U2.1 BW Review pt.2

Unit 2 Text Set 1 Bi-Weekly Review pt.2

Multiple Choice

6. What does dispute mean as it is used in paragraph 2?

• A. disagreement

• B. explanation

• C. idea

• D. solution

Draw

Fill in the bubbles to match each piece of information with the section of the passage in which it appears

Multiple Choice

8. Part A What does portable mean as it is used in paragraph 5?

• A. easy to read

• B. easy to deliver

• C. used to impress people

• D. displayed in public places

Multiple Choice

8. Part B Which phrase from paragraph 5 hints at the meaning of portable?

• A. “make marks on clay”

• B. “made using plant material”

• C. “could be easily transported”

• D. “down to future generations”

Multiple Select

9. What are two ways in which the timeline supports the passage?

• A. It explains some of Champollion’s other accomplishments.

• B. It outlines specific dates of events discussed in the passage.

• C. It provides more detail about the writing on the Rosetta Stone.

• D. It shows when English was developed compared to languages discussed in the passage.

• E. It introduces other languages not discussed in the passage that led to the development of English.

Multiple Choice

10. Part A How does the author use a problem-and-solutuion text structure to explain why people first started writing?

• A. by explaining that heavy tablets were causing problems

• B. by explaining problems that spoken language could not solve

• C. by explaining how writing prevented languages from dying out

• D. by explaining that scholars had difficulty understanding early writing

Multiple Choice

10. Part B Which sentence from the passage supports the answer in Part A?

• A. “Because people were trading goods with each other, spoken language was not enough to answer every question or settle every dispute.” (paragraph 2)

• B. “As cultures became more complex, people began trading over longer and longer distances.” (paragraph 6)

• C. “If you looked at something written in English 700 years ago, you would be surprised at how difficult it is to read.” (paragraph 7)

• D. “The shapes of some Old English letters are very different from the way you learned to write them.” (paragraph 7)