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LEVEL B, UNIT 9 VOCABULARY EXTRA CREDIT (optional)

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LEVEL B, UNIT 9 VOCABULARY EXTRA CREDIT

COMPLETING THE SENTENCES

DIRECTIONS:
1. Identify the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence provided. (25 points)
*You may only select one option for your answer.
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In a democracy, the average citizen should be an active participant in public affairs, not just a quiet _____ .

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After weeks of no rain, the _____ earth turned to dust that was blown away by the strong winds.

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The soundness of the basic ideas of the U.S. Constitution has been _____ by the experience of more than 200 years.

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In spite of all the setbacks we have had, we must _____ in our efforts to achieve the goal we have set for ourselves.

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“How can you compare a union employee,” the factory owner asked, “to the _____ serfs and slaves of earlier times?”

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Aided by diagrams on the chalkboard, she gave a summary of her plan so clear and _____ that it won the full support of the audience.

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It is hard to believe that this sturdy, six-foot basketball star was a _____ 100-pounder only a few years ago.

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If you press the gas pedal just a little, this car will _____ like a racing vehicle.

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Wearing that thick scarf and ski mask, as well as a heavy coat over layers of clothing, he must have felt hot and _____ even in the chilly air.

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I think it showed bad judgment on your part to tell such a _____ story to a child who is so easily frightened.

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With her _____ bearing and imperious manner, Elizabeth I looked every inch the queen she in fact was.

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Instead of continuing to _____ , we must decide on a goal and start to move toward it.

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You will never do well in school as long as your attitude toward your studies remains _____ and unconcerned.

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In the heat of the desert afternoon, we felt _____ despite drinking from our canteens every few minutes.

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The assistant principal _____ the faculty for ways of improving the educational standards of the school.

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If you have prepared properly for the exams, there will be no reason to regard them as a terrible _____ .

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No doubt he has our best interests at heart, but my faith in him has been _____ by repeated evidence of his poor judgment.

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She made what proved to be a _____ mistake when she gave the job to one of the applicants without checking his references first.

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In spite of the bright sunshine and the happy crowds, a strange mood of _____ seemed to take possession of me.

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“This case is much more than a mere _____ between former friends,” said the lawyer during the closing remarks.

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Do her efforts to _____ our departure mean that she is trying to help us, or just get rid of us?

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I find your offer most _____ , but my better judgment tells me to have nothing to do with it.

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The dictator used fear and violence to _____ discontent among the people he ruled.

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When I asked you what you meant by those words, I wasn't _____ but trying to discover what the problem was.

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Sunset on a cold autumn day can be a wistful, _____ sight.

VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT: LITERARY TEXT

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:

The tomb in the daytime, and when wreathed with fresh flowers, had looked grim and gruesome enough, but now, some days afterwards, when the flowers hung lank and dead . . . the effect was more miserable and sordid than could have been imagined.
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EXCERPT #1 Question: If something looks gruesome, it appears _____ .

EXCERPT #2:

[He] sank into a sort of melancholy, in which state he has remained up to now. . . . It is now after the dinner hour of the asylum, and as yet my patient sits in a corner brooding, with a dull, sullen, woebegone look in his face.
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EXCERPT #2 Question: A person in a state of melancholy feels _____ .

EXCERPT #3:

After another hour Lucy waked from her sleep, fresh and bright and seemingly not much the worse for her terrible ordeal.
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EXCERPT #3 Question: An ordeal is a(n) _____ .

EXCERPT #4:

She had been restless all the morning, so that we were at first glad to know that she was sleeping. When, however, her husband mentioned casually that she was sleeping so soundly that he could not wake her, we went to her room to see for ourselves.
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EXCERPT #4 Question: To mention something casually is to say it _____ .

EXCERPT #5:

As he heard the voice his face brightened, through its mutilation, and he said, “That is Dr. Van Helsing. How good it is of you to be here. Give me some water, my lips are dry, and I shall try to tell you. I dreamed. . . .” He stopped and seemed fainting. We moistened the parched lips, and the patient quickly revived.
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EXCERPT #5 Question: Parched lips are NOT _____ .

VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT: INFORMATIONAL TEXT

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:

Visitors to the parched Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona and northern Mexico marvel at the many-armed giants that give the landscape its unique appearance. These are the giant saguaro cacti. In the dry, rugged desert a saguaro cactus can live for more than 200 years, grow to a height of 60 feet, and have as many as 50 arms.

