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Part B: Reading o the Grde 9 EglishLguge Arts Achievemet Test hs2 ooklets:

theReadingsBooklet,whichcontains9 selectios

theQuestionsBooklet,whichcontains55 questios

This test was developed to becompleted in 75 minutes; however, youmay take an additional 30 minutes tocomplete the test.

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BesurethatyouhaveaReadingsBooklet d Questions Booklet.

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You may write in this booklet i you fndit helpul. Make sure that your answersare placed on the answer sheet.

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I. Read the magazine article below and answer questions 1 to 9 on

pages 22 and 23.

GAMES ANIMALS PLAY

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While scientists study the serious business of animal play behaviour, theirsubjects are having a ball

by any scietic mesure, Pigce the turtle, who succumed to old ge iOctoer 1993, hd o usiess plig sketll. The eormous Aric sot-shell ws, t 50-somethig, much too old to e eltig ll roud his quriumwith his sout. Ad while hvig u is commo mog mmmls d irds,cold-looded reptiles ret exctl prt imls. Prewired t irth or survivl,the rrel exhiit wht scietists clssi s pl ehviour.

But Pigce didt kow tht. He used to delight visitors t the Ntiol Zooi Wshigto, D.C., or severl hours ech d. Zookeepers rst tossed him

ll s temporr distrctio. The did ot expect him to pl with it, ut theturtle seemed to relish the dil exercise, ss Gordo Burghrdt, iopschologist t the Uiversit o Teessee who is preprig pper tht islmost certi to provoke cotrovers i the eld o pl sciece. Turtles remog the oldest species o Erth, d Burghrdt suggests tht theirmmmli pl ehviour c e trced ck to the reptilelike cestors owrm-looded species.

Full o ew iterest i ll-whckig turtles, mokes splshig oe other,d moose chsig widlow leves, scietists re lookig eod the ederigecdotes to more cotrolled studies o just wh imls pl. The sujectremis oth complex d puzzlig.

Whe Uiversit o Alsk iologist Roert Fge rst oserved the wso white-tiled deer ruig repetedl through wter, twistig their odies dshkig their heds, m immedite respose ws tht the hd goe md or tht Iws seeig thigs. Ol lter did I relize tht the ws hd ee plig.

Reserchers geerll dee pl i three sic ws: mock chsig dghtig, repetitio o locomotor skills, d tedec o oug imls to tkedgerous risks.

M iml tics echo childres gmes. Mokes pl lep-rog, otterslove kig-o-the-hill, oug hes egge i tug-o-wr cotests, d ougvmpire ts pl tg, chsig d slppig oe other with their wigs.

Birds d mmmls i the sme ecologicl iche seem to shre similrities i

their pl. Woodpeckers, prrots d wrlers pl mouselike hoppig gmes ochase.Younghawks,owlsandeaglesoftentoywithdeadpreyjustascats, mrtes d ers do.

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But iml pl ist lws u d gmes. I the wild it c e dgerous.Not ol re plul oug imls sittig ducks or predtors, the c hurtthemselves. I Aric oos lie i wit or oug vervet mokes horsigroud d il them s scks, while Sieri-iex oug tke ijurious,sometimesfatal,spillsrompingonrockyterrain.Yetdespitesuchdangers,play

m e w o rig up the egies o survivl.Groud-rekig evidece rom Uiversit o Idho zoologist Joh Bers

d others suggests tht imls pl the hrdest whe their ri cells dervous sstems re developig the most rpidl. Pluless seems to e moredeepl igried i imls with lrger ris d loger mturtio ccles. Thuswhles d chimpzees pl more elortel d or loger time thhedgehogs d shrews.

Accordig to Bers, 90 percet o mmml species pl ctios represetoe o three distict ehviours used lter i lie cpturig pre, feeig cptureor ghtig other memers o the species. The ct tht most imls sped smuch s te percet o their outh just oolig roud, ss Bers, implies tht

ture is gettig the mximum eet t miimum cost.For m imls, however, plig lso serves elorte uctios o socilodig d estlishig rules. Aimls tht pl together st together, is howMrc Beko o the Uiversit o Colordo t Boulder puts it. Ideed, ew studiesshow tht through pl imls ler how to egotite with their ow species djust how r the c push.

Tke hrour sels, who, or resos kow ol to them, dot like eigtouched. Joh W. Lwso, ethologist t the Deprtmet o Fisheries dOces i St. Johs, Nfd., hs spet ers oservig coloies o hrour sels oer islds. Whe the rested, he oticed, the lws seprted selslegth rom oe other. Oce, Lwso idvertetl1 dropped plstic g,

which lew over d grzed juveile. He reked out, ss Lwso. He rito dult, who it him d umped ito other. The etire group eded upfeeig ito the wter.

Thissametouchinessappearsinyoungharboursealsatplay.Youngsters

cogregte oshore d torpedo themselves towrds ld, splshig the loudlojectig dults with oce spr. The trick is to stop just short o touchig grow-up to void gettig itte. Ss Lwso: The imls seemed to elerig wht the could d couldt get w with.

Mxee Bie, zoologist who studied primte pl t the NtiolIstitutes o Helth i Wshigto, D.C., ss pl or oug mokes is w toget experiece i socil roles without gettig killed or ijured. Cll it turl

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d the llow the plmtes tur domitig. These gmes give prctice ordulthood, lettig oth prticipts hoe2 movemets d socil skills the willeed lter.

Such socil pl is siglled i vriet o ws. Commo errets idictetht its pltime hoppig roud sti-legged, with cks rched d tils heldhigh. Cootes d wolves crouch o ll ours d shoot their ehids i the ir,much like dog lig stick t his msters eet. Kes, tpe o prrot oud iNew Zeld, lie o their cks d lce smll ojects o their eet, the tossd chse ter the ojects, ppretl ll i ttempt to get other kes topl too.

