“Gearing Up: Bike-Sharing Program"
1. Which is a central idea of the text?
C
9. How does the metaphor of the wind as a seamstress affect the poem?
A
30. Which sentence objectively summarizes the passage?
C
41. Which change, if any, is needed to revise the underlined text? 300 to 850; the higher
D
fissure
a long, narrow crack or opening
2. Which quotation supports the answer in Part A?
A
10. How does the description of spring develop the theme?
A
31. Which quotation from the passage supports the idea that Siddhartha is discontent and
looking for something more out of life?
D
42. Which change, if any, is needed to revise the underlined text?
People with high credit scores are more likely to be lent money by companies
A
dissolution
ending or downfall
3. Select two ways in which the author makes the connection between bike programs
and citizens’ commutes.
A and E
11. How does the repetition of “with needles of rain; / With shining needles of rain” in
lines 1-2 and lines 18-19 impact the meaning of the poem?
C
34. Based on paragraph 7, what can the reader infer about Govinda?
B
43. Which change, if any, is needed to revise the underlined text?
credit report: accounting
A
stoical
keeping strong emotions in check
4. How does the phrase “city’s choked streets” impact the text?
D.
12. In lines 3-4, what effect does the comparison of earth as a thin cloth have on the
poem?
B
37. How does the author create tension in paragraphs 18-21?
D
45. Which change, if any, is needed to revise the underlined text?
and private internet networks and trusted sites make shopping online secure
A
dissonance
lack of agreement or harmony
5. Which quotation supports the inference that biking around Taipei can be dangerous?
C
13. How does the poem’s structure create a sense of responsibility?
D
40. How does the author’s use of third-person point of view impact the reader’s
understanding of the passage?
D
44. Which change, if any, is needed to revise the underlined text?
people use it to
C
gregarious
sociable