unit 7 practice

Benchmark Advanced Unit 7 Review

Multiple Choice

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

• A. Scientists learned about the past from some jars and a ship found near Italy.

• B. Fishermen never know what they will find in their nets.

• C. The people of ancient Rome ate oil, grain and pickled fish.

• D. The sunken ship was protected by mud.

Multiple Choice

2. What sentence supports "Fishermen never know what they will find in their nets."?

• A. "Luckily the ship was protected by the mud around it."

• B. "Scientists had many questions about the ship."

• C. "These jars told scientists a lot about ancient Rome."

• D. "Sometimes, people look for ancient artifacts for a long time."

Multiple Choice

3. What can the reader tell from the picture?

• A. Where the ship and jars were found

• B. What the fisherman catches most often

• C. Why the fisherman was so important

• D. What ancient Roman ships looked like

Multiple Select

4. Choose two sentences from the passage that explain what scientists learned from the jars and the ship.

• A. "Many jars were whole."

• B. "From this, scientists learned what Romans ate 2000 years ago."

• C. "The jars were going to be traded in Spain."

• D. "Learning about the past is like solving a puzzle."

• E. "The jar looked very old."

Multiple Choice

5. Which sentence uses informal language?

• A. "By studying things from the past scientists are able to learn about people who lived long ago."

• B. "Sometimes, this old stuff is found by just plain luck".

• C. "Sometimes people look for ancient artifacts for a long time".

• D. "This is how a sunken ship was found off the coast of Italy."

Multiple Choice

6. "Sometimes, people look for ancient artifacts for a long time." Which phrase from the passage helps you understand the meaning of the word "artifact"?

• A. "for a long time"

• B. "off the coast of Italy"

• C. "Things from the past"

• D. "Just plain luck"

Multiple Select

7. Choose two details that the reader can learn about the jars from the picture that is not stated in the passage.

• A. Some jars held oil.

• B. The jars had handles.

• C. Some jars held grain.

• D. The jars were on the ship.

• E. The jars were oval-shaped.

Multiple Choice

8. What is the main topic of paragraph 4?

• A. What scientists learned from the ship.

• B. How fisherman catch fish.

• C. Sailing away from Rome.

• D. What was traded in jars.