2nd Quarter Assessment Retake

What claim does the author make about the value of fixing, or refurbishing, unwanted electronics?

• Refurbishing electronics can encourage the Internet to expand.

• Refurbishing electronics can make people popular with others.

• Refurbishing electronics allows more people access to important equipment.

• Refurbishing electronics creates business for companies that fix electronics.

What is the author’s strongest piece of evidence that supports the position from number one?

• The companies will turn old cell phones into baby monitors.

• You can donate your unwanted electronics.

• Companies refurbish, or fix, the old electronics.

• The companies can then offer cell phones and computers at a much lower cost.

Choose two pieces of evidence from the text that explicitly support the idea that throwing away electronics can cause harm.

• The state’s new law making it illegal to throw away old electronics is a great idea.

• In addition, the batteries from the electronics contain toxic materials like lead ….

• Ingesting things like lead from batteries will cause illness … or worse.

• The companies can then offer cell phones and computers at a much lower cost.

• You can donate your unwanted electronics to companies that refurbish, or fix, the old electronics.

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What does the author mean by the phrase “or worse” in paragraph 2?

• blindness

• death

• pain

• discomfort

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Which answer choice best states the central idea of the passage?

• Loons are unfairly labeled “crazy” or “silly.”

• Loons have interesting and unusual qualities.

• The expression “crazy as a loon” is funny and true.

• Ducks cannot swim underwater as well as loons can.

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Which two facts best support the correct answer to number 5?

• Loons make strange, cackling calls.

• Loons, like ducks, are excellent swimmers.

• Loons are much larger than most ducks.

• Loons can swim underwater for many feet.

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How does the second author’s point of view about kids using the pool differ from the first author’s?

• The second author believes that kids don’t like to cause mischief and trouble.

• The second author believes kids would rather swim than play video games.

• The second author believes that swimming causes kids to vandalize public properties.

• The second author believes kids will cause less trouble if they can go to the pool.

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How does the second author mainly refute the first author’s claims that the public pool is a health hazard?

• by noting that the pool will provide opportunities to socialize

• by quoting a study that refutes the claims of health hazards

• by noting that there is no evidence of a disease problem

• by admitting the pool is a health hazard, but downplaying that risk

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Based on the context clues from the passage, what is the correct meaning of detonated?

• threw

• ignited

• planted

• crushed

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Which excerpt from the passage helps you determine the answer to the last question?

• the only way to add an additional road would be to construct a tunnel

• workers took numerous precautions to ensure the safety of residents

• which caused a loud explosion, shook the ground from underneath the feet of the workers

• It will take many months, and several tons of dynamite, before the tunnel can be completed.

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