements best describe the significance of books in this selection?
Ans:
– At the end, they symbolize a descent into madness
– At the beginning, they represent entertainment and study
Q. The letter is the only opportunity the reader is given to get inside the lawyer’s head. In which two ways did the 15 years of isolation affect him?
Ans:
– He became disgusted by the materialism
– He became deeply spiritual
Q. Aside from giving insight into the lawyer’s state of mind, what else did the letter unwillingly do?
Ans: It saved him from being murdered
Q. Themes in this selection include the concepts of knowledge and wisdom. The lawyer writes that the books he read “imparted wisdom” and he is now “cleverer than you all.”But how might his knowledge and wisdom be considered flaws?
Ans: They were gained through theory, not through experience
Q. This excerpt states that the banker was filed with contempt for himself, yet he locked the lawyer’s letter in his safe. Based on your knowledge of the banker, what may be inferred by this?
Ans: Although he felt loathing for his actions, he remained motivated by greed and viewed the letter as evidence to prove he could keep his money
Mystery and Adventure
Q. Main idea?
Ans: Humans are unaware…
Q. Which of the following is true about people…
Ans: They were confident…
Q. In this excerpt, the author uses an analogy to illustrate that
Ans: Martians regard humans as humans regard animals.
Q. Based on this selection, Martians could be described as
Ans: smart, indifferent, and insensitive.
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that contains an example of irony.
Ans: 3rd sentence
Q. Put in chronological order the sequence of clues that point to a future…
Ans:
– A great light is seen
– Lavalle of Java
– The author observes three
– The author observes a jetting out of gas
Q. Compared to Earth, Mars has
Ans: colder temperatures, thinner air, and fewer oceans.
Q. The author points out that humans should not
Ans: humans too have conducted incidents of destruction and warfare.
Q. Identify two pieces of evidence that support the answer
Ans:
– Mankind has eradicated
– Mankind has brought
Q. In this excerpt, the author creates a mood of
Ans: foreboding.
Heroes and Trailblazers
Q. Main idea?
Ans: The Visionary
Q. Which sentence supports the author’s statement that Jobs developed a cultlike following?
Ans: New Apple products
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that describes Jobs’ style of “nonmanagement”.
Ans: Second sentence
Q. Jobs dropped out of college because
Ans: he was concerned about straining his family’s finances.
Q. Why does the author mention the “Big Brother” Super Bowl commercial that launched the Mac?
Ans: to demonstrate Apple’s nonconformist style
Q. Why does the author use the word “elegant” to describe Jobs’ product design?
Ans: Jobs tuned
Q. Based on this excerpt, in what two ways was Steve Jobs like Tom Sawyer?
Ans:
– He was good at getting others…
– He was effective in gaining…
Q. Put these events in Steve Jobs’ life in the correct order in which they occurred, starting with the earliest.
Ans:
– He joins
– He meets
– He builds
– He copies
Q. Jobs’ leadership style could be described as
Ans: exacting.
Q. What evidence does the author give to support his contention…
Ans: Jobs, the son of working-class parents
The Greatest Issues Of Our Time
Q. The speech delivered by Mrs. Roosevelt was
Ans: mainly about preservation of human freedom.
Q. Why did Mrs. Roosevelt choose to make this speech in France?
Ans: France had a long history of supporting human rights.
Q. Based on Mrs. Roosevelt’s description of the U.N. declaration, which statement is true?
Ans: The declaration was created to uphold the dignity of the individual.
Q. The Declaration of Human Rights was ratified
Ans: by a clear majority of nations.
Q. Read the synopsis of the U.S. Bill of Rights and the summary of the U.N Declaration of Human Rights. Based on these excerpts, which statement is correct?
Ans: The rights described in the two documents overlap in many ways, but the Declaration is more explicit in the description of personal freedoms.
Q. According to Mrs. Roosevelt, trade unions in Soviet countries were
Ans: a propaganda tool of the government.
Q. President Truman most likely selected Mrs. Roosevelt as a delegate to the U.N. because she was
Ans: enormously popular with the American people.
Q. Soviet Bloc nations did not ratify the declaration, in part, because they claimed to have already achieved many of the rights cited in the declaration. Mrs Roosevelt challenged these Soviet claims. What did she say?
Ans: She said Soviet citizens did not have a free press, because they were prohibited from criticizing Communism.
Q. In the speech, Mrs. Roosevelt use the phrase “slave society” to describe a society in which
Ans: everyone is employed, but not at work of their own choosing.
Q. Which terms best describes the tone of Mrs. Roosevelt’s speech?
Ans: persuasive and meticulous
Cycling Capital Of The World
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Making cities more bike-friendly has become increasingly popular
Q. According to the selection, what are two drawbacks to taking a taxi to travel around the city?
Ans:
– Taxis pollute the environment
– Taxis can get stuck in traffic
Q. Why can this part from the selection be considered ironic?
Ans: The author writes that the best solution to cities’
Q. What could be considered surprising that Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the eighteenth most bike-friendly city in the world?
Ans: The city receives a substantial amount of snowfall
Q. Read this excerpt from the selection. It discusses Copenhageners, but from it you can tell that all…
Ans: Children who ride bikes are most likely to ride bikes as adults.
Q. What was the main reason why Copenhagen’s painted bike lanes were not effective in improving cyclists’ safety?
Ans: People would throw garbage in the bike lanes
Q. Read these two excerpts. What two things do they tell you about Copenhagenize’s process in determining the world’s most bike-friendly cities?
Ans:
–The more bike-friendly improvements a city makes…
–The more inventive bike-friendly improvements a city makes
Q. Despite its high cost, for what main reason is the government of Copenhagen initiating its cycling superhighway project?
Ans: It’s estimated to save the city’s health care system
Q. How does the author support her claim that “environmental and human health are linked”?
Ans: By giving an example of an environmental problem
Q. Compared to Copenhagen, Portland’s cycling infrastructure is described as…
Ans: Supplement in the vehicle space
A Sisterhood of Spies
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: It is not widely known that women have played important roles in the world of espionage.
Q. Based on the text, in what way did female spies once hold a tactical advantage over men?
Ans: Women didn’t draw attention because they were viewed as housewives.
Q. According to Lindsay Moran, a key to survival for spies is
Ans: street smarts.
Q. Based on the text, why are some female spies referred to as “honey trappers”?
Ans: They use their sweet charms to seduce the enemy.
Q. Which sentence supports the statement that women spies made invaluable contributions to their respective counties?
Ans: Nancy Wake coordinated a spy network so extensive and effective that the Gestapo put a price on her head worth millions of dollars.
Q. The case of Elizabeth Van Lew, or “Crazy Bet,” demonstrates that it is advantageous if a spy
Ans: is a convincing actor.
Q. In this excerpt, the term “patriots in petticoats” has a tone that could be considered
Ans: humorous.
Q. A statement that follows the phrase “contrary to stereotype” would refer to something
Ans: not regarded widely as true.
Q. Based on the text, what kept women from being recruited to work as spies prior to World War II?
Ans: persistent prejudice
Q. From this selection, you can deduce that
Ans: many essential characteristics of successful spies come naturally to women.
The Man With The Muck-Rake
Q. What is the main idea of this speech?
Ans: People who focus on nothing but evil are themselves forces of evil.
Q. Based on this excerpt, the audience members who heard this speech probably felt that Roosevelt was
Ans: looking out for their best interests.
Q. When it comes to the muck-rakers, Roosevelt urges them
Ans: to use their profession for worthy endeavors by sticking to the truth.
Q. Overall, the purpose of Roosevelt’s speech could be described as a plea for
Ans: the average American citizen to display integrity.
Q. In this speech, Roosevelt attacks
Ans: tabloid journalism and corporate greed.
Q. Which sentence is true about Roosevelt’s feelings about the muck-rakers?
Ans: They were more interested in scandal and sensational details than genuine reform.
Q. The tone of Roosevelt’s speech could be described as
Ans: moralistic.
Q. Which sentence from the selection supports Roosevelt’s claim that the muckrakers were doing “untold damage to the country as a whole”?
Ans: To assail great evils of our political and industrial life with crude generalizations as to include decent men in the condemnation means the searing of the public conscience.
Q. What did Roosevelt view as a solution to the muck-raking problem?
Ans: emotional restraint and common sense
Q. What larger question did Roosevelt’s speech raise?
See lessAns: the role and responsibilities of journalists in a free society
Reading Plus Answers Level K
Stars A Uniquely Human Trait Q. Main idea? Ans: Laughter is a common behavior… Q. Why does the author mention the “Giggle Twins”? Ans: to demonstrate that laughter can be hereditary Q. According to this selection, what are two ways we can use laughter as a social tool? Ans: – It can serve as an emotRead more
Stars A Uniquely Human Trait
Q. Main idea?
Ans: Laughter is a common behavior…
Q. Why does the author mention the “Giggle Twins”?
Ans: to demonstrate that laughter can be hereditary
Q. According to this selection, what are two ways we can use laughter as a social tool?
Ans:
– It can serve as an emotional release in stressful situations.
– It can be used as a signal of acceptance of another person.
Q. What does the author use to back up many of his conclusions about laughter?
Ans: statements of experts who have conducted research
Q. What is the main reason that laugh tracks are often added to TV situation comedies?
Ans: Laughter is contagious and viewers will think the shows are funny.
Q. How does the author support the assertion that laughter helps reduce stress?
Ans: by citing a study that found patients who watched funny videos requested fewer tranquilizers
Q. Put these scholars in the order in which they analyzed…
Ans:
– Herodotus
– Nietzsche
– Freud
– Morella
Q. Based on this selection, how does the activity in this image relate to laughing?
Ans: Laughing has a similar effect on the body as a good aerobic workout.
Q. If you told a funny joke to a schizophrenic person, what would the likely reaction be?
Ans: The person would exhibit little reaction because schizophrenics do not understand humor.
Q. In this excerpt, which sentence helps explain the meaning of the word “sham”?
See lessAns: These patients appear to be laughing out of amusement but report that they are feeling unpleasant sensations.
Reading Plus Answers Level J
Fast-Growing Trash Q. What is the main idea of this selection? Ans: E-waste is a problem all nations need to address FastGrowing Trash Q. The author attributes the source of the ewaste problem to Ans: ongoing advancements in technology and the escalating use of electronic devices. Q. What does theRead more
Fast-Growing Trash
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: E-waste is a problem all nations need to address FastGrowing Trash
Q. The author attributes the source of the ewaste problem to
Ans: ongoing advancements in technology and the escalating use of electronic devices.
Q. What does the term “endoflife management” mean, as used in this excerpt?
Ans: a plan for the disposal or recycling of broken or obsolete electronic products
Q. EStewards is a program that certifies recyclers
Ans: that are disposing of e-waste in a responsible manner.
Q. Which sentence is true about toxic elements in circuit boards?
Ans: They expose not only humans but also developing fetuses to health hazards.
Q. In this selection, “carbon black” refers to
Ans: a type of powder used in toner cartridges.
Q. In this excerpt, Professor Pellow’s outlook on solving the ewaste problem could be described as
Ans: pessimistic.
Q. Which sentence supports the claim that Creative Recycling Systems is a model recycling facility?
Ans: It safely converts obsolete electronic devices into reusable items.
Q. The author includes the quote from Carroll’s “HighTech Trash” article most likely to
Ans: illustrate how recyclers are taking advantage of desperate conditions.
Q. According to this selection, why is recycling ewaste so difficult?
Ans: E-waste has complex parts that are expensive to separate.
Math’s Got Game
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Understanding mathematics can help a sports player perform better
Q. Which two factors affect the behavior of a pitched baseball?
Ans:
– atmospheric conditions
– gravitational forces
Q. What was the author’s purpose in writing this selection?
Ans: to point out connections between math and sports
Q. The selection states that air passing over and through the fuzzy surface of a tennis ball creates resistance or drag. Why are worn tennis balls likely to be hit out of bounds more frequently?
Ans: They tend to travel faster
Q. Reread this excerpt from the selection. In football, how does knowing the receiver’s vertical leap help the quarterback?
Ans: It gives the quarterback a more accurate range to complete the pass
Q. According to the selection, precision is so important to scoring in basketball because
Ans: the ball fits through the hoop with little room to spare
Q. What two factors should be taken into account to enhance the chances of making a successful jump shot in basketball?
Ans:
– arc of the ball
– amount of elevation
Q. In this excerpt, what does the word “whereas” signal?
Ans: a difference between golf and soccer
Q. What evidence does the author give to show that there’s more to a pitcher’s fastball than power?
Ans: Drag affects the velocity of a fastball
Q. In this excerpt, what does the word “Hazardous” tell the reader?
Ans: the player’s score might be negatively affected
Legendary Leaders
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Change can be achieved through both violent and nonviolent actions.
Q. The stage in Gandhi’s life that had the most profound effect on the development of his philosophy was his
Ans: early childhood years.
Q. What might have happened if Gandhi had been able to negotiate a peaceful coexistence between Hindus and Muslims?
Ans: Gandhi’s assassination might have been averted.
Q. Based on this excerpt, which sentence reflects what Gandhi meant about violence?
Ans: Violence is useless because its victory will not last.
Q. How were Gandhi and Che Guevara similar?
Ans: They were passionate about their beliefs and dedicated to their ideals of social and political justice.
Q. Che Guevara had a negative view of the United States because
Ans: the United States made no effort to help solve problems in Latin America.
Q. According to Che Guevara, one of the major reasons for a country to turn to armed rebellion was to
Ans: overcome imperialism.
Q. Which of the following is a valid comparison based on this selection?
Ans: Mahatma Gandhi is like Martin Luther King, Jr.
Q. How do the authors make the point about enacting change through civil disobedience or through violence?
Ans: by comparing men who sought sweeping changes in different ways
Q. Why is it ironic that Tshirts with Che Guevara’s image are being sold today?
Ans: Guevara hated capitalism and now companies are making money from the use of his image.
When Students Protest
Q. The central idea of this selection is that the violent outcome of what began as a peaceful anti-war protest…
Ans: Increased tensions on U.S. college campuses and raised important questions about the right to protest…
Q. In this selection, President Richard Nixon could best be described as a…
Ans: Political flip-flopper…
Q. Tear gas is sometimes used during protests in the United States despite it being banned from international use in 1997. This is done for which two of the following reasons?
Ans:
– The effects of tear gas are temporarily unpleasant but don’t usually cause lasting health problems…
– A more effective chemical agent for crowd control is yet to be developed…
Q. What most likely would have happened if students knew the guard members’ rifles contained live ammunition?…
Ans: The students might have dispersed or at least not confronted the guardsmen returning to the Commons…
Q. Put the following events from the selection in the order in which they occurred in history
Ans:
– President Nixon expanded U.S. military presence in Cambodia
– The Ohio National Guard was sent to Kent State University
– Hundreds of students gathered at the Kent State Commons
– Shots fired by the Ohio National Guard rang out on the Kent State campus
Q. Read this excerpt from the text. In the author’s descriptions of the early interactions between student protestors and the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970, it seems likely that
Ans: Both parties misread the other’s actions
Q. The items in this image relate to this selection in which one of the following ways?
Ans: Allison Krause said flowers were better than bullets
Q. In this excerpt from the selection, the students are depicted as
Ans: Defiant yet mainly law-abiding, while the National Guard is presented as severe & aggressive
Q. In this quote from the selection, the word “blanks” most closely means
Ans: Gun cartridges that contain no bullets but generate explosive sounds
Q. For which likely reason did the author include this excerpt in the selection?
Ans: To illustrate the uncertainties that lie at the heart of an important and tragic historic event
The Piece Of String
Q. The main idea of this story is
Ans: a person should not try to hide the true purpose for doing something, or risk having those actions misinterpreted.
Q. Before he picked up the piece of string, Hauchecorne’s relationship with Malandain can best be described as
Ans: confrontational.
Q. Reread this passage from the text. What is the underlying mood of the people in the marketplace?
Ans: distrustful
Q. Based on your answer to the previous question, why is the underlying mood of the people important to know?
Ans: “Distrustful” suggests the people may not be willing or able to believe the truth of an event.
Q. Of what is Hauchecorne accused?
Ans: theft
Q. Based on this passage from the text, the author intends for readers to develop
Ans: empathy for Hauchecorne.
Q. What do the terms “buttonholed” and “buttonholing” mean in this part of the text?
Ans: detain for comment or conversation
Q. How does Hauchecorne’s relationship with the other characters change as the story progresses?
Ans: His friends become convinced that he had something to do with the theft and turn against him.
Q. This story is told from the point of view of an uninvolved narrator. How would this story be different if told from Monsieur le Mayor’s point of view?
Ans: The farmer Hauchecorne would have been presented to the reader as guilty from the start.
Q. What happens at the end of this story?
Ans: Hauchecorne is driven to insanity and eventually death due to the false charges brought against him.
The Music Behind The Business
Q. Which sentence from the text best states the central idea of this selection?
Ans: Music, even when you are barley aware of it, can be surprisingly powerful
Q. The selection states that the core of a music consultant’s work is
Ans: Creating distinct, cohesive musical identities for brands.
Q. Rob Wood’s company chooses songs for businesses. Clients hire Wood primarily for which two reasons?
Ans:
– to create a certain atmosphere
– to influence individuals’ behavior
Q. Based on this excerpt, the most helpful characteristic a music consultant can have when creating a musical identity for a business is
Ans: Intuition.
Q. Based on what you have read, what is “high dwell time”?
Ans: The practice of keeping customers browsing in a store for as long as possible
Q. This excerpt is the opening paragraph of this selection. The author began this selection this way most likely to
Ans: Illustrate how specific the process of linking music to a particular business can be.
Q. The approach explained in this excerpt could best be described as a study of human behavior that is based on
Ans: emotion.
Q. An analogy is a comparison between two things. Choose the one sentence in this paragraph that uses an analogy to describe Mazak.
Ans: “It’s just a kind of amniotic fluid that surrounds us,” said a communications professor Gary Gumbert in a 1990 documentary.
Q. George Owen Squier developed Mazak. Put these events from his life in the correct order from first to last.
Ans:
– He served as an officer in the U.S. army.
– He earned a doctorate in electrical engineering.
– He developed a new way to transmit sound through wires
– He created a company that enabled businesses to…
Q. Based on this excerpt, which is an example of a physical effect of music?
See lessAns: A person walking or jogging in time to music
Reading Plus Answers Level J
Rescue, Rehab, And Release Q. What is the main idea of this selection? Ans: Trained, caring people rescue injured wildlife and prepare them for release back into the wild. Q. What could be considered a standard procedure to keep a wild animal calm in captivity? Ans: covering the animal’s eyes with aRead more
Rescue, Rehab, And Release
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Trained, caring people rescue injured wildlife and prepare them for release back into the wild.
Q. What could be considered a standard procedure to keep a wild animal calm in captivity?
Ans: covering the animal’s eyes with a towel
Q. In the author’s description of the eagle’s
Ans:
surgery, which happened last?
Bright blue wraps were placed over the eagle’s bandages.
Q. Why was it important that the eagle be kept in
Ans: an initial period of cage rest?to prevent further damage to her bones and wounds
Q. Why does the author refer to the eagle as “no birdbrain”?
Ans: The eagle had learned to avoid fish with medication.
Q. In this excerpt, the author creates a mood of
Ans: anticipation
Q. What is the main reason rehabbers try to prevent their “patients” from becoming stressed?
Ans: so that they can put their energies into healing
Q. What would most likely happen to the eagle if the CROW rehabbers had released her without performing physical therapy?
Ans: She would not be able to catch food and could starve.
Q. What evidence does the author give to show that the eagle was ready for release?
Ans: The eagle showed it could feed itself by catching a fish in the cage.
Q. Why was it important for the rehabbers to return the eagle to the Dairy Queen location?
Ans: It was a location with which the eagle was familiar.