The oe questio tht most itrigues scietists is the oe tht is swered soechtigl i the lughter o child o the plgroud. Do imls experieceeecil rewrds rom ll this pl? Ws Pigce, the sketll-swttig turtle,ctull ulig qutic hriiight ter ech slm duk ito the wter lilies?

Ideed, some scietists re reluctt to clssi iml ehviour s pl

util the hve studied it exhustivel. Amog cts there is pheomeo somereserchers hve clled pl o relie, i which oug elie figs its ctchsvgel out or hour or more. To some this ctivit ppers to e celertio. But is it more th just pl? Does it hve somethig to do with predtors prewired survivl mechisms eig orced ito overlod?

Similrl, re otters repetedl slidig dow sow k ito the wterhvig u? Or is zoomig dow the slope just respose to the terri uilt itootter ris s successul locomotio trick or otherwise ld-impiredspecies?

Field iologists ote see such distictio s hirsplittig. The view otter o wter slide s logous3 to, s, kid chrgig gleeull roud the

school rd, wvig stick. I deig pl, ss Mrc Beko, ou c cll itpeut utter or chicke soup, ut theres o mistkig it.

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II. Read the poem below and answer questions 10 to 15 on pages 24 and 25.

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THE FACTORY HOUR

The su up through lue mistdrws its ow tide: this is the ctor hour.As I drive est, I pss dozes like mselwitig o the cur or uses, or comp crummies,1

or cr pools; gre plstic luch uckets,set oots, old clothes. All o us pulledo the sme ctor tide.

The plts prkig lotis the dock; the smll v o the idustril cterers

hs opeed t the urthest gte through the ece: coee, cigrettes,sdwiches. Wlkig i through the sphlt rdwe eter the hull o the vessel.

The gret hold is redig itsel or the voge. Stemrises slowl rom the cid cleig tkser the smll prts coveor d spr ooth.We pss to the rcks o crds; sudde clg o mchie shersut otherwise ol the hum o voices, geertors, compressors.Click d thump o the crds t the clock. The slow movemeto those lred chged ito lue coverlls.

The hooter souds, d were cst o. First coughsd the mutter o the orklit egies.The the rst rivets shot home i the c shops metl lie.Air hoses everwhere coected, egiig to hiss, the whiro the hood lies drills. The rst olts re tighteed:the ship uderw o the wter o time.

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Howl o the routers:2 smell o reglss dust.Noise o the suctio vcuum, the cutter, the roro dollies trudled i or ished hood. Ad the PA edlessl clligor prtsme, or oreme, or chrgehds:Neil Watt to Receiving please, Neil Watt.

Je Adamanchuck to Sheet Metal.

Dave Giberson to Gear Shop . . . to Parts Desk . . . Sub-Assembly.

The hooters mrkig the hl-hours, the reks,the ship plugig hed. The PA soudigCall 1 or the superitedet; Call 273; Call guardhouse; Call switchboard.Luch t se: sprwled the hoods i ordir wetheror outside t the doors to the prts-rd i e; whie o the sd the costt shuttlig o the orklitsshow tht the ship still stems. The the hooterreturs us ck to the hours o eeolts,

grilles, wirig hedlmps, hoodguides, shpig dsdig smooth the ir-cleer cutouts. O d ouder the whir o the hl-to cre, rttle o the impct wrech,grtig o ew hood shells s the re drgged oto pllet.

To the lst ote o the hooter: the ot retured to its Cit l lieup t the timeclock, d out through the doorsto the dockside prkig lot. Lte teroo:I drive ito the tide o homeoud trc, heded west owstill movig ito the su.

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III. Read the excerpt from a novel below and answer questions 16 to 24 on

pages 26 and 27.

The narrator o this excerpt is a dog named Boy. Here, he recounts one o his

experiences with a cat.

from A DOGS LIFE

This excerpt is uville.

Mle, Peter. A Dogs Lie.NewYork:VintageBooks,1995,pp.100105.


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IV. Read the excerpt from a novel below and answer questions 25 to 27 on page 28.

This novel is set in the distant uture, on an Earth where Tripodshuge, three-

legged machines that control peoples mindshave ruled or as long as anyone

can remember. To escape becoming a slave to the Tripods orever, Will Parker,

the 13-year-old narrator, journeys across Europe. In this excerpt, he has arrivedin the White Mountains o Switzerland, a region outside the control o the Tripods,

o which Will had been inormed by a traveller named Ozymandias.

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A log, dicult, d dgerous joure, Ozmdis told me. So it proved.Ad with hrd lie t the joures ed. He ws right i tht, too. We hveothig i the w o luxur, d would ot wt it i we could: mids d odiesmust e kept tut d trim or the tsks tht lie hed.

But there re woders, o which our ew home itsel is the gretest. We live otol mog the White Moutis ut iside oe o them. For the ciets uilt Shmd-Fir1 here, toosix miles log, risig mile high through tuel hewout o solid rock. Wh the did it, or wht gret purpose, we cot tell; ut ow,with ew tuels crried still rther ito the moutis hert, it provides us with stroghold. Eve whe we cme to it, i summer, there ws sow d ice roudthe opeig to the mi tuel, d it emerges to plce tht looks over river oice, ichig its w dow etwee roze peks to e lost i the distce. Butiside the mouti, the ir is o more th cool, protected s we re the thicklers o rock.

There re viewig poits where oe c look out rom the side o the mouti.Sometimes I go to oe o these d stre dow ito the gree sulit vlle relow. I c see villges, ti elds, rods, the pihed specks o cttle. Lie lookswrm there, d es, compred with the hrshess o rock d ice whichwe re surrouded. But I do ot ev the vlle people their ese.

For it is ot quite true to s tht we hve o luxuries. We hve two: reedom,d hope. We live mog me whose mids re their ow, who do ot ccept thedomiio o the Tripods d who, hvig edured i ptiece or log eough, reeve ow preprig to crr the wr to the eem.

Our leders keep their cousel, d we re ol ewcomers d oswecould ot expect to kow wht the projects re, or wht our prt i them m e.

