Vocabulary
What is the best definition of EVALUATE?
A. to look at closely and form an opinion
B. to think about deeply
C. to comprehend a topic
A. to look at closely and form an opinion
More than a million high school students play on school tackle football teams. While playing, they each suffer hundreds of violent blows to the head in one season. This needs to stop. Research shows the alarming effect of rattling brains this many times. Each year, roughly 264,000 high school students suffer traumatic brain injury (TBI) and mental impairment. The brain injuries hurt students' ability to learn and succeed in school.
What is the author’s main claim in this paragraph?
A. Brain injuries hurt students' ability to learn and
succeed in school.
B. More than a million high school students play on
their school's tackle football teams.
C. This needs to stop.
D. Research shows the alarming effect of rattling
brains this many times.
C. This needs to stop.
Michael has clothes all over his bedroom floor. Underneath the clothes on his floor is a pizza box with crusts in it. Michael eats pizza almost everyday. Underneath the pizza box is bunch of pieces of a board game that Michael played and didn't put away. Michael played video games all night. He didn’t fall asleep until almost 6 the next morning.
7. What evidence from the text supports the claim that Michael is sloppy?
A. Michael played video games all night
B. Michael has clothes all over his bedroom floor
C. Michael eats pizza almost everyday
D. He didn’t fall asleep until almost 6 the next morning.
B. Michael has clothes all over his bedroom floor
Which of the following options is a good definition of CLAIM?
A. Textual Proof to support an opinion
B. A short retelling of the main points in a text
C. An opinion about a topic based on evidence
D. Essential information in a text
C. An opinion about a topic based on evidence
The primary problem with high school football programs is head injuries, particularly concussions. A concussion is one typical brain injury caused by a jarring hit to one's head. Thomas Talavage is a biomedical engineering professor at Purdue University. Talavage explained that players with or without concussions both show decreased activity in areas of the brain most exposed to contact. They all have greater difficulty with simple intellectual tasks during a high school season, Talavage said.
4. What is the author’s main claim in this paragraph?
A. The primary problem with high school football
programs is head injuries.
B. Thomas Talavage is a biomedical engineering
professor at Purdue University.
C. They all have greater difficulty with simple
intellectual tasks during a high school season.
D. A concussion is one typical brain injury caused by
a jarring hit to one's head.
A. The primary problem with high school football
programs is head injuries.
Tropical cyclones are terrifying storms. They begin at sea as two different air masses collide. The low pressure air rises and begins to spin causing strong winds. At sea, these storms can produce waves higher than 90 feet. These waves can easily sink boats and create horrible problems for larger ships. They eventually weaken to a point where all rainfall stops, and the speed of the winds is little more than a breeze.
8. What evidence from the text supports the claim that tropical cyclones are terrifying?
A. Cyclones begin when air masses collide.
B. The low pressure air rises and begins to spin.
C. Cyclones can produce waves higher than 90 feet.
D. Cyclones eventually weaken to little more than a breeze.
C. Cyclones can produce waves higher than 90 feet.
Which of the following options is a good definition of EVIDENCE?
A. Textual Proof to support an opinion
B. A short retelling of the main points in a text
C. An opinion about a topic based on evidence
D. Essential information in a text
A. Textual Proof to support an opinion
What about the benefits to students who think they have a chance at a professional football career? Should schools provide that opportunity? Research shows that football players are about 1,000 times more likely to struggle with their education because of injuries. Football injuries can also lead to problems pursuing a career and other jobs. Those odds can't possibly make the risk worthwhile. Any injury can lead to issues, but head injuries, particularly the kind caused in football are the most problematic.
5. What is the author’s main claim in this paragraph?
A. Football players are about 1,000 times more likely
to struggle because of injuries
B. Football injuries can also lead to problems
pursuing a career and other jobs
C. Should schools provide that opportunity?
D. Those odds can't possibly make the risk
worthwhile
D. Those odds can't possibly make the risk
worthwhile
Captain James Cook was an eighteenth century British explorer and navigator. Cook discovered many unknown lands and regions during his career. He is still highly regarded today because he helped redraw the maps of the known world. Cook was born in 1728 in a small village. His father was a farm worker of modest means. In his late teens, Cook moved to the coast and became an apprentice on a merchant ship. He studied navigation and mathematics, and he became a good sailor.
9. What evidence from the text supports the claim that Captain James Cook was an important explorer?
A. Cook was born in a small village in 1728.
B. Cook helped redraw the maps of the known world.
C. Cook worked on a merchant ship when he was a teenager.
D. Cook was a British navigator in the 1700’s.
B. Cook helped redraw the maps of the known world.
What is the best definition of REASONING?
A. a combination of a claim and evidence to explain the author's stance more deeply
B. an opinion based on evidence
C. science-backed data to support an opinion
A. a combination of a claim and evidence to explain the author's stance more deeply
Schools shouldn't support activities known to cause mental impairment in a significant percentage of participants. For a quarter of football players, what happens on the field reduces their capacity to learn in the classroom. Beyond mental impairment, repeated blows to the head often cause concussions. Symptoms of a concussion include headaches, memory loss, sleep loss and mood disorders.
6. What is the author’s main claim in this paragraph?
A. Schools shouldn’t support activities known to
cause mental impairment
B. Beyond mental impairment, repeated blows to
the head often cause concussions
C. For a quarter of football players, what happens
on the field reduces their capacity to learn
D. Symptoms of a concussion include headaches,
memory loss, sleep loss, and mood disorders
A. Schools shouldn’t support activities known to
cause mental impairment
Sweat popped out on the boy’s face and he began to struggle. Mrs. Jones stopped, jerked him around in front of her, put a half-nelson about his neck, and continued to drag him up the street. When she got to her door, she dragged the boy inside, down a hall, and into a large kitchenette furnished room at the rear of the house. She switched on the light and left the door open. The boy could hear other roomers laughing and talking in the large house. Some of their doors were open, too, so he knew he and the woman were not alone. The woman still had him by the neck in the middle of her room.
10. What evidence from the text supports the claim that Mrs. Jones is a powerful woman?
A. Sweat ran in rivers down her bulging muscles
B. She switched on the light and left the door open
C. The boy could hear other roomers laughing and talking in the large house.
D. Some of their doors were open, too, so he knew he and the woman were not alone
A. Sweat ran in rivers down her bulging muscles