The Mentor
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Caring adult mentors can awaken at-risk youth to their potential
Q. Who is the narrator of this selection?
Ans: Eduardo
Q. Why do you think Eduardo became a mentor himself ten years later?
Ans: he wanted to transform young lives, the way his life was transformed
Q. What do these two excerpts tell you about mentoring
Ans: it usually succeeds when the mentor and mentee have had similar experiences in life
Q. What is the connection between Eduardo and Henry Blind Lemon Hodgegrass
Ans: They both experienced the transformative effect of music on their lives
Q. Put the adult student relationships in order
Ans:
– Mr. Rainey helps Eduardo
– Henry Blind Lemon Hodgegrass inspires
– Mr. Rainey tries to mentor James
– Eduardo helps James
Q. What is the important aspect of mentoring?
Ans: Open communication
Q. In this selection, the author creates a comparison between
Ans: Eduardo and the strong warrior Alexander the Great
Q. In the beginning which two conditions kept Eduardo from seeking a better life for himself?
Ans:
– His sense of inferiority
– His begrudging attitude
Q. in this opening paragraph, the author creates a mood that could be described as
Ans: dejected
Q. based on what you have read
Ans: he would have missed the chance to lead a meaningful fullfilling life
What’s In a Dollar?
Q. This selection is mainly about?
Ans: The role of Federal Reserve…..
Q. The unfinished pyramid on the U.S. $1 bill….
Ans: Country’s future growth
Q. In this excerpt, what does the phrase “out of many, one” mean?
Ans: The 13 colonies united to form one country
Q. What financial crisis led to the passage of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?
Ans: A panic about bank withdrawals
Q. According to the selection which two of following things can happen to the money that….
Ans:
– It is lent to other people to use as an interest
– It is invested
Q. The Primary responsibility of the U.S. Treasury Department is?
Ans: Managing federal finances
Q. Lowering the fund rate generally causes a rise in the stock market because?
Ans: Lower interest rates will lead to an increase of consumer spending
Q. The author backs up the statement that the economy can be unpredictable…
Ans: Natural disasters can affect the demands for goods and disrupt production
Q. Read this excerpt. Which two of the following things usually occur when the Fed lowers the fund
interest?
Ans:
– Stock market value increases
– People borrow money to make purchases
Q. Based on this excerpt, which if the following would indicate that the Fed is doing a good job….
Ans: A high rate or employment for U.S worker
Is That a Bug on Your Plate?
Q. The central idea of this text is that
Ans: A cultural shift is needed before the regular consumption of insects becomes acceptable
Q. After reading this excerpt, you can tell that one fear surrounding this movement is
Ans: That some people are afraid insects will become the only affordable source of protein available to them
Q. Which set of words best represents the tone of this text?
Ans: Factual and informative
Q. According to the text, one of the obstacles preventing people from eating insects is that
Ans: Some countries, such as Spain, have made selling insect-based foods illegal
Q. In this excerpt, the author suggests that one reason insects are not considered as a source of food is because
Ans: Insect-based foods are though of as gross or funny food items
Q. Based on this excerpt, it can be inferred that insects are a better source of protein than lab-grown meat because
Ans: Currently lab-grown meat is too expensive
Q. Based on this excerpt, what is the effect of comparing the popularity of sushi to the current situation of insect-based foods?
Ans: It suggest that the perception around eating insects will change for the better, like it did for sushi
Q. Which of the following words best describes the mood of this excerpt?
Ans: Peaceful
Q. The genre of this selection can be best described as
Ans: Journalistic non-fiction
Q. Which of the following inferences can be drawn from the excerpt you read?
Ans: One reason this movement is not growing is because people who have traditionally eaten insects are now eating more meat
Wartime Strategy
Q. This selection is mainly about
Ans: intrigue and espionage
Q. Based on what you read, which piece of military intelligence would be the least beneficial?
Ans: A Marine overhears people talking about the condition of their city
Q. If the Allies’ disinformation plan was successful, the Germans would
Ans: amass troops in Sardinia
Q. Which two conditions had to be met to make a dead body a good candidate for Operation Mincemeat?
Ans:
– a cause of death compatible with drowning
– a physique and age-appropriate for a British soldier
Q. Which sentence explains why the Operation Mincemeat team told sailors that the canister contained a weather device?
Ans: A simple conversation between a sailor and a civilian friend of questionable loyalties could lead to the downfall of a long-planned military operation
Q. Put these events in the order in which they occurred, starting with the earliest.
Ans:
– Major Martin’s name appears on a casualty list in a British newspaper
– Local fishermen recover the body of Major Martin off the coast of Spain
– Spanish officials pass off the information in the briefcase to German agents
– Germany prepares for an imminent attack on the island of Sardina
Q. Based on this excerpt, British intelligence identified France, Greece, and Italy as possible European invasion points because”
Ans: these countries were closest to the troops in North Africa
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that demonstrates the German’s diligence in evaluating the contents of Major Martin’s wallet.
Ans: Montagu learned later that German Intelligence officers checked the information on the tickets to determine if it was feasible that Martin could have been in London on the dates indicated
Q. In this excerpt, the phrase “he might bring some sardines with him” in Mountbatten’s letter to Cunningham was probably included so it would seem as if it were
Ans: a code
Q. What was the author’s purpose in writing this selection?
See lessAns: to describe intricate details that made a mission successful
Reading Plus Answers Level I
The Means of Living Q. In this essay, what did Thoreau… Ans: Live righteous and worthy lives that are… Q. How is this part of the selection written? Ans: As an emotional appeal to connect with readers… Q. According to this excerpt, the “aim of the laborer” should be to Ans: perform a certain kind ofRead more
The Means of Living
Q. In this essay, what did Thoreau…
Ans: Live righteous and worthy lives that are…
Q. How is this part of the selection written?
Ans: As an emotional appeal to connect with readers…
Q. According to this excerpt, the “aim of the laborer” should be to
Ans: perform a certain kind of work well
Q. Thoreau stated ” the community has no bribe that will tempt a wise man” in other words…
Ans: could not be influenced my money
Q. Choose the two sentences in this excerpt that reflect the type…
Ans:
-To those men today, either of these…
-I think that there is nothing, not even crime…
Q. Read this excerpt. Which two sentences best summarizes…
Ans:
-Government do not see creative works…
-Members of the public are more likely to purchase…
Q. Read these two excepts. which two comparisons can be drawn between…?
Ans:
-Thoreau describes the first man…
-Thoreau observes that the first man…
Q. How do these two excerpts from the selection
Ans: Both illustrate Thoreau disgust at the misuse
Q. Read this except> What does the image of “the panting
Ans: The constant motion of work and business
Q. Thoreau wrote that
Ans: believed that he understood how most people
All Quiet on All Fronts
Q. This selection is mainly about WW1 and its
Ans: important events and battles
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that explains why United States involvement in WW1 was significant.
Ans: With the help of fresh U.S. troops, the Allies turned the tide against Germany on the Western Front.
Q. Read these two excerpts. Which two factors led directly to Germany’s failure in obtaining the Western Front?
Ans:
– trench warfare between Germany and France
– the United States joining WW1
Q. Which statement supports the world leaders imposing “harsh penalties” on Germany in the Treaty of Versailles after the war?
Ans: The Germans decided to launch a massive spring offensive to try to end the war before the United States could be fully engaged.
Q. Throughout this selection, the author utilizes parentheses in order to…
Ans: provide the reader with additional information about difficult concepts.
Q. WW1 was triggered by a chain of events. Put them in order in which they occurred.
Ans:
– Tension between France and Germany over France losing the Franco- Prussian War.
– Efforts made by Germany and Great Britain to dominate Europe.
– The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist.
– Austria- Hungary declares war on Serbia.
Q. Read this excerpt. Which of the following statements best summarizes the reason for tension among the countries in Europe prior to WW1?
Ans: The desire for power and domination.
Q. Read this excerpt. President Woodrow Wilson planned to keep the United States from joining the fighting in WW1. Which two events changed his mind?
Ans:
– Germany encouraged Mexico to fight against the United States.
– Germany sinking U.S. ships
Q. This text describes events from history. This text can be labeled as…
Ans: historical nonfiction
Q. In the beginning of the selection, what does the author mean by “Europe seemed to be sitting on a powder keg”?
Ans: Numerous conflicts and tensions among European countries began building up to create a larger problem.
Life In The Sonoran Desert
Q. The selection is mainly about…
Ans: The natural environment, history, and culture of a modern desert city…
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that uses the figure of speech called a simile
Ans: These plates lie next to one another like sections of a giant concrete sidewalk
Q. Based on this excerpt, a succulent plant can best be described as
Ans: Thick and fleshy to retain water
Q. What do these two excerpts have in common?
Ans: Both use personal accounts to describe the creative influences of the desert
Q. Based on these excerpts, which two features of the sky islands directly affect the biological
Ans:
– Their isolation from one another
– Their high elevations
Q. According to the text, what human adaptation best helps our survival in the desert?
Ans: Our ability to use our intellect to create solutions for difficult problems
Q. Which two of the following are given as examples of Tucson’s extreme weather?
Ans:
– Monsoon storms
– Excessive heat
Q. This selection can best be described as what type of
Ans: Non-narrative nonfiction
Q. In this excerpt, what does the word “moreover” signal?
Ans: The author is going to make an additional point that is related to the one before it
Q. The term “Old Pueblo” refers to
Ans: Tucson’s history as a long-standing settlement
From Rock to Powder
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Powerful forces of nature can create remarkable landscapes
Q. This excerpt describes gypsum, a material that easily washes away in the water. Choose the two sentences…
Ans:
– But mountains on all sides of this particular desert…
– What little rainfall the arid area receives does not…
Q. In this excerpt, what does the phrase “fluid landscape” mean?
Ans: A changing shape
Q. What determines the color of the sand?
Ans: The material from which the sand eroded
Q. The color of the sand on this beach indicates its source material was
Ans: Magma
Q. Based on this excerpt, what can you conclude from the sands of?
Ans: Wind can carry sand long distances to its final destination
Q. This is the opening paragraph from the selection. From this paragraph, a reader can
Ans: Has a deep appreciation for nature…
Q. Put the steps in the order in which sand is created by flowing water in the correct order, starting
Ans:
– Rocks force the flow of water to bend around the rocks
– As water collides with rocks, bits of the rock break off
– Some grains of rock or sand is deposited elsewhere
– Over many years, the water erodes obstacles in its path
Q. How is sand created?
Ans: Erosive forces break down larger substances into granular…
Q. The Grand Canyon was formed by
Ans: Water erosion
Conquering Pain
Q. What is the central idea of this selection?
Ans: Advancements in anesthesia have meant that people no longer need to suffer with their pain rather than endure the terrors of surgery.
Q. Place these events in anesthesia history in order from the earliest to the latest.
Ans:
– Medical practitioners who performed surgeries also cut hair
– Dr. Horace Wells discovered that nitrous oxide could reduce pain
– Dr. William Morton discovered he could use ether to make patients
– The invention of inhalers to deliver anesthetic made it possible
Q. Without changing the meaning in this sentence, you could replace the word “volatile” with
Ans: Explosive
Q. In this excerpt from the selection, the phrase “hanging on to life by a thread” is an example of the literary device called
Ans: Idiom
Q. Read this excerpt from the selection. The authorities use the phrase “past the threshold of no return” in this excerpt to mean the point at which
Ans: Reversal of the unconscious state is not possible.
Q. Wells performed a tooth extraction using nitrous oxide for doctors at Harvard Medical College. Why did Wells go home in disgrace?
Ans: The patient, who was not fully anesthetized, cried out in pain during the extraction.
Q. Read this excerpt from the text and one from another source. Together, these excerpts demonstrate an approach to anesthesia called
Ans: Balanced anesthesia
Q. Which two outcomes occurred as a result of an increase in surgical procedures after anesthesia was discovered?
Ans:
– Doctors were performing more complex surgeries, but infections from dirty operating rooms led to increased deaths.
– It was difficult to know how much anesthetic to use, many patients died from overdoses.
Q. Based on this selection, which procedure would use local rather than general anesthesia for a pain-free procedure?
Ans: Toe surgery
Q. Choose the one sentence in this excerpt that suggests surgery could have been performed without terror much sooner than it was
Ans: As early as the 1200’s scientists became aware of drugs that produced an absence of sensation, but the
Gold Mountain
Q. What is the main idea of this piece?
Ans: the major, but often overlooked, the role of Chinese American women in U.S. history
Q. Based on the text, what caused the wave of Chinese immigrants to America in the 19th century?
Ans: natural disasters and political unrest
Q. The name “Gam Saan” was a literal reference to the United States, particularly California. But in a figurative sense, it also referred to
Ans: the possibilities of wealth, success, and a better life.
Q. Why did fewer Chinese women than men make the trip to America?
Ans: The women were bound by restrictions in both the United States and China.
Q. What did Afong Moy perform for an audience?
Ans: eating and walking
Q. How did Mary Tape’s battle with the San Francisco school district change educational policy in California?
Ans: She won the right for Chinese American children to attend public schools.
Q. How do these two excerpts from the text work together?
Ans: They both illustrate the discriminatory practices that were in effect at the time.
Q. Based on this excerpt, it is evident that Polly Bemis
Ans: was a highly respected member of the community.
Q. What was the main influence in the reformation of Confucianism in America?
Ans: Chinese women didn’t live with their mothers-in-law anymore.
Q. Reread this excerpt from the text. What does the author mean when she says Gold Mountain was a challenging mountain to climb?
Ans: Immigrating and achieving success in America were difficult processes.
Seeds Of Change
Q. The story is mainly about Wangari Maathai and how
Ans: she was instrumental in transforming both environmental policies and human rights issues.
Q. According to these two pieces of text, which of the following statements best summarizes Wangari’s attitude toward education?
Ans: It must be used to benefit all.
Q. Wangari saw deforestation in Kenya as a major difficulty for rural women because
Ans: it severely affected both the land and the ability of the women to provide food for their families.
Q. The primary tone in this part of the text is one of
Ans: persistence.
Q. What event led to Wangari’s creation of the Green Belt Movement?
Ans: the planting of seven trees in Kamakunji Park to honor past community leaders
Q. The text states that when Wangari expanded her Green Belt Movement, she included husbands and sons in the planting process. This suggests that she
Ans: saw environmental activism as something that involves entire families and communities.
Q. In this part of the text, the word “intersection” refers to
the connection between two seemingly unrelated issues.
Q. The text states that Wangari was very influential in the international community. Which evidence from the text best supports this?
Ans: She convinced foreign investors to withdraw their financial support for a major Kenyan building project.
Q. What major event happened in Wangari’s life in 2004?
Ans: She became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Q. How do these two excerpts from the text work together?
Ans: The first illustrates a belligerent attitude toward Wangari, while the second shows a respectful one.
Environmental Disasters
Q. What is the main idea of the selection?
Ans: Oil is a form of ecocide that can be prevented
Q. Based on the selection what is the best way to prevent oil spills in the future?
Ans: Switch from fossil fuel to renewable energies…
Q. Based on this selection, what was the initial cause of the Deepwater Horizon oil pass?
Ans: Leaking Methane
Q. What are two ways BP tried to clean up its oil spill?
Ans: Controlled Explosions, ships with large skimmers scooped
Q. How is an oil created?
Ans: The Earth’s heat
Q. How effective were Exxon’s initial efforts to clean up the Valdez oil spills?
Ans: Exxon only collected a small percent of the oil spill
Q. What type of evidence does the author use to show that BP oil spill was the worst ecocide ever committed?
Ans: Hard Statistics
Q. What statement supports the author’s statement that oil spills will happen in the future?
Ans: There are very few regulations
Q. Why does the author begin and end the selection with these excerpts?
Ans: To show consumers
Q. Choose the one sentence in the excerpt that gives examples of the best alternatives to fossil fuel.
See lessAns: Unlike fossil fuels
Reading Plus Answers Level H
Germs in Sports & Schools Q. This selection is mainly about Ans: making an effort to stay healthy Q. Steve’s first reaction to the red bumps Ans: mild concern Q. In this selection, what do TV remote controls Ans: They are frequently touched but rarely cleaned Q. What evidence does the author proRead more
Germs in Sports & Schools
Q. This selection is mainly about
Ans: making an effort to stay healthy
Q. Steve’s first reaction to the red bumps
Ans: mild concern
Q. In this selection, what do TV remote controls
Ans: They are frequently touched but rarely cleaned
Q. What evidence does the author provide to confirm the effectiveness
Ans: The number of student sick days was reduced.
Q. How could Steve’s case of MRSA be viewed as
Ans: New policies were enacted to prevent its spread
Q. What does this excerpt show about Steve’s character in reaction to the MRSA scare?
Ans: He was a thinker and a doer
Q. On what did Coach Carter base his decision to recruit
Ans: physical stature
Q. Put these steps in correct order
Ans:
– Students were educated on the importance of immunizations
– Hand sanitizers were installed in the hallways
– Students were made aware of the danger of sharing school lunches
– Backpacks needed to be washed regularly to rid them of germs
Q. Why does the author close the selection
Ans: to inject a humorous note at the end
Q. MRSA is a serious infection because
Ans: only special antibiotics are capable of treating it
Mango Street
Q. This story is mainly about Sandra Cisneros and
Ans: how she found her inner power and achieved success.
Q. What type of people is Cisneros describing in the phrase, “the others who lay their necks on the threshold waiting for the ball and chain”?
Ans: submissive
Q. Esperanza and Cisneros are alike in that they both
Ans: want to be in control of their own lives.
Q. Cisneros is sympathetic to poor Mexican immigrants because
Ans: she experienced the same problems of adjusting to a new culture.
Q. Which of the following probably helped Cisneros to overcome her low selfesteem?
Ans: her mother’s support in helping her follow her dreams
Q. How did Cisneros’ attitude as a writer change after college?
Ans: She embraced the uniqueness of her perspective on everyday life.
Q. Which statement affirms Cisneros’ financial success as a writer?
Ans: One of the largest publishing companies offered her a contract.
Q. Cisneros said, “I needed a room of my own” because she wanted
Ans: to discover her own strengths.
Q. What does the color of this house have to do with the statement in the story that although Cisneros lives alone, “her life is not boring”?
Ans: She created controversy in San Antonio by painting her house a bright purple.
Q. In Cisneros’ novel “Caramelo,” Lala’s woven striped shawl is a metaphor for
Ans: her family’s history.
Going For Gold
Q. This selection mainly focuses on
Ans: memorable moments in Olympic figure skating.
Q. Based on what you have read, you can infer that skating at the 1968 Olympics would have been an emotional event for Peggy Fleming. Why?
Ans: Just seven years earlier, the entire U.S. figure skating team had been killed in a plane crash.
Q. Read this excerpt from the selection and one from another source. Which question do these excerpts raise?
Ans: How will competitive figure skaters push the limits when there are no new jumps to master?
Q. What do these two excerpts demonstrate about the sport of figure skating?
Ans: the evolving athleticism and risk-taking in the sport
Q. In 2010, 19-year-old Mao Asada became the first woman to land two triple Axels in one Olympic performance. What was surprising about this?
Ans: Despite making Olympic history, she still lost the gold medal to her rival Yuna Kim.
Q. Select the one sentence in this excerpt that contains a figurative expression.
Ans: “It was a huge, huge loss that cut our sport at the knees,” Fleming said later.
Q. Which skater is credited with giving hope to figure skating when a plane crash killed the entire skating team along with their coaches?
Ans: Peggy Fleming
Q. The author’s purpose in writing this selection was most likely to
Ans: present information about notable stories in the sport of competitive figure skating.
Q. Read this excerpt from the selection. In the context of this excerpt, the closest synonym for “compulsory” is
Ans: mandatory.
Q. Michelle Kwan, considered by many to be the greatest skater in the world,
Ans: has never won a gold medal at the Olympics.
Helping the Fight for Rights
Q. This selection is mainly about Eleanor Roosevelt’s
Ans: Childhood and early life
Q. Read the excerpt. According to this excerpt, which of the following sentences best summarizes Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt?
Ans: They worked together to protect and fight for human rights.
Q. Tone is the attitude of the author or speaker toward a topic. Read this excerpt from the selection. The author’s tone can be best described as
Ans: Discouraging
Q. Choose the sentence from this excerpt that identifies the reason Eleanor’s grandmother sent her to Allenwood school
Ans: By 1989, grandmother hall decided it was time to see her late daughter’s wishes fulfilled–Eleanor should receive part of her schooling in Europe
Q. While attending Allenwood, which two things did Eleanor gain?
Ans: Self-confidence, acceptance
Q. Why did Eleanor go to live with her grandmother?
Ans: Her mother passed away and her father could no longer care for her
Q. In this sentence, the word “mentor” most closely means
Ans: Teacher
Q. Read these two excerpts. How did Eleanor’s time at Uncle Ted’s house compare to life at Grandmother’s house?
Ans: Visits with Uncle Ted were less rigid, whereas Grandmother was quite strict
Q. Once Eleanor returned to the United States, she was
Ans: Confident and independent
Q. Read this part of the selection. What does this part tell you about Eleanor Roosevelt?
Ans: She did not like the nickname her mother gave her
An Underground Hideout
Q. This story is mainly about
Ans: a challenging time when residents pulled together to overcome hardships.
