7th grade ELA test (RL.7.4 & RL.7.5)

Read the sentence from “The Great Snake Invasion.”

Burmese pythons are especially suited to the habitat of the Everglades, which is much like their native environment in Asia.

Using the context clues in the sentence, which of these is the best meaning for the word suited?

• adapted

• harmed

• invaded

• supported

Read these lines from “The Brook.”

I come from haunts of coot and hern,²

I make a sudden sally,

The word sally comes from the Latin word salire, which means “to leap.” Based on this knowledge, what is the meaning of the word sally as it is used in the lines above?

• a steep fall

• a slight swerve

• a quiet approach

• a forward movement

Read these lines from “The Brook.”

I steal by lawns and grassy plots,

I slide by hazel covers;

I move the sweet forget-me-nots

That grow for happy lovers.

 

What does the poet mean by using the phrase steal by?

• to take away earth

• to move quickly near

• to remove grass from

• to go quietly alongside

Read this sentence below.

Consequently, a good number were illiterate in their own languages, as well.

Which word could be used as a synonym for illiterate in this sentence?

• establishe

• fluent

• uneducated

• misinformed

Read this sentence from the passage.

Moreover, Danes from Denmark continued to cross the sea and ravage the coast of Saxon England. They kept the people in constant alarm.

What is the meaning of the word ravage as it is used in the excerpt above?

• deprive

• destroy

• disregard

• destinguish

Read this sentence from "Alfred the Great."

They plundered the English coasts for more than a century; and most of northern and eastern England became for a time a Danish country with Danish kings.

What does plundered mean as used in the sentence?

• abandoned

• explored

• developed

• robbed

Read this excerpt from “The Wall of the World.”

It was a heritage he had received directly from One Eye and the she-wolf; but to them, in turn, it had been passed down through all the generations of wolves that had gone before.  Fear!—that legacy of the Wild which no animal may escape nor exchange for pottage.

Based on the context of excerpt, what does the word legacy mean as it is used in the last sentence?

• something required by a parent

• something transmitted by an ancestor

• something that is naturally occuring

• something that is undeniably true

Read this sentence from the passage “The Wall of the World.”

Hunger he had known; and when he could not appease his hunger he had felt restriction.

What does the word appease mean as it is used in this sentence?

• limit

• reveal

• satisfy

• tempt

Read the sentence below.

A legend even in his day, he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, his first year of eligibility.

What does eligibility mean as it is used in the sentence?

• acknowledgement

• qualification

• recognition

• victory

Read this sentence from "Finn McCool and the Salmon of Wisdom." 

     What deed would suffice as payment for such a priceless gift, O mighty

     salmon of the deep?

What does suffice as payment mean as it is used in the sentence above?

• to be a suitable reason

• to be better quality

• to be a satisfactory amount

• to be a reliable source