English 9A Lesson 1 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Which word is an antonym for arrogant? -
correct answer ✅humble
To inaugurate is to _[blank]_. -
correct answer ✅introduce
If Enrico were overcome by inertia, how would he be feeling? -
correct answer ✅lazy
How can details help support a central idea in an informational
text? -
correct answer ✅Details provide evidence for opinions.
Details can make a text engaging and interesting.
Read the passage from "How Books Can Open Your Mind."
But my dream was to become a Chinese opera singer. That is me
playing my imaginary piano. An opera singer must start training
young to learn acrobatics, so I tried everything I could to go to
opera school. I even wrote to the school principal and the host of a
radio show. But no adults liked the idea. No adults believed I was
serious. Only my friends supported me, but they were kids, just as
, English 9A Lesson 1 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
powerless as I was. So at age 15, I knew I was too old to be trained.
My dream would never come true. I was afraid that for the rest of
my life some second-class happiness would be the best I could
hope for.
But that's so unfair. So I was determined to find another calling.
Nobody around to teach me? Fine. I turned to books.
What is the central idea of this passage?
How Books Can Open Your Mind -
correct answer ✅Books provided a purpose after the author
couldn't achieve her dream of being an opera singer.
In "How Books Can Open Your Mind," which details support the
central idea that books changed the author's relationship with her
family? -
correct answer ✅I found my role model of an independent
woman when Confucian tradition requires obedience. [Jane Eyre]
"Honor," I said. "That's so different, and better, than obey." So it
becomes my tool to climb out of this Confucian guilt trap and to
restart my relationship with my parents.
Read the passage from "The Rights to the Streets of Memphis."
& Answers (Grade A+)
Which word is an antonym for arrogant? -
correct answer ✅humble
To inaugurate is to _[blank]_. -
correct answer ✅introduce
If Enrico were overcome by inertia, how would he be feeling? -
correct answer ✅lazy
How can details help support a central idea in an informational
text? -
correct answer ✅Details provide evidence for opinions.
Details can make a text engaging and interesting.
Read the passage from "How Books Can Open Your Mind."
But my dream was to become a Chinese opera singer. That is me
playing my imaginary piano. An opera singer must start training
young to learn acrobatics, so I tried everything I could to go to
opera school. I even wrote to the school principal and the host of a
radio show. But no adults liked the idea. No adults believed I was
serious. Only my friends supported me, but they were kids, just as
, English 9A Lesson 1 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
powerless as I was. So at age 15, I knew I was too old to be trained.
My dream would never come true. I was afraid that for the rest of
my life some second-class happiness would be the best I could
hope for.
But that's so unfair. So I was determined to find another calling.
Nobody around to teach me? Fine. I turned to books.
What is the central idea of this passage?
How Books Can Open Your Mind -
correct answer ✅Books provided a purpose after the author
couldn't achieve her dream of being an opera singer.
In "How Books Can Open Your Mind," which details support the
central idea that books changed the author's relationship with her
family? -
correct answer ✅I found my role model of an independent
woman when Confucian tradition requires obedience. [Jane Eyre]
"Honor," I said. "That's so different, and better, than obey." So it
becomes my tool to climb out of this Confucian guilt trap and to
restart my relationship with my parents.
Read the passage from "The Rights to the Streets of Memphis."