But we shll hve prt, tht is certi. Ad other thig is certi, too: i the edwe shll destro the Tripods, d ree me will ejo the goodess o the erth.

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V. Read the magazine article below and answer questions 28 to 35 on

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OF DUCKS, TRUCKS AND BUCKS

Whe I dropped out o the rt rce I ws ter somethig more th the edlesspursuit o moe, the costt echo o ucks, ucks, ucks. I ws lured otherdrem, the gril1 o rurl sel-suciec. Not tht I ws ever grted the wholeutopi visio, mid ou just glimmerigs o lie lived closer to ture. Therews lws, o course, the prolem o mkig tht livig, o cig the drem.

I dot eed to tke up spce here descriig the ur/suur tredmill orthe evirometl, socil d pschologicl messes creted moder civiliztio.Just red the dil ews. B the ge o twet-oe I kew eough to strt lookigor somethig etter.

I jumped cold-turke rom the hothouse o cdemi ito the gritic2 soil oNew Hmpshire, oe o North Americs most ecoomicll depressed res. Ld

ws chep ecuse the ormer geertios o rmers hd give up d moved o.A ellow ex-studet hd suk his orrowed ortue ito lrge chuk o woodedhillside or co-opertive homestedig veture d ws seekig willig odiesto help fesh out his visio. I cme ull o theories out gps ecoomics,3costructive rchism4 d poclptic survivl.5 But I hd o moe, o useultrde.

I took jo o the district highw crew, mig the street sweeper uit whichthe old os drgged over the udultig6 rods o the cout, d which spewedrod grime over me, hed to toe, or $2.17 per. I drove to work i ellow lemoo Krm-Ghi tht I ought rom 14-er-old o or $140. It ws m rstcr. It worked e util I decided to tret it to qurt o high-qulit deterget oil.

The deterget ctio dissolved whtever croceous glop ws holdig the pistostogether d the cr promptl died. It ws sig. As were the eleve ds dights o ri tht disml sprig. I couted them o like Noh7wtchig the ed othe world.

O d 12 I let m dreched drems ehid d took o or Cliori withthirt dollrs i m pocket d other glem i m ee: the riches to e mdei the su, oomig West. I gured tht with ig k ccout, I could ettercushio the rock ldig o m ext sojour ck to the erth. But the Clioricities, I oud, were ot mde o gold.

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Ater two ers o odd jos s uskilled ur lourer-house piter, clerk,gs jocke, prkig vlet I dremed up ew w to get ck to ture. O theiside trck, so to spek. I would go ck to m ooks d d ture i literture.The ous would e pig jo, creer s techer. Ad I might eve d ice pstorl plce to settle dow. Accordig to this ltest coceptio, ture wsmostl stte o mid, esthetic qulit o lie; d so sel-suciec wscoed to the sttus o cil equilirium.

Drw the compellig eut o the rugged Northwest, I cme to BritishColumi or more uiversit stud. The settig proved pt or delvig ito therich turl resources o Cdi literture etit which, util registrtio, Ididt kow existed. Upo grdutig two ers lter, I discovered tht Mstersdegree i Eglish is worth exctl s much s the pper spellig it out. But I lllded jo i the midst o ture more vst d remote, et lso more hum,th I hd et imgied.IwashiredbyaschoolboardinnorthernQuebectoteachjuniorhighstudents

i Iuit villge. I eded up lerig more th I tught. I tht wild, white

world the people hd o ducks, ew trucks d ewer ucks. Wht the did hvews ttitude, histor, culture sed o livig with ture, i ture, oture. I would ot, however, descrie them s primitive. Their ow ture wswrm, riedl, iitel ptiet d optimistic d ove ll, dptle. Theirhistor is ull o chge, o usig wht prcticl thigs come to hd romwhleoe, to steel kives, to four d te, to rifes d sowmoiles, to ircrtd developmet corportios. With ever iovtio comes compromise with ormer, more turl w o lie. The Iuit re o loger sel-suciet, imaterialterms.Yetinbearing,inoutlook,ingroundinginthematterofsurvivalin

lws chllegig eviromet, the re supremel sel-relit. I lered thtwhe I sw the huters usig kives to operte o skidoos i ope-ir surger t 40

elow i the middle o owhere.I let the North with ew pprecitio o wht it mes to live o the ld, withreewed resolve to tr it msel, d with the cpitl required to egi. I ought shre o ld co-op i the iterior moutis o B.C. d strted crvig homested out o the ush.

M skills i the sics o rurl livig were still egligile. Tppig eighorsor help d dvice, I clered drivew d lid wterlie; clered spce or grde, orchrd d house; uilt woodshed d temporr chicke coop umeroe. The cme houseuildig project which would tke seve ers.

For the rst three ers I pid little ttetio to schemes or mkig moe.Whe m svigs ccout ll r dr, I hd to strt hustlig. There were ew

useul trdes Id lered experiece, d some others to ler rom scrtch. Ihired msel out s crpeter, stoemso, reghter, treeplter.

I the metime I ws joied two other people t home Srh, d dughter. Now moe ered met time spet w rom mil s well s romthe lggig house costructio. I eg to look closer t ws to work t home:oth to geerte icome d to produce wht I would otherwise u.

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Short o pure sel-suciec, Ive oud isted plce i ric oiterdepedece. It seems either possile or desirle to produce ever ood,ever tool here either o the homested, or i the er commuit. Brter,home usiess, homested productio, pig jos ll pl prt. It is eciet togrow ll oes vegetles, plus extr grlic, d the to sell the grlic d u gri,which is ot so es to grow here. Aother exmple: Srh hs desiged ox lelsi exchge or the products the dvertise pples d kitche stool. Adter giig experiece uildig rock wlls or our ow house, we were oth hiredto uild plter or locl rtist whod received ed-ull o lilies i trde or pitig.

