End of semester English 10a
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1. evolved beyond Which phrase best completes the writer's explanation?
the need to com- In the novella The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, the narra-
municate using tor expects that the future will be more advanced, but he
words instead encounters simple creatures: "As they made no
effort to communicate with me, but simply stood round me
smiling and speaking in soft cooing notes to each other."
However, I would propose that perhaps the creatures'
communication was more advanced. Perhaps they
2. I got this one Select the correct text in the passage.
wrong but I an- Which detail best supports the idea that the people in the
swered As they future are confused about where the narrator has come
made no effort from?
to communicate adapted from The Time Machineby H.G. Wells
with me, but sim- As they made no effort to communicate with me, but simply
ply stood round stood round me smiling and speaking in soft cooing notes
me ... to each other, I began the conversation by pointing to
the Time Machine and to myself. Then, hesitating for a
moment how to express Time, I pointed to the sun and
at once a quaintly pretty little figure in chequered purple
and white followed my gesture, and then astonished me
by imitating the sound of thunder.For a moment I was
staggered, though the import of his gesture was plain
enough. The question had come into my mind abruptly:
were these creatures fools? You may hardly understand
how it took me. You see, I had always anticipated that
the people of the year Eight Hundred and Two Thousand
odd would be incredibly in front of us in knowledge, art,
everything. Then one of them suddenly asked me a ques-
tion that showed him to be on the intellectual level of one
of our five-year-old children—asked me, in fact, if I had
come from the sun in a thunderstorm! It let loose the
judgment I had suspended upon their clothes, their frail
light limbs, and fragile features. A flow of disappointment
rushed across my mind and for a moment I felt that I had
built the Time Machine in vain.
3. Old fashioned Select the correct texts in the passage.
and obsolete Which two words help find the meaning of the word anti-
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quated in the passage?
Jared had been tinkering with the old-fashioned record
player he found in the junk pile for some time but could
not get it to work. The parts he needed to fix it were either
obsolete or unavailable or pricy. It would have been cool
to get it working, but it was too antiquated.
4. I got this one Select the correct texts in the passage.
wrong. I an- Which two phrases convey unease in the excerpt?
swered curious excerpt adapted from The Count of Monte Cristoby
onlookers and so Alexander Dumas
slowly, so its not The dock was soon covered with the usual crowd of curi-
those ones. ous onlookers, as the arrival of a ship is always a great
event in the town of Marseilles. This was especially true
when, like the Pharaon, it has been built in the city and
belongs to a local shipowner.
Meanwhile the vessel was approaching the harbor, but so
slowly and with such an air of melancholy that the onlook-
ers, sensing misfortune, began to wonder if an accident
happened on board. However, the experienced seamen
among them saw that if there had been an accident, it
could not have happened to the ship herself, for she had
every appearance of being under perfect control.
5. We decided to Select all the correct answers.
place the motor Which two pieces of evidence from the passage best sug-
to one side of the gest that the Wright brothers seriously considered safety
man, so that in in their airplane design?
case of a plunge
headfirst, the mo-
tor could not fall
upon him.
and
To provide
against the ma-
chine rolling over
forward in land-
ing, we designed
skids like sled
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runners, extend-
ing out in front
of the main sur-
faces.
6. Air movement af- Drag each label to the correct location on the image.
fects flight:The Which label provides the best evidence for each of the
machine is statements about the passage?
placed upon a
single rail track
facing the wind.
The plane re-
quires two peo-
ple for flight:
An assistant who
has been hold-
ing the machine
in balance on the
rail starts for-
ward with you.
The plane ride
is remarkably
smooth: you do
not feel the sen-
sation of being
thrown from your
seat
Speed is diffi-
cult to detect in
the air: you per-
ceive no change
in the pressure of
thewind on your
face
7. I got this one Select the correct texts in the passage.
partially correct. Which two phrases help determine the meaning of the
"species popula- word biodiversity?
tion" is one of the excerpt from New Deep-Sea Coral Species Discovered in
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1. evolved beyond Which phrase best completes the writer's explanation?
the need to com- In the novella The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, the narra-
municate using tor expects that the future will be more advanced, but he
words instead encounters simple creatures: "As they made no
effort to communicate with me, but simply stood round me
smiling and speaking in soft cooing notes to each other."
