English 9 Unit 6 Test Review

Select the correctly spelled word.

• accommodate
• acommodate
• accomodate
• accommidate

Select the correctly spelled word. 

• independance
• independence
• indapandance
• indapendence

Select the correctly spelled word.

• adolescents
• adelescents
• adilesents
• adolessents

According to the passage. what is azithromycin?

• A disease that can cause paralysis
• A blood infection
• An antibiotic
• A lab procedure to identify drug-resistant microbes

Which part of the article has information that best supports this claim?

• A description of superbugs
• Recommendations on healthy behaviors that promote wellness
• A description of new antibiotic research
• An expert saying increasing drug resistance is inevitable

How does paragraph 2 relate to the idea introduced in paragraph 1 of the excerpt?

• It adds details about the ways exercise and eating habits affect life expectancy. 
• It reinforces that healthy habits are important as life expectancy is increasing.
• It explains the reasons for maintaining health by exercising. 
• It reveals why the life expectancy has increased in the last century.

How does this definition box help reinforce the main idea of the article titled "Can You Lengthen Your Life? Researchers Explore How To Stay Healthy Longer"

• It explains a difficult term and establishes the authority of an important source
• It ensures that younger readers can comprehend the main idea of the article 
• It repeats the main idea at the end of the article, ensuring understanding
• It shows readers what the important terms are, helping them know where they can go to do more research.

Which sentence from this paragraph of The Gettysburg Address best describes the argument for dedicating the battlefield?

• "Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure."
• "We are met on a great battle-field of that war."
• "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live."
• "It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this."

Which excerpt from George Washington's Farewell Address best expresses a major theme of the address?

• "Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment."
• "Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally."
• "But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism."
• "Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none."

In his farewell address, George Washington stresses the importance of maintaining one nation by preserving the unity of the states. He acknowledges the counterclaim to his position: The country may be divided by those seeking to emphasize regional differences. 
Does Washington effectively provide evidence to rebut the counterclaim?

• Yes, he states: "They tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection."
• No, he states: "They tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection."
• Yes, he states:" While, then, every part of our country thus feels an immediate and particular interest in union, all the parts combined cannot fail to find in the united mass of means and efforts of greater strength..."
• No, he states:" While, then, every part of our country thus feels an immediate and particular interest in union, all the parts combined cannot fail to find in the united mass of means and efforts of greater strength..."