Language Arts Diagnostic Test 9th

Webster Industries hopes to eradicate the personal use of company property on company time. Telephones, faxes, and computers are company property and should be used for business purposes only. This includes voice mail, electronic mail, and computer files. Employees may need to use these communication tools for personal reasons from time to time. If and when that time comes, employees should keep their personal use to a minimum and should do so only during nonwork hours such as lunchtime.

Which statement best paraphrases the last sentence in the selection?

• Employees should make phone calls or send e-mails only during their lunch breaks.

• Employees should use company equipment for personal reasons only in case of emergency.

• Employees may use company property but only if they do so quickly and when their supervisor is absent.

• If necessary, employees may use company equipment for personal reasons briefly and during breaks.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Webster Industries hopes to eradicate the personal use of company property on company time. Telephones, faxes, and computers are company property and should be used for business purposes only. This includes voice mail, electronic mail, and computer files. Employees may need to use these communication tools for personal reasons from time to time. If and when that time comes, employees should keep their personal use to a minimum and should do so only during nonwork hours such as lunchtime.

Based on its use in the selection, what is the meaning of "eradicate"?

• explain

• put an end to

• make a decision about

• enforce

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Webster Industries hopes to eradicate the personal use of company property on company time. Telephones, faxes, and computers are company property and should be used for business purposes only. This includes voice mail, electronic mail, and computer files. Employees may need to use these communication tools for personal reasons from time to time. If and when that time comes, employees should keep their personal use to a minimum and should do so only during nonwork hours such as lunchtime.

Which word best describes the overall tone of this selection?

• frustrated

• cautionary

• sarcastic

• apologetic

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Webster Industries hopes to eradicate the personal use of company property on company time. Telephones, faxes, and computers are company property and should be used for business purposes only. This includes voice mail, electronic mail, and computer files. Employees may need to use these communication tools for personal reasons from time to time. If and when that time comes, employees should keep their personal use to a minimum and should do so only during nonwork hours such as lunchtime.

What is the purpose of this selection?

• to show employees how to use computers for personal reasons

• to describe how to fix a fax machine

• to explain the rules for taking a lunchtime break

• to inform employees of the rules for using office equipment

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

Webster Industries hopes to eradicate the personal use of company property on company time. Telephones, faxes, and computers are company property and should be used for business purposes only. This includes voice mail, electronic mail, and computer files. Employees may need to use these communication tools for personal reasons from time to time. If and when that time comes, employees should keep their personal use to a minimum and should do so only during nonwork hours such as lunchtime.

Based on the information in this selection, you can conclude that —

• Webster Industries is a large and successful business

• Webster Industries uses expensive business equipment

• too many employees at Webster Industries are using company property for personal reasons

• many employees at Webster Industries fail to take their jobs seriously and are about to lose their jobs

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Webster Industries hopes to eradicate the personal use of company property on company time. Telephones, faxes, and computers are company property and should be used for business purposes only. This includes voice mail, electronic mail, and computer files. Employees may need to use these communication tools for personal reasons from time to time. If and when that time comes, employees should keep their personal use to a minimum and should do so only during nonwork hours such as lunchtime.

Which statement is a fact in this passage?

• Telephones, faxes, and computers are company property.

• Telephones, faxes, and computers should be used for business purposes only.

• Employees are encouraged to keep their personal use to a minimum.

• Employees should use company property for personal reasons during nonwork hours.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Choose the sentence in which a subordinating conjunction is used correctly.

The car broke down. We waited for the tow truck.

• After the car broke down, we waited for the tow truck.

• The car broke down on the way to Charleston, South Carolina.

• The car broke down, and we waited for the tow truck.

• Our car often breaks down, so we bought a new car.

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Which of the following is a complete sentence?

• When Janet turned in her paper.

• And took the bus to school yesterday.

• Whenever the dog chewed her shoes.

• I watched the entire movie.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which sentence contains a correctly used semicolon?

• However; your ideas are significant.

• Jared is allergic to cats; but not to dogs.

• After the game; Mark and Antonio went swimming.

• For breakfast we had pancakes; for lunch we had salad.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

I believe that school uniforms are an all-around good idea. When students at our school started wearing uniforms, student behavior immediately began to change for the

better. There were fewer interruptions in my classroom and disturbances in the hallways. Students seemed to care less about what they were wearing and more about what they

were learning. Only one year after my school adopted uniforms, test scores had improved by 15 percent.

Which point of view does this passage use?

• first-person

• second-person

• limited third-person

• omniscient third-person

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6