Vocabulary 1
What does the word sacrificed mean in the sentence below?
He sacrificed the contents of his piggy bank to help his sister purchase a bicycle helmet.
A. gave up
B. withheld
C. collected
D. loaned out
A. gave up
What is this article mainly about?
A. the frigid weather of the Arctic
B. the friendship between Henson and Pearcy
C. the first Americans to reach the North Pole
D. the dangers of traveling in freezing climates
C. the first Americans to reach the North Pole
What does the idiom clear as a bell mean in the sentence below?
The teacher's message was clear as a bell: we have to hand in our group projects by Friday.
F. hard to understand
G. repeated over and over
H. able to be seen through
I. perfectly understandable
I. perfectly understandable
What are pages 381 and 382 mostly about?
F. why crewmembers had to move campsites so often
G. how crewmembers had to conserve fuel and supplies
H. the dangers the expedition encountered as they moved north
I. the reason many support parties were sent back to the base camp
H. the dangers the expedition encountered as they moved north
What tense in the underlined verb in the sentence below?
For weeks I have imagined winning the photography contest.
A. past
B. present
C. past perfect
D. present perfect
D. present perfect
Blake enjoys the frigid temperatures in January.
F. normal
G. inviting
H. very cold
I. miserable
H. very cold
To organize the article and develop the main idea, the author
F. explains effects first and then their causes
G. describes each crewmember one at a time
H. describes events in the order they happened
I. tells the final outcome first and then the details
H. describes the events in the order they happened.
What does the idiom barely made a dent in mean in the sentence below?
A. finished work on
B. punched a tiny hole in
C. made little progress on
D. added more to the project
C. made little progress on
Based on the description of the trip, what is the most likely reason that the party had to use more than one person as a trail breaker?
A. Trail breakers become exhausted and need rest
B. Most of the party did not want to do trail breaking
C. Peary was never satisfied with the trail breakers' work
D. There were too many people on the trip and they needed to split up
A. Trail breakers become exhausted and need rest
What tense is the underlined verb in the sentence below?
Katrina said she will consider Tashia's request to be in the play
F. future
G. present
H. past perfect
I. future perfect
F. future
Astronomers search for stars in the vast expanse of the universe.
A. a dark area
B. a large area
C. a large number
D. a confined space
B. a large area
The author calls the two-week trip to Cape Sheridan an ice-busting, gut-wrenching voyage. The connotation of this description is that the voyage was
A. a pleasant and familiar trip
B. a boring and uneventful journey
C. a solitary and rewarding experience
D. an extremely difficult and distressing ordeal
D. an extremely difficult and distressing ordeal
I don't want to rain on your parade, but I can't come to your birthday party.
F. cause bad weather
G. spoil important plans
H. march down the street
I. celebrate a national holiday
G. spoil important plans
Read this sentence from the article.
On April 5, Peary checked the position of the sun with his sextant.
What is the meaning of the word sextant as used in the sentence above?
F. the commander of an expedition
G. a thermometer for use in polar regions
H. an instrument that determines location
I. a person who is an expert in geography
H. an instrument that determines location
What tense is the underlined verb in the sentence below?
Before the race, I had trained for many months.
A. past
B. present
C. past perfect
D. present perfect
C. past perfect
What does the word deduced mean in the sentence below?
After finding the paw prints, Aunt Jackie deduced that raccoons had eaten the corn in her garden.
F. concluded
G. doubted
H. misunderstood
I. overlooked
F. concluded
Read this sentence from the article.
By February 1909, the entire party was prepared to begin the march to the Pole.
What is the connotation of the word march in the sentence above?
F. calm and enjoyable stroll
G. fast-paced, competitive race
H. organized advance toward a goal
I. leisurely, relaxed walk to a destination
H. organized advance toward a goal
Which of the sentences below is an example of personification?
A. The day was sunny and clear.
B. The sun shone brightly this morning.
C. The sun greeted me with a warm smile.
D. The sun looked like a big yellow ball of fire.
C. The sun greeted me with a warm smile.
From the caption on page 388, the reader can conclude that the Inuit
A. looked forward to returning home
B. were unimpressed with the North Pole
C. resented having to hold the flags for the photo
D. were proud of their contribution to the expedition
B. were unimpressed with the North Pole
What tense is the underlined verb in the sentence below?
Sammy accepted the team's invitation to join the game.
F. past
G. future
H. present
I. past perfect
F. past
Jason said watching the boring movie was equivalent to watching paint dry.
A. worse than
B. harder than
C. the same as
D. different from
C. the same as
From the photographs and text on pages 380 and 381, the reader can tell that a sledge
A. cannot be moved uphill
B. is a large sled pulled by animals
C. is no longer used for travel on ice
D. is built for speed, not hauling supplies
B. is a large sled pulled by animals
What is the best interpretation of the sentence below?
This summer, the plants in our garden were begging for water.
F. We had to beg for help with our garden this summer.
G. The plants in our garden got a lot of water this summer.
H. The plants in our garden started to make noise this summer.
I. The plants in our garden were extremely dry and needed water this summer.
I. The plants in our garden were extremely dry and needed water this summer.
What did Henson, Egingwah, and Seegloo do to ensure they had actually reached the North Pole?
F. They planted flags in a large pressure ridge
G. They used a sextant to check the position of the sun
H. They drove the sledges in a large rectangle around the campsite
I. They took a photograph of the men holding flags they had brought
H. They drove the sledges in a large rectangle around the campsite
Which sentence has a present verb tense?
A. Kim rehearsed a scene with her mother last night.
B. Weston delivers his lines with a lot of expression.
C. By opening night, they will have practiced for a month.
D. Each student will audition for a different part in the play.
B. Weston delivers his lines with a lot of expression.