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LEVEL C, UNIT 13 VOCABULARY EXTRA CREDIT (optional)

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LEVEL C, UNIT 13 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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Most people know the story of Cinderella, a poor, mistreated _____ who marries a prince and lives happily ever after.

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Your outstanding report card and teacher evaluations _____ to the fact that when you apply yourself, you can be successful.

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Many ad campaigns deliberately _____ the superiority of a product over all its competition.

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The _____ of the construction project will provide hundreds of jobs for people over the next five years.

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People who migrate from the suburbs to the city often find it difficult to _____ to the noise and crowded conditions.

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Thinking it no crime to borrow from the past, Elizabethan dramatists often _____ ancient writings for suitable plots.

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In the opening scene of Shakespeare's Macbeth, there is a strong sense of _____ that something terrible is going to happen.

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The police sometimes use laws against _____ to prevent the gathering of unruly crowds.

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No matter how well qualified you may be, an inability to get on well with other people will prove a serious _____ in any field of work.

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Mutual respect and understanding among all racial and ethnic groups remains a(n) _____ in the life of this nation.

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The _____ advice given by Ben Franklin in Poor Richard's Almanac has rarely been equaled for its good common sense.

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Despite our own exhaustion, we made one final, _____ attempt to save the drowning swimmer, but our efforts were to no avail.

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Monday morning seems to be a favorite time for the employees to practice the fine art of _____ .

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I believe that it is _____ that we protect our lakes, rivers, and wetlands, as they provide us with clean drinking water.

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“I did what I thought best at the time,” the president replied, “and I deeply resent their cowardly attempts to _____ my actions.”

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Ample food supplies in the United States _____ to the abilities of American farmers.

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For a time, it was fashionable for supermodels to look like _____ , but that undernourished look has lost its appeal.

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To _____ now, at the very threshold of victory, would mean that all our earlier struggles and sacrifices had been in vain.

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When she learned that she had not been chosen for the job, she made a _____ joke, but this did not conceal her deep disappointment.

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His _____ attitude toward those he considered “beneath him” was a sure sign of lack of breeding and simple good manners.

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The director told him to smile like a “dashing man about town,” but all he could do was _____ like a confused freshman.

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Political leaders should feel free to change their minds on specific issues while remaining _____ in their support of their principles.

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Hordes of savage barbarians swept into the province, committing one _____ after another on the defenseless population.

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The temperaments of the partners in the business _____ so well that they can work together without the slightest friction or conflict.

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Dexter, our beagle, looks so _____ when we leave him behind.

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:

Jem could be found and made to restore the money: Marner did not want to punish him, but only to get back his gold which had gone from him, and left his soul like a forlorn traveler on an unknown desert. (Silas Marner)
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EXCERPT #1 Question: Someone who is forlorn is NOT _____ .

EXCERPT #2:

For how was it possible to believe that those large brown protuberant eyes in Silas Marner's pale face really saw nothing very distinctly that was not close to them, and not rather that their dreadful stare could dart cramp, or rickets, or a wry mouth at any boy who happened to be in the rear? (Silas Marner)
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EXCERPT #2 Question: Something that is wry is _____ .

EXCERPT #3:

Not a word was spoken . . . when Maggie, who had been looking straight before her all the while, turned again to walk back, saying, with haughty resentment, “There is no need for me to go any farther.” (The Mill on the Floss)
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EXCERPT #3 Question: A haughty manner is _____ .

EXCERPT #4:

"You understand book keeping?”
“No,” said Tom, rather falteringly. “I was in Practice. But Mr. Stelling says I write a good hand, uncle.” (The Mill on the Floss)
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EXCERPT #4 Question: A person who speaks falteringly does so with _____ .

EXCERPT #5:

Mr. Tulliver threw himself back in his chair; his mind, which had so long been the home of nothing but bitter discontent and foreboding, suddenly filled, by the magic of joy, with visions of good fortune. (The Mill on the Floss)
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EXCERPT #5 Question: A foreboding is a(n) _____ .

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:

The building of the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River during the Great Depression attests to the U.S. government’s ability to undertake a massive project for the common good in hard times. The enormity of the construction project meant that a large workforce was needed. Unemployment was widespread at the time, and people from all over the country flocked to the region, hoping to get a job on the dam. Native Americans and African Americans were among those who found employment on the project. Working conditions were very difficult. The land around the site was so hot and dry in the summer and so cold and windy in the winter that no one lived there. In addition, the jobs were both exhausting and dangerous. Yet for those who needed work, these factors were not impediments.

