Reading Inventory Quiz #1

I work with three irons, two on the coals and one to press with. When the one I'm pressing with cools down, then I take one of the irons off the coals and use that. But I was so afraid of burning his shirts I didn't let the iron get hot enough. I have hidden the half-ironed shirts in the bottom of one of the laundry baskets. Tomorrow I will try to do better.

Ironing is _____ .

• difficult

• childish

• fun

• relaxing

He threw back his head and laughed in the sun, then winced. "Please don't think of me as some sort of saint. That would make me as monstrous as Grendel, although in the other direction. Majesty of all the Danes, sweet Wealhtheow, you see before you a hero who has come through many kinds of high adventures only to fall foul of his own weakness." He opened his mouth and poked one square-tipped finger in. "All this excitement has given me a toothache!"

He _____ his flaws.

• revealed

• resisted

• used

• corrected

"Hello," she said cheerfully. "I'm Pet Winslow. Dr. Wright said you may eat as much as you wish." She didn't give him a chance to talk, but set the plate on his lap and pulled the cloth off. He began wolfing the food down so voraciously that she was afraid he might choke. She had never seen anyone attack food like this young man. Though weak, he brought the plate to his lips and raked the yellow eggs into his mouth, seeming to swallow without chewing! From time to time he picked up a biscuit with a trembling hand and stuffed the whole thing in his mouth, adding more eggs. Finally he washed everything down with a large glass of milk.

He ate _____ .

• slowly

• greedily

• neatly

• politely

In general, Italians like to buy fresh food each day from small local shops. As a result, Italy has more small grocery stores than any other country in Europe. In recent years, large supermarkets have opened on the outskirts of towns and cities. However, compared to other countries, these are few in number.

Local shops are _____ in Italy.

• elegant

• expensive

• preferred

• courteous

: The new village, Qunu, was not very different from Mvezo. The wind blew through the valley, and the sunsets had forever kissed the hills. Buti's mother tended the fields of vegetables. His sisters ground the mealies and prepared the pumpkin, beans, and sorghum for dinner. Buti herded the cattle. Although Buti's father was no longer chief, he was respected, and would often be called to settle a dispute or instruct a student in history.

They all _____ in daily life.

• behaved

• dictated

• interfered

• participated

The meeting had already started. Right now Kristy and the others were probably wondering what had happened to me. In a minute, Jessi would probably call to see if I was okay and then I'd have to stop writing anyway. I raced down the stairs, grabbed my bike, and pedaled as fast as I could to Claud's house.

I was _____ .

• relaxed

• late

• amused

• tired

It wasn't just the tuition, it was also uniforms, books, supplies, lab fees, Jeff knew. He felt bad, because his father's money was being wasted. He wasn't doing very well in school, C's at the best; and somehow, over that first seventh grade semester, he had become a real nobody. He had gone from being nobody much to somebody nobody liked. He wasn't disliked, exactly, he was just in the way. It used to be that he was sort of there, on the playground for a soccer game, or at his desk in the classroom. Nobody minded him being there, but nobody actually wanted him there; not because he was disliked, but because he was in the way.

Making friends was _____ .

• normal

• boring

• difficult

• important

They sighed and got up; and when they had taken a few gorse prickles out of themselves they sat down again; and all the time Pooh was saying to himself, "If only I could think of something!" For he felt sure that a Very Clever Brain could catch a Heffalump if only he knew the right way to go about it.

Pooh looked for a(n) _____ .

• solution

• problem

• example

• playground

Anyone who competes in BMX racing is going to fall from time to time. You may collide with another racer, or lose control while going over a jump or a series of whoops. It can't be avoided. Serious injuries in BMX racing are rare, but you must be prepared anyway.

BMX racing can be _____ .

• addicting

• dangerous

• expensive

• lonely

Students have suggested that the city has so much smog because of the high number of cars that are on the roads. The students think that the number may be so high because most people do not carpool. They want to find out if this is so. They decide to count cars on a main road and calculate the average number of people per car.

They are testing a(n) _____ .

• automobile

• classmate

• idea

• policy