Even those who do not like New York must admit that it is a truly _____ city, quite unlike any other in the world.
The American people must take action right now to deal with the problem of pollution that _____ so large on our horizon.
You may make friends very easily, but if you continue to be so _____ , you aren't going to keep them for long.
The _____ of her reputation as a friend of humanity has grown brighter with the years.
All of the students in Sandra's advanced weaving class are making small rugs on their portable _____ .
Glenn has such a store of _____ information in his head that we have nicknamed him “The Encyclopedia”!
It's all right for us to disagree, but let's argue about the facts only, without _____ in name-calling.
"If you choose to play with fire,” I warned them, “you run the risk of _____ your fingers.”
Probably no _____ in American history is so well known and beloved as Lincoln's address on the battlefield of Gettysburg.
Neither threats nor force will _____ me into doing something that in my heart I know is wrong.
Instead of _____ about the misfortunes that have befallen you, why don't you go out and do something to correct the situation?
The man was not just “a little careless” in handling the club's funds; he was _____ dishonest!
It was really difficult to hear the speaker because of the steady _____ of airplanes landing, taxiing, and taking off.
Each year the professional football season _____ in the Super Bowl.
Modern scientists often try to _____ their ideas and theories by conducting extensive experiments in their laboratories.
This magazine is published not for a mass circulation but for a very small audience of highly _____ people.
By Friday afternoon, all of us were _____ for a relaxing, enjoyable weekend.
I have my doubts about people who spend too much time telling the world how noble and _____ they are.
The school board candidate delivered a stirring, twenty-minute _____ on her plans for lowering the district's dropout rate.
An important _____ of what is commonly called luck is the willingness to take chances when an opportunity appears.
The last thing I heard before falling asleep was the _____ of their voices as they continued their endless discussion of politics.
In his many years in Congress, he has been _____ mainly by a strong desire to help the underdogs in our society.
Anyone who strives to be _____ in American literature should be familiar with the strange, mysterious tales of Edgar Allan Poe.
Though the colonies had long _____ with resentment at the British, the cauldron of their discontent did not boil over into rebellion until 1776.
On a cold night, what I _____ for most is a hot bowl of chicken soup.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Read the following excerpts that contain vocabulary words from this unit. The vocabulary words are written in bold font.
2. Select the answer that best completes each question. (5 points)
*You may only select one option for your answer.
EXCERPT #1 Question: If something loomed, it _____ .
EXCERPT #2 Question: Something that is upright is _____ .
EXCERPT #3 Question: If something seethed, then it was NOT _____ .
EXCERPT #4 Question: A drone is a(n) _____ .
EXCERPT #5 Question: When you verify a conclusion, you _____ .
DIRECTIONS:
1. Read the following passage that contains vocabulary words from this unit. The vocabulary words are written in bold font.
2. Select the answer that best completes each question. (5 points)
*You may only select one option for your answer.
PASSAGE:
In the period between the American Revolution and the Civil War, Americans—literate and unschooled alike—were fascinated with public speaking. People from all walks of life eagerly attended debates and lectures on the political and social issues of the day. Great speakers like Daniel Webster and Edward Everett engaged the passions of enthusiastic audiences, captivating listeners with their rhythmic and repetitive speech patterns.
The style of oration during that era was both personal and interactive. Prominent minister Henry Ward Beecher ignored his notes and spoke from the heart, as did the suffragist Lucretia Mott. Henry Clay stood close to his audience, while the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison encouraged audience involvement.
The best-known debates of the period were probably the seven animated encounters between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. At the time, Lincoln was not known
outside of Illinois, while Douglas was a national political figure. Their debates drew thousands of listeners, who regularly interrupted the speakers with cheers, groans, and questions. Such audience participation proved to be a key
ingredient of the debates, as reporters recorded everything said, including audience reactions and remarks.
In the fashion of the time, the Lincoln-Douglas debates followed a preset format. One man spoke first, for an hour, attacking his opponent, who often seethed with anger while awaiting his turn. The second responded for an hour and a half, both defending himself and returning the fire. Then the first spoke again for another hour. The audience hung on every word as the two speakers applied their best arguments, for the stakes were enormous—no less than the future of slavery in the United States and the preservation of the Union.
The meaning of literate is _____ .
Oration is best defined as _____ .
Animated most nearly means _____ .
The meaning of ingredient is _____ .
Seethed most nearly means _____ .