Amazingly, saguaro cacti persist despite the harsh, unforgiving desert climate. Those that have grown to old age have survived drought, freezes, flash floods, and brush fires, as well as the pack rats that eat their seedlings. Like all desert plants, saguaros hoard water. These leafless plants absorb the water through their long roots and store it for use during the desert’s long dry spells.

Naturally, the mighty saguaro is a vital part of desert life. In fact, this giant may be home to many animals, including woodpeckers, owls, doves, bats, and insects. In addition, after a saguaro reaches the age of fifty or so, hardy flowers appear at the top of the plant once a year. These flowers entice birds, bats, and bees, who come for the nectar and for the tasty flowers with their black seeds.

Although the regal saguaros are plentiful in the Southwest, they are, unfortunately, in danger. These giant cacti have great value in landscape gardening, and poachers can earn thousands of dollars by uprooting them and selling them to nurseries. To protect these Southwestern treasures from poachers, agents for the Arizona Department of Agriculture patrol the desert. Theirs is a hard but important job, for without the saguaro
many desert creatures would suffer food shortages and loss of nesting sites. The Southwest, too, would lose something of unique importance, since these desert giants have come to symbolize the very essence of this rugged region.
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The meaning of parched is _____ .

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Persist most nearly means _____ .

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Vital is best defined as _____ .

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Entice most nearly means _____ .

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The meaning of regal is _____ .

IMPROVING SENTENCES

DIRECTIONS:
1. Read each sentence and determine if the underlined portion could be written better.
2. Select the answer that best completes each question. (5 points)
*You may only select one option for your answer.
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In Shakespeare's play Hamlet, the hero is a young man who hesitates to avenge his father's murder.

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Every mother has their own way of caring for a newborn baby.

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The trading floor of the stock exchange bustles with activity, sometimes people have to shout to makes themselves heard.

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One of the greatest English novelists was Thomas Hardy, whom also wrote poetry.

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The sudden eruption of the volcano, startling the villagers out of their sleep, who awakened to find the red-hot lava rushing toward them.

PRACTICE APPLICATION

DIRECTIONS:
1. Select the answer that best completes each question. (12 points)
*You may only select one option for your answer.
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A beach that has been worn away by the wind and waves can be described as _____ .

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To give formal approval to is to _____ .

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Which of the following is the opposite of saturate?

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If someone’s enthusiasm has been suppressed, it has been _____ .

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Which of the following might be another word for essential?

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Someone who looks on or observes can be called a(n) _____ .

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If a plane speeds up during takeoff, it _____ .

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Which of the following is the opposite of formal?

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If you are struggling to learn a new dance step, you might say you are _____ .

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To attract or tempt is to _____ .

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Which of the following is another word for undersized?

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A petty objection can be referred to as a _____ .

READING A PASSAGE #1

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:

When people think of literary works made up of illustrations and a few lines of accompanying text, they probably think of children’s picture books filled with charming characters and lighthearted situations. In other words, they would be unlikely to imagine picture books filled with melancholy characters, both old and young and usually from the late 1900s, who suffer through all kinds of ordeals and often meet with gruesome ends. Yet these are exactly the elements that are found in the work of writer and illustrator Edward Gorey. Gorey’s works, which were first published about fifty years ago and have such titles as The Doubtful Guest and The Ustrung Harp, were not written with children in mind but rather were aimed at adults. In this respect, they are similiar to today’s graphic novels, in which words and pictures work together to tell stories that are not necessarily simple or reassuring.
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Which of the following could not be used to replace melancholy (sentence 2)?

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In sentence 2, ordeals means _____ .

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Which of the following words could be used to replace gruesome (sentence 2)?

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In sentence 5, graphic means relating to _____ .

READING A PASSAGE #2

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:

My friend Daryl loves animals, and so he was unable to simply pass by when he found a lost kitten while he was walking over to my house last week. We decided to do whatever we could to help and immediately began to canvass the entire neighborhood in search of the cat’s owner. Although no one claimed her, we did not give up. Instead we persisted in our search by making posters that included a photo of the kitten and putting them up around the neighborhood. Fortunately, we got a call that solved our problem a short time after that. It
turns out that the kitten, whose name is Princess, belongs to a family that lives only two blocks away and that everyone was out looking for her at the time we were knocking on doors. Now I see Princess sitting on the other side of a first-floor window whenever I pass the house in which she lives, and I’m happy to say that instead of looking lost and downtrodden, she looks happy and truly regal.
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Which of the following could be used to replace canvass (line 3)?

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In line 4, persisted means _____ .

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In line 9, downtrodden means _____ .

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Which of the following could not be used to replace regal (line 9)?