Unit 3

Read the sentence.

We asked Ahmad to notify us if he was not coming through e-mail.

Which is the best revision of this sentence?

• We, through e-mail asked Ahmad to notify us if he was not coming.

• If he was not coming through e-mail, we asked Ahmad to notify us.

• We asked Ahmad to notify us through e-mail if he was not coming.

• No change

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Read the sentence.

Growing on the side of the road, I noticed some bright pink and purple flowers.

Which is the best revision of this sentence?

• Some bright pink and purple flowers, I noticed growing on the side of the road.

• I noticed, growing on the side of the road, some bright pink and purple flowers.

• Growing on the side of the road, some bright pink and purple flowers I noticed.

• I noticed some bright pink and purple flowers growing on the side of the road.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Read the sentence.

I can’t help but roll my eyes whenever my sister tells a fib about eating her vegetables so that she can get dessert.

Why does the author most likely use the word fib in this sentence?

• to emphasize how silly the sister can be

• to show that the sister’s lie is harmless

• to show that the sister’s lie is serious

• to highlight how deceitful the sister can be

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which sentence uses the connotative meaning of the word snake?

• I found a green snake with yellow stripes in my vegetable garden.

• The snake coiled its body around the branches of the tree.

• She saw the snake disappear into a hole at the side of the path.

• She is a snake who will do almost anything to get what she wants.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

Read the sentence.

I normally don’t mind reading long books, but when I saw the size of the tome that my history professor had assigned for homework, I cried.

Which word in the sentence is the best clue to defining the word tome?

• normally

• books

• history

• professor

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which line from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone shows logical thinking?

• All his years of painstaking and often frustrating attempts at deciphering had been rewarded.

• Working steadily, Champollion in the next month deciphered more than eighty cartouches.

• He decided the three hieroglyphs must represent the name of Thothmes, the "Child of Thoth," a pharaoh who ruled Egypt from 1501 to 1447 B.C.

• As soon as the last letter was in place, the young Frenchman rushed out of his apartment and ran to the nearby library where his brother was working.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

Read the details.

To be president of the United States, a person must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, be at least thirty-five years old, and have lived in the United States for at least fourteen years.

Franklin Roosevelt and Richard Nixon were both presidents of the United States.

Based on these details, what is the most logical conclusion that can be drawn?

• Franklin Roosevelt and Richard Nixon were the same age.

• Franklin Roosevelt and Richard Nixon lived in the United States their whole lives.

• Franklin Roosevelt and Richard Nixon were both married.

• Franklin Roosevelt and Richard Nixon were at least thirty-five years old when they became president.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Read the following excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.

But the process proved to be much more difficult than de Sacy had anticipated. He succeeded in isolating the groups of demotic letters for the names of Ptolemy and Alexander, but found it impossible to identify the individual letters in the names. Eventually he gave up, saying, "The problem is too complicated, scientifically insoluble.”

Based on the details in the excerpt, the author most likely thinks de Sacy lacked

• imagination

• experience

• determination

• trustworthiness

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

Which line from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone is a clue that helps show the author’s attitude toward Thomas Young?

• Young studied the habits of spiders, the surface features of the moon, and diseases of the chest.

• Young had read of de Sacy’s and Akerblad’s work in Paris, and was determined to succeed where they had failed.

• Like the French scholars, Young focused first on the demotic section and compared it closely with the Greek passage.

• In the same line, and again in the fourteenth line, Young found the same symbols repeated, but with additions.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.

It earned him a reputation for being an expert on the hieroglyphs—a reputation that lasted, unfortunately, long after his death in 1680.

Which phrase from this excerpt best shows the author’s viewpoint of Athanasius Kircher’s ideas?

• earned him a reputation

• for being an expert on the hieroglyphs

• a reputation that lasted

• unfortunately, long after his death

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.8.6