RenSTAR 2

RenSTAR 2

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Having already wasted millions on the project, Congress will not ________ further funds to it.

• allocate

• emanate

• habituate

Multiple Choice

The largest diamond in the exhibition was _________ in size and beauty.

• metamorphic

• unparalleled

• disconsolate

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No one could say that in pursuing the American dream I hadn't been ____________.

• allocate

• unparalleled

• zealous

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Specific conditions must be met for a plant or animal to fossilize. For example, almost no fossil record exists for jellyfish or worms. This is because soft tissues were rarely preserved, but hard tissues, like bones and shells, fossilized much more frequently. Also, while fossils can form in a number of ways, most are formed when a plant or animal dies in a watery environment and is buried in mud and silt. Plants and water creatures are thus more often fossilized than land creatures.

Which fact likely contributed most to limiting the number of fossils of land creatures?

• Most land creatures probably died away from watery environments where they would be covered in silt.

• Soft tissues were rarely preserved.

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Paul received an email from the library saying a book he'd borrowed was late. he couldn't find it anywhere and was starting to get worried. At dinner, Paul's little brother said, "I'm reading a book about a mysterious old house." The book sounded suspiciously familiar. It turned out Paul's brother had the book all along.

What's the best summary of the story?

• Both Paul and his little brother enjoy checking out books from the library.

• Paul can't find his library book and finds out his little brother has been reading it.

• The library sends emails to remind people about late books.

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It took lots of elbow grease to scrub the tile floor, but now it sparkles.

• dirty water

• hard work

• hand cream

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What source could be useful for a report about space?

• a story called "Up and Away" about a fictional astronaut

• a blog by a student that likes space

• a website called "The Solar System" by a NASA scientist

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Ants are tiny, but they work together to get lots done. Some find food, while some care for ant eggs. Some ants make the nest bigger. One ant cannot do all those jobs. That's why there are so many ants.

What is the author teaching us?

• how ants pick the jobs that they do

• why there are so many ants in a nest

• what ants do to care for the eggs

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Gia pushed aside the cobwebs and looked around the dimly lit space. She had never been in her grandmother's attic before. She was excited about having the opportunity to explore it. Gia opened a trunk and pulled out a stack of letters and postcards. The letters were from Grandpa, written when he was in France. There were three blank postcards from Texas. Gia wondered if her grandmother had bought the cards herself.

What is the setting of the story?

• Texas

• the attic

• France

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What is a pun?

• a fun play on words

• Use all the senses to make images as vivid and detailed as possible

• The most important factor underlying every investment decision

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What is silt?

• A mixture of rich soil (dirt) and tiny rocks

• old-fashioned or obsolete

• damage or weaken (someone or something)

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"THEY ARE LIKE HUGE WRITHING BEASTS, GROWLING AND ROARING THROUGH THE NIGHT."

What does the simile tell the reader about the storms' unusually powerful lightning?

• It gives a vivid sense of what it's like to experience the storms.

• making twisting or turning motions

• a fun play on words

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In an effort to retrieve long-overdue books, many libraries offer occasional periods of AMNESTY to patrons.

What is AMNESTY?

• a forum for discussing issues of concern

• a pardon (forgiveness) granted to a large group of people

• an opportunity to negotiate better terms

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The following lines are from "Sonnet 73," by William Shakespeare:

That time of year thou mayst in me behold

When yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang

Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,

Bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang

These lines contain a metaphor describing the narrator in the poem.

What is conveyed by this comparison?

• The narrator looks forward to the beauty and quiet that come after the warm days of summer.

• The narrator has realized that the end of life is near and the period of growth and vitality is gone.

• The narrator has done something wrong and is expecting to be discovered and punished.