Sometimes the trdeos re ieciet, sometimes uexpected. Tke the cseo the ducks. We ordered duckligs rom distt supplier to rise or eggs,mure, d slug-cotrol. Isted o eig shipped direct s rrged, the hd toe rescued rom tow, two hours w. I drove, lets see, truck umer our (wevegoe through six) d o tht trip the trsmissio disitegrted, losig its lstger t the oot o the drivew. The ducks lived o to trmple the grde, eore

succumig to the hwks. The theres the stor o the doke we ought to sveo truck use. Severl moths lter we wtched i complete surprise s she gveirth. The ext er we recovered mms origil cost sellig the oug je or rther, trdig her, or two ducks, some truck repirs d it o csh.

Livig o the ld doest usull p well, ut the its more th occuptio. Its reltioship with the turl world. It tkes commitmet to lowered level o cosumptio which c ol help i reducig the totl humimpct o the rgile plet. The lerig process goes o, grdul d edless. Ithe homested ooks dot et lce, Ill keep o tikerig with the equtio,seekig the right comitio o ducks, trucks d ucks, keepig the lrgerlce t hert.

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Dana Moran

I ws i such hurr to get out o school

Tht I took shortcut.I dropped out.Now I work ull-time t the locl K MrtPuttig out stock,Hdlig the register,Delig with the crz customersWho hssle me out returs,Who cut the lie,Who thik I chet them rigig up

the wrog prices.Tkig stock o wht Ive doe

I see tht the shelves o m lie re kid empt,Bre, i ct.Whe will it register thtThere re o express lies to hppiess?I m such ool.Check it out.

Mel Glenn

VI. Read the poem below and answer questions 36 to 39 on page 31.

Gle, Mel. D Mor. I Class Dismissed II.NewYork:ClarionBooks,1986.ReproducedwithpermissionfromMelGlenn.


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VII. Read the essay below and answer questions 40 to 44 on page 32.

1 iimicluriedl2 grishexcessivel decorted3 Mercuri Rom mtholog, Mercur ws god who delivered messges.

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THERE re times whe this cit seems ctull to dispprove o people. I gloommomets, I thik we re llowed to st live here ut ot to live, much less to ejoourselves or tke plesure i wht we see whe we look out o our widows or wlkroud our streets. I we hve the ortitude to get up out o ed i the morig dget goig to ce the d, we should lso hve the reedom to rejoice, d I thikthe reedom to rejoice is eig deied us whe our seses re dulled t ever tur streets tht re iimicl1 whe the re ot simpl sd. Toight t seve oclock,I stood t the corer o Fort-ourth Street d Brodw witig or the light tochge. It is crowded plce there, where huge eced-i prkig lot occupies thesite o the recetl executed Astor Hotel. Brodw is dig, ut the ig street stilllooks much s it hs looked or some time ow grish2 rchitecturl shmleswith chep shop rots d ew movie houses. At seve oclock, i summertime,the celerted lights hd ot et egu to stretch d lit d distort the scee itoights dzzlig skeleto o wht might hve ee i Brodw, the etertimetceter, hd ee le to prove her ow importce. The people crowdig thesidewlks moved stedil, jostlig log like sheep i pe tht hs o ed, excepttht this Brodw pe must hve hd ed, ecuse some o the people werecomig ck. The seemed to e the sme people comig ck. Not tht the crowdws celess ut tht there ws commo expressio ot pssive, ot lert, otexpectt, ot disppoited: crowd expressio tht coveed othig ecuse itsid othig. There were ew, i , tourists i the crowd, d it ws ot holidight, ot eve weeked ight. The people o the sidewlks were ordir NewYorkersafterworkinghours.Ithoughttomyself:AllthesepeoplearesheepandI

m sheep. Someod ehid me gve push, ut I did ot look roud, or erthe might ecome gr d push me gi. Isted, I wtched the light d Ithought: There re too m people i this world. I looked up. Over there the plemoo ws risig to meet the ight. At tht momet I wished ver much or littlestreet music: m with melodeo, or rss d, or piper, or rrel org,or perso with ig voice d tueul sog somethig surprisig d riedl.The light chged d I strted cross Brodw log with the rest o the peoplewho hd ee witig. I ws out hlw cross whe I herd wild shout oFther, Fther! d oug m r orwrd so tht I ol sw his ck. He ws ver tll oug m, t d utid i tweed jcket tht ws too short or him,d gr fel trousers, d he r s wkwrdl s though he hd seve rms dseve legs to cotrol isted o ol two o ech. He seemed to e keepig ll hiskees high i the ir, d he held oe rm up, like Mercur.3 The I sw, o the

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corer, middle-ged m stdig loe with his hds clsped ptietl i roto him. The middle-ged m ws ot ver tll, d he ws ver thi d trimd distict i drk lue suit, white shirt, d drk tie. His ce ws ple,d his expressio ws solem d lmost ster. Whe he cught sight o hisso, he pursed his lips ito odd smile tht ws hl orml d hl sh, d heexteded his hd ver ormll i greetig. But the, s the so r up d tookhis hd, the ther couldt help himsel d he eg griig. The so et dkissed his ther, who kissed him ck, d s the moved rom the corer I swtht the so wst oug m t ll ut oug o, ot more th tee ersold, me sixtee, d tht he wst t ut simpl growig i ll directiost oce. His hir ws rumpled, d s he tlked, gesticultig with his rms dchtterig t ull speed, he kept puttig oe ig hd ft o the top o his hed dholdig it there, hopig ot to grow other ich just et, I suppose. He wore igspectcles, d his ce ws red d shi. He hd his thers row ees d histhers stright, rrow ose d perhps his thers serious mouth, ut it wshrd to tell out tht, ecuse he ws smilig d tlkig so much. The moved

log slowl, goig orth, whe suddel the so rememered somethig more hewted to s, d he scrmled roud i rot o his ther d strted ll overgi, tlkig d wvig his rms d gettig i the w just s he must hveote doe ot log go, whe he ws smll o. The ther stred dmiriglup t his so, herig ever word, d ou could see tht wht he loged or wsto hve the chce, just oce gi, to pick his child up d wlk ew steps withhim i his rms. Ad it would hve tke ver little to cuse tht o to emrcehis ther d whirl him roud i the ir. Wht u trick Time hd pledo those two or ws it trick o Light tht mde the so so ig while the therremied the size he hd ee? It ws s though some cmerm hd elrged picture o the child d let the ther lie-size. The got themselves side side

gi d wet o up the veue d were lost to m view i the crowd tht wsgthered outside the Criterio Thetre. I thik the were goig to hve diersomeplce. Me the wet to the Howrd Johsos t Fort-sixth Street. Thtis ice plce, especill i ou get er the widow, so tht ou c look out tthe crowd pssig d see tht t little distce there re o sheep o Brodw.