However, I would propose that perhaps the creatures'
communication was more advanced. Perhaps they
2. I got this one Select the correct text in the passage.
wrong but I an- Which detail best supports the idea that the people in the
swered As they future are confused about where the narrator has come
made no effort from?
to communicate adapted from The Time Machineby H.G. Wells
with me, but sim- As they made no effort to communicate with me, but simply
ply stood round stood round me smiling and speaking in soft cooing notes
me ... to each other, I began the conversation by pointing to
the Time Machine and to myself. Then, hesitating for a
moment how to express Time, I pointed to the sun and
at once a quaintly pretty little figure in chequered purple
and white followed my gesture, and then astonished me
by imitating the sound of thunder.For a moment I was
staggered, though the import of his gesture was plain
enough. The question had come into my mind abruptly:
were these creatures fools? You may hardly understand
how it took me. You see, I had always anticipated that
the people of the year Eight Hundred and Two Thousand
odd would be incredibly in front of us in knowledge, art,
everything. Then one of them suddenly asked me a ques-
tion that showed him to be on the intellectual level of one
of our five-year-old children—asked me, in fact, if I had
come from the sun in a thunderstorm! It let loose the
judgment I had suspended upon their clothes, their frail
light limbs, and fragile features. A flow of disappointment
rushed across my mind and for a moment I felt that I had
built the Time Machine in vain.
3. Old fashioned Select the correct texts in the passage.
and obsolete Which two words help find the meaning of the word anti-
, End of semester English 10a
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_dxzfvt
quated in the passage?
Jared had been tinkering with the old-fashioned record
player he found in the junk pile for some time but could
not get it to work. The parts he needed to fix it were either
obsolete or unavailable or pricy. It would have been cool
to get it working, but it was too antiquated.
4. I got this one Select the correct texts in the passage.
wrong. I an- Which two phrases convey unease in the excerpt?
swered curious excerpt adapted from The Count of Monte Cristoby
onlookers and so Alexander Dumas
slowly, so its not The dock was soon covered with the usual crowd of curi-
those ones. ous onlookers, as the arrival of a ship is always a great
event in the town of Marseilles. This was especially true
when, like the Pharaon, it has been built in the city and
belongs to a local shipowner.
Meanwhile the vessel was approaching the harbor, but so
slowly and with such an air of melancholy that the onlook-
ers, sensing misfortune, began to wonder if an accident
happened on board. However, the experienced seamen
among them saw that if there had been an accident, it
could not have happened to the ship herself, for she had
every appearance of being under perfect control.
5. We decided to Select all the correct answers.
place the motor Which two pieces of evidence from the passage best sug-
to one side of the gest that the Wright brothers seriously considered safety
man, so that in in their airplane design?
case of a plunge
headfirst, the mo-
tor could not fall
upon him.
and
To provide
against the ma-
chine rolling over
forward in land-
ing, we designed
skids like sled
, End of semester English 10a
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runners, extend-
ing out in front
of the main sur-
faces.
6. Air movement af- Drag each label to the correct location on the image.
fects flight:The Which label provides the best evidence for each of the
machine is statements about the passage?
placed upon a
single rail track
facing the wind.
The plane re-
quires two peo-
ple for flight:
An assistant who
has been hold-
ing the machine
in balance on the
rail starts for-
ward with you.
The plane ride
is remarkably
smooth: you do
not feel the sen-
sation of being
thrown from your
seat
Speed is diffi-
cult to detect in
the air: you per-
ceive no change
in the pressure of
thewind on your
face
7. I got this one Select the correct texts in the passage.
partially correct. Which two phrases help determine the meaning of the
"species popula- word biodiversity?
tion" is one of the excerpt from New Deep-Sea Coral Species Discovered in
