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?
Ans: sloping, muscular neck

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…
Ans: Researchers have seen a seven percent reduction in crashes for vehicles with a basic.