Q. In what period is this story set?
Ans: near the end of World War II
Q. As the story opens, the residents are worried that an airplane is going to
Ans: bomb the city.
Q. How did the schoolchildren determine if an aircraft was a friend or foe?
Ans: by the symbol on the plane’s sides
Q. What was the biggest challenge faced by Allied troops in their plan to retake Caen from the Germans?
Ans: how to defeat German troops while minimizing civilian casualties
Q. The residents of Caen had only a short time to prepare for their evacuation. During that time they showed
Ans: courage and determination.
Q. If you flew over this building in Caen right before the residents evacuated the city, what would you see on the roof?
Ans: a sheet with a red cross
Q. Which sentence indicates the extent of the damage done to Caen?
Ans: The task of recovering and rebuilding their city would take the French people more than 20 years.
Q. In this excerpt, the author creates a mood of
Ans: apprehension.
Q. Which words did the author use to create that mood?
Ans: dreaded, huddled, feared
A Crime-Busting Career
Q. This story is mainly about
Ans: Achieving a career goal.
Q. What first aroused Tonya’s interest in working for the FBI?
Ans: a crime-solving TV character
Q. While planning for a career in the FBI, Tonya showed good judgment in hoW she conducted herself. Which of the following most supports this statement?
Ans: She avoided drug use without revealing her future plans.
Q. How are FBI agents different from state police officers?
Ans: FBI agents investigate crimes in every state.
Q. The author admires Tonya for her ability to make smart choices. Which of the following supports the truth of this statement?
Ans: Tonya majored in Mandarin and Arabic, which are hugely valued by the Bureau.
Q. What does the word “field” mean in the title of a field agent?
Ans: an active place outside in the community
Q. What job did Tonya get at this headquarters in New York City after graduating from college?
Ans: entry-level translator
Q. Which of the following shows the theme of persistence?
Ans: Her determination to secure a job at the FBI never wavered.
Q. What part does the polygraph test play in this story?
Ans: It confirms Tonya was not lying about her background.
Q. What was the most important factor in Tonya’s success as a counterterrorist expert?
See lessAns: her knowledge of foreign languages
Reading Plus Answers Level H
Anything Is Possible Q. This story is mainly about the determination Ans: needed to start a new life in another country. Q. Why did some people in other countries think the streets in America were paved with gold? Ans: People in America were so rich that gold was used to make ordinary things. Q. SheRead more
Anything Is Possible
Q. This story is mainly about the determination
Ans: needed to start a new life in another country.
Q. Why did some people in other countries think the streets in America were paved with gold?
Ans: People in America were so rich that gold was used to make ordinary things.
Q. Sheyna’s papa could be described as
Ans: broadminded.
Q. What provoked Mama’s decision to send Sheyna to America?
Ans: persecution of the Jews
Q. Throughout the story, Sheyna shows that she is
Ans: goal-oriented and determined.
Q. The factor that made Sheyna’s voyage most bearable probably was
Ans: meeting a caring co-passenger.
Q. How does the author highlight the poor conditions experienced by thirdclass passengers during their voyage?
Ans: by contrasting them with the privileges of first-class passengers
Q. Why did the doctors check the incoming ship for cholera and typhus?
Ans: to guard against passengers spreading these diseases in America
Q. You can tell from this excerpt that gaining entrance to the United States
See lessAns: was a long and thorough process.
Reading Plus Answers Level G
Hair Is An Expression of Style Q. What is the main idea of this selection? Ans: Hairstyles have been a major means of self-expression and source of cultural importance throughout history. Q. At the end of this selection, you can tell that the author believes Ans: hairstyles are based on personal preRead more
Hair Is An Expression of Style
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Hairstyles have been a major means of self-expression and source of cultural importance throughout history.
Q. At the end of this selection, you can tell that the author believes
Ans: hairstyles are based on personal preference.
Q. What did Samson’s enemies do…
Ans: let Samson’s hair grow back
Q. Hairstyles of the people of North Korea are determined by
Ans: government laws.
Q. Which two groups would have had shaved heads at certain times throughout history?
Ans: French women who aided Germany;
members of religious orders
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that explains why older people have gray hair.
Ans: The color of hair changes over time because follicles produce less color.
Q. What does this excerpt tell you about barbers in the Middle Ages?
Ans: They were highly skilled in the use of their hands.
Q. Why was the forced shaving…
Ans: A shaved head was highly visible and a source of shame.
Q. In this excerpt, what is the meaning of the word “cropping”?
Ans: cutting closely
Q. According to the selection, people have historically fought for their right to wear a given hairstyle on the basis of
Ans: religious beliefs.
To Aid and Comfort / Careers in the Nursing Field
Q. This selection is mainly about
Ans: Career opportunities for people who are interested in healthcare.
Q. The author says home health aides work with “clients.” Based on this excerpt, why does the author use the term “clients” rather than “patients?”
Ans: Patients are people who receive medical treatment. Home health aides help with daily personal activities.
Q. Which two of these classes are required to become a registered nurse?
Ans: Psychology
Nutrition
Q. Which job is best for a person who wants to provide hands-on care after spending a year in training?
Ans: Licensed practical nurse
Q. According to this selection, what are two causes for the expected increase in demand for RNs?
Ans: An aging population and better access to healthcare
Q. Registered nurses tend to earn higher annual salaries than other people with nursing jobs. Why?
Ans: RNs have higher levels of education and training than other kinds of nurses.
Q. Place these four options in the nursing field in the order of the amount of schooling needed, listing the greatest amount first.
Ans: Registered nurse
Practical nurse
Nursing assistant
Home health aide
Q. States require nurses to pass exams and get licenses. What is the most likely reason for this?
Ans: States want to ensure all nurses are properly trained to do their jobs.
Q. The tone of this selection is best described as
Ans: Straightforward and objective.
Q. In which way are an RN and LPN alike?
Ans: They both require licenses for employment.
Q. In this sentence from the selection, the word “flexible” most closely means
Ans: variable
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that explains why there is a physical requirement for nursing assistants.
Ans: They spend much of their day on their feet, and they must be able to move or turn patients of any size.
It Takes More Than Height
Q. This story is mainly about
Ans: how two men left their homelands to make a living in a new culture.
Q. Why do you think the Dinkas did not value education?
Ans: Education would not improve their livelihood as herders.
Q. The most important cause of Manute’s success in pro basketball was
Ans: his determination.
Q. Why does the author mention the Chinese fortune cookie incident?
Ans: to show how some actions could be considered culturally insensitive
Q. Why were Ming and his two team members called “The Walking Great Wall”?
Ans: They formed a tall barrier on the basketball court.
Q. How does the author back up his claim that Ming was gracious?
Ans: Ming accepted O’Neal’s apology for sending him a fake Chinese message.
Q. What was one of the biggest obstacles Manute had to overcome?
Ans: adjusting to a new modern culture
Q. Why does the author tell readers that Manute never used a telephone or pencil, and ate pizza?
Ans: to highlight the significant cultural adjustments he had to make in America
Q. Which of the following sentences is an opinion?
Ans: Manute was not much of a scorer, but he was a remarkable defensive player.
Q. How were Manute and Ming alike?
Ans: They both made efforts to improve conditions in their homelands.
The Perfect Wave
Q. This selection’s central focus is
Ans: The different factors that impact surfers.
Q. Choose the sentence from this excerpt that explains what obstacles surfers could face while surfing.
Ans: “Besides powerful waves, surfing’s other hazards include underwater rocks and other obstacles, sharks, jellyfish, and other animals.”
Q. Based on what you read, which word accurately describes ancient Hawaiian’s surfboards
Ans: Hefty
Q. Based on what you have read, why does the author mention that “dropping in” ahead of someone is “both rude and dangerous”?
Ans: It can cause a collision.
Q. A simile is a comparison of two things. Which sentence from the selection is an example of a simile?
Ans: Staying loose like a flexible spring to balance and turn, the surf speeds along down the face of the wave.
Q. According to this selection, the higher the wave the
Ans: More power is available to the surfer.
Q. Based on what you have read in this selection, what is a problem that surfers need to keep in mind while surfing?
Ans: Dangerous rip currents
Q. Read these two excerpts from the selection. Which sentence best states the central idea of both excerpts?
Ans: Weather plays an important role in the waves that surfers experience in the ocean.
Q. This selection is best described as
Ans: Information non-fiction
Q. Which sentence best answers the question posed in the first sentence of this excerpt
Ans: Surfers should choose a surf post based on their level of experience.
Q. Read these two excerpts from the selection. Why does the author include them?
Ans: To show the different methods surfers use to surf waves
The Rule Of King Arthur
Q. This selection is mainly about
Ans: boy who unexpectedly becomes king
Q. Arthur became king as the result of
Ans: a miracle
Q. Arthur had to prove to others that he could pull the sword from the stone more than once…
Ans: After all had tried and failed, Arthur was brought forward. Then all stood aghast, marveling to see a youth perform the feat which the strongest knights had attempted in vain.
Q. Which were the two major activities of the Knights of the Round Table?
Ans: –traveling the land and seeking adventure
–performing good deeds for anyone in need.
Q. What evidence does the selection provide that Arthur made a good king?
Ans: He restored order and ruled with fairness.
Q. Based on this excerpt, who strongly supported the decision that Arthur should be king?
Ans: the common people.
Q. By finding a sword for his brother, Arthur shows that he was
Ans: resourceful.
Q. Based on this excerpt, what can you say about Sir Kay?
Ans: His ambition got the better of him.
Q. Which quote represents an important change in the plot?
Ans: I’m not your father nor related to you.
Q. Which of the following sentences shows Sir Hector is a “doubter”?
Ans: He asks Arthur to pull the sword from the stone again.
Christa McAuliffe: Astronaut
Q. What is the main idea
Ans: A teacher inspires a generation…
Q. What was Christa’s reaction to being zipped…
Ans: She made herself comfortable
Q. When Christa first heard about the teacher…
Ans: supportive
Q. For which two reasons was Christa selected…
Ans: She was a compelling and clear communicator
She had a plan to work on a journal in space
Q. Why did Christa feel like this animal?
Ans: She had to undergo many…
Q. In this excerpt, what does the phrase “she demonstrated her worth” mean?
Ans: Christa possessed the traits that would contribute to a successful space mission
Q. Why did the de-stuffed frog, Fleegle, have to be vacuum-packed?
Ans: To decrease the amount is space it took up
Q. Which factor was the main cause of the Challenger disaster?
Ans: Fuel escaped from the…
Q. What was on of Christa’s first…
Ans: Remaining inside a small enclosure
Q. Put these events in order…
Ans: A ground crew…
Threw main…
Thick black smoke…
The cheers
Q. Choose the sentence
Ans: Fragments of the shuttle rained…
Q. What was different from other launches…
Ans: The temperature was colder than usual
The Universe Unveiled
Q. This story is mainly about Galileo and his belief
Ans: in his experiments and discoveries.
Q. Which word listed below is based on the root word for “sun”?
Ans: heliocentric
Q. Which sentence explains why Galileo’s heliocentric theory was so severely criticized?
Ans: At that time, scientific research was not a common pursuit.
Q. Galileo’s father wanted his son to study
Ans: medicine.
Q. Which of the following supports the importance the telescope played in Galileo’s discoveries?
Ans: The device provided images never before seen.
Q. What most surprised Galileo about the moons of Jupiter?
Ans: their movement
Q. In this excerpt, what does the author mean by “the power of reason”?
Ans: thinking critically
Q. How were Copernicus and Galileo alike?
Ans: They both were ridiculed for their ideas.
Q. This excerpt could be seen as an example of why it is important
Ans: to have an open mind.
Q. Galileo’s father taught him about the items pictured and
Ans: the relationship between music and math.
The Most Famous Bicycle Race
Q. This selection mainly
Ans: provides information about the history of the Tour de France and how it has changed over the years.
Q. Which two factors make the Tour de France the most watched sporting event in the world?
Ans: The race can be watched on television or online.
People can watch the race for free along the course.
Q. The word “crest” in this sentence could be replaced with the word.
Ans: top.
Q. The Tour de France was started to
Ans: help sell more L’Auto newspapers.
Q. According to this selection, which two challenges did the first Tour de France face?
Ans: Some riders would take shortcuts along the route. Riders were being attacked on the route.
Q. Read these two excerpts. According to these excerpts, caravans
Ans: help support the rider during the race, as well as the race itself.
Q. It is difficult to collect data on how many people watch the Tour de France live because people
Ans: are not required to purchase a ticket to watch the race.
Q. This selection includes facts and details about a real life event. This text can be described as
Ans: an informational text.
Q. Based on this excerpt, it is reasonable to think that over time
Ans: more cyclists from other countries have joined the race.
Q. If a cyclist is awarded a yellow jersey in the race, it means that person
Ans: was the fastest rider in a stage.
Behind the Mask
Q. This selection is mainly about how an actor…
Ans: Turned a childhood love of monsters into a successful career…
Q. Read this part of the text. The author used words inside parentheses to…
Ans: Provide a definition to the reader.
Q. In this excerpt, what does the word “impersonating” mean?
Ans: Pretending to be something else.
Q. Read this excerpt. Which statement best summarizes the information in this part?
Ans: Alan Maxson has been fascinated with monsters since he was young.
Q. Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, and Roddy McDowall all…
Ans: Played characters in movies.
Q. Read this excerpt. Choose the sentence that best supports the author’s claim that being a monster actor is much more difficult than being a regular actor.
Ans: “But you also have to deal with additional challenges, like wearing costumes that restrict your movement and heavy makeup that can take hours to put on.”
Q. Choose the sentence that explains what actors must be thinking about when wearing a motion-capture suit.
Ans: “When you wear a motion-capture suit, you don’t physically see or feel what you look like at that moment, so you really need to focus on the weight and size of your character.”
Q. According to the selection, a green screen allows…
Ans: Computer-generated images to be used with a character.
Q. According to Alan Maxso, which two steps could you take if you think you would like to be a monster actor?
Ans: Act in a school play
Make short films
Q. Which two of the following are examples of prosthetics a monster actor may wear?
Ans: Werewolf snout
Scaly skin
Railroad To Freedom
Q. The main idea of this story is to show the
Ans: bravery of people on the Underground Railroad.
Q. In this excerpt, the author creates a mood of
Ans: Ans: uneasiness.
Q. Which words does the author use to create that mood?
Ans: fateful, shadowy, danger
Q. Why was this craft important during the time period of this story?
Ans: A quilt’s design could disguise a map.
Q. From the way the Schneiders “moved into action” after hearing the three knocks at the door, you can tell that most likely
Ans: they had experienced this situation many times before.
Q. Which sentence provides evidence that the Smiths still have hope for the future?
Ans: The Schneiders reinforced the Smiths’ feelings about the goodness of people.
Q. Which of the following sentences is an opinion?
Ans: “You crossed that icy water? This is the coldest weather we’ve had in ages!”
Q. The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
Ans: prohibited helping runaway slaves.
Q. Which sentence explains the reason why the Schneiders were willing to take risks to run a safe house?
Ans: They understood that the runaways’ risks were even greater.
Q. The Schneiders were different from many of the other safe house owners because they
Ans: provided the runaways with a real bed.
A Series of Unlucky Events / A Preacher Tries Farming
Q. What is the central idea of this selection?
Ans: A pioneer family discovers that life on a farm is anything but easy.
Q. The family in this selection had a series of unfortunate events. Place these events in the order in which they happened, from first to last.
Ans: The father discovered that the family’s onion crop was rotting.
The milk and butter were ruined when the cows ate the rotten onions.
The oxen spilled the wagon load after getting upset by a dead animal.
The molasses barrels leaked half of their contents in the wagon.
Q. Based on this excerpt, another word for “prosperity” is
Ans: Success
Q. Read these two excerpts. Based on the text, which two of the following words best describe the father?
Ans: Level-headed
Resourceful
Q. Read this excerpt. What is the author’s main point in this passage?
Ans: The preacher’s plan to have a second job as a farmer was working out fine.
Q. This image shows an onion harvest. How does this image relate to the author’s childhood experience on a farm?
Ans: A rotten onion crop set off a series of unfortunate incidents that led his father to quit farming.
Q. Father repeatedly responds to problems by saying things like, “Well, well, that’s too bad.” What does this dialogue reveal about the father?
Ans: He is stable and consistent
Q. Read these excerpts. Just when they thought the molasses was safe, the author’s little sister turned the spigot handle. if the bung hole was higher, what might have happened?
Ans: They would have lost less molasses.
Q. When the molasses sprung a leak, the author writes that his father urged the oxen to “the top of their speed.” Why did he add “which was about three miles per hour?”
Ans: He is suggesting that even at their fastest the oxen might be too slow to save the molasses.
Q. Which sentence from the text shows why father decided to butcher the cow?
Ans: So there was the milk, butter, eggs, and chicken dinners- -gone with the wind.
Q. In this excerpt from the selection, why does the author add the comment in parentheses, “which was about three miles per hour?”
Ans: He is giving the idea that, even at their fastest, the oxen will be too slow to save much molasses.
Q. George Strester is the author of this selection about pioneer life on his family’s farm. His personal narrative can also be called
Ans: A biography
Q. Read this excerpt. Which sentence summarizes this paragraph?
Ans: The family enjoyed an abundant harvest in their first season.
Q. What happened to the last of the family’s molasses?
Ans: The container exploded, spewing molasses all over the house.
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that shows the family is taking over a farm that someone gave up without ever intending to return.
Ans: There were about five acres of land that had been plowed before by some settler who had abandoned the place before we came.
Driving “Green”
Q. This story is mainly about
Ans: why hybrid cars are good for people and the environment.
Q. The car in this story is called a “hybrid” because
Ans: it combines a new and an old technology.
Q. Hybrid cars are different from standard cars because they
Ans: use both gasoline and electricity.
Q. If you saw two engines, one from a hybrid car and one from a standard car, how could you tell which one belonged to the hybrid?
Ans: The hybrid car engine would be smaller.
Q. Which statement reflects how technology is being applied to solve environmental problems?
Ans: Hybrids get better gas mileage because their gasoline engine and electric motor make better use of fuel.
Q. The author wrote this story with the purpose of
Ans: describing hybrid cars and their advantages.
Q. Which sentence supports the author’s statement that hybrid cars have long-term benefits?
Ans: It is estimated that hybrids reduce the production of greenhouse gases that cause global warming by up to 50 percent.
Q. In regard to this picture, what could hybrid cars help eliminate?
Ans: air pollution
Q. This excerpt indicates that Amanda’s opinion about hybrids could be described as
Ans: enthusiastic and optimistic.
Q. What might happen if everyone drove hybrids instead of other motor vehicles?
Ans: The need to import oil from foreign countries would be reduced.
Picture Of UFO In The Air Blue Sky
Q. Selection mainly about
Ans: Search for Life in space and the debate about whether it’s a good idea
Q. Based on this excerpt, what does David Grinspoon argue is the greatest
Ans: Human beings
Q. In the past scientists have used SETI to search radio signals from space
Ans: It would send out Radio signals to space with the intention of being found
Q. Read this excerpt, Grinspoon uses the word “anti-human” to describe his belief that
Ans: One person should not make a decision that affects the entire human race
Q. What are the protocols vakoch..selection?
Ans: Policies or rules…life beyond earth
Q. Before contacting aliens…choose one sentence that explains the reason for this
Ans: If we do contact aliens..interactions peaceful
Q. Based on this selection..two..support of active SETI
Ans
-Space beings
-Humans are already
Q. Which one of these..why the author wrote the text?
Ans: Should we actively…to space beings?
