9th Grade Test Units 1-3

The history of rice cultivation stretches back thousands of years. Since at least 7000 BCE, this plant has played a perennial part in feeding millions of people. With likely origins in China, rice cultivation gradually diffused around the world: first to India and Southeast Asia, then to Japan and Korea, and finally to Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Today it is estimated that rice fortifies the staple diet of half the people on Earth.

What does perennial most likely mean

as it is used?

• controversial

• enduring

• transitory

• predominant

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The history of rice cultivation stretches back thousands of years. Since at least 7000 BCE, this plant has played a perennial part in feeding millions of people. With likely origins in China, rice cultivation gradually diffused around the world: first to India and Southeast Asia, then to Japan and Korea, and finally to Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Today it is estimated that rice fortifies the staple diet of half the people on Earth.

What is the meaning of diffused as it

is used?

• spread

• concentrated

• congealed

• adhered

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The history of rice cultivation stretches back thousands of years. Since at least 7000 BCE, this plant has played a perennial part in feeding millions of people. With likely origins in China, rice cultivation gradually diffused around the world: first to India and Southeast Asia, then to Japan and Korea, and finally to Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Today it is estimated that rice fortifies the staple diet of half the people on Earth.

Which word means the opposite of

fortifies in the paragraph?

• enhances

• reinforces

• modifies

• impairs

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

resembling an angel portrayed as a little

child with a beautiful, chubby face

• muddle

• rift

• unflinching

• cherubic

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

a split or break

• muddle

• rift

• unflinching

• cherubic

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

a mess; to make a mess of

• muddle

• rift

• unflinching

• cherubic

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

firm; showing no signs of fear

• muddle

• rift

• unflinching

• cherubic

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

average, ordinary, or undistinguished

• mediocre

• fabricate

• efface

• comely

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

to wipe out, expunge; to keep (oneself)

from being noticed

• mediocre

• fabricate

• efface

• comely

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

having a pleasing appearance

• deiocre

• fabricate

• efface

• comely

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A