Reading Final Exam 2023

Use: Save Water and Energy by Showering Better

Which detail from the selection is best supported by the title of the selection, “Save Water and Energy by Showering Better”?

• A lot of energy is used to carry every gallon of water you use from a drinking water source to a treatment plant that makes it safe to drink

• Make sure to turn off the faucet all the way after you wash your hands

• The shower is a place where we can clean up, cool off, wake up, or relax after a long day

• If each person reduced his or her shower time by one minute, we could save a combined 165 billion gallons each year!

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Your TV and video game system aren’t the only things that need energy to keep going.

Which detail from the selection best supports this claim?

• Energy is also needed to heat that water when used for showering and hand washing

• That’s why it’s so important not to waste water at home or school.

• If water drips from the faucet after you turn it off, it could be a leak.

• On average, your home’s television uses 26 kWh of electricity per month.

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Paragraphs 4 through 6 help support the author’s argument by —

• suggesting that people will save money if they save water

• showing how saving water can help the community

• indicating the benefits of taking fewer showers

• explaining how a showerhead can cut down on water use

In paragraph 4, the author includes specific information about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s WaterSense® program in order to —

• give an example of how families can save water and energy

• show support for programs sponsored by the government

• add credibility to the argument that people need to save water

• convince people to buy a certain product from the government

Read the dictionary entry for the word standard.

standard \‘stan - dərd\ n 1. a long, narrow tapering flag that is personal to an individual or corporation 2. a structure built for or serving as a base or support 3. something established by general consent as a model or example 4. a musical composition

Which definition most closely matches the way the word standard is used in paragraph 5?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Which of the author’s arguments is based on faulty reasoning?

• But did you know that if you use less water for cleaning and playing, you’ll save energy and protect the environment?

• Imagine the journey it has taken—and just how tired you would be after carrying that much water all day!

• One of the best places to save both water and energy at home is in your shower.

• If each person reduced his or her shower time by one minute, we could save a combined 165 billion gallons each year!

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The poet ends all four stanzas with the line “O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave” in order to —

• help the readeer imagine what the flag looks likely

• give an idea of how high the flag flies

• emphasize to the reader what the flag represents

• suggest that the country is not totally free or brave

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Read lines 3 and 4 from the poem.

Whose broad stripes and bright stars, though the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming!

The peot uses the personification in these lines to describe -

• the bravery of the soldiers sighting in the battle

• the movement of the flag during the battle

• the building from which the speaker is watching

• the beauty of a ship fighting in the battle

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Which line from the poem best suggests that the speaker feels a sense of pride in the nation?

• In full glory reflected now shines on the stream;

• A home and a country should leave us no more?

• Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!

• Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation.

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The poet's use of imagery in lines 5 is intened to help the reader-

• visualize the sound and sites of the battle

• imagine the sound made by many fireworks

• understand why the speaker is

• realize what the speaker is doing in the poem

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