Q. Based on this selection..against active SETI?
Ans: Without knowing what space… the earth is unwise
Q. Together these two excerpts demonstrate scientists
Ans: Opposing views on attempting to find alien life
A Unique Talent
Q. This selection is mainly about the
Ans: Development of beatboxing over the centuries
Q. Put these musical artists in the order in which they appeared in history, starting with the earliest
Ans:
– French troubadours
– North Indian musicians
– Barbershop quartets
– Jazz scatters
Q. From this excerpt, you can tell that the author’s view of the future of beatboxing is
Ans: Enthusiastic
Q. What can you say about the popularity of beatboxing over the years?
Ans: It went through a number of ups and downs
Q. What evidence does the author provide to support the statement that Doug E Fresh
Ans: He created click rolls used by all beatboxers
Q. Rahzel proved he was a unique hip-hop artist by
Ans: Singing and beatboxing at the same time
Q. Which of the following music groups influenced the development of beatboxing styles?
Ans: Barbershop quartets
Q. Based on this excerpt, which of the following contributed to the re-emergence of beatboxing
Ans: Rappers’ lack of funds to buy drum machines
Q. Based on this excerpt, which of the following two methods did Rachel use to achieve the unique
Ans:
– Vocal scratching
– Wind technique
Q. French troubadours were like today’s hip-hop artists because they
Ans: Combined poetry with music to make songs
Going Underground
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Building an Earthscraper could prove to be a practical solution to a difficult urban problem.
Q. In many cities around the world, what is the root cause of major problems?
Ans: overpopulation
Q. Which term applies to the expansion of a city’s geographic size?
Ans: urban sprawl
Q. Which of the following describe the Suarez brothers?
Ans: resourceful and realistic
Q. Which shape describes the appearance of the Earthscraper?
Ans: inverted pyramid
Q. Which of the following is considered the biggest initial obstacle to building the Earthscraper in Mexico City?
Ans: construction costs
Q. Which aspect of the proposed museum probably would be the most significant?
Ans: the exhibits of cultural artifacts uncovered during construction
Q. The author tries to convince readers that constructing an Earthscraper is possible by
Ans: referring to the fact that humans have overcome obstacles when building massive structures in the past.
Q. Which sentence supports the author’s statement that the Earthscraper would have a peoplefriendly environment?
Ans: These garden-like areas, called “Earth lobbies,” would produce additional oxygen for the people inside to breathe.
Q. Why is Mexico City an ideal site for construction of the Earthscraper?
Ans: The completed structure would preserve historical architecture and public space.
A First-Grader Makes History
Q. This story is mainly about
Ans: a hard-won victory in the fight for equal rights to a good education.
Q. Why does the author use the word “gently” in describing how Ruby’s mother explained the school situation to her?
Ans: so as not to scare Ruby with too much detail
Q. Which sentence supports the statement that prejudiced white people blocked the court judgment “as long as they could”?
Ans: The principal did not assign Ruby to a class the first day.
Q. Although the President Lincoln freed the slaves, what prevented them from making much progress?
Ans: unfair laws and deep-rooted customs
Q. How does the author present a balanced view of white people?
Ans: by mentioning those who fought to end discrimination
Q. Why was the test for African American kindergartners so hard?
Ans: Education of the kindergartners had been insufficient.
Q. You can tell that ending segregation was dangerous mostly because
Ans: federal marshals were needed to enforce the court ruling.
Q. This excerpt shows that Mrs. Henry’s actions during school desegregation could be described as
Ans: courageous.
Q. President Obama said he was grateful to Ruby because
Ans: she broke barriers to make it easier for others.
Q. In this excerpt, why does the author refer to racism as “a grown-up disease”?
Ans: Children are not naturally racist.
Heads of State / Centers of Government
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Seats of government are symbols of states and centers of national power.
Q. What is meant by proportional representation, such that in Holland?
Ans: The people vote for a political party instead of an individual candidate.
Q. Based on the descriptions of seats of power in this selection, where would this one be located?
Ans: Japan
Q. The parliament in Japan includes members elected by which two voting systems?
Ans: Proportional
First-past-the-post
Q. Based on this excerpt, what type of voting system does the House of Commons use?
Ans: First-past-the-post voting system
Q. Which two chambers make the United Kingdom a bicameral type of government?
Ans: House of Lords
House of Commons
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that supports the author’s statement that a seat of government is a symbol.
Ans: “Citizens often look to their seat of government when they want to define what their nation represents.”
Q. Which of the following has the most political power in the United Kingdom?
Ans: Prime Minister
Q. Read this excerpt. Why is the term “rubber stamp” used to describe how a sovereign approves of government appointments?
Ans: The Sovereign is only symbolically certifying the Prime Minister’s choice.
Q. Why did the author include this maxim by Confucius in the opening paragraph of the selection?
Ans: The maxim represents the ideal standard for modern representative governments.
Q. How are members of the British parliament’s house of lords and the Russian federation council similar?
Ans: They both include elite individuals who are appointed to their position
Born to Dance / Deborah Dawn: Ballerina
Q. This selection is mainly about Deborah Dawn and her
Ans: Life long ballet career
Q. Put these events from Deborah’s life in order in which they occurred, starting with the earliest.
Ans: Deborah began dancing on pointe.
Deborah broke her leg and could not dance for 6 months
Deborah enrolled in the school of American Ballet year round
Deborah joined the Joffrey Ballet Company
Q. At age 11, Deborah won a scholarship to attend a ballet summer camp. She did not go because she
Ans: Was so young
Q. What does the phrase “all star, no star” mean in this excerpt?
Ans: Everyone in the company gets a chance to perform.
Q. Deborah once said that being happy is just as important as (Question might be written differently)
Alt ver of question: Deborah would say that having a positive attitude in ballet is just as important as
Ans: Physical health
Q. Why does Deborah advise students to “be honest with your injuries”?
Ans: To help them avoid getting seriously hurt
Q. As a teacher, Deborah could be described as
Ans: Fair
Q. Read this excerpt. The author includes this story to show that
Ans: Anyone can dance, even some who cannot see
Q. What is most unusual about Deborah’s career today?
Ans: She is still dancing even in her mid-40s
Q. What would be another good title for this selection?
Ans: Dancing through life
Q. What do these two excerpts have in common?
Ans: They both include Deborah’s advice to young dancers
Q. Choose the one sentence in this excerpt that contains the figure of speech called a metaphor
Ans: “Dancers come in all shapes and sizes,” says Deborah. “Like America, the company was a melting pot, welcoming differences.”
Q. In her teen years, Deborah had difficulty balancing which two things?
Ans: School work
Ballet
A Vision Of Gold
Q. This story is mainly about Derrick Redmond and
Ans: the setbacks he faced with courage.
Q. Which sentence indicates the dedication that is needed to win an Olympic Gold Medal?
Ans: He had been training for this day for the last 20 years.
Q. You can tell Redmond’s injuries were serious mostly because
Ans: he needed eight operations.
Q. In this excerpt, the author creates a mood of
Ans: confidence.
Q. Which sentence characterizes Redmond’s motivation to win a gold medal?
Ans: Maintain a single vision of victory.
Q. In this excerpt, which phrase signals a major change in the action?
Ans: all of a sudden
Q. Derrick finished the race after he tore his hamstring because
Ans: he was determined not to give up.
Q. The author describes Derrick’s father, Jim, as “exceptionally close” to his son. Which sentence supports that description?
Ans: When Jim saw Derrick hobble, he felt a quickening of his heart and a trembling in his own leg.
Q. Why was Redmond disqualified in his semi-final event at the Olympics in Spain?
Ans: He had help from his father during the race.
Q. Why was it ironic that Derrick ended up playing professional basketball?
Ans: A surgeon told him he would never run again.
A Diamond in the Rough / Diamonds: Fortune and Misfortune
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: The cost and availability of diamonds have changed over the years…
Q. Which quality of diamonds is most valuable in their use for industry?
Ans: Hardness
Q. Diamonds are sometimes viewed as symbols of love. What fact about diamonds runs counter to this view?
Ans: Diamonds have been the cause of violence and brutality.
Q. According to this selection, which of the following factors increased the demand for diamonds by regular people?
Ans: Diamond rings became symbols of couple’s engagement.
Q. In this excerpt, what is the author’s purpose in including a description of the Kimberley Process?
Ans: To inform the reader about increased regulation of diamond sources to eliminate violence.
Q. Based on this excerpt, at this point in history which two qualities cause diamonds to be expensive?
Ans: They were precious.
They were rare.
Q. Choose two sentences in this excerpt that illustrate the two shapes in which diamonds exist over the course of their creation, before being shaped further by people.
Ans: “They form huge shafts, shaped like carrots, when carbon deposits are subjected to enormous heat and pressure”
“Over many thousands of years these shafts break into large and small fragments”
Q. How did Schalk van Niekerk probably feel when he learned the value of the stone he has sold to Jack O’Reilly for a low price?
Ans: Regretful
Q. What led to the initial discovery of large numbers of diamonds in South Africa?
Ans: A young boy picked up an unusual stone.
Q. What evidence does the author give to support the conclusion that experts were wrong about the formation of diamonds.
Ans: Many more diamonds than expected were found in Africa
Q. In this excerpt, what is the meaning of the word “means?”
Ans: incomes
Q. Based on these excerpts, what are two negative aspects of the diamond industry?
See lessAns: The working conditions and wages of diamond miners have often been horrible
The money earned from diamond mines has been used to fund violent wars
Reading Plus Answers Level G
For Gold And Glory Q. This story is mainly about Ans: the development and destruction of a complex culture. Q. The Aztecs could be described as Ans: forceful but creative. Q. A legend said that the Aztecs needed to find a new place to live because Ans: they angered their gods, who banished them fromRead more
For Gold And Glory
Q. This story is mainly about
Ans: the development and destruction of a complex culture.
Q. The Aztecs could be described as
Ans: forceful but creative.
Q. A legend said that the Aztecs needed to find a new place to live because
Ans: they angered their gods, who banished them from their homeland.
Q. Which sentence best supports the idea that the Aztecs had an advanced system of agriculture?
Ans: Land was reclaimed by covering the marshes with reeds and then soil.
Q. Which of the following probably would have been seen at the markets of Tenochtitlan?
Ans: shoppers buying everything from firewood to feathers.
Q. Aztec pyramids were similar to Egyptian pyramids in that they both were constructed with
Ans: huge stones.
Q. Which of the following sentences is an opinion?
Ans: It may not have been the best place to build the capital of an empire but that did not stop the Aztecs.
Q. The most important factor motivating Cortes to march on Tenochtitlan was
Ans: the rich treasures that would be his when he conquered the city.
Q. What does this excerpt say about human nature?
Ans: Even a leader of a highly developed culture can be cruel.
Q. Which of the following involves an important coincidence in the sequence of events that influenced the outcome of the story?
Ans: Cortes arrived at the same time a god who had once ruled the area was predicted to return.
The World of Soccer
Q. This selection is mainly about soccer and the
Ans: The group that organizes the sports competitions around the world.
Q. The tone is an author’s attitude toward a topic. In this excerpt, the author’s tone is
Ans: Serious.
Q. The previous question asked about the author’s tone in an excerpt about players who get red cards. Which sentence from the selection indicates a similar tone?
Ans: These rules are designed to keep players safe by keeping the games fair and punishing bad behavior.
Q. This author most likely wrote this selection to
Ans: Inform the reader of the history of the FIFA World Cup.
Q. According to the author, a player who argues with an official will most likely
Ans: Be given a yellow card.
Q. In a FIFA World Cup tournament “bid” presentation, what two topics do presenters for each country need to discuss?
Ans: Why soccer fans would want to visit their country
What cities could host the tournament games
Q. In 1983, the original FIFA World Cup trophy was stolen. FIFA addressed this problem in which two ways?
Ans: By creating a new World Cup trophy and locking it up
By designing a replica to give winners
Q. After World War II, what was unique about Germany’s involvement in the World Cup?
Ans: Germany was divided into two countries and had two teams in the tournament.
Q. Choose two sentences from this excerpt that explain the potential benefit to countries that host the FIFA World Cup tournament.
Ans: While hosting the World Cup can be costly, it can also make FIFA and the host country a lot of money.
In 2018, Russia reported that it would make $31 billion by the end of the tournament.
Q. Read these two excerpts from the selection. How does Excerpt 1 relate to Excerpt 2?
Ans: Excerpt 1 describes a problem, and Excerpt 2 explains a solution.
Innovative Technology / Real Sports, Virtual Reality
Q. The central idea of this selection is about how VR technology
Ans: Keeps changing to include more experiences and opportunities for the people who use
Q. Read the excerpt. The author includes this excerpt in the selection to
Ans: Help with visualizing what it would be like to watch a game using VR
Q. According to the text, which two of the following statements best explain the downsides of being a sports fan?
Ans: Watching games on television makes it hard to feel like you are part of the action.
It is difficult to see the sport being played if your seats are far from the entertainment.
Q. Read this excerpt. This excerpt is being told through which point of view?
Ans: Second-person point of view
Q. Read this excerpt. Choose the sentence that shows VR can be useful in areas other than sports.
Ans: “People are using VR to perform surgery, explore distant planets, engineer and design new products–even to make people more understanding of others.”
Q. Chris Kluwe thinks professional football players should use VR and AR during games to
Ans: Allow athletes to play smarter and safer.
Q. According to the selection, why are some people afraid to step off the edge of a virtual cliff?
Ans: Part of their brain believes they will fall.
Q. Based on these two excerpts, how is VR different from 2D video?
Ans: VR allows players to feel like they are in the game, whereas 20 allows players to watch as if they are on the sidelines.
Q. Supports the author’s claim that VR could shift the belief that video games In the following paragraph, choose the sentence that best do not require enough physical activity.
Ans: “This means you can put on a headset and move around a room, controlling the game with your body, instead of just sitting on your couch, smashing buttons on a controller.”
Q. Think about what you have read. Which two statements about VR are correct?
Ans: •Doctors are using VR to perform surgery on patients.
•Athletes use VR to train and play better in their sport.
Q. Some people do not consider gaming a sport because it
Does not require enough physical activity.
Q. This selection can be described as
An informational text
Your Own Person
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Be your own person, no matter what other people think.
Q. Maddie first became interested in retro clothing as a result of her
Ans: family’s problems after her father lost his job.
Q. Other than Beatniks, what were two prominent groups in the 1950s?
Ans: The Conservatives; The Rebel Rousers.
Q. What kind of place is Santee Alley?
Ans: a giant flea market where designers get their start.
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that shows that Maddie’s mother supported daughter’s interest in fashion.
Ans: When I told my mother how the girls made fun of me, she said, “You either dress like everyone else, or you stay your own person and don’t worry about what anyone else thinks.”
Q. Maddie found her clothes mainly
Ans: thrift shops and her grandmother’s closet.
Q. Which sentence demonstrates that Alessandra was a good mentor to Maddie?
Ans: “If not, you’ll go back to the drawing table and start all over again, but you will succeed, Maddie.”
Q. According to Alessandra Gomez, what does Maddie need to do first in order to be a good fashion designer?
Ans: learn about the characteristics of different fabrics.
Q. How does this image relate to Maddie’s fashion style?
Ans: She was inspired by the clothing of the 1950s.
Q. The one of Maddie’s words in this concluding paragraph gives the impression that she is
See lessAns: gratified and optimistic.
Reading Plus Answers Level G
Navajo Heroes / The Secret Words Q. This selection is mainly about World War II and Ans: How a unique code played a critical role in winning the war. Q. In the Navajo secret code, the word for the subject in this picture meant Ans: Battleship. Q. The code demonstration changed the American general’sRead more
Navajo Heroes / The Secret Words
Q. This selection is mainly about World War II and
Ans: How a unique code played a critical role in winning the war.
Q. In the Navajo secret code, the word for the subject in this picture meant
Ans: Battleship.
Q. The code demonstration changed the American general’s mind about using the Navajos. Which word best describes the primary factor for the change in the general’s opinion?
Ans: Swiftness
Q. In this excerpt, what does the word “crack” mean?
Ans: Make sense of
Q. Place the following events in order.
Ans: Johnson learns to speak the Navajo language.
Johnson reads a article about code development.
Johnson urges an American general to use Navajos.
Johnson puts on a demonstration of Navajos skills.
Q. Which sentence supports the statement, “communication is a critical part of any war”?
Ans: If the enemy were to intercept these communications, the element of surprise would be lost.
Q. What is the most unusual aspect of the Navajo language?
Ans: It has no alphabet or symbols.
Q. According to this selection, for which two items does the military still use Navajo Code terms today?
Ans: Running shoes
Pens
Q. Based on this excerpt, what could be considered a “stumbling block” in developing the secret code?
Ans: No Navajo words existed for military equipment.
Q. What could happen if a written secret code was carried on the battlefield?
Ans: It could fall into enemy hands if the Code Talker was captured.
Q. Which sentence supports the military’s decision to use the Navajos as Code Talkers?
Ans: Their languages’ strange tones and unusual word arrangement made it almost impossible for non-native speakers to understand.
Q. In this excerpt, which phrase explains why the Japanese were frustrated in trying to crack this secret code?
Ans: gurgling noises
Pulling Through
Q. This story is mainly about
Ans: A family’s struggle
Q. This story is made up….. this story can best be described as fitting into which two genres
Ans: Realistic fiction
Historical fiction
Q. The first excerpt is from the U.S. National archives. Which two statements are correct?
Ans: The flu deadly power
People in rural and urban
Q. When baby Clara became sick, Anna’s mother called the family ” a strong lot”…… What did she mean by this?
Ans: The family all survived the flu
Q. The first member of the McNaughton family to catch the flu was
Ans: Baby Clara
Q. Choose the two that best explain why the flu was so deadly.
Ans: Influenza came without warning,
Instead, the flu slipped
Q. When Anna became ill, why was Anna father so concerned to discover that she had a bloody nose?
Ans: It was a sign that she may not live through the night.
Q. Anna’s older brother John had a difficult job…… He would ask, “How many?” How many what?
Ans: Coffins were needed
Q. Simile is a figure of speech…….. Which phrase in this excerpt uses an example of simile to describe the city?
Ans: Is like a ghost town.
Q. Read this excerpt. Why didn’t Anna feel like racing?
Ans: She was worried about the deadly flu outbreak.
Proceed With Caution
Q. Selection mainly about…
Ans: Search for life in space and the debate about whether it’s a good idea
Q. Based on this excerpt, what does David Grinspoon argue is the greatest threat to human survival
Ans: Human beings
Q. In the past scientists have used SETI to search radio signals from space… What makes active seti different?
Ans: It would send out radio signals to space with the intention of being found
Q. Read this excerpt, Grispoon uses the word “anti human” to describe his belief that…
Ans: One person should not make a decision that affects the entire human race
Q. What are the protocols vakoch.. selection?
Ans: Policies or rules… life beyond earth.
Q. Before contacting aliens… choose one sentence that explains the reason for this
Ans: “If we do contact aliens.. interactions peaceful”
Q. Based on this selection.. two… support of active SETI.
Ans: Space beings…
Humans are already…
Q. Which one of these… why author wrote the text?
Ans: Should we actively… to space beings?
Q. Based on this selection.. against active SETI?
Ans: Without knowing what space… earth is unwise.
Q. Together these two excerpts demonstrate scientists.
See lessAns: Opposing views on attempting to find alien life.
Reading Plus Answers Level G
The Code Talkers Q. This story is mainly about World War II and Ans: how a unique code played a critical role in winning the war. Q. In this excerpt, what does the word “crack” mean? Ans: make sense of Q. Which sentence supports the military’s decision to use the Navajos as Code Talkers? Ans: TheirRead more
The Code Talkers
Q. This story is mainly about World War II and
Ans: how a unique code played a critical role in winning the war.
Q. In this excerpt, what does the word “crack” mean?
Ans: make sense of
Q. Which sentence supports the military’s decision to use the Navajos as Code Talkers?
Ans: Their language’s strange tones and unusual word arrangement made it almost impossible for non-native speakers to understand.
Q. The code demonstration changed the American general’s mind about using the Navajos because of its
Ans: swiftness.
Q. Which sentence supports the statement, “Communication is a critical part of any war”?
Ans: If the enemy were to intercept these communications, the element of surprise would be lost.
Q. What is the most unusual aspect of the Navajo language?
Ans: It has no alphabet or symbols.
Q. What could be considered a “stumbling block” in developing the secret code?
Ans: No Navajo words existed for military equipment.
Q. In the Navajo secret code, the word for the object in this picture meant
Ans: battleship.