Maeve Brennan

IwishforalittlestreetmusicfromTHELONG-WINDEDLADYbyMaeveBrennan.Copyright1998byTheEstateofMaeveBre. Reprited permissio o Houghto Mifi Hrcourt Pulishig Comp. All rights reserved.


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VIII. Read the excerpt from a novel below and answer questions 45 to 52 on

pages 33 and 34.

The novel is set in a uturistic land called Senedu. Du and Gen are two teenage

boys who are close riends. In this excerpt, they are exploring the shats that

circulate air through the underground caverns o Senedu.

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Air sht-crwlig hd ee e, drig thig to do i their ouger ds, utDu ws i lie or ppreticeship s toolmker oe o the most respectedskills i Seedu. Du ws red to settle ito the ptter expected o him. Beigcught i the ir shts could chge ll tht.

I shouldt hve sked ou to come. I the ctch us oull lose ourapprenticeship.Genhesitated.Youstayhere.Illgoalone.

Dufflaughed.Sure!Thinkofthetroubleyoucouldgetintowithoutme!You

hve s much sese s gre-wig. Attrcted the light, gre-wigs ote uredthemselves to deth i oil lmps. No, Im comig. But well hve to stop thissoo, ou kow.

I kow. There ws tesio i Ges voice. A roodig look cme over hisgulr ce.

I two weeks Ge would come o ge, with ceremo sure to ore the lie outo everoe uder the ge o twet. He would e med Co-Gurdi with histher. Ater tht, Ges time would e eve less his ow. Four servts wouldwtch his ever move d g him out ever ppoitmet. He wouldt e le tosee Du. Ocil duties would drive permet wedge etwee the rieds. Gews determied to squeeze the lst it o compioship out o the time remiig tothem. Wderig the ir shts ws the est possile w to sped tht time.

There ws somethig compellig out the edless mze o rrow pssgescrrig resh ir rom room to room. Eve ve sesos o urtive1 explortio hdot reveled ll their secrets to the os. Directios ecme coused i thedrkess. It ws impossile to tell wht little-used storge chmer or dust cul-de-sc2 l roud the ext ed. This ws r dieret rom their everd world, iwhich ever corridor hd ee umered d kow rom their erliest ers.

How did ou get our thers servts o our ck this time? Du sked.I told them we eeded solute privc to stud. We weret to e distured.Du rowed. Ive ee woderig ltel. Wht i theres reso or the ir

shts eig o limits?There is reso, Ge sid. The dults ct go there!

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The tuels were too rrow t or ull grow me. The Gurdis servtscould ot ollow Ge i.

Du chuckled. All right, turip-ri. Just promise oull tur ck i thirtmiims. We ct ord to e lte or Truth Time gi! Were still o report orthe lst time.

I promise. Are ou comig or ret ou?Et m dust, dirt-worm!Ge gried i the dim light rom the grille. Not tht w. Im tired o tht

tuel. This w!Du oligigl tured i the rrow spce, twistig his ski od roud. It

ws more dicult to vigte the ir tuels th it used to e. The os weregettig igger, their o elows d kees outgrowig the smll pssges eoretheir curiosit hd ee exhusted. Still, Ge d Du were dept t movigquickl i coed spces, d the hd soo let the more milir shts ehid.

Wht Ge oud i the drk tuels ws illusio o reedom, ot the relthig. Ad ot just ecuse he hd to go ck to clsses, chores, edless roud

o duties. Seedu ws closed world. The gree cvers, where crops were growuder light-givig leses, led to the kitches d the diig chmers. The studhlls led to the rtiss workshops d the meetig rooms. The sleepig chmersled to the gmes rooms. All o them led to the Hll o Wters the eormousudergroud lke tht urished their creull mesured drikig wter. Noe othe corridors led where else. The os might ecome disorieted i the irpssges, ut the could ot rell get lost. The hd ol to loose grtig ddrop through ito milir chmer or corridor. Wherever the wet, the woulde i Seedu, their kow world. Becuse eod Seedu, there ws othig. Thedoors were seled. There ws o w out.

To Ge d Du, the word Sk ws somethig to e memorized or test

cver lrger th other. Ge suspected sometimes tht it hd ever existed,tht it ws stor the dults liked to tell. The cotrolled cvers o Seedu thecool rock gist Ges hds s he crwled, the dust i his ose, the glimmer o oillmps through the grtigs s Ge d Du slipped quietl pst these thigs wererel d milir. Too milir!

The os squeezed pst rockll. Shrp corers o stoe it ito Ges hds.He welcomed the sestio. The corridors o Seedu hd o shrp edges, o litter,nosurprises.EveniftheVandalsdisturbedtheorder,thedestructiontheyleftwas

soo meded. Order, Blce, Rules tht ws Seedu.

Bev Spencer

Excerpt rom Guardian o the Dark. Copright 1993 Bev Specer. Reprited permissio o Scholstic Cd.


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IX. Examine the cartoon below and answer questions 53 to 55 on page 35.

ZITS

Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman


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I. Read the magazine article Games Animals Play on pages 3 to 5 and answerquestions 1 to 9.

