Throughout the course of its history, the United States has opened its doors to _____ from tyranny in other lands.
His _____ were amusing, but what did they have to do with his central topic?
The mayor won't be reelected unless she can _____ the groups supporting her.
There, in the very heart of the noisy and _____ city, was a truly beautiful little park.
Although the ideals of my youth have been _____ by hard experience, they have not been totally destroyed.
Rarely in our history has one man so _____ the federal government as Franklin D. Roosevelt did during his four terms.
The _____ population of the United States is growing smaller, but farms are as important as ever to the nation.
The young man who seemed so quiet and _____ turned out to be very well informed and to have strong opinions of his own.
Evidence showed that the lawyer had tried to _____ with the witnesses by offering them bribes to change their testimony.
I suspected that his expression of happiness was _____ and that he was really jealous of our success.
It wasn't very _____ of you to tell her that her new eyeglasses were out of style.
Imagine someone as changeable as George having the nerve to say that I'm the _____ one in the family!
Larry got good grades on the midterm tests, but he is headed for trouble because he hasn't done an _____ of work since then.
I know from personal experience how much harm smoking can do, and I _____ you not to get started on that miserable habit.
In modern hospitals, everything possible is done to prevent mistakes resulting from human _____ .
Alma is such a _____ fan that she starts rooting for the opposing teams when they start winning.
To make her finances easier to manage, Mrs. Bridges decided to _____ her two bank accounts into one.
The Fire Department found that the wiring in our kitchen was a(n) _____ fire hazard.
If you want to see the _____ in shoe styles, ask Beth to show you the new sandals she bought for the spring dance.
The thief tried to _____ with the lock, but he couldn't get it to open.
How can we properly direct the _____ for good and evil in each of us into useful channels?
One of our best hopes of solving the energy problem lies in making direct use of _____ energy from the sun.
One certain thing in life is that there will always be many _____ .
As soon as Horace opened his lunch bag, I realized he needed something more _____ to eat.
Marisa felt a _____ glow of happiness, but it was gone in an instant.
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: A grimy cellar is _____ .
EXCERPT #2 Question: Something that is done ultimately takes place _____ .
EXCERPT #3 Question: When something is radiant, it is NOT _____ .
EXCERPT #4 Question: Uncertainty is a state of _____ .
EXCERPT #5 Question: When they entreated, they _____ .
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 1869, near the town of Cardiff, in a rural area of New York State, workers digging a well unearthed a giant humanlike figure. The Cardiff Giant, as it came to be known, was more than 10 feet tall and appeared to be of ancient origin. The discovery created a national sensation. Was the Cardiff Giant one of the greatest scientific discoveries of the century?
A number of people thought that it was. Newspaper reporters called it the “eighth wonder of the world.” William Newell, who
owned the farm on which the discovery was made, erected a tent around the Giant and charged admission to view it. Thousands came. Then a group of prominent Syracuse, New
York, businesspeople saw the potential for making even greater profits. They purchased a three-fourths interest in the Cardiff Giant for $30,000 and moved it to Syracuse, where it could attract even larger crowds.
At this point, some anthropologists began to express uncertainty about the authenticity of the Giant. Shortly thereafter, it was exposed as a counterfeit, a hoax engineered by George Hull, a tobacco farmer and cigar manufacturer. Hull had bought a large block of gypsum, a white mineral, and had had two sculptors carve from it the likeness of a human being. He then attended to every detail to give the statue an aged look. When the Giant was complete, Hull and Newell had buried it.
Hull’s Cardiff Giant was the ultimate American anthropological hoax. Ironically, people still wanted to see the fake. It was moved to Albany and then to New York City. Thwarted in his attempt to buy the giant, the great promoter P.T. Barnum had an imitation made. Barnum’s fake was soon drawing larger crowds than the original!
Over the years, the Cardiff Giant has been displayed by its many owners. In 1948 the Giant was moved to the Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, New York, where you can still see it today.
The meaning of rural is _____ .
Potential most nearly means _____ .
Uncertainty is best defined as _____ .
The meaning of counterfeit is _____ .
Ultimate 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.
Many linguists believe that standard English is familiar to almost all English speakers, no matter what its background may be.
In a short story, dialogue has at least three functions: It creates variety in the narrative, it moves the action forward, and the indirect portrayal of the characters.
In her lecture, Professor Hollings made several illusions to the work of Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher of the eighteenth century.
If you are dissatisfied with a company’s customer service and wish to write a letter of complaint, you should carry out some research to identify the specific person to who your letter should be addressed.
With the ability to reach speeds of up to 70 miles per hour, cheetahs are the fastest land mammal on Earth, these animals, however, cannot sustain such bursts of speed for more than a few hundred yards.
Representing the liberal viewpoint in Parliament, it was not surprising that conservative members opposed her on a wide range of issues.
Jamil worked hard to become the valedictorian, the speaker at commencement whose average is higher than any other senior.
After watching the debate between the two candidates, we concluded that Ms. Gonzalez was the most highly qualified.
Although he had already treated himself to two helpings, Jake asked if any of the tuna salad were left.
In an encyclopedia article I read last week, it said that Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian abstract painter who was born in 1866.
To interfere with is to _____ .
Which of the following might be used to descibe the final scene in a play?
If several small businesses have combined to form one large business, they have _____ .
Which of the following might be another word for speck?
A bright, twinkling diamond might be described as _____ .
If you feel a great deal of doubt, you are filled with _____ .
If you change your mind often, you might describe yourself as _____ .
To beat or knock about is to _____ .
Which of the following is the opposite of foolproof?
A bicycle tire that is covered with dirt and grease can be described as _____ .
Which of the following might be another word for discreet?
A fake version of a painting could be called 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:
Mark Twain is the author of some of the best-known and most wide-ranging works of American literature. His writings include Huckleberry Finn, a novel about an adventurous boy and a fugitive enslaved man who meet and then travel down the Mississippi River together. Twain also wrote nonfiction travel writings filled with colorful descriptions and humorous anecdotes, and countless newspaper articles. Perhaps just as wide-ranging was the author’s actual life. As a boy, Twain left school to work as a printer. Later he traveled through rural areas along the Mississippi, worked in big cities all over the United States, and toured Europe and the Middle East. Over time, his writings earned him a substantial amount of money, but success did not cause him to slow down. Instead, in the latter part of his career, Twain became interested in and began to invest in a number of get-rich-quick schemes, most of which turned out to be unsuccessful. Fortunately, Twain continued to write and, in addition, launched a worldwide lecture tour in the mid-1890s, and so was able to make back some of his lost wealth.
In sentence 2, fugitive means _____ .
Anecdotes (sentence 3) are _____ .
Rural (sentence 6) areas are found _____ .
In sentence 7, substantial means _____ .
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:
People sometimes refer to “laughing hyenas,” but can these animals really laugh? One kind, the spotted hyena, actually does produce a sound that scientists call a “giggle.” While spotted hyenas are not classified as wild dogs, they do, like wolves and wild dogs, live in groups. Each group is dominated by a single leader and includes both powerful higher-ranking members and docile lower-ranking members. Giggling generally occurs when a lower-ranking hyena feels worried or upset. For example, the animal might giggle as it is being chased away from a meal by a higher-ranking member of its group. In addition to the giggle, spotted hyenas make a variety of other noises. These include a high-pitched whine produced when a lower-ranking hyena is entreating others to let it eat and a whooping sound that serves to warn group members of an enemy or other potential danger in the area.
In line 3, dominated means _____ .
Which of the following words could be used to replace docile (line 4)?
If one animal is entreating (line 8) others, it is _____ .
A potential (line 9) danger is one that is _____ .