6.12.16-Interim Review pt 2

6.12.16-Interim Review pt 2

Selling Your Lawn- Questions 7-14

Selling Your Lawn

1. In some places, people get paid to rip up their lawns. This happens in some dry states, such as Arizona.  

2. Growing green lawns in the desert is a wasteful practice. Golf courses are even worse than lawns. Both use a lot of water. They make tons of waste. They use harmful fertilizers. Keeping the grass healthy takes a lot of work. 

3. Instead, some states now pay people to remove their lawns. They pay up to $3.75 per square foot. The amount of money a person can earn is unlimited.

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4 Here’s how it works. A landowner applies to the state. The owner must have at least 250 square feet of lawn. The owner sends a copy of the water bill. He or she also sends pictures of the site. If approved, then the owner has 60 or 120 days to remove the lawn. An inspector visits the site to see if the work is done. Then a check comes in the mail. The land must stay as is for at least five years.

5 So what can be used to replace the lawn? Anything used must let air pass through. This means it cannot be concrete. It cannot be a building or a pool. Most people use native plants that need little water or care. These include flowers, grasses and ferns, and even trees. Because they are native, these plants attract birds. They also blend in with the land.

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These kinds of plants need 80 percent less water than lawns. They need a lot less care, too. Most people combine these plants with stone and mulch to make the land look nice.

6 This is called “dry landscaping.” It combines native plants and proper care. It needs little or no water. The goal is beautiful land that saves both energy and water. This works well in dry places

Multiple Choice

7. Which meaning of practice fits the way it is used in paragraph 2?

A the repeated performance of an activity or skill

B a session for learning or improving a skill

C a usual way of doing something

D the business of a doctor or lawyer

• A

• B

• C

• D

7. Which meaning of practice fits the way it is used in paragraph 2?

C a usual way of doing something

Multiple Choice

8. Why are golf courses “even worse” than grass lawns?

A They require cutting down native trees and plants.

B They waste even more water, labor, and fertilizers.

C They cost too much money to create and maintain.

D They only serve people who can afford to play golf

• A

• B

• C

• D

8. Why are golf courses “even worse” than grass lawns?

B They waste even more water, labor, and fertilizers.

Multiple Choice

9. According to the passage, what causes a lawn-removal program participant to qualify for a rebate?

A submitt ing a low water bill

B planting native flowers

C owning a small yard

D passing the inspection

• A

• B

• C

• D

9. According to the passage, what causes a lawn-removal program participant to qualify for a rebate?

D passing the inspection

Multiple Choice

10. What is one effect of planting native plants?

A It saves water.

B It creates new jobs.

C It uses more soil.

D It raises the number of pools.

• A

• B

• C

• D

10. What is one effect of planting native plants?

A It saves water.

Multiple Choice

11. What is the meaning of unlimited in paragraph 3?

A very limited

B limited again

C not limited

D limited before

• A

• B

• C

• D

11. What is the meaning of unlimited in paragraph 3?

C Not Limited

Multiple Choice

12. Why do the replacement plants attract birds when other plants do not?

A They need more water than grass lawns.

B They grow naturally as part of the local environment.

C They need fertilizers, which attract birds and insects.

D They are more colorful than plants that use more water

• A

• B

• C

• D

12. Why do the replacement plants attract birds when other plants do not?

B They grow naturally as part of the local environment.

Multiple Choice

13. Which sentence from the passage shows how lawn-removal programs can help people?

A “Growing green lawns in the desert is a wasteful practice.”

B “Keeping the grass healthy takes a lot of work.”

C “They pay up to $3.75 per square foot.”

D “If approved, then the owner has 60 or 120 days to remove the lawn.”

• A

• B

• C

• D

13. Which sentence from the passage shows how lawn-removal programs can help people?

C “They pay up to $3.75 per square foot.”

Multiple Choice

14. What inference can be made from this passage?

A Gardens should have plants from all parts of the world.

B The government should not decide what is good for the environment.

C Golf courses bring in so much money that they should not pay for water.

D To save water, people will need to change some of their habits.

• A

• B

• C

• D

14. What inference can be made from this passage?

D To save water, people will need to change some of their habits.