Vocab
A. Break apart
B. incomplete
C. a whole
A. Break apart
Which word is spelled incorrectly?
A. Disguise
B. Disaster
C. Amusement
D. Filfthy
D. Filthy
What type of sentence is this? (Simple, Compound, Compound-Complex, Complex)
We arrived at the bus stop, and we waited for an hour.
Compound
What type of sentence is this? (Simple, Compound, Compound-Complex, Complex)
While we waited, we drank coffee.
Complex
Today, people can turn on their televisions and watch the Olympics every two years, alternating between summer and winter games. The world’s best athletes train hard, hoping to win a gold, silver, or bronze medal.
However, the first Olympics was quite different from today’s Olympic Games. Held in 776 bc at Olympia, in ancient Greece, the games honored the Greek god Zeus. The competition was a chance for athletes to bring honor to their city-states, just as today’s athletes bring honor to their countries. However, in ancient Greece, only men could participate.
For 13 years, the ancient Olympics had just one event, a running race. Gradually, as with today’s games, more events were added. The games expanded to include sports such as chariot and horse racing, boxing, and the pentathlon. The pentathlon itself consisted of five different events: running, wrestling, jumping, throwing a discus, and throwing a javelin. By comparison, today’s pentathlon also includes running, but the other four events are fencing, pistol shooting, swimming, and horse jumping.
The ancient Greek Olympics ended around 395 bc and weren’t played again for nearly 1,500 years.
Finally, in 1894, a Frenchman named Pierre de Coubertin decided to bring the games back. The games were held in 1896 and included nine events: track, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, shooting, swimming, tennis, wrestling, and weight lifting. Today’s Olympics include even more sports, such as soccer and skiing, and are now separated into the Summer and Winter Olympics. Cities around the world take turns hosting the Olympics.
For seven days before and seven days after the ancient Olympics, wars ceased so athletes could travel safely to the games. In a similar way, many believe that today’s Olympic Games create goodwill, as nations exhibit strength through competitive sports rather than through battle.
How are modern Olympics and the first Olympics
different?
A. Only the first Olympics included running.
B. Only the modern Olympics include wrestling.
C. Women did not compete in the first Olympics.
D. Modern athletes honor their countries.
C. Women did not compete in the first Olympics.
Channels are:
A. Series of choices on TV.
B. To direct toward something or someone.
C. Passage of water
C. Passage of water
Which underlined word is spelled incorrectly?
The exploration was very intriguing for the team of geologysts.
Geologist
Rewrite the following sentence into passive voice.
Karen cooked the turkey on Thanksgiving.
The turkey was cooked by Karen on Thanksgiving.
Rewrite the following sentences into active voice.
The shelf was put together by Dana.
Dana put the shelf together.
Juan had always wanted to visit the Grand Canyon. He’d flown over it once in a plane, marveling at the way the canyon sliced through the desert landscape. Now he was on his way to the Grand Canyon Skywalk, a glass-floored bridge that jutted past the rim of the deep canyon. Juan’s uncle, a Hualapai Indian from the reservation where the Skywalk was located, was one of the people who had helped build the bridge.
Juan bounced for 15 miles over an unpaved road in his uncle’s car. Finally they arrived at the Skywalk, where they received cloth booties to wear over their shoes. “We don’t want anything to scratch the glass,”
Juan’s uncle explained. “You can’t bring keys or a camera on the Skywalk either, in case you drop them.”
Juan and his uncle stepped onto the curved glass walkway. They were 4,000 feet above the bottom of the canyon and 70 feet out from the canyon’s rim, seemingly suspended in the air.
“It’s safe!” Juan’s uncle assured him. “This walkway can hold 71 million pounds and withstand winds of up to 100 miles an hour. The walkway is supported by a frame that goes 46 feet deep into the rock of the canyon wall.” Juan knew that it had taken amazing engineering skills to build the walkway. But to him, the truly amazing part was the view. He looked around with astonishment at the scenery—above, across the canyon, and far, far below. It was magnificent!
What is the passage mostly about?
A. the history of the Grand Canyon
B. the building of the Grand Canyon Skywalk
C. how Juan’s uncle feels about the Grand
Canyon Skywalk
D. Juan’s visit to the Grand Canyon Skywalk
D. Juan’s visit to the Grand Canyon Skywalk
Complete the sentence w/ the appropriate vocabulary word.
The ______________ of the ship was discovered after 200 years.
Wreckage
Preperashun
Preparation
What is the correct way to fix this sentence?
A. By next week, the winners will be announced.
B. By next week, the winners will have been announced.
B. By next week, the winners will have been announced.
A group of children will once attended school there.
A group of children had once attended school there.
Duc-Hwan wasn’t thrilled about attending the swim team’s end-of-season awards ceremony.
“I don’t see why we have to be here, Dad,” he whispered. “It’s not like I’m receiving an award. I came in last every time I swam this season.”
“Not true,” said his dad. “You were awarded ribbons at the last two meets.”
“I can’t imagine joining the team next year,” Duc-Hwan said as he picked at his sack lunch.
