Reading/Writing Exam 1

What is the writing process, in the correct order?

• Prewrite, edit, draft, revise, and publish

• Prewrite, draft, revise, edit, proofread, and publish

• Prewrite, draft, edit, revise, and publish

• Draft, prewrite, revise, edit, and publish

What is the main idea of the following passage?

“One of the oldest natural therapies, color therapy uses colors to help people heal. Warm colors such as red, orange and yellow have energizing effects. Cool colors such as blue, violet and green have calming effects. Warm colors can help improve blood flow, reduce tiredness, and relieve colds. On the other hand, cool colors can help relieve headaches and help you have a good night’s sleep. Wouldn't it be interesting to conduct some experiments with different colors to see how you feel about them?"

• Color therapy is very old.

• Color can cause bad feelings.

• Color can be used to help heal our bodies and minds.

• Warm colors have a longer-lasting effect than cool colors.

What is the main idea of the following passage?

"Many countries have different money superstitions. In Russia, money is given with the right hand and taken with the left. People also think getting an empty wallet means you will be poor. In Greece, people always try to carry at least some coins and think it’s bad luck to have no money in their wallets or bank accounts. In Japan, people keep snake skin in their wallet. Seeing a white snake means they will always have good luck, but killing a snake means they will lose all their money."

• Wallets are used differently in different countries.

• Believing in superstitions could cause financial problems.

• People in different countries have different ways of saving money.

• There are different superstitions about money around the world.

Key Details:

Read the following passage:

"Water changes from a liquid to a solid when it becomes ice. When water freezes, its particles move farther apart. This makes the water expand. Expanding water can cause problems. In winter, water pipes can freeze and break. This makes a big mess! In nature, water gets into the holes of rocks. The holes get bigger when the water freezes. This makes the rocks break apart."

- What happens when water freezes inside the holes of rocks?

• The rocks get harder.

• The ice gets smaller.

• The holes get bigger.

• The holes stay the same.

Key Details:

Read the following passage:

"Exercising your eyes makes your eye muscles stronger. It improves your vision, too. Here are three ways to exercise your eyes. To practice, look at objects that are near and far away. Another exercise is rolling your eyeballs. Move them clockwise five times and then in the opposite direction. Writing very big letters with your eyes is also a good exercise as long as you do not move your head. All these exercises will keep your eyes healthy."

- Which is NOT true about the eye exercises?

• When you roll your eyeballs, roll them clockwise five times.

• When you write with your eyes, you can move your head.

• When you write with your eyes, you should write as big as you can.

• The exercises will make your eye muscles stronger.

Key Details:

Read the following passage:

"Mountains are formed over millions of years because of the earth’s activities. Fold mountains, such as the Himalayas, are created when the earth’s plates crash together and are pushed up. Block mountains, such as the Harz Mountains, form on top of fault lines when blocks of rock are forced upward. Finally, volcanic mountains, such as Mt. Halla begins to form when magma reaches the earth’s surface and erupts explosively. Later, the lava from these eruptions cools and hardens, forming a mountain."

- How were the Harz Mountains formed?

• Blocks were forced up through cracks in the earth.

• Two of the earth’s plates crashed into each other.

• Lava exploded from a large volcano.

• Magma flowed through fault lines.

Choose the correct word to match the definition: to go without being seen

• clique

• unnoticed

• posed

• perception

Choose the correct word to match the definition:

A tight group of people that spend a lot of time together and don’t always allow others to join them.

• threshold

• glimmer

• scattered

• clique

Which of these is a synonym for exclaimed?

• blurt

• cry

• whisper

• rise

Choose the correct word to match the definition: happening all at once at the same time.

• millenium

• communal

• utliize

• unison