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Poor Farmer Chevez labors sixteen hours a day and never has time for a vacation. He deserves better! Everyone

should have at least one day a week for rest and relaxation.

 

• plays

• eats

• works   

• unions

It's not that I'm unfriendly, but sometimes I want to leave society behind and be alone for awhile.

• people living as members of a group           

• homes with messy floors

• the fastest runners

• people who are afraid of Girl Scouts

Those scientists want to hear what our professor thinks about their theory because he is the foremost expert in their field.

• The first or main one

• craziest

• least informed    

• loudest

Your plan looks good. I hope it will really work. It’s time to implement it and see if it’s as brilliant as you claim.

• instrument

• take apart

• change

• carry out

A wonderful 98 year old woman is working day and night to knit scarves to send as gifts for the troops. What a

selfless person she is!

• is selfish

• has no name     

• has no name     

  likes to wear scarves      

• cares more about others than herself

Did you ever try fortune with a daisy? Sometimes a girl will pick one and take the petals off one by one, saying “He loves me…He loves me not….” She hopes that when she picks off the last petal, she will be saying, “He loves me”, for that will mean that her boyfriend loves her. Of course, a boy can pick the petals off in the same way, saying, “She loves me...She loves me not…” The stated main idea of this paragraph is

• Did you ever try fortune with a daisy?

• Sometimes a girl will pick one and take the petals off one by one, saying “He loves me…He loves me not….”

• She hopes that when she picks off the last petal, she will be saying, “He loves me”, for that will mean that her boyfriend loves her.

• Of course, a boy can pick the petals off in the same way, saying, “She loves me...She loves me not…”

Congratulations! You have been offered a job. The time has come to negotiate your salary. The question to ask yourself is: "How much am I worth?" Your answer will likely affect the outcome of your salary negotiation. The point is, in order to negotiate the best possible salary, you must convince both yourself and the employer of the value that you will bring to the job.           

- The topic of this paragraph is

• being offered a job.

• negotiating the best possible salary.

• congratulations.

• asking yourself how much you are worth.

One of the big programming surprises of the 2002 summer TV series was a show on the Fox Network called American Idol, a talent search that highlighted several aspiring performers. The final episode of the show garnered the biggest audience share among 18- to 49-year olds that the network has ever had. Based on a British series called Pop Idol, American Idol is another in a long list of shows that the United States has imported. In fact, many popular U.S. TV shows originated overseas. These include the quiz shows Who Wants to Be A Millionaire and The Weakest Link, both also from Britain . Other examples include Survivor, imported from Sweden; Big Brother , based on a Dutch series of the same name; and TLC's Trading Spaces, based on the British series, Changing Rooms.

• -The stated main idea of this paragraph is

• One of the big programming surprises of the 2002 summer TV series was a show on the Fox Network called American Idol, a talent search that highlighted several aspiring performers.

• The stated main idea of this paragraph is

  One of the big programming surprises of the 2002 summer TV series was a show on the Fox Network called American Idol, a talent search that highlighted several aspiring performers.

  Based on a British series called Pop Idol, American Idol is another in a long list of shows that the United States has imported.

• In fact, many U.S. TV shows have first originated overseas.

• These include the quiz shows Who Wants to Be A Millionaire and The Weakest Link, both also from Britain.

Mary, of course you’re overweight. You eat too much junk food. Even worse, you exercise infrequently.

What does “infrequently” mean?

• with a frown on one’s face

• at a gym

• while wearing heavy clothes

• not often

“I am going to rescind the permission I gave you to use my toys!” T. J. announced angrily. “I thought you would

take good care of them, but I was wrong!”

• repeat

• celebrate

• continue

• cancel