English 9 Honors 23/24

n “Harry Potter” lore, J.K. Rowling, then a struggling, single mom, first started writing the Harry Potter series on cocktail napkins in a bar. She may still be a single mom whose children’s names are David, Mackenzie, and Jessica, but she is no longer struggling. Between book sales, merchandise, and film revenue, Harry Potter is one of the most successful franchises in history, having generated revenues of over 20 billion dollars.

The writer is considering deleting the underlined portion. Should it be kept or deleted?

• Kept, because it further supports why Rowling’s life story is so remarkable.

• Kept, because it provides crucial details in an otherwise vague sentence.

• Deleted, because it is unnecessary and ends up distracting from the paragraph’s primary focus.

• Deleted, because including only the first names of Rowling’s children is too informal.

Originating in South America, the tomato has become one of the world’s staple fruits. The tomato began to spread to almost every part of the world following the colonization of the Americas by the Spanish. [6] The earliest known European reference to the tomato can be found in a description of plants written in 1554 which names the tomato the “pomo d’oro,” or “golden apple.” Today, whether it’s being used in Italian sauces or in the classic BLT, modern world cuisine, it seems, would be lost without the tomato.

At the “[6]” in the passage, the writer is considering adding the following accurate information:

The fruit contains large amounts of lycopene, which is now known to have health benefits.

Should the writer make this addition here?

• Yes, because it builds upon a claim made about the tomato in the preceding sentence.

• Yes, because it provides a logical link to the information that follows in the paragraph.

• No, because it unnecessarily states information that’s implied later in the paragraph.

• No, because it doesn’t fit logically in this paragraph about the history of the tomato.

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The room seemed to have been frozen in time. Everything, from his well-worn little league cap to the signed photo of Kobe Bryant telling him to “Stay in School,” was exactly as it had been when he’d last inhabited the space between these four walls. Only the view from the window had changed. The large willow, which used to mesmerize him during the day with its hypnotic swaying then frighten him at night with branches that turned into long, reaching fingers, was no longer there. “The roots were starting to tear up the sidewalk, so the city cut it down,” his mother informed him casually as she unloaded the dishwasher.

The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?

• Kept, because it provides a critical link to the following sentences about the missing willow.

• Kept, because it gives a key insight into the relationship between the protagonist and his mother.

• Deleted, because it contradicts the focus of the paragraph, which is that his room has not changed at all.

• Deleted, because its formal tone is out of place compared with the rest of the paragraph.

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Stonehenge is an ancient monument situated about ten miles north of Salisbury in England. It was built about 4500 years ago, but by whom and for what purpose remains a mystery. The builders must have known of geometry. They may have been influenced by the Mycenaeans, whose architecture was similar. Some of the stones must have been brought from West Wales, over 135 miles away. These stones weigh more than fifty tons. They may have been brought on rafts and rollers. Experts say that it must have taken 1500 men more than five years to transport them. Stonehenge was probably built in three stages. First, settlers from continental Europe built a temple for sun worship. Later the "Beaker" people added the stone circles. Finally, people of the Wessex Culture transformed Stonehenge into an observatory. They could calculate the exact time of Midsummer and Midwinter and of equinoxes

We understand from the passage that the construction of the Stonehenge ----

• began 135 miles away from Salisbury

• is thought to have taken place in more than one stage

• was first documented by the Mycenaeans

• is not a mystery that needs to be solved

• was completed in less than five years

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Stonehenge is an ancient monument situated about ten miles north of Salisbury in England. It was built about 4500 years ago, but by whom and for what purpose remains a mystery. The builders must have known of geometry. They may have been influenced by the Mycenaeans, whose architecture was similar. Some of the stones must have been brought from West Wales, over 135 miles away. These stones weigh more than fifty tons. They may have been brought on rafts and rollers. Experts say that it must have taken 1500 men more than five years to transport them. Stonehenge was probably built in three stages. First, settlers from continental Europe built a temple for sun worship. Later the "Beaker" people added the stone circles. Finally, people of the Wessex Culture transformed Stonehenge into an observatory. They could calculate the exact time of Midsummer and Midwinter and of equinoxes

It is pointed out in the reading that the Stonehenge ----.