Q. What could happen if a written secret code was carried on the battlefield?
Ans: It could come into enemy hands if the Code Talker was captured.
Q. Which phrase explains why the Japanese were frustrated in trying to crack this secret code?
Ans: gurgling noises
Navajo Heroes / The Secret Words
Q. This selection is mainly about World War II and
Ans: How a unique code played a critical role in winning the war.
Q. In the Navajo secret code, the word for the subject in this picture meant
Ans: Battleship.
Q. The code demonstration changed the American general’s mind about using the Navajos. Which word best describes the primary factor for the change in the general’s opinion?
Ans: Swiftness
Q. In this excerpt, what does the word “crack” mean?
Ans: Make sense of
Q. Place the following events in order.
Ans: Johnson learns to speak the Navajo language.
Johnson reads a article about code development.
Johnson urges an American general to use Navajos.
Johnson puts on a demonstration of Navajos skills.
Q. Which sentence supports the statement, “communication is a critical part of any war”?
Ans: If the enemy were to intercept these communications, the element of surprise would be lost.
Q. What is the most unusual aspect of the Navajo language?
Ans: It has no alphabet or symbols.
Q. According to this selection, for which two items does the military still use Navajo Code terms today?
Ans: Running shoes
Pens
Q. Based on this excerpt, what could be considered a “stumbling block” in developing the secret code?
Ans: No Navajo words existed for military equipment.
Q. What could happen if a written secret code was carried on the battlefield?
Ans: It could fall into enemy hands if the Code Talker was captured.
Q. Which sentence supports the military’s decision to use the Navajos as Code Talkers?
Ans: Their languages’ strange tones and unusual word arrangement made it almost impossible for non-native speakers to understand.
Q. In this excerpt, which phrase explains why the Japanese were frustrated in trying to crack this secret code?
See lessAns: gurgling noises
Reading Plus Answers Level G
A License To Print Money Q. What is the central idea of this selection? Ans: The way news is shared has changed throughout history Q. Choose the sentence from this excerpt that explains how the printing press made the Ans: Instead of being written out by hand, poems, Bibles, and other books Q. MoreRead more
A License To Print Money
Q. What is the central idea of this selection?
Ans: The way news is shared has changed throughout history
Q. Choose the sentence from this excerpt that explains how the printing press made the
Ans: Instead of being written out by hand, poems, Bibles, and other books
Q. More Americans knew what was happening during the Civil War
Ans: Telegraphs helped spread the news more quickly
Q. Read this excerpt. Which of the following is correct about Benjamin Franklin?
Ans: He contributed to the success of the newspaper industry
Q. This selection can be described as
Ans: An informational text
Q. Which best describes how information is organized in this selection?
Ans: A process is explained in the order in which it occurs
Q. What do these two excerpts have in common?
Ans: Both illustrate how important reporting the news and free speech is to the country
Q. Read the excerpt. Which of the following sentences best summarizes
Ans: Newspapers were not making as much money as they did at one time
Q. According to the selection, improvements to printing presses and cheaper paper prices
Ans: Purchased by more people
Q. According to the selection, libel laws are important because they
See lessAns: Protect newspapers from being unfairly sued in court
Reading Plus Answers Level F
The Science of Slime Q. This selection is mainly about how scientists are working to Ans: Prevent and treat infections caused by biofilms Q. Read this part of the selection what does the second excerpt do Ans: Summarizes the information in the first part. Q. Read this excerpt from the selection. TheRead more
The Science of Slime
Q. This selection is mainly about how scientists are working to
Ans: Prevent and treat infections caused by biofilms
Q. Read this part of the selection what does the second excerpt do
Ans: Summarizes the information in the first part.
Q. Read this excerpt from the selection. The author begins this way to
Ans: Get the reader’s attention by describing something they know about.
Q. What two examples from the text show how biofilms can be harmful?
Ans: •Sticking to the lungs and making it difficult for people to breathe
•Causing inner ear infections that come back again and again
Q. According to this text, what is one place in the human body where biofilms help keep people healthy
Ans: Intestines
Q. Based on this interview with George O’Toole, which word best describes his attitude towards biofilm research
Ans: Enthusiastic
Q. The author describes biofilm as a “colony of bacteria.” Which phrase from the text helps explain the meaning of “colony”1 as is used here
Ans: Forming a group
Q. Read this part of the text the room is kept at 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit because Dr. O’Toole
Ans: Wants to trick the bacteria into growing as if it was in a human body.
Q. The author of this text interviewed microbiologist George O’Toole, PhD. What is the name for the “slimy colonies” he researches?
Ans: Biofilms
Q. Based on this text, when bacteria form a group they become
Ans: Significantly more difficult to treat than individual bacteria.
Slow Down For Food
Q. This selection is mainly about how
Ans: eating mindfully can help people make healthier food choices.
Q. Read this excerpt about a weight-loss study. Compared with the non-mindful group, the mindfulness group showed which two outcomes?
Ans: lower risk of diabetes;
greater weight loss.
Q. The previous question asked about a weight-loss study. Based on your answer to that question, this study suggests that mindfulness exercises
Ans: may help people maintain a healthy weight.
Q. Based on this text, the term “mindfulness” refers mainly to
Ans: being fully aware of experiences in the present moment.
Q. Read this excerpt. The author’s tone in this excerpt can best be described as
Ans: informative.
Q. One study in this selection showed that students who spent 15 minutes doing a mindfulness exercise ate 25 percent fewer calories. This gives you the idea that
Ans: mindful eating can help people avoid overeating.
Q. Read these two excerpts. Which idea do both parts support?
Ans: Mindless eating may result in people consuming more food than they need.
Q. The author most likely wrote…
Ans: teach the reader about the potential health…
Q. Based on this excerpt from the selection…
Ans: discover something new about foods they eat all the time.
Q. Which two outcomes do the studies in this selection most strongly support?
Ans: better health; weight loss.
Sleep Mysteries Explained
Q. This text is mainly about sleep and
Ans: What causes strange nighttime issues.
Q. Read this excerpt. Which two factors can cause people to have trouble keeping their brain in sync?
Ans: •Level of stress
•Lack of sleep
Q. Which of the following sentences from the text best supports the opinion that sleep paralysis is nothing to worry about?
Ans: Scientists know that supernatural creatures have nothing to do with sleep paralysis because they can create such episodes in the lab.
Q. Which sentence from the selection proves that people today believe in sleep superstitions?
Ans: It all sounds suspiciously like sleep paralysis, but 48 percent of Americans believe UFOS may have visited Earth.
Q. Read this excerpt. What causes sleep paralysis?
Ans: People wake up before their REM cycle finishes.
Q. In this sentence, the word “repel” means
Ans: to fight.
Q. Read this excerpt. Ancient people believed that
Ans: Supernatural beings attacked people in their sleep.
Q. From ancient times, many cultures have examples of supernatural creatures that paralyze sleeping humans. Today, we know that sleep paralysis is caused by
Ans: Disruption in people’s sleep cycles.
Q. Which discovery motivated Eugene Aserinsky to conduct experiments on sleeping individuals?
Ans: His son’s different eye movements while he slept
Q. In the selection, what does REM stand for?
Ans: Rapid eye movement
Q. Read this excerpt. The author begins different parts of the text with a heading. The author’s purpose for doing this is to
Ans: Show the reader when a new topic is being explained.
Diving for Survival
Q. This story is mainly about a
Ans: Hungry young eagle’s effort to satisfy his hunger.
Q. Read this part from the text. The author compares Eagle to mature adult Eagles to show
Ans: Why he is not very skilled at diving for food.
Q. This previous question asked about Eagle’s hunting skills. Based on your answer to that question, which of the following can you conclude
Ans: Eagle will get better at grabbing fish with practice.
Q. Choose the one sentence that shows eagle has found some energy
Ans: It seemed to rouse Eagle.
Q. Read this part of the text. Which two of the following show how Eagles claws are like tools
Ans: •The claws clamp tightly onto slippery fish to prevent their escape.
•Spikes on his feet help him hold on his prey while in flight.
Q. The author of this text describes Eagle sitting on an unsteady feathered raft in water up to his belly this raft is
Ans: The goose in the water.
Q. The resolution of a story is when the main character resolves–or works out–the problem. Based on what you have read, the resolution of this story is when
Ans: Eagle releases his grip on the goose.
Q. Read these two parts of the text how does the setting change from beginning to the end
Ans: Stormy weather at the beginning passes and Eagle is warming himself in the Sun at the end.
Q. Read this part of the text the authors note shows readers that the
Ans: Story about Eagle is made up but it is based on an event that really happened.
Q. The author writes that Eagles hunger drove his instincts based on what you have read this reveals that
Ans: Keeping the goose was a matter of survival.
Martha’s Food Blog
Q. What is the main idea in this selection
Ans: Small ideas can influence people all over the world through the internet
Q. Why did Martha first start writing a blog?
Ans: To get experience in writing like a journalist
Q. Read this excerpt from the selection. If Martha had written her school lunch reviews…
Ans: She would not have enough readers to raise money for Mary’s meals.
Q. What evidence does the author give to show that all of Martha’s experiences…
Ans: Some of her classmates were mean to her
Q. What is an educational benefit that resulted from the new school…
Ans: More children attend school everyday
Q. How did Martha feel when her school told her she could no longer…
Ans: Disappointed
Q. Of the categories Martha developed to compare meals…
Ans: Health and Taste
Q. How does the author show the reader how popular…
Ans: By reporting the number of visits and donations
Q. Place the following events in the correct order…
Ans: Martha launches a blog about her meals at school.
Martha’s father tweets a link to her site
Martha raises money for a school kitchen…
Martha goes to Africa…
Q. What does this excerpt tell you about the children of Lirangwe Primary School
Ans: They do not have access to running water in their homes.
Q. Which of the following was most likely a challenge for Martha in keeping up with her blog day after day?
Ans: Finding time in between her other activities to write
Human vs. Artificial Intelligence (Man Vs. Computer)
Q. This selection is mainly about
Ans: A battle between human and artificial intel.
Q. Choose the sentence in the excerpt that explains why a computer could be
Ans: They developed a special code that allowed the comp. to calculate.
Q. What words best describe Kasparov’s state of mind during his losing match
Ans: Stunned and tense.
Q. Based on this selection, which two words could be used to describe a computer’s thinking
Ans: Rigid & Predictable
Q. Why does the author refer to Deep Blues as “another beast”
Ans: It represented a mighty opponent to defeat
Q. Humans and computers are alike when playing chess because they both
Ans: Evaluate each move and its effect on the outcome of the game
Q. The author backs up his statement that computers are not considered as creative as humans
Ans: A computer can do only what humans have programmed it to do
Q. Why was Kasparov’s loss to Deep Blue so surprising
Ans: He had defeated Deep B and other computers in the past
Q. Based on this excerpt, what did Kasparov mean when he said of Deep B that he would “personally tear it to pieces”
Ans: If Deep B continued to play in chess competitions, he would beat it
Q. What does that excerpt tell you about human brains and computer intel
Ans: Human brains have the ability to be creative and imaginative
A Magic Night
Q. This selection is mainly about Jason McElway and
Ans: how sports helped him improve his life
Q. When Jason was a child, how did his mom know that he was not like other children?
Ans: He avoided other children and did not speak
Q. This Sesame Street character inspired Jason to do something when he was five
years old. What did Jason do?
Ans: He spoke his first words, Big Bird
Q. What event caused Jason to become interested in basketball?
Ans: Jason’s older brother, Josh, started taking Jason everywhere he went, including sports locations
Q. Put these events from Jason’s life in order from first to last
Ans:
– Jason became student-manager of the Greece Athena Varsity Basketball team
– Jason was the high scorer of the “senior night” basketball game
– Jason became a motivational speaker
– Jason ran in the Boston Marathon
Q. At the “senior night” basketball game, Coach Johnson told Jason he would try to get him into the game “only if the situation allowed.” This means the coach would let Jason
play
Ans: only if their team was in the lead and there was no real danger of them losing
Q. Read this excerpt. In the last sentence, the phrase “desired interview” most closely means
Ans: a person whom everyone wants to talk to
Q. How did Jason’s sudden fame affect him?
Ans: It made him more confident
Q. How do these two excerpts compare to or contrast with each other?
Ans: Both describe Jason’s enthusiasm and commitment toward the high school basketball team
Q. Which statement about Jason is correct?
Ans: He was a top-performing runner as a senior on the high school’s cross-country team
Truth in Tasting
Q. What is the main
Ans: Small ideas can influence.
Q. Why did Martha…
Ans: To get experience.
Q. Place the following
Ans: Martha launches, Martha’s father, Martha raises, Martha goes to Africa
Q. Which of the following
Ans: Finding time
Q. Which result
Ans: Helping bring food
Q. How did Martha
Ans: Disappointed
Q. What is an educational
Ans: More children
Q. In the following
Ans: Nevertheless
Q. What evidence does
Ans: Some of her classmates
Q. Read this excerpt
Ans: She would not have enough readers
It’s All About Respect
Q. This story is mainly about
Ans: The need for respectful treatment…
Q. Which sentence supports the statement that native Americans
Ans: The word savages offends many native Americans because they feel…
Q. In this excerpt, what does the word principles…
Ans: Fundamental guides for action…
Q. Which sentence summarizes Teters efforts against the use of…
Ans: She attracted other supporters who adopt…
Q. Teters and Alexie are alike in that they both…
Used their creative talents to challenge…
Q. In this excerpt, what does it mean that “Native Americans” had…
Ans: They had moved around the land as they…
Q. According to the story, the feathers of this bird…
Ans: A tribal elder
Q. Which of the following did the supporters of keeping Chief Illnewek use…
Ans: He was a symbol of the University’s…
Q. How did the filmmakers reinforce a stereotypical view…
Ans: By portraying them in demeaning roles
Q. What embarrassed Teters children at the…
Ans: The mascot who performed a fake…
Love and Courage
Q. This selection is mainly about a woman who
Ans: Demonstrated great courage in wartime
Q. At the end of the selection what surprised Belle enough for her to almost faint
Ans: She saw her husband who had returned safely.
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that supports the author’s view that Belle had determination.
Ans: It seemed almost too much to endure; but i resolved to make the trial
Q. The disheartened Union army regiment was helped by which two following?
Ans: A pair of gunboats; Additional troops
Q. What probably happened when the gunboats of the federal army arrived.
Ans: The gunboats started firing on rebel troops
Q. In describing a civil war hospital, you could say the…
Ans: Methods were primitive but surgeons did their best
Q. What is the most likely reason why belle continued to make breakfast while the camp was under attack. She wanted the Ans: men to eat before leaving for battle
Place the following events in order…
Belle joins her husband on the front lines
Belle begins keeping a journal detailing army life
General Grant starts starts a campaign against the south
Belle boards a streamer headed to pittsburgh
Q. In this except, what does the phrase “soon to be mustered out” indicate about soldier
Ans: The soldier was dying
Q. Based on this except, which sentence describes the outcome of the battle of shiloh
Ans: Union troops at first retreated, but then turned around to win
Human Vs Artificial Intelligence
Q. This selection is mainly about
Ans: A battle between human and artificial intel
Q. Choose the sentence in the excerpt that explains why a computer could be
Ans: They developed a special code that allowed the comp. to calculate
Q. What words best describe Kasparov’s state of mind during his losing match
Ans: Stunned and tense
Q. Based on this selection, which two words could be used to describe a computer’s thinking
Ans: Rigid & Predictable
Q. Why does the author refer to Deep Blues as “another beast”
Ans: It represented a mighty opponent to defeat
Q. Humans and computers are alike when playing chess because they both
Ans: Evaluate each move and its effect on the outcome of the game
Q. The author backs up his statement that computers are not considered as creative as humans
Ans: A computer can do only what humans have programmed it to do
Q. Why was Kasparov’s loss to Deep Blue so surprising
Ans: He had defeated Deep B and other computers in the past
Q. Based on this excerpt, what did Kasparov mean when he said of Deep B that he would “personally tear it to pieces”
Ans: If Deep B continued to play in chess competitions, he would beat it
Q. What does that excerpt tell you about human brains and computer intel
Ans: Human brains have the ability to be creative and imaginative
The Hidden Ingredient
Q. This text is mainly about
Ans: History of humans…
Q. Based on this text petroleum is sometimes called
Ans: Crude oil
Q. Decompensators like worms break down once living things…
Ans: Speed up the process
Q. Which two details from the text explain why crude oil can be called natural and organic
Ans: •It is made from once living organisms
•It is
Q. This selection is an example of
Ans: Informational text
Q. Read this part of a text. In the first sentence, what species does the author mention
Ans: Human beings
Q. These sentences are from the text. Which one best explains why humans had to stop using open flames for light at night
Ans: Instead they burned fumes at power plants
Q. Humans take crude oil from the ground. The author explains that humans also speed up the return of crude oil to Earth surfaces. The author most likely means
Ans: Accidental spills in the ocean
Q. How does this image of chewing gum relate to the text
Ans: Some chewing gum includes an ingredient that comes from petroleum
Q. Petroleum is a fossil fuel. Read this part from the text and one from another source. Together these parts explained
Ans: The negative effect of petroleum products on the environment
Ulysses’ Homeward Adventure
Q. This selection is mainly about Ulysses and
Ans: his triumph over the Cyclops.
Q. What was the Cyclops’ biggest mistake in…
Ans: The Cyclops was looking for someone who…
Q. Think about what you have read. What is one example of Ulysses using his wisdom?
Ans: Telling the Cyclops his ship had been destroyed on the rocks.
Q. Ulysses wondered if he should kill the sleeping giant with his sword. Why did Ulysses decide against this idea?
Ans: He and his crew would be trapped inside the cave by a giant rock that blocked the entrance.
Q. This story about Ulysses, his crew, and the Cyclops is called
Ans: a legend.
Q. What kind of leader was Ulysses?
Ans: Brave, generous, and wise.
Q. In this sentence from the text, the word…
Ans: die.
Q. This island of the Cyclopes is between which two cities?
Ans: Troy, Ithaca.
Q. The author also refers to the Cyclops by which other names?
Ans: the giant; Polyphemus.
Q. Ulysses’ difficult journey home was the result of
Ans: a punishment from the gods.
Linsanity
Q. This story is mainly about
Ans: the excitement generated by a unique NBA player.
Q. The author says that Lin is unique in the NBA. Which sentence supports that description?
Ans: He wasn’t drafted despite a very impressive college career.
Q. The author uses this opening paragraph to create a tone of
Ans: exhilaration.
Q. Which sentence indicates that prejudice may have hampered Lin’s rise to stardom in basketball?
Ans: Preconceived ideas kept him on the bench, just because of how he looked.
Q. Lin got his big chance because
Ans: other teams members became injured.
Q. Which saying characterized the training Lin received from his dad on the court?
Ans: Practice makes perfect.
Q. How did the factor of Lin’s heritage change during the basketball season?
Ans: from damaging to helpful.
Q. When the author says that coaches expressed their regret regarding their oversight, what does the word “oversight” refer to?
Ans: failure to notice
Q. Which sentence indicates the wide extent of Lin’s popularity?
Ans: People who did not follow sports knew all about him.
Q. What was the most important result of the season of Linsanity?
Ans: A player proved Asian Americans could be great basketball players.
William & The Windmill
Q. This selection is mainly about how William
Ans: Built a windmill to bring electric power to his village.
Q. When the drought was over, William planned to enter high school but did?
Ans: His family didn’t have the money to pay the school fees.
Q. In this excerpt, what’s the purpose of the third sentence?
Ans: It offers an example to support a statement given in the second sentence.
Q. A simile is a comparison between two things. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that shows
Ans: They were tall, steel towers with blades revolving like giant fans.
Q. Based on this excerpt, what was the most important factor in Williams’s decision to
Ans: There was plenty of wind in his area to power a windmill.
Q. How do these two excerpts from the selection work together
Ans: Both illustrate how William found the parts he needed from piles of scraps and junk.
Q. The selection state’s that since there is no work for “windmill” in the language of Malawi, William told the people the windmill was “magetsi a mphepo” what does this mean?