1. Context suggests that the phrase endearing anecdotes (lines 19 to 20) means

A. inormational articles B. historical legends C. charming stories D. tall tales

2. Which o the ollowing animal play behaviours illustrates what researchers consideras mock chasing (line 26)?

A. Monkeys that play leap-rog (line 29) B. Otters that love king-o-the-hill (line 30)

C. Young hyenas that engage in tug-o-war contests (line 30) D. Young vampire bats that play tag (line 31)

4. In lines 62 to 65, the writers observation that harbour seals dont like beingtouched (lines 58 to 59) is reinorced by John Lawsons recounting o a

A. public event B. planned activity C. personal experience D. scientifc experiment

3. In context, the statement nature is getting the maximum beneft at minimum cost(line 52) suggests that animals spend very little time in play that resembles

A. hunting animals o other species B. battling animals o the same species C. escaping rom becoming prey to animals o other species D. seeking entertainment among animals o the same species

5. In lines 58 to 70, the writer presents examples o how play providesanimals with an opportunity to learn how to

A. live in harmony with animals o other species B. participate in activities with animals o other species C. interact appropriately with members o their own species D. survive without the companionship o members o their own species


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6. In context, the statement Such social play is signalled in a variety o ways(line 79) provides a

A. gurative comparison B. practical suggestion C. specic example

D. logical transition

8. This magazine article conveys the idea that animal play behaviour is similarto childrens

A. athletic contests B. educational activities C. recreational pastimes

D. imaginary adventures

9.

Which o the ollowing quotations presents the main idea o the magazine article?

A. Full o new interest in ball-whacking turtles, monkeys splashing oneanother, and moose chasing windblown leaves, scientists are lookingbeyond the endearing anecdotes to more controlled studies o just whyanimals play (lines 1820)

B. Ground-breaking evidence rom University o Idaho zoologist JohnByers and others suggests that animals play the hardest when their braincells and nervous systems are developing the most rapidly (lines 4244)

C. Maxeen Biben, a zoologist who studied primate play at the National

Institutes o Health in Washington, D.C., says play or young monkeys isa way to get experience in social roles without getting killed or injured (lines 7173)

D. Indeed, some scientists are reluctant to classiy any animal behaviour asplay until they have studied it exhaustively (lines 9091)

7. The questions presented in lines 94 to 99 reinorce the idea that scientic researchinto the play behaviour o animals involves a degree o

A. confict B. urgency C. uncertainty D. competition


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10. In lines 1 to 7, the poet establishes a sense o the workers being

A. hurriedly gathered by an urgent need B. steadily drawn by a powerul orce C. preoccupied with their thoughts D. concerned about their amilies

11. In lines 13 to 19, the portrayal o the atmosphere within the actory is moststrongly enhanced by the poets use o

A. imagery B. hyperbole

C. oreshadowing D. personifcation

12. In context, the phrases frst rivets shot home (line 22) and the whir/ o the hoodlines drills (lines 23 to 24) evoke a sense o

A. enduring strength B. rising momentum C. restrained movement D. intense concentration

13. In the poem, the hooter (lines 20, 39, and 45) serves to

A. provide a goal or the workers B. signal a change in daily activity C. ensure the saety o the workers D. indicate the completion o a particular task

II. Read the poem The Factory Hour on pages 6 and 7 and answerquestions 10 to 15.


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14. In which o the ollowing quotations does the poet use alliteration to reinorce thebusy atmosphere o the actory?

A. Noise o the suction vacuum, the cutter, the roar / o dollies trundled in or afnished hood (lines 2728)

B. Lunch at sea: sprawled by the hoods in ordinary weather / or outside at thedoors to the parts-yard i fne (lines 3637)

C. and the constant shuttling o the orklits / show that the ship still steams(lines 3839)

D. under the whir o the hal-ton crane, rattle o the impact wrench, / grating onew hood shells (lines 4344)

15. In this poem, the speaker equates the experience o working in the actory with

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16. Boy suggests that a popular misconception (line 8) about cats arises rom thedierence between

A. thought and action B. appearance and reality C. wisdom and experience D. idealism and practicality

17. The details moving with innite menace (line 23), rozen with terror (line 24),and a lethal weapon poised to strike (line 31) serve to

A. establish the sequence o events

B. accelerate the pace o the action C. enhance the plausibility o the setting D. dramatize the description o the situation

19. In which o the ollowing statements does Boy use hyperbole in the depictiono events?

A. The plan was to give the dangling tail a sudden yank and see i our gingervisitor could break the world record or unassisted fight by getting out o thegarage without touching the ground (lines 3840)

B. But much to my irritation, the end was just out o reach, even at ull stretchon my hind legs (lines 4041)

C. I was pacing back and orth, mulling over tactics and determined to preservethe element o surprise, when I elt that I was being watched (lines 41 43)

D. Its a knack I have, a kind o extrasensory perception developed during theold days o living rough and dodging brooms, and it hasnt ailed me yet(lines 4345)

18. Context suggests that the word unsavory (line 36) means

A. outdated B. awkward C. unreliable D. distasteul

III. Read the excerpt from the novelA Dogs Life on pages 8 to 10 and answerquestions 16 to 24.


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21. The quotation I snarled; I barked; I oamed at the mouth with blood lust(line 52) contains

A. alliteration B. symbolism C. onomatopoeia D. personifcation

20. The cats reaction to the ull treatment (line 51) is one o

A. terror B. wariness C. displeasure D. indierence

24. Throughout this excerpt, the writers main purpose is to

A. present the reader with inormation about dogs and cats B. persuade the reader to have empathy or dogs and cats C. inorm the reader o the challenges o owning a dog

D. entertain the reader with the antics o a dog

A. a society that protects animals in need B. the people who own the residence C. other cats that live in the area D. other dogs that live nearby

23. The opinion that The cornered opponent with nowhere to go is not to be trusted(lines 72 to 73) is supported by the description o the cat in lines

A. 61 to 64 B. 66 to 67 C. 79 to 80 D. 86 to 88

22. The phrse the mgemet (lies 19 d 84) reers to


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25. Which o the ollowing quotations contains a metaphor?