• was built by the Mycenaeans, who were very advanced in geometry

• probably has religious origins, possibly for worship of the sun

• had no astrological purposes

• was erected thousands of years ago in West Wales

• is still used to calculate the changes of the seasons

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Stonehenge is an ancient monument situated about ten miles north of Salisbury in England. It was built about 4500 years ago, but by whom and for what purpose remains a mystery. The builders must have known of geometry. They may have been influenced by the Mycenaeans, whose architecture was similar. Some of the stones must have been brought from West Wales, over 135 miles away. These stones weigh more than fifty tons. They may have been brought on rafts and rollers. Experts say that it must have taken 1500 men more than five years to transport them. Stonehenge was probably built in three stages. First, settlers from continental Europe built a temple for sun worship. Later the "Beaker" people added the stone circles. Finally, people of the Wessex Culture transformed Stonehenge into an observatory. They could calculate the exact time of Midsummer and Midwinter and of equinoxes.

According to the passage, there is no certainty about ----.

• where the Stonehenge was built

• what kind of stones were used in the construction of the Stonehenge

• how to calculate the exact time of Midsummer and Midwinter and of equinoxes

• how the stones used in the construction of the Stonehenge were transported

• whether some of the stones are in position to reflect the movements of the sun and the moon

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Aristotle, who lived from 384 BC to 322 BC, taught that the heart contained the intelligence. Except for a few guesses like this, he observed carefully. He described the habits and the bodily structure (anatomy) of many animals, birds and fish. Another Greek, Galen, who lived in the second century AD, performed biological experiments. Both careful observation of living things and experiments are used today in the study of biology. Galen observed and described the internal anatomy of the human body.-He described many parts that he saw in the body. But he was not always careful. He sometimes described what he expected to see and did not look carefully to see what was really there. For centuries after Galen, people studied anatomy from his books instead of trusting their own observations.

It's obvious that Aristotle ----.

• thinks that it is the brain which contains the intelligence

• died in his sixties

• observed only birds and fish

• is both a great philosopher and a biologist

• described both the habits and the structure of animals better than anyone else

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Aristotle, who lived from 384 BC to 322 BC, taught that the heart contained the intelligence. Except for a few guesses like this, he observed carefully. He described the habits and the bodily structure (anatomy) of many animals, birds and fish. Another Greek, Galen, who lived in the second century AD, performed biological experiments. Both careful observation of living things and experiments are used today in the study of biology. Galen observed and described the internal anatomy of the human body.-He described many parts that he saw in the body. But he was not always careful. He sometimes described what he expected to see and did not look carefully to see what was really there. For centuries after Galen, people studied anatomy from his books instead of trusting their own observations.

A Greek scientist, Galen ----.

• became more successful than Aristotle

• studied the exterior parts of the body

• sometimes depended more on his ideas than observation

• lived in Greece during his whole life-time

• adapted the works of Aristotle

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Aristotle, who lived from 384 BC to 322 BC, taught that the heart contained the intelligence. Except for a few guesses like this, he observed carefully. He described the habits and the bodily structure (anatomy) of many animals, birds and fish. Another Greek, Galen, who lived in the second century AD, performed biological experiments. Both careful observation of living things and experiments are used today in the study of biology. Galen observed and described the internal anatomy of the human body.-He described many parts that he saw in the body. But he was not always careful. He sometimes described what he expected to see and did not look carefully to see what was really there. For centuries after Galen, people studied anatomy from his books instead of trusting their own observations.

It can be inferred from the passage that ----.

• there is a strong link between Galen and Aristotle in terms of friendship

• Galen studied the external part of the body while Aristotle studied the internal part

• the studies of Aristotle couldn't satisfy the expectations of people

• Galen and Aristotle have been influential in the following centuries

• people never trusted the knowledge of Galen

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Homer was a Greek epic poet. Both the date and the place of his birth and death are not known precisely, but recent research suggests a date between 1050 and 800 BC. It has even been claimed that no such man as Homer existed and that The Iliad and The Odyssey are collections of traditional ballads and not the work of one man. In any event they were known all over the Greek-speaking world before the sixth century BC. The Iliad is an epic poem dealing with the siege of Troy by the Greeks. The Odyssey describes the wandering of Odysseus, a Greek seafarer, on his way back to Ithaca after the fall of Troy.

We can infer from the passage that ----.

• it's not definite when and where Homer was born

• Homer only deals with poetry

• recent research shows the impossibility of finding Homer's birth date

• some suggest that he was born in 800 BC

• Homer's birth place is known but his date of birth is still unknown

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