RI Practice 1000-1200 Part 1

Kenya and Tanzania have set up wild game preserves where animals roam savanna and forest freely. Tourism in these game parks and along the beaches brings in millions of dollars each year and provides much needed jobs. Domesticated herds of cattle, sheep and camels also roam here. Nomadic tribes follow them across the savanna.

The game preserves have many _____ .

• benefits

• costs

• risks

• conveniences

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Ask your teacher for guidance in selecting possible research-paper topics. After all, this may be your first attempt at writing a research paper. It helps to bounce ideas around with an expert who has probably read and corrected hundreds of such papers. Your teacher will have a pretty good idea of topics that worked for students in the past and those which are dead ends.

Teachers are good _____ .

• resources

• actors

• inventors

• athletes

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

If he were alive today, Sam Adams could probably run a successful political campaign for a presidential candidate. He was not a great public speaker. But he was an excellent speech writer, with a keen sense of how to excite an audience. Historian Samuel Eliot Morison said of Sam Adams, "He was certainly the western world's first orchestra leader of revolution."

Adams was _____ .

• different

• effective

• humorous

• inexperienced

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Visual thinking is commonly represented in graphs. Bar graphs, circle graphs, and line or coordinate graphs appear in newspapers and magazines. Business people, scientists, and mathematicians are constantly using information from graphs.

Graphs provide _____ information.

• crooked

• entertaining

• insufficient

• valuable

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

There were a lot of confused looks from players trying to decide whether to accept or reject the acting coach. One of these was Bud Holland, the big left tackle who looked as if he could not believe what he was seeing. Another was Larry Slider, the linebacker and co-captain.

The players were _____ .

• bewildered

• reassigned

• prepared

• honored

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The discipline of study and the material she was learning made Flo feel alive. She was eager and excited by the world of scholarship outside her door. Her parents noticed that their friends began to enjoy Flo's company, always expressing amazement at how much information she brought to discussions.

She was _____ .

• distracted

• flustered

• maturing

• withering

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The party at the St. Croix house was part of the winter season in Charleston. Pig, Mark, and I went to the party together, and all of us were nervous about being the only cadets among the two hundred invited guests. None of us was comfortable around the St. Croix's friends.

We were _____ .

• curious

• happy

• uneasy

• dependable

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

As a building crew is constructing a building, they use a set of building plans. Building plans show how the different parts of the building—such as the foundation, walls, and ceilings—fit together. Building plans are created by architects and used by building crews and construction supervisors.

Building plans _____ the crews and supervisors.

• guide

• entertain

• describe

• protect

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

There were a lot of confused looks from players trying to decide whether to accept or reject the acting coach. One of these was Bud Holland, the big left tackle who looked as if he could not believe what he was seeing. Another was Larry Slider, the linebacker and co-captain.

The players were _____ .

• reassigned

• bewildered

• honored

• prepared

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

People from other countries often come to Nepal to climb the high mountains, and they sometimes hire Yangshi's father to help them. His yaks carry their food, tents, and supplies. Yangshi's father has even taken his yaks to the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest.

Yangshi's father _____ climbers.

• demeans

• implores

• assists

• compliments

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4