DIRECTIONS:
1. Read each sentence and determine if it contains a grammar error or not.
2. Select the answer that best completes each question. (10 points)
*You may only select one option for your answer.
Harps and lyres, which may have descended from the bows of archers, consist basically of strings stretched over a frame, these instruments are found all over the world.
Samuel Gompers, one of the founders of the American labor movement, was born in England and emigrated to the United States during the Civil War.
Tourists in Paris see many historic sites walking from the Louvre Museum to the Cathedral of Notre Dame.
Many historians of science fiction believe that the genre actually will have begun with the novels of Jules Verne, whose most famous works appeared in the 1860s and 1870s.
Lake Victoria, who is the second largest freshwater lake in the world, measures almost 27,000 square miles and is one of the chief sources of the Nile River.
As products of the oral tradition, most ballads are anonymous and exist in many variants, as a result, one can seldom speak of an “original” text for this type of poetry.
The American painter, Winslow Homer, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1836; the first branch of the arts in which he won acclaim was magazine illustration.
Although Pluto is conventionally termed the ninth and most distant planet of the solar system, its highly eccentric elliptical orbit occasionally brings it closest than the planet Neptune to the Sun.
The French actress Sarah Bernhardt, whom was called “the divine Sarah” by playwright Oscar Wilde, was the reigning queen of European theater in the late 1800s and made several triumphant tours of the United States.
Gazing out to the horizon, a sail was seen in the distance by the officers on deck, who promptly reported their observation to the ship’s captain.
If the metal parts of a car shine, they can be said to have a(n) _____ .
To think over in a worried, unhappy way is to _____ .
Which of the following is the opposite of horizontal?
Which of the following is another word for crabby?
If a store sells many different kinds of clothing, tools, cleaning products, and housewares, the items it offers can be described as _____ .
A public speech for a formal occasion is a(n) _____ .
To burn slightly is to _____ .
A handmade hat that is one of a kind can be described as _____ .
If a signature has been proven to be genuine, it has been _____ .
Which of the following is the opposite of lifeless?
Which of the following would you use to refer to a voter who elects a representative?
A male bee is known as a(n) _____ .
DIRECTIONS:
1. Read the following passage that contains vocabulary words from this unit. The vocabulary words are written in bold font.
2. Select the answer that best completes each question. (4 points)
*You may only select one option for your answer.
PASSAGE:
Because I have several track meets coming up, I have been trying to stay fit and trim. Surprisingly, I was even having a fairly easy time resisting candy bars and desserts—that is, until yesterday. That’s when my mother came home with six containers of freshly picked blueberries from the farmer’s market and decided to use them to make blueberry pie. Needless to say, the smell of the pies baking caused me to hanker for a great big slice. My younger brother, knowing that I was trying to watch what I eat, was downright naughty. He said that he was going to have as much pie as he wanted and goaded me to do the same. Fortunately, my mother overheard him trying to tempt me. She told us that blueberries have many health benefits and suggested that one reasonably sized piece of pie would be good for me. I really appreciated that advice and now see that it is possible to indulge myself without going overboard.
If you hanker (sentence 4) for something, you _____ .
Which of the following could be used to replace downright (sentence 5)?
In sentence 6, goaded means _____ .
When you indulge (sentence 9) yourself, you are _____ .
DIRECTIONS:
1. Read the following passage that contains vocabulary words from this unit. The vocabulary words are written in bold font.
2. Select the answer that best completes each question. (4 points)
*You may only select one option for your answer.
PASSAGE:
If you are very literate and take an interest in a wide range of subjects, you might know that spiders belong to a group of eight-legged creatures called arachnids and that these little animals were named after a figure in Greek mythology. This character was Arachne, a young woman who could weave beautiful fabrics on her loom. According to the myth, Arachne boasted that her work was as beautiful as that of Athena—the goddess not only of wisdom but also of arts and crafts. To test Arachne’s claim, the goddess challenged her to a weaving contest, which culminated in a dramatic transformation. When Athena saw that Arachne could indeed weave fabrics as beautiful as her own, she at first seethed with anger. Then, when she saw that Arachne was ready to kill herself out of fear, the goddess spared the young woman by turning her into a spider. From that point on, Arachne used her skill to spin beautiful webs outdoors.
In line 1, literate means _____ .
A loom (line 4) is a _____ .
Which of the following words could be used to replace culminated (line 6)?
If someone seethed (line 7), he or she was feeling _____ .