A. a hard lie at the journeys end (line 2) B. minds and bodies must be kept taut and trim or the tasks (lines 34) C. a place that looks over a river o ice (lines 1112) D. the pinhead specks o cattle (line 17)

27. This excerpt mainly ocuses on

A. plot B. setting C. confict D. characterization

26. The narrator does not envy the valley people their comortable liestylebecause they

A. live in ear B. lack reedom

C. are preparing or war D. have a low standard o living

IV. Read the excerpt from the novel The White Mountains on page 11 and answerquestions 25 to 27.


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31. Context suggests that the word pastoral (line 36) means

A. modern B. small C. clean D. rural

28. Details in lines 1 to 5 reveal that the writer values

A. living in a city B. material comorts C. intellectual pursuits D. interacting with nature

29. As the writer begins his new lie as a homesteader (lines 10 to 17), he lacks

A. practical training B. enthusiasm C. cheap land

D. ideas

30. The quotation the car promptly died. It was a sign. As were the eleven daysand nights o rain (lines 24 to 25) reveals that the writer most likely viewed thissituation as

A. an indication o uture events B. a refection o past events C. a simple coincidence D. a pleasant surprise

V. Read the magazine article Of Ducks, Trucks and Bucks on pages 12 to 14and answer questions 28 to 35.

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32. In which o the ollowing statements does the writer establish that he has achieveda sense o balance in his lie?

A. Now money earned meant time spent away rom amily as well as rom thelagging house construction (lines 7374)

B. I began to look closer at ways to work at home: both to generate income andto produce what I would otherwise buy (lines 7475)

C. Short o pure sel-sufciency, Ive ound instead a place in a abric ointerdependence (lines 7677)

D. It seems neither possible nor desirable to produce every ood, every toolhere either on the homestead, or in the nearby community (lines 7778)

33. The writers contention that Sometimes the tradeos are inefcient, sometimes

unexpected (line 86) is illustrated in examples o his experiences with

A. building rock walls and constructing a planter B. ordering ducks and purchasing a donkey C. controlling slugs and repairing trucks D. growing vegetables and selling garlic

34. Throughout this magazine article, the writer describes his search or

A. personal contentment

B. intellectual challenges C. human companionship D. memorable adventures

35. This article could best be described as

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36. The poets use o parallel structure in lines 5, 6, and 7 reinorces the speakers

perception o

A. the insensitivity o the employer B. the monotony o the tasks perormed

C. having to ulfll unreasonable expectations

D. needing to resolve overwhelming emotions

37. The repetition o the word who in lines 8, 9, and 10 best serves to

A. add emphasis B. enhance imagery C. create alliteration

D. exaggerate details

38. The poets use o the word register (line 6 and line 15) involves

A. a play on words B. a fgurative comparison C. an exaggerated meaning D. an exclamatory expression

39. The speakers tone throughout the poem is best described as

A. remorseul B. exhausted C. anxious D. angry

VI. Read the poem Dana Moran on page 15 and answer questions 36 to 39.


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40. The writers use o fgurative language to reinorce the depiction o the decliningbeauty o Broadway is evident in the words

A. crowded (line 9) and enced-in (line 9) B. executed (line 10) and dying (line 10) C. big (line 10) and shambles (line 11) D. cheap (line 12) and ew (line 12)

41. The statement At that moment I wished very much or a little street music(lines 27 to 28) conveys the writers belie that music

A. is a tradition on Broadway

B. is o high quality on BroadwayC. would provide a contrast to the atmosphere on Broadway D. would keep the crowds moving along smoothly on Broadway

42. The words gesticulating (line 47), chattering (line 48), smiling (line 52), andwaving (line 55) most strongly evoke a sense o the sons

A. determination B. enthusiasm C. innocence

D. sincerity

43. In this essay, the writer expresses the concern that people in big cities

A. lead hectic lives B. lack joy in their lives C. treat one another unkindly D. live in crowded surroundings

44. Considering the entire essay, the concluding statement in lines 66 to 68 suggeststhat the writer has

A. undertaken a personal challenge B. gained a sense o sel-confdence C. undergone a change in perspective D. recalled a long-orgotten experience

VII. Read the essay I Wish for a Little Street Music on pages 16 and 17 andanswer questions 40 to 44.


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45. Details in lines 1 to 6 establish an atmosphere that is mainly one o

A. dreariness B. tranquility C. oreboding D. contentment

46. Which o the ollowing quotations best reveals that Gen will not have any privacyonce he becomes Co-Guardian with his ather?

A. Ater that, Gens time would be even less his own (line 15)

B. Four servants would watch his every move and nag him about everyappointment (lines 1516)

C. He wouldnt be able to see Du (lines 1617)

D. Ocial duties would drive a permanent wedge between the riends(line 17)

47. Details in lines 20 to 25 reveal that Du and Gen consider their everyday world(line 24) to be

A. orderly and predictable B. intriguing and unusual C. bewildering and dull D. busy and exciting

48. Gens reaction to being called turnip-brain (line 33) and dirt-worm (line 37) byDu refects the

A. closeness o their riendship B. impulsiveness o their actions C. distinctness o their personalities D. competitiveness o their relationship

VIII. Read the excerpt from the novel Guardian of the Dark on pages 18 and 19 andanswer questions 45 to 52.

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49. In lines 47 to 56, Senedu is described as a world that is

A. endlessly vast B. densely populated C. highly open-ended D. completely sel-contained

50. The statement To Gen and Du, the word Sky was something to be memorized ora test (line 57) most clearly reveals the

A. ineectiveness o their study strategies B. inadequacy o their ormal education C. limits o their personal experience D. hardships o their daily lives