Hoover Dam illuminated at night Work on the site began in 1931. Loose rock and earth had to be cleared away. Then tunnels were built to divert the flow of the river around the dam site. Finally work began on the dam itself. The pouring of the concrete alone went on almost nonstop for nearly two years (1933-1935). Five thousand workers had to operate in a four-thousand-foot canyon. The supervisors and foremen had to dovetail all the jobs in just the right sequence. Work continued around the clock. It was a truly monumental undertaking.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the dam on September 30, 1935. The dam’s irrigation water helped turn the desert into fertile agricultural land. Lake Mead, which was created by the dam, became a popular recreation area. Over the years, the sale of hydroelectric power generated by the dam repaid the construction costs. But perhaps most important, the Hoover Dam gave hope to a forlorn nation, weary of the depression.
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The meaning of attests is _____ .

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Enormity most nearly means _____ .

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Impediments is best defined as _____ .

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The meaning of dovetail is _____ .

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Forlorn most nearly means _____ .

CORRECTING ERRORS

DIRECTIONS:
1. Read each sentence and determine if the bold 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.
PASSAGE:

The Academy Awards of Merit, nicknamed “Oscars,” are presented annually every year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize achievement in the film industry. Dating back to 1928, the awards are distributed among 25 categories.

Academy membership are divided into various branches of film production, such as art and set decoration, cinematography, directing, and animation. According to the nomination and voting rules, the nominees in each award category are chosen by the members of the corresponding branch. However, directors nominate other directors, and writers nominate other writers. The entire membership of the Academy nominates the contenders for Best Picture the winners in most of the categories are elected by an Academy-wide vote.

The Oscar itself is a statuette portraying a knight standing on a reel of film so to hold a sword. Originally cast in bronze with gold plating, the statuettes are now made of gold-plated brittanium and stand 13½ inches high and weigh 8½ pounds.
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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 family that has adjusted from living in the country to life in a big city has _____ .

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Which of the following is another word for immensity?

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To fake an illness in order to avoid work is to _____ .

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If a baseball team’s skills are generally spoken about in a confident and swaggering way, they are _____ .

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A silly, forced smile can be called a _____ .

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Which of the following is the opposite of glorify?

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A stray person or animal might be referred to as a(n) _____ .

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To fit together exactly is to _____ .

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Which of the following is another word for obstacle?

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If you find yourself speaking hesitantly during an apology, you are _____ .

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A look that is chillingly proud and scornful can be described as _____ .

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To rob by force, especially during wartime, is to _____ .

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:

For more than a quarter of a century, from 1732 to 1758, Poor Richard’s Almanack was a bestseller in colonial America. Why did so many colonists find it imperative to buy and read this yearly publication that was written and published by Benjamin Franklin? In part, they purchased the work for practical reasons. Like other almanacs, it offered useful information about the weather and other important matters. What set Franklin’s yearly volume apart from others of its kind, however, was the pithy advice it offered, sometimes delivered with a wry sense of humor, about life in general. Many of Franklin’s clever sayings urged people to work hard and be steadfast in their determination to live a good, honest life. Others warned them about about bad habits and other dangers to watch out for. Among the most famous of these pieces of advice are: “What you seem to be, be really,” “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” and “Fish and visitors stink after three days.”
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In sentence 2, imperative means _____ .

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Pithy (sentence 5) advice is _____ .

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Which of the following words could be used to replace wry (sentence 5)?

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To be steadfast (sentence 6) is to be _____ .

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:

As anyone who has ever hiked through the woods at sunset can attest, the experience can be unsettling. That’s exactly what I found when I went camping with my cousins last week. When I felt that darkness was setting in while we were still heading for the cabins where we were supposed to stay, I had a definite sense of foreboding. This feeling became even stronger when owls started hooting and sounding very mysterious and forlorn. No, this was definitely not a good time to loiter or get lost, I said to myself. Just, then, however, exactly as the sun was about to go down, we spotted some lights up ahead. They were coming from the windows of the cabins. What a relief!
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In line 1, attest means _____ .

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If you have a sense of foreboding (line 3), you think that _____ .

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Which of the following words could be used to replace forlorn (line 4)?

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Which of the following could not be used to replace loiter (line 5)?