Reading GroupTest Practice [Duplicate]

Each of these passages was MOST LIKELY written to

• persuade the reader to play soccer.
• describe the problems of a new student.
• explain what it takes to be a good soccer player.
• entertain the reader with a story about a new student.

When compared to Jorge, Azi seems

• more lonely.
• more clever.
• more secure.
• more generous.

How are Jorge and Azi alike?

• They are new students.
• They are from the same country.
• They have trouble speaking English.
• They played soccer with a paper ball.

Who is telling about the events in this passage?

• Azi
• Mac
• Jamal
• the coach

If you could see Azi's face in the illustration, he would probably look

• bored.
• amused.
• annoyed.
• surprised.

Why does Mac MOST LIKELY frown when Azi tells him that the wild animals in Lagos are in the zoo or at the game reserves?

• He is angry that Azi keeps correcting him.
• He is confused to learn that his ideas about Africa are wrong.
• He is surprised that Azi knows more about Africa than he does.
• He is unhappy to learn that wild animals do not roam around Lagos.

Azi discovers that

• Mac and Jamal are close friends.
• the coach thinks Mac is the best player.
• Mac is a better soccer player than he is.
• his first impressions of Mac were wrong.

The word demonstrates is spoken with extra stress on the

• first syllable.
• second syllable.
• third syllable.
• second and third syllable.

Read these sentences from paragraph 12 of the passage.

I kick the ball with a twist of my foot, so the ball curves away from the goalie. It sails into the net. The boys applaud, louder. "all right, Azi!" Coach calls.

When they applaud, the boys show

• dislike.
• approval.
• confidence.
• concentration.