52. Crawling in the air shats provides Du and Gen with an opportunity to

A. explore the underground caverns o Senedu B. travel outside the boundaries o Senedu C. receive the admiration o their riends D. seek adventure in their lives

51. In lines 59 to 62, Gens amiliarity with the controlled caverns o Senedu(line 59) is reinorced through the writers use o

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53. The humour o the athers statements in rames 3, 4, and 5 stems rom his use o

A. hyperbole

B. personifcation C. contrasting images D. literal comparisons

54. This cartoon ocuses on the issue o

A. parental authority B. individual identity C. emotional security D. personal responsibility

55. The message in the cartoon is enhanced mainly because the

A. content is serious B. illustrations are amusing C. audience may see truth in the situation D. audience realizes the situation rarely occurs

IX. Examine the cartoon Zits on page 20 and answer questions 53 to 55.


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The tle elow provides iormtio out ech questio: the keed respose, thedicult o the item (the percetge o studets who swered the questio correctl),the reportig ctegor, the lguge uctio, d the item descriptio.

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MeigIormtiol

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IormtiolRecogize rom detils the meig o phrse i mgzie rticle tht descriesiml ehviour.

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Ideti the rhetoricl uctio o sttemet used writer i mgzierticle.

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Determie the ide tht questios i mgzie rticle reiorce redig scieticreserch ito ehviour o imls.

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Itegrte iormtio i mgzie rticleto determie similrit etwee theehviour o imls d tht o childre.

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Itegrte iormtio to ideti quottiotht presets the mi ide o mgzie

rticle.

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Ier rom detils wht the poet estlishesout ctor workers i the opeig lieso poem.

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Ideti the literr techique tht moststrogl ehces the descriptio o thetmosphere o ctor i poem.


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Determie wht cotext suggests phrses i poem evoke out work i ctor.


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Ideti wht detil i poem serves tosuggest regrdig work i ctor.

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Recogize quottio rom poem iwhich the poet uses llitertio to reiorcethe us tmosphere o ctor.

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Ier rom detils wht the speker i excerpt rom ovel suggests out thechrcter o cts.


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Question KeDi.

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17 D 77.0Text

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Recogize the rhetoricl eect o kephrses used to descrie situtio i excerpt rom ovel.

18 D 74.3 AssocitigMeig

Nrrtive /Poetic

Determie rom cotext the meig o word used the rrtor to descrie cti excerpt rom ovel.

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Ideti quottio i which the rrtor i excerpt rom ovel uses hperole ithe depictio o evets.


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Ideti the detils used to descrie ct i excerpt rom ovel tht support theopiio preseted the rrtor.

24 D 82.1Sthesizig

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IormtiolDetermie rom cotext the meig o word used the writer i mgzierticle to descrie loctio.


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34 A 75.6Sthesizig

IdesIormtiol

Drw coclusio regrdig the mi idedeveloped the writer throughout mgzie rticle.

35 D 76.8Text

Orgiztio IormtiolIdeti the literr gere est used todescrie mgzie rticle.

36 B 70.1Text

OrgiztioNrrtive /

Poetic

Recogize how rhetoricl techique ithree lies o poem reiorces thespekers perceptio o his or hercircumstces.

37 A 66.8Text

OrgiztioNrrtive /

PoeticDetermie the eect o the poets repetitioo word i poem.

38 A 44.9AssocitedMeig

Nrrtive /Poetic

Recogize the gure o speech emploed ithe writers word choice i poem.

39 A 61.0Sthesizig

IdesNrrtive /

PoeticRecogize the toe o the speker i poem.

40 B 52.9 AssocitigMeig

IormtiolIdeti the words used the writer o ess to gurtivel reiorce the depictioo Brodws decliig eut.


IormtiolDetermie wht sttemet i essrevels out the writers perceptio oBrodw.

42 B 74.2Text

OrgiztioIormtiol

Recogize how the dictio used thewriter i ess evokes sese o thechrcter o idividul descried.

43 B 52.8Sthesizig

IdesIormtiol

Drw coclusio regrdig the micocer expressed the writer throughout ess.

44 C 70.4Sthesizig

Ides Iormtiol

Cosider the ess s whole to orm

geerliztio out wht the cocludigsttemet revels out the writer.

45 C 43.9Sthesizig

IdesNrrtive /

Poetic

Form geerliztio rom detils i twoprgrphs o excerpt rom ovel outthe tmosphere creted the writer.


Nrrtive /Poetic

Ideti quottio tht est revels eture o chrcters circumstces i excerpt rom ovel.

47 A 57.8Sthesizig

IdesNrrtive /

Poetic

Geerlize rom iormtio i prgrphhow chrcters i excerpt rom ovelperceive their eviromet.

48 A 60.7Ides d

Detils

Nrrtive /

Poetic

Iterpret wht detils i specied phrsesrom excerpt rom ovel suggest outthe reltioship etwee two chrcters.

49 D 67.9Sthesizig

IdesNrrtive /

Poetic

Exmie the imger i descriptivepssge i excerpt rom ovel to mke geerliztio out the settig.


Nrrtive /Poetic

Determie wht detils i sttemet i excerpt rom ovel revel out thecircumstces o two chrcters lives.


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51 A 66.7Text

OrgiztioNrrtive /

Poetic

Alze how the writers use o literrtechique reiorces chrcteriztio i excerpt rom ovel.

52 D 60.1 SthesizigIdes

Nrrtive /Poetic

Itegrte iormtio i excerpt rom ovel to mke geerliztio out themi ide uderlig evets preseted.

53 A 50.0Associtig

MeigNrrtive /

Poetic

Recogize the gure o speech used toehce the humour o chrcterssttemets i three rmes o crtoo.

54 D 84.3Sthesizig

IdesNrrtive /

PoeticDrw coclusio regrdig the mi issueupo which crtoo ocuses.

55 C 73.3Sthesizig

IdesNrrtive /

PoeticForm geerliztio regrdig how themessge i crtoo is ehced.

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