Ans: Electric wind
Q. Based on these two excerpts, the attitude of the people in the village toward William can best be described as
Ans: Doubtful
Q. When the windmill was finished, William unlocked the wheel to allow it to turn. The selection states this moment was “his moment” for two reasons
Ans:
– To find out if his experiment would work
– To show everyone that he wasn’t crazy
Q. In this excerpt, which does the word “marvel” most closely mean
Ans: Look at wonder or amazement
The Treasures Of Asgard
Q. What is the main idea of the selection?
Ans: A noted trickster uses his mischievous spirit to get himself into and out of trouble
Q. What does the phrase “give me my fill” mean in this excerpt?
Ans: To satisfy hunger with food
Q. By eating the apples of Idun, the gods were able to
Ans: Avoid any signs of aging
Q. What does this excerpt tell the reader about Loki’s character?
Ans: He lets mischievous nature take over his good judgment
Q. According to this excerpt, the main factor in Loki’s success as a trickster was that
Ans: Other people were good and did not expect him to wrong them
Q. In this excerpt, the author creates a mood of
Ans: Suspense
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that contains two figures of speech called similes
Ans: Now his flight becomes like the flash of lightning for swiftness and like the rushing of clouds
Q. Based on this excerpt, how did the council members realize that Loki was responsible
Ans: They investigated his movements on the day Idun disappeared
Q. For Loki, why would he consider his “trick” to have been a success?
Ans: He was able to tease the gods by their upsetting lives
Q. Read the following excerpt. In today’s society, Idun’s husband would most likely
Ans
– Writer of musical scores
– Performer in operas
Dumb Luck
Q. This selection is mainly about
Ans: how luck can give a person a false reputation.
Q. What technique does the author use to make the story appear true?
Ans: He says it was told to him by an honest clergyman.
Q. What does the banquet guest mean when he says, “It was food and drink to me to look, and look, and look at that idol”?
Ans: The guest felt inspired just by looking at Scoresby.
Q. What motivated the clergyman to help Scoresby in his first exam?
Ans: sympathy
Q. How does the clergyman ease his guilt about helping Scoresby succeed?
Ans: He believes Scoresby’s future actions will show others his lack of ability.
Q. What does this excerpt tell you about how the public treated Scoresby?
Ans: People believed that Scoresby could do no wrong.
Q. What could be considered Scoresby’s greatest stroke of luck?
Ans: coming upon the Russian army reserves
Q. Which of the following adjectives characterize Scoresby?
Ans: modest, trusting, and clueless
Q. At the end of the selection, what question might a reader have?
Ans: Why was the clergyman the only one to see Scoresby was a fool?
Q. This excerpt has a tone of
See lessAns: sarcasm.
Reading Plus Answers Level F
How’s Your Memory? Q. What is the main idea of this selection? Ans: Most people are capable of improving their memory if they use a variety of aids and strategies. Q. This selection says that memory is helped by Ans: Being interested in what you are learning. Q. This type of memory aid is called AnsRead more
How’s Your Memory?
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Most people are capable of improving their memory if they use a variety of aids and strategies.
Q. This selection says that memory is helped by
Ans: Being interested in what you are learning.
Q. This type of memory aid is called
Ans: A mnemonic.
Q. To increase memory, the author wants to persuade the reader to
Ans: Have fresh air and exercise
Q. Infants in this selection were not startled the second time they heard a bell because
Ans: The sound of the ringing bell is in their memories.
Q. In this except, researchers believe the first step in the memory process is
Ans: Storing information correctly.
Q. Based on this selection, the best thing to do during a momentary memory block is
Ans: To relax and think of something else
Q. Which of the following is an example of the strategy of association described in this selection?
Ans: “Mr Whitehead has white hair”
Q. According to the selection, momentary mental blocks can be caused by
Ans: Stress.
Q. Experts say it is easier to remember something if you “sleep on it” most likely because
Ans: There have been few occurrences at night to interfere with the information you learned.
Offerings From The Heart
Q. The selection is mainly about
Ans: Two poor people whose love for each other makes them rich
Q. Which two things made Jim’s watch such a beloved object
Ans: It had been passed down in his family
It always kept perfect time
Q. Put the following events from the Christmas Eve gift exchange in the correct order, starting with the earliest
Ans: Jim discovered that Della had cut her hair.
Della was sad that she could not use the combs from Jim.
Della presented Jim with the Watch chain as a gift.
Jim told Della he sold his watch to buy her combs
Q. In this selection, the author compares Della and Jim, a very poor couple, with the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon, a very rich couple why?
Ans: The author wants to show that, in some ways, Della and Jim are just as rich, but in other ways.
Q. The author breaks some formal grammar rules, using incomplete sentences and starting other sentences with ¨but,¨ ¨and,¨ and¨ or.¨ How does this affect the selection?
Ans: It sounds more like speech, making the story feel as if it is being spoken by a person.
Q. From what you have read, you can tell that Della and Jim lived in
Ans: A modest apartment.
Q. Choose the sentence in this excerpt in which Della shows how sad she feels about cutting her hair.
Ans: Once, she hesitated for a minute, and stood still while a tear or two splashed on the worn red carpet.
Q. From what you have read, why did Della’s Joy turn to sadness when she opened her gift
Ans: She could no longer use the combs she had long wanted.
Q. Della thinks Madame Sophie will buy Dalla’s hair most likely because
Ans: Madam could use the hair to make wigs to sell in her shop.
Q. What is Matt when the author states that Madame lifted della silky hair with a practiced hand?
Ans: Madam has cut people’s hair many times before.
A Mighty Giant
Q. Ulysses’ difficult journey home was the result of?
Ans: a punishment of the god.
Q. Ulysses’ judged that the cave he visited was home to a rich shepherd. How does the author of this story help the reader understand how Ulysses reached this opinion?
Ans: by describing the … of the cave.
Q. Why was Ulysses so concerned about what kind of host the owner of the cave might be?
Ans: welcoming guests was a quality valued by both travelers and the gods.
Q. Which of the following statements is an example of Ulysses’ wisdom?
Ans: knowing he would be stuck in the cave if he slayed the giant.
Q. Based on this excerpt, how did Ulysses’ men escape from the cave?
Ans: they hid under the ramp belly.
Q. Put the events in Ulysses’ escape from the clutches of the Cyclops in the correct order, starting with the earliest.
Ans: a–Ulysses and his men find a big pole in the cave.
b–Ulysses and his men sharpen a pole…
c–The Cyclops make…
d–Ulysses offers the Cyclops a large quantity drink.
Q. How does the author use this excerpt to show the theme of hospitality?
Ans: by connecting the monster’s punishment to his bad treatment of his guests.
Q. What kind of leader was Ulysses?
See lessAns: sensible, generous, and insightful.
Reading Plus Answers Level F
The Prince Of Thieves Q. This selection is mainly about Robin Hood and Ans: how an incident in the forest changed his life. Q. As this selection opens, Robin can be described as Ans: hopeful and carefree. Q. In this excerpt, the words the forester called out to Robin have a tone of Ans: mockery. Q. Read more
The Prince Of Thieves
Q. This selection is mainly about Robin Hood and
Ans: how an incident in the forest changed his life.
Q. As this selection opens, Robin can be described as
Ans: hopeful and carefree.
Q. In this excerpt, the words the forester called out to Robin have a tone of
Ans: mockery.
Q. Although Robin won the bet with the forester, why did he also come out a loser?
Ans: He broke the law by killing the king’s deer.
Q. What did Robin mean when he said, “In haste I struck, but I grieve at leisure!
Ans: “He acted without thinking, and now he has plenty of time to regret what he did.
Q. What words provide evidence that Robin was truly sorry for killing the forester?
Ans: I wish my right forefinger had been stricken off ere that this had happened!
Q. How did being declared an outlaw affect Robin?
Ans: He could no longer have a normal life in his hometown.
Q. The Sheriff of Nottingham wanted to capture Robin primarily for
Ans: money.
Q. What does this excerpt tell you about life in this period of history?
Ans: Life was full of hardship and injustice.
Q. How did the band of outlaws come to be praised by the common people?
Ans: They pledged to live by a code of behavior.
The Chess Prodigy
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: Mastering the principles of chess can have far-reaching effects on a person’s life.
Q. Based on this excerpt, what first motivated Phiona’s interest in chess to grow?
Ans: The need to plan ahead to survive in both the game and life
Q. What does the author mean when he describes Phiona’s life as “a twist of fate”?
Ans: It was a random occurrence that she discovered chess while living in a slum.
Q. From this excerpt, what can you tell about Phiona?
Ans: She did not care what others thought of her
Q. Why was Phiona’s lack of success at the 2010 Chess Olympiad not surprising?
Ans: She was younger and far less experienced than most of her opponents.
Q. Which sentence supports the author’s statement that Phiona is “one of the most promising young players in the world”?
Ans: When Phiona met Garry Kasparov, the world’s greatest living chess player, she was the one being honored.
Q. Put these events in Phiona’s life in order, starting with the earliest.
Ans: She seldom loses a game at the Junior Championship in Uganda.
She wins all the games at a children’s tournament in Sudan.
Her victories qualify her for the Chess Olympiad in Siberia. but she falls short.
She improves her games and does better at the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul.
Q. Based on this excerpt, why does the author refer to Katwe as “a place from which its residents seldom escape”?
Ans: The people are so poor and conditions so desperate that few people have the money to move away.
Q. Why did Robert Katende believe that the skills needed for chess would benefit the children he taught?
Ans: It would help them solve problems in their everyday lives.
Q. Read these two excerpts. In what ways are Phiona and Kasparov alike?
Ans: •They both are inspirations to others.
•They both enjoyed the educational aspects of chess.
Drum Beats
Q. What is the main idea of the selection?
Ans: A boy reconnects…
Q. How did Josh feel after viewing the Wild West movie, and why did he feel that way
Ans: He was upset, because the movie was not…
Q. Josh tells Granny Rose that his friends don’t understand what it is like to be Native American. What does Granny Rose suggest he do?
Ans: Josh should be himself…
Q. Granny Rose says she had to try harder at fancy shawl dancing because she was one of the shortest dancers This tells you that she is the kind of person who
Ans: Does not let obstacles stand in her way
Q. Simile question…
Ans: “Yes, the drum is like the heartbeat of mother Earth,” Granny Rose responded.
Q. Read these excerpts from the selection. Which two statements are correct based on the information in these excerpts?
Ans: Josh’s attitude…
Granny Rose cares
Q. Read this part from the text. What does Josh’s father mean when he says these words?
Ans: Dancing helps the cherokee people feel more connected to their ancestors
Q. Put the following events at the powwow in the order in which they occurred, first to last
Ans: The drummers begin a slow drum beat
Josh leaps on stage
Josh jumps into short, mid-air poses
Josh sees Granny Rose and Eva in the audience.
Q. Eva practices fancy dancing and goes to the powwow to watch Josh perform. Based on the information, which two of the following traits best describe eva?
Ans: Supportive of her friend, open to new experiences
Q. The selection is best described as
Ans: Realistic fiction
Let the Games Begin!
Q. What’s the main idea of this selection
Ans: The Paralympics is for people with disabilities
Q. This selection explains how the Paralympics began. Put these event in order from first to last
Ans: Dr. Guttmann opened a spinal injuries center in England.
Dr. Guttmann organized the first competition for athletes in wheelchairs.
The International Stoke Mandeville Games were founded.
The name of the Events was changed to the Paralympics
Q. The prefix “para” in the paralympics means
Ans: “beside” or “alongside”
Q. Which two statements about the Paralympics are correct
Ans: They begin after the Olympics have ended.
They take place in the same location
Q. An athlete can try put for the Paralympics if judges believe he or she
Ans: Has a disability that would affect his or her ability to compete in the Olympics
Q. Athletes in the Paralympics are organized into a sport classes. the goal is to have each class include athletes who
Ans: Have similar disabilities
Q. For sports related to running, athletes with vision problems are in one of three groups: T11, T12, or T13. What do the numbers in these groups mean?
Ans: The lower the number, the more serious the disability.
Q. Based on what you have read, what does this image show?
Ans: A Paralympic runner and a guide using the buddy system.
Q. The text states that the guide in the buddy system is very important to the runner’s process. Which two sentences from the text best supports this?
Ans: The runner and the guide train together so that they can understand each other’s style.
If the runner wins a medal, the guide also wins one.
Q. The genre of this selection can best be described as
See lessAns: Informational nonfiction
Reading Plus Answers Level F
Experiencing What You Eat Q. This selection is mainly about how Ans: Eating mindfully can help people make healthier food choices. Q. Please read this excerpt about Frederick Hecht’s study. Compared with the non-mindful group, which two of these outcomes did the mindfulness group show? Ans: •Lower bRead more
Experiencing What You Eat
Q. This selection is mainly about how
Ans: Eating mindfully can help people make healthier food choices.
Q. Please read this excerpt about Frederick Hecht’s study. Compared with the non-mindful group, which two of these outcomes did the mindfulness group show?
Ans: •Lower blood sugar (glucose)
•Greater weight loss
Q. Based on your answer to the previous question, Frederick Hecht’s study suggests that mindfulness exercises
Ans: May help people maintain a healthy weight.
Q. Based on what you have read, the author of this selection wants readers to understand that
Ans: Research supports the health benefits of paying attention to what you experience while eating.
Q. This selection describes Jean Kristeller’s study on mindfulness and eating disorders. Based on this excerpt, two key elements of this study are
Ans: •Learning to eat mindfully.
•Doing mini-meditations before eating.
Q. Based on this text, which two of the following suggest that MB-EAT can be used to treat binge- eating disorder?
Ans: •Participants showed improvements in the areas of self- esteem and depression.
•Six months after starting the program, most participants no longer qualified as binge-eaters.
Q. Based on what you have read, the term “mindfulness” refers to
Ans: Being aware of what is going on in the moment.
Q. Frederick Hecht’s study found that participants who practiced mindfulness lowered their triglyceride levels. Based on what you have read, this may
Ans: Reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
Q. Please read this excerpt from the selection. Based on what you have read, Frankie Engelking has found that mindful Ans: eating can help students
Ans: Discover something new about foods they eat all the time.
Q. This excerpt describes two types of cholesterol. Based on this text, Hecht’s study showed that mindfulness patients improved their cholesterol levels by
Ans: Increasing HDL
Home Is Where The Heart Is
Q. This selection shows mainly that a
Ans: dog’s love can be boundless.
Q. Jeff could be described as
Ans: energetic and curious.
Q. The authors use the information in this excerpt as
Ans: foreshadowing.
Q. Jeff’s most annoying habit is
Ans: barking in people’s ears.
Q. Based on this excerpt, which of the following is an opinion?
Ans: Scientists think monarch butterflies have directions stored in their DNA.
Q. Why is the word “emotional” used in the nickname “emotional GPS”?
Ans: to show that dogs use their feelings rather than their knowledge
Q. What do these two excerpts tell you about information on the Internet?
Ans: It needs to be evaluated before taken as reliable.
Q. Why is Dr. Jacobs skeptical that the dying dog is Jeff?
Ans: Stories on returning dogs are misleading.
Q. At the vet’s office, Jeff’s owner could be described as
Ans: nervous and hopeful.
Q. The dying dog identifies himself as Jeff by
Ans: barking in the vet’s ear.
Mystery On The High Plateau
Q. This selection is mainly about an earth cookie and
Ans: what could have caused it.
Q. The slab of earth that Rick Timm found in the middle of the wheat field
Ans: looked like a large pear-shaped cutout.
Q. What provided strong evidence that the hole and the earth slab were once connected?
Ans: The root systems of the hole and the slab matched.
Q. In this excerpt, the tone of Bianchi’s remark could be described as
Ans: humorous.
Q. Why were the geologists interested in the earth cookie?
Ans: They hoped to come up with an explanation for it.
Q. What information put a hole in the “ice raft” theory as an explanation for the earth cookie?
Ans: The temperature was not below freezing long enough.
Q. Who was the source of the information that put a hole in the “ice raft” theory?
Ans: the sixth-grade students
Q. What clue was found by the Timms after coming upon the earth cookie?
Ans: a hole with a smooth wall
Q. When coming up with an explanation for the earth cookie, all the geologists
Ans: could not agree on the most likely cause.
Q. What does this selection lead you to believe will be the outcome of the earth cookie mystery?
See lessAns: It may be solved one day.
Reading Plus Answers Level F
A Global Art Q. This selection is mainly about Ans: The history & popularity of a specific art form Q. What do these two excerpts have in common? Ans: Both list popular anime films or shows Q. Based on this excerpt, which statement best summarizes the difference between super robots Ans: Super rRead more
A Global Art
Q. This selection is mainly about
Ans: The history & popularity of a specific art form
Q. What do these two excerpts have in common?
Ans: Both list popular anime films or shows
Q. Based on this excerpt, which statement best summarizes the difference between super robots
Ans: Super robots are fantasy, but real robots are realistic
Q. This image of an anime character shows which common anime
Ans: Overly large eyes
Q. Based on what you have read, this selection can best be described as
Ans: Informational nonfiction
Q. “Dubbed” anime has
Ans: English-speaking actors whose voices are recorded over the Japanese
Q. Anime is the Japanese word for
Ans: Nimated drawings or images
Q. In the 1980s, which two events helped anime spread to new audiences?
Ans: The availability of home video & C.the creation of video games using
Q. Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of Pokemon, got his idea from
Ans: Collecting insects when he was a child
Q. In this expert, what does the term “short-lived” most closely mean?
Ans: Brief or temporary
Sumo Wrestling
Q. This selection is mainly about a sport that
Ans: Remains basically unchanged since ancient times
Q.Sumo wrestlers do not show any emotion if they win or lose a match. Why?
Ans: It would be disrespectful to an opponent
Q. Read this part from the selection. Which of the following could best replace the word “isolated”?
Ans: Separated
Q. In Sumo wrestling, what is a “topknot?”
Ans: A sumo hairstyle that protects the head from injury
Q. Look at this image. What was the primary purpose of this substance during ancient Sumo wrestling matches?
Ans: To prove to the gods that a Sumo match would be a clean match with no cheating
Q.This selection is best described as
Ans: Informational writing
Q. Which two of the following are rules that young Sumo wrestlers must follow?
Ans: •Waking up early to do chores
•Living respectfully and properly
Q. All these statements about Sumo wrestling are correct. Which one supports the claim that the sport has not changed since ancient times?
Ans: A sumo match begins with clapping hands, stomping feet, and salt thrown around the ring
Q. Read this part of the selection. If Japan had been part of mainland Asia rather than an island nation, which of the following most likely would have occurred?
Ans: A form of wrestling would have developed that was similar to other nations’ versions of the sport
Q. According to the selection, Japan developed a unique culture because
Ans: It is made of islands that are separated from other countries by the sea
Q. Put these events in order from life of Hakuho in order in which they occurred, from first to last
Ans: He moved from Mongolia to Japan
He was rejected from most Sumo stables
He won his first tournament
He won the title of “yokozuna”
Recycle
Q. This selection is mainly about
Ans: efforts to solvethe world’s waste problem and what you can do tohelp.
Q. The average American produces about
Ans: 1,650 pounds of trash a year.
Q. Which of the following could be considered a good way to recycle waste?
Ans: feeding worms foodscraps to make compost
Q. If someone in Switzerland put out a trash bag without a sticker on it, trash collections would
Ans: pass by the trash bag and leave it by the curb.
Q. What does this excerpt tell you about the behavior of some Swiss citizens?
Ans: Despite a high recycling rate, not all people sort their trash for recycling.
Q. Why did the Swiss company come to Senegal?
Ans: to share its recycling technologies in order to solve the country’s waste problems eager.
Q. The author compares landfills to
Ans: huge home trash containers.
Q. A person in Senegal would most likely recycle the peels from these fruits into
Ans: perfume
Q. What evidence does the author give to prove that Diobass is a skilled furniture maker?
See lessAns: He makes pieces that are regarded as among the bestin the country.
Reading Plus Answers Level E
Don’t Say Yuck! Q. What is the main idea of this story? Ans: Insects are an important source of food. Q. What reason does the author give to support the statement “insects are healthier”? Ans: Insects have more protein and less fat than meat. Q. Which statement is true? Ans: Earth has more insects tRead more
Don’t Say Yuck!
Q. What is the main idea of this story?
Ans: Insects are an important source of food.
Q. What reason does the author give to support the statement “insects are healthier”?
Ans: Insects have more protein and less fat than meat.