“Hey, Duc-Hwan!” It was Coach Andy. “Hurry up and finish eating. It’s time for the awards.”
“Yeah, Coach, okay,” said Duc-Hwan, trying to sound as if he didn’t care.
“You’re part of the Dolphins Swim Team, and we’re about to begin.”
Duc-Hwan wandered toward the bleachers and sat down. He dutifully clapped every time a teammate got an award. The ceremony seemed endless. Duc-Hwan let his mind drift. Suddenly, his dad slapped Duc-Hwan’s knee. “Coach just called your name.”
Duc-Hwan looked around. Everyone was staring at him. “Are you going to come up here?” asked thecoach. Duc-Hwan rose slowly and made his way to Coach Andy, who held a large trophy. “Duc-Hwan, this is the only award that is decided by a team vote. In my mind, it’s the most important award. You showed resolve and commitment even when you came in last. You exhibited real determination, and I hope you’ll join the team next year.”
Duc-Hwan scanned the crowd. Everyone was standing and clapping. Duc-Hwan grinned.
The author includes the detail about Duc-Hwan picking at his lunch to show that Duc-Hwan
A. feels ill
B. does not like to make eye contact
C. does not like the food
D. is uncomfortable being there
D. is uncomfortable being there
Complete the Following Analogy:
A yard is to three feet, as a fathom is to ___________
six-foot measurement
Identify the words spelled correctly.
A. Eeroded
B. Puryfication
C. Prediction
D. Lenthy
E. Atmosphere
C. Prediction
E. Atmosphere
Which sentence is written correctly?
A.The children were sitting by the tree.
B. The children sitting by the tree.
A. The children were sitting by the tree.
Rewrite the following sentence so that it makes sense.
The seagull be eating all of our food.
The seagull was eating all of our food.
Do animals besides humans have emotions, and if so, which ones? Scientists and animal lovers often debate this issue. In the past, many scientists believed that animals were not capable of showing complex human emotions such as empathy. Empathy is the understanding of and sharing in another’s feelings. For example, if your little brother’s turtle dies, you probably would feel bad for him.
Several recent experiments and observations support the theory that animals feel empathy. In 1964, one study showed that rhesus monkeys would not accept food if another monkey got an electric shock.
Likewise, biologist Marc Bekoff reports that when he was watching elephants in Kenya, he noticed an elephant that had been crippled for years. Although the elephant moved very slowly, the herd never left it behind. They’d stop walking, check on her, and then wait for her. Bekoff also tells of Alaskan bear cubs that were orphaned when their mother was shot. One cub had been wounded, so he limped along and swam painfully slowly, but his sister never left his side. She even fished salmon out of the river for him.
There are reports of animals showing emotions besides empathy, too. In 2005, a humpback whale became tangled in fishing lines off California’s coast. After divers freed the whale, it played with and nuzzled each diver, seeming to show gratitude. Gorillas, llamas, and many other animals appear to express grief when a mate dies. And then there’s the story of the two abandoned terriers that were taken to an animal shelter. When one of them went blind, the other led his companion around the new environment by the scruff of the neck until the blind dog learned its way around. Maybe humans and animals aren’t so different after all.
You can infer from the passage that .
A. animals and people experience all the same
emotions
B. some animals do not want another animal
to suffer
C. animals feel greater pain than people do
D. empathy is an emotion shown only by humans
B. some animals do not want another animal
to suffer
Complete the following sentence with two vocabulary words.
Though the migration of butterflies was a _______________, it became ______________ to some people.
Phenomena ; Nuisance
The correct spelling of the the following word is:
A. Continous
B. Continuous
C. Continuos
D. Contenuous
B. Continuous
How can you rewrite this sentence so that it makes sense?
While waiting at the train station, we drank coffee, we bought some doughnuts.
While waiting at the train station, we drank coffee, and we bought some doughnuts.
What conjunction would be more appropriate in the following sentence?
Kelly had to wait for two hours, while she read a book.
Kelly had to wait for two hours, so she read a book.
In ancient Greece, plays attracted huge audiences—up to 20,000 people might attend a single performance. During the early development of Greek theater, one man had an idea to act out the poems and choruses that were previously performed by a choir. This man, Thespis, would act out all the characters in a play himself. He changed masks to indicate when he was playing a new character. Later, plays were performed by two or three men. These actors still used different masks to indicate which characters they were playing. Masks served an additional purpose in Greek plays. Because theaters were so large, it was difficult for audience members to see changes in the actors’ facial expressions. The masks had exaggerated features that were easier for audience members to see. At one time, scholars believed that the masks also served as a kind of megaphone that helped the actors project their voices. However, today’s scholars disagree with that theory because ancient Greek theaters were built with good acoustics. The sound quality was clear enough that actors would not have needed megaphones.
Scholars rejected the theory that masks were used as megaphones because
A. members of the chorus did not wear masks
B. Greek theaters had good sound quality
C. the masks had detailed facial expressions but
no openings at the mouth
D. actors in the plays did not speak their parts
B. Greek theaters had good sound quality