English I Test #7 - 9th Grade

Your team’s strategy for winning capture the flag might be to _______ in the bushes for an hour until the opposing side thinks you gave up and went home.

• lurk

• run

• disappear

• gather

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Someone who's ________ is a scoundrel or a cowardly villain.

• sneaky

• dastardly

• indifferent

• heroic

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Ninjas are __________, moving quietly and cautiously, which makes them excellent spies.

• stealthy

• aggressive

• legendary

• deadly

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

“She’s enjoying it when he has trouble solving the ________,” she said.

• problem

• equation

• enigma

• exploit

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If you live near a busy intersection with no stop signs, you might be a bit ____________ about crossing the street.

• paranoid

• unwilling

• exploitive

• apprehensive

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Later they both were transferred to Auschwitz, and through a combination of ________, courage and sheer luck, they survived.

• fortitude

• sweat

• friendship

• opulence

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Ryan turned one of the N.F.L.’s most ________ operations in into an open book.

• well-known

• valuable

• clandestine

• difficult

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

According to Hurriyet Daily News, Ms. Tutcali called her prosecution part of an effort by officials “to ________ and pressure people who think differently.”

• simplify

• hinder

• address

• intimidate

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

"There's always a bit of ________ about how the show is being received but it's been doing really good business," she says.

• argument

• trepidation

• chaos

• rumor

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What the hijackers wanted to  ________ was not a weakness in security, but rather a weakness in our mind-set.

• infer

• imply

• exploit

• excuse

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4