Q. Which statement is true?
Ans: Earth has more insects than people.
Q. What does the word “raise” mean in this sentence?
Ans: Cause to grow.
Q. The story says, “By eating insects, you can help people get food.” How would this relate?
Ans: Land used for animal feed could be used to grow food for people.
Q. These parts of the story support which of the following
Ans: Bread has been eaten by cultures throughout history.
Q. What does the author mean by this?
Ans: There are many different ways to cook insects.
Q. A person raises insects so she can eat them. Why would she feed the insects?
Ans: To improve the taste of the insect.
Q. In years to come, what will most likely cause an increase in the number of people?
Ans: A growing population will need new sources of food.
Q. Based on what you have read in this story, what do you know about?
Ans: It is harmful to people and birds if eaten.
The Tale of Sir Ivaine
Q. This story is a legend. A legend is a tale that is handed down from earlier times and often includes a lesson. Based on this information and what you have read, what is the main idea of this tale?
Ans: to show the importance of honorable behavior
Q. The root of the word “fickle” comes from an old word that means “to be false” or “to be moveable.” Based on this root and how it is used in the story, what does the word “fickle” mean?
Ans: likely to change
Q. The knowledge that Sir Ivaine is “fickle…and sometimes forgetful” is important because it gives the idea that he will, at some point,
Ans: act in a careless way.
Q. In literature, elements from the natural world are often used to reflect powerful human feelings. Which of the following is an example of this?
Ans: “‘Then a great storm of wind and rain arose,’ he continued. ‘When the storm was at its height, the Black Knight rode up and began to attack me.’”
Q. What does the animal shown in this picture have to do with the tale?
Ans: Sir Ivaine saved a lion that was almost killed by a serpent.
Q. Legends often use animals to show the kind of behavior that is admired in humans. What behavior does the lion show?
Ans: loyalty
Q. Why is Sir Ivaine so sure that he will keep his promise to his wife?
Ans: because he loves her
Q. At what point did Sir Ivaine “lose his senses”?
Ans: after he realized he broke his promise
Q. What event caused Sir Ivaine to think clearly?
Ans: His wife forgave him.
Q. Based on what you know of Sir Ivaine’s character, what would most likely have happened if he hadn’t met and married the noble lady?
Ans: He would not have learned to keep his promises.
The Giant Builder
Q. A myth is a traditional story that is often used to explain something. What is being explained in this myth?
Ans: how trouble began in the world
Q. Sometimes in literature, a character is called by his or her title instead of by name. This kind of writing is called “synecdoche.” Which sentences from the story give an example of this?
Ans: Odin’s house was built of gold and set in the midst of a wood. For the safety of AllFather, it was surrounded by a roaring river and high picket fence.
Q. What does the name “Valhalla” mean?
Ans: “Hall of Heroes”
Q. The root of the word “narrow” comes from an old word that means “small” or “near.”Based on this root and how it is used in the story, what does the word “narrowly” mean?
Ans: closely
Q. Why were the gods doubtful about agreeing to the stranger’s price to build the fortress?
Ans: They were afraid they might lose Freia, the Sun, and the Moon.
Q. Which sentence from the story gives the idea that the stranger may be more than just a human man?
Ans: “His strength seemed as the strength of 100 men.”
Q. What animal was the stranger’s “four-footed friend”?
Ans: his horse
Q. Odin is upset with Loki mostly because
Ans: it was Loki’s use of trickery that put the city in danger.
Q. How do these two parts of the text work together?
Ans: They both show how different characters try to trick others.
Q. How was the item shown in this picture used by one of the gods in the myth?
See lessAns: Thor used an item like this to defeat the giant.
Reading Plus Answers Level E
Bigger, Better, Faster, More Q. What is the main idea of this text? Ans: The engineering used to build some of the largest man-made structures Q. Burj Khalifa is the name of Ans: A building. Q. Why is the Yshaped design of the Burj Khalifa important? Ans: It helps spread out the building’s weight aRead more
Bigger, Better, Faster, More
Q. What is the main idea of this text?
Ans: The engineering used to build some of the largest man-made structures
Q. Burj Khalifa is the name of
Ans: A building.
Q. Why is the Yshaped design of the Burj Khalifa important?
Ans: It helps spread out the building’s weight and provides support.
Q. The glass windows used in the Burj Khalifa
Ans: are specially made and designed to hold up through powerful desert sand storms.
Q. Why is air quality such a major issue in the Laerdal Tunnel?
Ans: The tunnel can quickly fill with dangerous gas given off by cars.
Q. Studies have shown that people who drive in long tunnels can get so bored that they fall asleep. What features in the Laerdal Tunnel were put in place to prevent this?
Ans: Caverns that are specially lit to give the appearance of driving into daylight
Q. Based on how it is used in this part of the text, a “pillar” is
Ans: A part of a structure that holds up something else.
Q. Reread these two excerpts from the text. How were the construction of the Laerdal Tunnel and the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge similar?
Ans: Both were built using computers to calculate exact measurements.
Q. Which of these statements about the premade sections used in the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge is correct?
Ans: The sections were made before construction on the bridge began.
Q. At the end of this piece, the author’s tone suggests that
Ans: new structures will eventually be made that will be larger than the ones mentioned in the text.
Beating The Odds
Q. Which of the following is another good title for this story?
Ans: “Anything is Possible if You Believe”
Q. When NFL scouts saw Rocky play football in college, why did many think he was a poor choice?
Ans: They thought he was too small to be a good player.
Q. Reread this part of the story. Based on how it is used in the text, what does the word “drive” mean?
Ans: determination to achieve
Q. Where was Rocky when he was hit in the leg by gunfire?
Ans: in Vietnam, serving as a soldier
Q. As soldiers helped Rocky make the painful trip to the rescue helicopter, Rocky promised to
Ans: dedicate his life to helping others.
Q. Rocky didn’t tell anyone that the doctors said he would never play football again. Why not?
Ans: He didn’t want other people to determine what he could or couldn’t do.
Q. Based on this part of the text, which of the following sayings best describes Rocky’s recovery and return to the football field?
Ans: “Slow and steady wins the race.”
Q. The main reason that Rocky was able to start a game in 1974 was
Ans: another Steeler was injured and could not play.
Q. What was most impressive about Rocky’s football career?
Ans: that he had four Super Bowl victories, a first at that time
Q. Reread this part of the text. It is clear that Rocky is someone who
Ans: keeps the promises he makes.
Did Someone Say Chocolate?
Q. What is another good title for this story?
Ans: “The History of Chocolate”
Q. The author writes that life would be “a whole lot less sweet” without chocolate, because chocolate is sweet. What else does the phrase mean?
Ans: Life would be less enjoyable.
Q. Why do people think the Aztecs were the first to drink chocolate?
Ans: Scientists found traces of chocolate in cups from the Aztec period.
Q. How does this map help illustrate the story?
Ans: It shows where the people who discovered chocolate lived.
Q. What steps were involved in making the drink called “bitter water”?
Ans: First the beans were cooked, then they were crushed, and then they were mixed with water.
Q. What was the likely effect of the caffeine in
Ans: chocolate? It boosted people’s energy.
Q. What does the word “fortunate” mean in this part of the story?
Ans: wealthy
Q. The author states, “These days, most chocolate isn’t healthful or sustaining.” Which detail supports this statement?
Ans: Many factories churn out treats that have very little cacao and a lot of sugar.
Q. One of these paragraphs is from the story you just read, and one is from another story. How are the two alike or different?
Ans: One is nonfiction, and the other is fiction.
Q. Why does the author write, “If I can have your chocolate bar, that’s even better”?
See lessAns: The author loves chocolate.
Reading Plus Answers Level E
The Mouse Q. What is the main idea of this story? Ans: It does not take much for a small problem to become a big one. Q. From what you have read, how can Theodoric best be described? Ans: He likes cleanliness and order. Q. In this part of the story, who is “the rightful occupant of the clothes”? AnsRead more
The Mouse
Q. What is the main idea of this story?
Ans: It does not take much for a small problem to become a big one.
Q. From what you have read, how can Theodoric best be described?
Ans: He likes cleanliness and order.
Q. In this part of the story, who is “the rightful occupant of the clothes”?
Ans: Theodoric
Q. At what point did Theodoric finally decide to undress?
Ans: After the mouse began to bite him
Q. According to the story, what made the sleeping woman wake up?
Ans: She heard the blanket fall to the floor.
Q. Once she was awake, what was odd about the woman’s reaction to Theodoric?
Ans: She stared at Theodoric instead of calling the porter.
Q. Theodoric told the woman that he believed he was sick with malaria because he did not want the woman to
Ans: know the truth.
Q. This part of the story gives the idea that Theodoric is acting like
Ans: a deer running for its life.
Q. Why does the woman think Theodoric’s situation is funny?
Ans: She knows that he doesn’t realize that she is blind.
Q. Why would the author write a story like this?
See lessAns: to entertain
Reading Plus Answers Level E
The Lottery Ticket Q. Another title for this story could be Ans: Money Changes Everything. Q. As the story begins, the author lets the reader know that the Ivan Dmitritch Ans: lives a comfortable, middle-class life. Q. Which is true about Ivan? Ans: He did not play the lottery. Q. Based on this partRead more
The Lottery Ticket
Q. Another title for this story could be
Ans: Money Changes Everything.
Q. As the story begins, the author lets the reader know that the Ivan Dmitritch
Ans: lives a comfortable, middle-class life.
Q. Which is true about Ivan?
Ans: He did not play the lottery.
Q. Based on this part of the text, what is Ivan’s opinion of the lottery?
Ans: He thought it was a waste of time and money.
Q. After viewing the ticket series in the newspaper, why does Ivan hesitate to find out if the ticket’s number is also printed in the newspaper?
Ans: He wants to keep the feeling of excitement and anticipation going.
Q. Ivan’s daydream about how his life will change after winning the lottery begins to turn unpleasant when
Ans: he begins to think about gray skies and rain ruining
Q. When his wife mentions she would like to travel abroad with him, what is Ivan’s reaction?
Ans: He begins to think about his wife traveling, which makes him upset.
Q. Ivan sees his relatives as
Ans: reptiles.
Q. Ivan becomes bitter when he thinks that
Ans: his wife may not share the winnings with him since the tickets belong to her.
Q. The author wrote this story most likely to get readers to think about what powerful force?
See lessAns: greed
Reading Plus Answers Level D
How I Learned To Clean My Room Q. This story is mostly about Ans: a girl who finds out she should change her habits. Q. For her homework, Dee is supposed to Ans: write about something she would like to change about herself. Q. What is a fact about Dee’s sister, Rebecca? Ans: She is a freshman in colRead more
How I Learned To Clean My Room
Q. This story is mostly about
Ans: a girl who finds out she should change her habits.
Q. For her homework, Dee is supposed to
Ans: write about something she would like to change about herself.
Q. What is a fact about Dee’s sister, Rebecca?
Ans: She is a freshman in college.
Q. Why does Rebecca think there is an intruder?
Ans: The window is open, and someone bit into an apple.
Q. What is the sequence of events after Dee and Rebecca leave their house?
Ans: They go to the neighbors’ house, and the neighbors call the police.
Q. Why was Dee’s door shut, even though Rebecca said it was open earlier?
Ans: A pile of clothes and other stuff fell against the door.
Q. In this part of the story, Dee says she wanted to “dissolve into the floor.” What does that mean?
Ans: She is embarrassed and wants to disappear.
Q. The intruder
Ans: turned out to be a raccoon.
Q. Based on what you read, Dee finally decided to clean her room most likely because
Ans: she was so embarrassed.
Q. The author wrote this story to
Ans: entertain.
Spanish To English
Q. Hola, ¿cómo estás?
Ans: Hello, how are you?
Q. Bien y tu
Ans: Good, and you?
Q. Gracias
Ans: Thanks
Q. Denada
Ans: You’re welcome
Q. Niña
Ans: Girl
Q. Niño
Ans: Boy
Q. Mujer
Ans: Woman
Q. Hombre
Ans: Man
Q. Gato
Ans: Cat
Q. Perro
Ans: Dog
Q. Agua
Ans: Water
Q. Leche
Ans: Milk
Q. Por favor
Ans: Please
Q. El pan
Ans: Bread
Q. Necesito un bae
Ans: I need a bae
Q. El rock
Ans: Rock
Q. Madre mía
Ans: Surprise
Q. Ojo
Ans: Warning
Q. Cuidado
Ans: Warning
Q. así se hace
Ans: Encouragement
Q. ándele
Ans: Encouragement
Q. Oiga
Ans: Get someone’s attention
Q. Huy
Ans: Pain
Q. Puf
Ans: Disgust
Q. La Prueba
Ans: Audition
Q. El concierto
Ans: Concert
Q. Sentir
Ans: To be sorry
Q. Tener miedo
Ans: To be afraid
Q. Extrañarse
Ans: To be amazed
Q. El cable
Ans: Wire
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Q. Which of these sayings best states the main idea of this story?
Ans: “Honesty is the best policy.”
Q. From what you have read, which words best describe the Emperor?
Ans: selfish and proud
Q. Read this part of the text. What is the difference between other emperors and the Emperor in the story?
Ans: Other emperors work, but this Emperor does not
Q. According to the story, what did the thieves say was special about their material?
Ans: It was invisible to a person who was foolish or not wise.
Q. From what you have read about the Emperor, why did he send people from his court to check on the cloth at first instead of going himself?
Ans: He was afraid he might not be able to see the cloth, and be a fool.
Q. According to the story, what was the strangest thing about the cloth?
Ans: It was not really there.
Q. Why do the people in the Emperor’s court say they can see the cloth?
Ans: No one wants to be the only foolish person who does not see it.
Q. Why is it important that the first person to speak the truth about the Emperor’s new clothes is a child?
Ans: It shows that the honest child is wiser than the foolish adults.
Q. If the people in the Emperor’s court had been honest about not seeing the cloth, what most likely would have happened?
Ans: The thieves would not have been able to continue their trick.
Q. There is a popular saying that states “The clothes make the man.” If this is true, what does it say about the Emperor and his new suit?
Ans: He is not a wise man.
Bird Woman
Q. This story is mainly about
Ans: the role of Sacajawea in American history.
Q. Lewis and Clark thanked Bird Woman for saving their compass and maps. How?
Ans: They found a river and named it “Sacajawea.”
Q. What is the main reason the soldiers liked having Sacajawea and her baby with them as they explored the West?
Ans: Native Americans would know the soldiers were peaceful because a woman and baby traveled with them.
Q. Sacajawea’s husband was
Ans: a Frenchman.
Q. Based on these two parts of the story, which statement is true about the time when Sacajawea lived?
Ans: A woman did what her husband said she should do.
Q. According to the story, what would a Native American chief do to show strangers they were welcome on his land?
Ans: put a blanket on the ground
Q. Why did the men carry the flag to the West?
Ans: The men wanted to fly the flag on land they claimed as their own.
Q. What happened first?
Ans: Sacajawea is taken from her home to live with the Mandans.
Q. Sacajawea knew how to make many things from plants that helped the soldiers. Which of the following did she use to make medicine?
Ans: rattlesnake root
Q. Which best describes how Bird Woman felt at the end of the story?
See lessAns: She was disappointed she could not go with Lewis and Clark.
Reading Plus Answers Level D
A Quiet Hero Q. This story is mainly about Rafael Cordero and Ans: his career as a teacher devoted to helping others. Q. What is the author’s opinion of heroes in the movies? Ans: They aren’t the real heroes of the world. Q. What was San Juan like when Rafael was born? Ans: It was a place where slavRead more
A Quiet Hero
Q. This story is mainly about Rafael Cordero and
Ans: his career as a teacher devoted to helping others.
Q. What is the author’s opinion of heroes in the movies?
Ans: They aren’t the real heroes of the world.
Q. What was San Juan like when Rafael was born?
Ans: It was a place where slavery was still an accepted part of life.
Q. In this part of the story, what does the author mean when she says, “Imagine how they must have felt”?
Ans: The poor people must have had a feeling of hopelessness.
Q. What made Rafael decide to open a school for boys?
Ans: He believed education was the only hope for them, and for his country.
Q. In this part of the story, what is the meaning of “He taught them from his head and from his heart?”
Ans: He shared his knowledge as well as his feelings.
Q. Why did Rafael work making cigars when he already had a job as a teacher?
Ans: He didn’t get paid for teaching, and he needed money to live.
Q. What was the most important way in which Rafael taught his students?
Ans: by setting a good example for them
Q. The author says that Rafael was a humble man. What evidence in the story supports this?
Ans: He never wrote anything about himself.
Q. In this part of the story, what is the meaning of Rafael’s quote about the tree?
Ans: He is comparing his students to trees that can be made into something beautiful and good.
The Wound Dresser
Q. This story is mainly about a famous writer who
Ans: spent years bringing comfort to those who often had none.
Q. How did Walt first come to be in an army hospital?
Ans: He heard his brother had been wounded in a battle and rushed to be with him.
Q. What is the most likely reason that Walt wrote about his experiences in the army hospitals?
Ans: to tell about a side of war that most people at that time did not see
Q. The root of the word “callous” comes from an old word that means “hard skin.” Based on this information and how it is used in the text, what does the word “callous” mean?
Ans: not aware of the needs of others
Q. An analogy is a comparison between two things that are the same in some way. Which sentence from the text is an example of an analogy?
Ans: The long train of exhaustion, rudeness, no food, no friendly word or deed…cutting like razors into that sensitive heart, had at last done the job.
Q. From what you have read, what would have most likely happened if Walt had not stopped to talk to the soldier with the “glassy eyes” when he did?
Ans: The soldier would have died.
Q. What do these fruits have to do with Walt’s time in the hospitals?
Ans: He would buy oranges and give them to the soldiers.
Q. How do these two excerpts from the story work together?
Ans: They both show how just a little bit of care and attention could give great happiness.
Q. What does Walt mean when he says the wounded soldiers “are not charity patients, but American young men, of pride and independence”?
Ans: The soldiers deserve respect, not pity.
Q. From the way these final sentences are written, what can you tell about Walt?
Ans: He saw the human side of all the soldiers, and didn’t care which army they fought in.
Anyone Can Ski!
Q. This story is mainly about
Ans: how skiing helps the physically disabled improve their lives.
Q. How are Gerald, Allison, Chris, and Monte alike?
Ans: They all have won medals in skiing.
Q. This piece was written to show that
Ans: someone who is physically disabled can enjoy a popular sport.
Q. What is an outrigger?
Ans: a piece of equipment that some skiers use
Q. “Four-trackers” are skiers who
Ans: use two artificial legs and two outriggers.
Q. This part of the story gives the idea that people with physical disabilities who learn to ski are most likely to
Ans: gain more confidence in themselves.
Q. Skiing is particularly helpful in
Ans: helping disabled people who are tired of boring exercises.
Q. The text states that doctors and ski teachers worked together
Ans: to teach skiing to physically disabled soldiers and children.
Q. Which effect do these kinds of ski programs have on participants?
Ans: They feel encouraged to try other things.
Q. How do these two parts of the story work together?
See lessAns: They both show how people do the best with what they have.
Reading Plus Answers Level D
Statues on Easter Island Q. This story is about the large statues on Easter Island and Ans: how they may have been moved into place. Q. What is one reason why the statues are called the “heads” of Easter Island? Ans: The heads are much larger than the rest of the bodies. Q. Where did scientists getRead more
Statues on Easter Island
Q. This story is about the large statues on Easter Island and
Ans: how they may have been moved into place.
Q. What is one reason why the statues are called the “heads” of Easter Island?
Ans: The heads are much larger than the rest of the bodies.
Q. Where did scientists get the idea that the statues may have been moved in a standing position?
Ans: from traditional stories
Q. “Moai” is another name for
Ans: the stone figures.
Q. Scientists agree the moai were carved between the 1200s and the 1500s. How do they know this?
Ans: The statues were already there when European explorers arrived in the 1700s.
Q. Based on this excerpt, how did the statues with the eyes most likely look?
Ans: alive
Q. Based on the text, what happened last?
Ans: The statues were moved back into place using an old method of sleds and logs.
Q. What does the shape of this capital letter have to do with the moai?
Ans: It looks like the shape of a moai’s base.
Q. How do these two excerpts from the text work together?
Ans: They both give theories on how the stone figures may have been moved.
