#1 - PART A
The author’s reason or intention for writing a text.
A. Authors Purpose
B. Main Idea
C. Author's Audience
A. Authors Purpose
Writing that supports a position on or a claim about a particular topic through the use of logic, reasons, and evidence, often acknowledging and/or developing a counterclaim. It may have many purposes: to change the reader’s point of view, to establish a call to action, or to get the reader to accept the writer’s position or claim. It is a reasoned, logical way of showing that the writer’s position is valid.
A. Expository
B. Narrative
C. Argumentative
C. Argumentative
The subtle presence of a positive or negative approach toward a topic. (prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. )
A. Cause
B. Bias
C. Conflicting
B. Bias
Convey means
communicate
(18) from "Psst... Hey, You"
How does the author help the reader understand how ultrasound works from paragraph provided?
A. by describing the features of new technology
B. by using familiar concepts to explain new technology
C. by explaining how researchers discovered new technology
D. by providing additional resources about the new technology
B. by using familiar concepts to explain new technology
Part B: from "Psst... Hey, You"
Which sentence best supports the answer to Part A?
A. "At that moment, you are standing in a cylinder of sound."
B. "Whereas a loudspeaker broadcasts sound in all directions, the way a lightbulb radiates light, a directional speaker shines a beam of waves akin to a spotlight."
C. "The beam consists of ultrasound waves, which humans cannot hear, but which can emit audible tones as they interact with air."
D. "By describing these interactions mathematically, engineers can coax a beam to exude voice, music or any other sound. "
B. "Whereas a loudspeaker broadcasts sound in all directions, the way a lightbulb radiates light, a directional speaker shines a beam of waves akin to a spotlight."
(32) From "Chew on This"
What idea is introduced in paragraph provided of the passage?
A. Alice was given very unusaual foods to eat as a child.
B. Alice liked different kinds of food than kids do today.
C. Alice's childhood helped shape her attitudes about food.
D. Alice's attitudes about cafeteria food changed over time.
C. Alice's childhood helped shape her attitudes about food.
PART B: (32) From "Chew on This"
Which quotation best supports the answer to PART A?
A. "As a child in the 1950s, Alice Waters was a picky eater."
B. "She liked simple things, like the fruits and vegetables her father grew in the backyard garden..."
C. "They ate meals at the dining table."
D. "Alice didn't like the food at school."
B. "She liked simple things, like the fruits and vegetables her father grew in the backyard garden..."
(29) from Apollo and Hyacinthus
What does the phrase flitting life imply?
A. Hyacinthus wants to play a different sport?
B. Hyacinthus is a faster runner than Apollo.
C. Hyacinthus is so badly injured he might die.
D. Hyacinthus is injured but able to play again.
C. Hyacinthus is so badly injured he might die.
Part B: from "Apollo and Hyacinthus"
Which TWO phrases help the reader understand the meaning of flitting life in "Apollo and Hyacinthus"
A. "...strength mingled with skill..."
B. "...bounded from the earth..."
C. "The god, as pale as himself..."
D. "....stanch the wound and retain..."
E. "...the hurt was past the power of medicine..."
F."...its flowers to the earth..."
D. "....stanch the wound and retain..."
E. "...the hurt was past the power of medicine..."
(30) from "Apollo and Hyancinthus"
which phrase states a central idea in "Apollo and Hyacinthus"?
A. resolving family conflict
B. coping with grief and loss
C. finding one's calling
D. facing one's fears
B. coping with grief and loss
PART B: from "Apollo and Hyancinthus"
Which piece of evidence from the myth supports the answer to Part A?
A."Hyacinthus watched it as it flew, and excited with the sport, ran forward to seize it."
B. "My lyre shall celebrate thee and thou shalt become a flower inscribed with my regrets."
C. "...but a flower of hue more beautiful than the Tyrian sprang up..."
D. "It is perhaps some species of iris, or perhaps of larkspur..."
B. "My lyre shall celebrate thee and thou shalt become a flower inscribed with my regrets."