English 9A EOC Practice

Using the following passage to answer the question.

Imagine watching hundreds of thousands of bats swirl around you, swarming to form a large, black mass that flies off into the horizon. At Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, this scene is a regular occurrence. The caverns, located in a United States National Park, are home to around 400,000 Mexican free-tailed bats that fly out into the night sky each evening at dusk to feed on nearby moths and insects, returning at dawn to their caves. The spectacle draws crowds from around the world into the Chihuahuan Desert, where the park is located.

What is the topic of this reading selection?

• The nighttime sky

• Moths and insects

• Carlsbad Caverns and the bats that live there

• The people who visit the Chihuahuan Desert

Using the following passage to answer the question.

Imagine watching hundreds of thousands of bats swirl around you, swarming to form a large, black mass that flies off into the horizon. At Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, this scene is a regular occurrence. The caverns, located in a United States National Park, are home to around 400,000 Mexican free-tailed bats that fly out into the night sky each evening at dusk to feed on nearby moths and insects, returning at dawn to their caves. The spectacle draws crowds from around the world into the Chihuahuan Desert, where the park is located.

What would be a good title for this passage?

• Carlsbad Caverns: A Bat's Paradise

• Chihuahuan Desert: Where People Watch the Nighttime Sky

• Blood-sucking Bats!

• Mexico: The Enchanted Land

Using the following passage to answer the question.

Imagine watching hundreds of thousands of bats swirl around you, swarming to form a large, black mass that flies off into the horizon. At Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, this scene is a regular occurrence. The caverns, located in a United States National Park, are home to around 400,000 Mexican free-tailed bats that fly out into the night sky each evening at dusk to feed on nearby moths and insects, returning at dawn to their caves. The spectacle draws crowds from around the world into the Chihuahuan Desert, where the park is located.

What point of view is the first sentence written in?

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Limited

• 3rd Omniscient

Using the following passage to answer the question.

Imagine watching hundreds of thousands of bats swirl around you, swarming to form a large, black mass that flies off into the horizon. At Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, this scene is a regular occurrence. The caverns, located in a United States National Park, are home to around 400,000 Mexican free-tailed bats that fly out into the night sky each evening at dusk to feed on nearby moths and insects, returning at dawn to their caves. The spectacle draws crowds from around the world into the Chihuahuan Desert, where the park is located.

What format is the passage written in?

• Poetic

• Persuasive

• Informative

• Narrative

Using the following passage to answer the question.

Imagine watching hundreds of thousands of bats swirl around you, swarming to form a large, black mass that flies off into the horizon. At Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, this scene is a regular occurrence. The caverns, located in a United States National Park, are home to around 400,000 Mexican free-tailed bats that fly out into the night sky each evening at dusk to feed on nearby moths and insects, returning at dawn to their caves. The spectacle draws crowds from around the world into the Chihuahuan Desert, where the park is located.

What can you infer about the Carlsbad Caverns?

• They are rather unimpressive.

• Carlsbad Caverns National Park is not very popular.

• 400,000 bats is an average number to see in the sky.

• They must be caves which are an ideal place for bats to live.

Choose the verb phrase in the following sentence.

Students will always be confused about due dates.

• Students

• will be confused

• will always be confused

• about due dates

Choose the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.

The students had question about the test they were taking.

• The students

• had

• about the test

• were taking

Choose the noun phrase in the following sentence.

The sparking diamond ring was placed on the girl's left hand.

• The sparkling diamond ring

• The

• on the girl's left hand

• was placed

What kind of clause is bolded in the following sentence?

After he asked his question, he scampered off to the store.

• Indpendent

• Dependent

What kind of clause is bolded in the following sentence?

After he asked his question, he scampered off to the store.

• Indpendent

• Dependent