Q. Based on this excerpt, you can tell that the people who live on Rapa Nui
Ans: are very protective of the statues.
Her Last Trip
Q. This story is about the relationship between a young woman and her grandmother, and
Ans: how hard it is when a loved one’s mind begins to grow weak.
Q. According to the story, Addie May’s grandmother graduated from college with a degree in
Ans: biology
Q. This part of the text gives the idea that Addie May
Ans: liked exploration and adventure as much as her grandmother did.
Q. In this part of the text, what is the change in the Addie May’s mood?
Ans: from unwilling to thankful
Q. When Nana was doing the story about penguins, she and Addie May traveled to
Ans: Antarctica.
Q. Why was it “unbelievable” that Addie May and Nana saw penguins when they were still on the research ship?
Ans: The penguins were very far away from land.
Q. When Addie May states that she had spent too much time “looking down,” it means that she had been
Ans: very sad.
Q. When it became clear that Nana may not live for much longer, Addie May wanted to do something special for her because
Ans: she wanted to help Nana the way Nana had helped her.
Q. From what you have read, what is shown in this picture?
Ans: Sandhill cranes rising in flight
Q. Stories like this one are written to make you think about
See lessAns: what is really important in your life.
Reading Plus Answers Level C
The “Tree Of Life” Q. Which statement best summarizes the main idea of this text? Ans: Both the coconut palm and the coconut have many uses. Q. How did coconuts first travel from Pacific islands to other places? Ans: The ocean carried coconuts to new lands. Q. In this part of the text, the phrase “pRead more
The “Tree Of Life”
Q. Which statement best summarizes the main idea of this text?
Ans: Both the coconut palm and the coconut have many uses.
Q. How did coconuts first travel from Pacific islands to other places?
Ans: The ocean carried coconuts to new lands.
Q. In this part of the text, the phrase “paid off” means
Ans: “was worth it.”
Q. The coconut got its name from a
Ans: Spanish word that means head or skull.
Q. This is an image of the god Shiva. Based on the text, what does the coconut have to do with Shiva?
Ans: Some people say the three marks on a coconut are the three eyes of Shiva.
Q. What is a drupe?
Ans: a fruit with a hard stone cover around the seed
Q. Reread these two excerpts from the text. How do they work together?
Ans: The first explains how coconut milk must be made while the second explains how coconut water occurs naturally.
Q. How might coconut oil help the Earth’s environment?
Ans: It may help cut down on pollution.
Q. Reread this part of the text. How did people feel about the coconut palm?
Ans: They had a great deal of respect for the coconut palm.
Q. Which detail supports the author’s statement that, in some areas, coconut is a sign of welcome?
Ans: People give a piece of coconut to a guest in their home.
ESOL
Q. Ache
Ans: something hurts.
Q. Fool
Ans: to deceive, or a person who is ridiculous.
Q. Knowledge
Ans: familiar with information.
Q. Peak
Ans: tip, top, pinnacle.
Q. Ready
Ans: prepared, available to do something.
Q. Sleep
Ans: rest, dormant.
Q. Stand
Ans: upright position, or to resist, defend.
Q. Process
Ans: steps (pasos) to complete a task (area).
Q. Quite
Ans: entirely or really.
Q. Stage
Ans: a raised platform for performance.
Q. Bank
Ans: financial institution.
Q. Bay
Ans: body of water enclosed by a curved piece of land.
Q. Block
Ans: a cube.
Q. Blame
Ans: to hold responsible.
Q. Load
Ans: quantity carried at one time.
The Curious Case of Baby Button
Q. What is the main idea of this story?
Ans: A new father has a very unusual baby son.
Q. In this first paragraph, the story says Mr. and Mrs. Button live in the city of Baltimore.What else does it say about them?
Ans: They are expecting their first child.
Q. Sometimes an author will use darkness to mean something unusual will happen. In this part of the story, the phrase “new life had come in the darkness of night” gives the idea that
Ans: the new baby will be strange in some way.
Q. When Mr. Button asks Doctor Keene if the baby is a boy or a girl, the doctor
Ans: yells at him.
Q. Which part of the text gives the idea that Mr. Button’s baby is not like other babies?
Ans: when Doctor Keene says, “A case like this will ruin me. It would ruin anybody!”
Q. Sometimes an author will describe an object as if it’s a living thing. In this part of the text, the author describes the washbowl as something that is
Ans: scared and trying to get away.
Q. Mr. Button and the nurse jumped when the old man first spoke. Why?
Ans: They were surprised he knew the language and could talk.
Q. According to the story, what part about having an old man as a son most worried Mr.Button?
Ans: explaining the old man to other people
Q. How do these two parts of the text work together?
Ans: The first part gives a feeling of fear while the second one gives a feeling of humor.
Q. In this story, the idea of birth gets reversed or changed. Since Mr. Button’s baby was born as an old man, what is most likely to happen to him in the rest of the story?
Ans: He will get younger instead of older as time passes.
Queen Of The Green
Q. What is another good title for this story?
Ans: She Made Her Own Path to the Top
Q. In this part of the story, what words show the author’s opinion of Michelle?
Ans: Michelle isn’t just good at golf. She’s great!
Q. Who said, “Michelle has always liked to hit the ball hard”?
Ans: her father
Q. Why does the author say “It was clear Michelle was special?”
Ans: She could play as well as adults when she was still a child.
Q. Why were some people unhappy when Michelle played against men?
Ans: They thought men and women should play separately.
Q. Michelle decided to go to college even though she already had a job as a golfer. What does this tell you about her?
Ans: She cared about more than just making money.
Q. In college, why did Michelle struggle in some of her golf events?
Ans: She was tired from trying to do too many activities.
Q. How is Michelle’s life different since she finished college?
Ans: She can focus on golf full-time if she wants to.
Q. What does “It takes my mind off things” mean in this part of the story?
Ans: Drawing makes Michelle forget about her troubles.
Q. What is the biggest effect Michelle has had on the sport of golf?
Ans: She has made women’s golf more popular.
The Event That Changed A City
Q. This selection is mainly about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and how it
Ans: led to major changes in workers’ safety laws
Q. Read this excerpt. The selection begins this way most likely to give the idea that the
Ans: day of the fire began like any other way
Q. What was a shirtwaist?
Ans: a type of popular women’s clothing
Q. Blanck and Harris were known as the “Shirtwaist Kings” because
Ans: their workers made 1,000 shirtwaists a day
Q. The selection describes the goals of the unions that began to form. One of their goals for factory workers was better pay. What were the two other goals?
Ans:
– better working conditions
– shorter hours
Q. Read these two excerpts. How do they work together?
Ans: The first excerpt explains what was bad about the Triangle Factory. The second explains some things that were good about the Triangle Factory
Q. When the fire broke out on the eighth floor, there were two main reasons why the workers on the ninth floor did not escape. What were the two reasons?
Ans:
– No one told the people on the ninth floor about the fire
– The building had no fire alarms
Q. When the firefighters came with the fire wagon, they soon realized they had a major problem. What was it?
Ans: They could not reach the people on the ninth floor because the fire ladder was too short
Q. Based on this excerpt, what important change happened as a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
Ans: The government passed many new laws to make sure such a thing did not happen again
Q. People blamed Blanck and Harris for the tragedy. Many people believed that the
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Reading Plus Answers Level C
Doing The “Write” Thing Q. This story is mainly about Ans: how paper was made and used throughout history. Q. In this part of the story, what does the word “store” mean? Ans: put away Q. According to the story, before there was paper, people used to write on materials made from Ans: plants, animals,Read more
Doing The “Write” Thing
Q. This story is mainly about
Ans: how paper was made and used throughout history.
Q. In this part of the story, what does the word “store” mean?
Ans: put away
Q. According to the story, before there was paper, people used to write on materials made from
Ans: plants, animals, and rags.
Q. What is papyrus?
Ans: a material made from plant stalks
Q. During the 1200s, what did the people in Europe use to make paper?
Ans: rags
Q. The story says that the man in France found a new way to make paper that was similar to the way
Ans: a wasp made its nest.
Q. The story says a paper mill is always near a lake or a river because
Ans: it takes a large amount of water to make paper.
Q. The very light paper that is made from ground wood
Ans: is cheap to make but does not last long.
Q. At the paper mill, what is used to soften the small wood chips in the big tank?
Ans: steam
Q. Which of the following statements supports the author’s claim about recycling?”
See lessAns: Less wastepaper ends up in the trash. People do not cut down as many trees.”
Reading Plus Answers Level C
Charley And The Eggs Q. This story is mostly about Charley and Ans: how she hatches some chicks. Q. Charley’s dad most likely works as a Ans: doctor. Q. In this part of the story, how is Charley most likely feeling? Ans: sad Q. From what you have read, you can tell that an incubator Ans: is fairly eRead more
Charley And The Eggs
Q. This story is mostly about Charley and
Ans: how she hatches some chicks.
Q. Charley’s dad most likely works as a
Ans: doctor.
Q. In this part of the story, how is Charley most likely feeling?
Ans: sad
Q. From what you have read, you can tell that an incubator
Ans: is fairly easy to make at home.
Q. What kinds of things are needed to build an incubator?
Ans: a box, a light bulb, and a thermometer
Q. In this part of the story, what does it mean when it says Charley was “all smiles”?
Ans: Charley was happy because her dad was spending time with her.
Q. If the conditions such as heat and light are not watched carefully in the incubator, what may happen?
Ans: The eggs may not hatch.
Q. You can tell from what you have read that Charley’s dad is
Ans: a kind person.
Q. Since all of Charley’s chicks hatched, what will most likely also happen?
Ans: Hank will build Charley a chicken house.
Q. Sometimes a story can have more than one meaning. This story is about a girl who hatches eggs, but it is also about
See lessAns: a father who loves his daughter.
Reading Plus Answers Level C
Sundancer Q. This story focuses mainly on what theme? Ans: the importance of love Q. In the opening paragraphs, the author creates a mood of Ans: loss. Q. At the beginning of the text, what did Sophie, her dad, and Sundancer have in common? Ans: All were dealing with some kind of emotional pain. Q. Read more
Sundancer
Q. This story focuses mainly on what theme?
Ans: the importance of love
Q. In the opening paragraphs, the author creates a mood of
Ans: loss.
Q. At the beginning of the text, what did Sophie, her dad, and Sundancer have in common?
Ans: All were dealing with some kind of emotional pain.
Q. What does this part of the text suggest about Sundancer?
Ans: She had not had proper care in a very long time.
Q. Pam and Devon asked Sophie to help Sundancer most likely because
Ans: they knew Sophie would understand Sundancer’s loneliness.
Q. In this part of the text, the word “cherished” most closely means
Ans: cared for or respected.
Q. After spending time with Sundancer, what did Sophie dislike most about going home?
Ans: being alone
Q. What was the “miracle” that happened?
Ans: Sophie’s dad laughed.
Q. Read these two excerpts. The first is from the text. The second is from a famous poem by Emily Dickinson, part of which is quoted in the text. What do these excerpts have in common?
Ans: Both use either an animal or an animal image as a symbol of hope.
Q. Sophie and her dad learn that in order to heal, they need each other. What saying best states this?
See lessAns: No man is an island
Reading Plus Answers Level B
After Twenty Years Q. This story is mostly about two friends who Ans: go different ways but agree to meet years later. Q. What was the man in the dark doorway doing? Ans: waiting for a friend Q. Where does this story take place? Ans: in a nearly empty street Q. The two men had not seen each other foRead more
After Twenty Years
Q. This story is mostly about two friends who
Ans: go different ways but agree to meet years later.
Q. What was the man in the dark doorway doing?
Ans: waiting for a friend
Q. Where does this story take place?
Ans: in a nearly empty street
Q. The two men had not seen each other for twenty years because
Ans: one of them moved away while the other one stayed.
Q. What did the man standing in the dark doorway say first?
Ans: “It’s all right, officer. I’m not up to anything.”
Q. What does the man from the West mean when he says that Jimmy “never was the go-getter that I was”?
Ans: Jimmy did not take the chance to make a lot of money.
Q. Which sentences give the idea that the man who says he is Jimmy may not really be Jimmy?
Ans: “But you’re not the same, Jimmy. You look taller to me.”
Q. Bob realizes the other man is not his friend Jimmy when
Ans: Bob sees the other man’s face clearly.
Q. According to what happened in the story, Jimmy Wells must have thought that
Ans: a man must pay for his bad ways even if he is a friend.
Q. In this story, two friends agree to meet once twenty years have passed. When the time came, the meeting
Ans: did not go as the two friends had hoped.
Carved In Stone
Q. This story mainly tells us that each man on Mount Rushmore
Ans: was something other than a great president.
Q. How is this story written?
Ans: as an autobiography that uses flashback
Q. The story says that George Washington was also a farmer and
Ans: a surveyor.
Q. You can tell from what you have read it is likely that Lincoln
Ans: was not from a wealthy family.
Q. From what you have read, the buildings that Thomas Jefferson planned were most likely
Ans: large and beautiful.
Q. Why is it surprising that Teddy Roosevelt grew up to become a cowboy and explorer?
Ans: He was sick and weak as a child.
Q. In this part of the story, what does the word “low” mean?
Ans: almost done
Q. From what you have read, what do Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt have in common?
Ans: They all worked hard to reach their goals.
Q. What is the feeling in this part of the story?
Ans: hopeful
Q. What do these two excerpts say about having a dream?
Ans: Having a dream is often the first step to doing great things.
The Cracked Window
Q. What is the main idea of this story?
Ans: Sometimes you have to look past the cracks to see the beauty within.
Q. The overall mood or feeling at the beginning of this piece is one of
Ans: sadness.
Q. What event made James go into the art store for the first time?
Ans: He was trying to hide.
Q. When does James get the idea to paint pictures of the people in his neighborhood?
Ans: the moments after he finishes talking to Sam
Q. How do these two parts of the text work together?
Ans: They both show people who have some kind of sadness in their lives.
Q. Reread this part of the text. What conclusion can be made about Mrs. Simms and Hank?
Ans: They have known each other for many years.
Q. How does James’ mom feel about his paintings?
Ans: She likes the paintings but doesn’t think they will do much.
Q. What does James mean when he says he likes to paint people “with all the mud and dirt washed off”?
Ans: He likes to show people’s true selves.
Q. By the end of the story, the attitudes of the people in the neighborhood have gone from
Ans: bad to good.
Q. Often in stories, a physical object becomes a symbol. It has a greater meaning. The cracked window is most likely a symbol for
Ans: the beauty that is often hidden.
She Doesn’t Say Much
Q. This story is mainly about
Ans: how a woman helps a teen girl deal with a sad loss.
Q. In the beginning of the story, why doesn’t Shauna speak?
Ans: She is very sad
Q. What kind of job does Martha have?
Ans: She works with sea animals
Q. The word “marina” comes from an old word that means “water.” Based on this information and how it is used in this part of the text, what does the word “marina” mean?
Ans: a place for sea animals
Q. Reread this part of the text. Based on what Shauna does, it is clear that
Ans: she does not want to be there.
Q. How do these two parts of the story work together?
Ans: They both give the idea that some animals can tell when people are sad.
Q. Which sentence from the story gives the idea that Shauna’s feelings may be changing?
Ans: Well, I’ll be,” Martha thought to herself. “I think someone’s finally found a friend.”
Q. What is the first word Martha hears Shauna say?
Ans: “Mitch”
Q. Martha’s eyes fill with tears because
Ans: Shauna finally speaks.
Q. Reread the ending of the story. What happened between Martha and Shauna?
Ans: They found a way to connect with each other.
Crazy Betty
Q. What is the main idea of this story?
Ans: A brave lady risked her life to follow her beliefs.
Q. Reread this part of the text. How is this story written?
Ans: as a speech
Q. After Elizabeth’s father died, what did Elizabeth ask her mother to do?
Ans: free all of their slaves
Q. When Elizabeth says “It was dangerous not to” in this part of the text, what does she mean?
Ans: They had to make shirts for the Confederate soldiers. If they didn’t, people might find out they supported the Union.
Q. Why did Elizabeth want to work at Libby Prison?
Ans: She wanted to help the wounded Union soldiers who fought against slavery.
Q. Which event was likely the most important in getting Elizabeth into spy work?
Ans: learning the pinhole code the Union prisoners put in the books
Q. How are the items in this picture important to the story?
Ans: Elizabeth used to hide secret notes in empty eggshells.
Q. Elizabeth was glad her servant, Mary Bowser, worked in the Confederate White House because Elizabeth
Ans: would be able to get even more secret information.
Q. According to Elizabeth, why didn’t anyone in the Confederate White House ever think Mary Bowser was a spy?
Ans: No one knew Mary could read.
Q. General Grant gave Elizabeth a job as the postmaster of Richmond. This gives the idea that being a postmaster was
See lessAns: a very high position and an honor.
Reading Plus Answers Level B
Earrings Or A Smile? Q. This story is mainly about a girl who Ans: Learns to feel good about herself Q. At the start of this story, what is Shelby’s wish? Ans: To feel accepted by the popular crowd Q. From what you have read, what is the main reason Lauren is popular with Ans: She is a friendly andRead more
Earrings Or A Smile?
Q. This story is mainly about a girl who
Ans: Learns to feel good about herself
Q. At the start of this story, what is Shelby’s wish?
Ans: To feel accepted by the popular crowd
Q. From what you have read, what is the main reason Lauren is popular with
Ans: She is a friendly and cheerful person
Q. How do Shelby and Lauren know each other?
Ans: They were friends as kids
Q. Reread these two excerpts from the text. What do they show about Shelby and Lauren?
Ans: Shelby acts in a sad and unsure way, while Lauren acts in a happy and confident way
Q. Shelby smiled when she found out how much the earrings were because
Ans: She was happy that she had enough money to buy them
Q. What does Dave Roberts ask Shelby the first time he talks to her?
Ans: Why she looks so happy
Q. Dave thinks Shelby’s positive outlook is a great thing. Because of this, he asks her to
Ans: Join the Booster Club
Q. In this part of the story, what does the phrase “They’re really working” mean?
Ans: The earrings are making other people notice Shelby
Q. There is a saying that people can make you feel bad about yourself only if you let them. It means that you control your feelings and happiness. Which sentence
See lessAns: “I don’t think I really need them anymore.”
Reading Plus Answers Level B
Irene Vocabulary Q. Arrow Ans: a straight thin shaft that you shoot from a bow. Q. Brave Ans: having or showing the ability to face danger or pain without fear. Q. Clean Ans: free from dirt stains or clutter. Q. Coach Ans: a person who trains or teaches athletes, athletic teams, or performers. Q. CoRead more
Irene Vocabulary
Q. Arrow
Ans: a straight thin shaft that you shoot from a bow.
Q. Brave
Ans: having or showing the ability to face danger or pain without fear.
Q. Clean
Ans: free from dirt stains or clutter.
Q. Coach
Ans: a person who trains or teaches athletes, athletic teams, or performers.
Q. Copy
Ans: a thing made to be similar or identical to another.
Q. Dislike
Ans: a feeling of distaste or hostility.
Q. Fast
Ans: moving at high speed.
Q. Film
Ans: a series of moving images.
Q. Leave
Ans: to go away from.
Q. Load
Ans: to fill with a large amount.
Q. Lock
Ans: to secure something.
Abracadabra!
Q. What is the main idea of this selection?
Ans: The changes in magic through the years.
Q. One of the oldest hand tricks was called…
Ans: Cups and balls.
Q. The “cups and balls” trick will work well only if the person doing the trick…
Ans: Is very good at hiding the ball in his or her hands.
Q. By putting the word “magically” in quotes, the author is trying to tell you that the rope trick was not really…
Ans: Magic
Q. Why were the magician and the traveling acting groups not welcome in busy towns for too long?They would steal money Ans: from the audience.
Q. According to the text, by the early 1700s magic was…
Seen as a true art.
Q. For Robert-Houdin, the store owner’s mistake could best be described as…
Ans: A happy accident.
Q. Where did Robert-Houdin perform his magic show?
Ans: In Paris.
Q. How was Robert-Houdin’s magic show different from other magic shows?
Ans: He performed in a theater and wore a suit
Q. From what you have read, what is the most likely reason that Erich Weiss changed his name to Harry Houdini?
Ans: He admired Robert-Houdin and believed he was just as good.
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