Warmup Quiz Day 1

1. How does paragraph 4 help develop the ideas in Passage 1?

• a) It emphasizes the height of a tall vanity spire.

  
  

• b) It emphasizes the lack of tall skyscrapers in Europe.

• c) It explains why the space in vanity spires is unoccupied.

• d) It explains why CTBUH keeps a record of the heights of skyscrapers.

Answer explanation

Paragraph 4 describes how tall the vanity spire on the Burj Khalifa is compared to the spires of other skyscrapers.

2. Correct the sentence below:

why are the skyscrapers so tall asked Jordan

Answer explanation

"Why are the skyscrapers so tall?" asked Jordan.

3. Is the following a sentence or a fragment?  even though that space isn’t used for people

• sentence

• fragment

Answer explanation

A sentence has a complete thought, a subject and a predicate. I think the sentence SHOULD be about the space, but I don't know what the rest of the thought is.

What type of sentence is this:  The CTBUH uses the term “vanity spires” to describe tops of buildings where a ton of extra height is added, even though that space isn’t used for people.

• simple

• compound

• complex

Answer explanation

The CTBUH (subj) uses the term “vanity spires” to describe (verb) tops of buildings where a ton of extra height is added (simple sentence)

even though that space isn’t used for people (this is from the last question)

5.Select two details that are important to include in an objective summary of Passage 1.

• 1. Some of the tallest skyscrapers have large amounts of unused space

• 1. Building height should be measured by the top floor that people can use

• 1. The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world mostly due to its vanity spire.

• 1. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat keeps track of the tallest skyscrapers

• 1. Adding a vanity spire has become a popular way to make record-breaking supertall buildings

Answer explanation

6. Select two details from Passage 1 that shows the author’s perspective on supertall skyscrapers.

• 1. “Large portions of these buildings are designed to increase height, but remain unoccupied. Wasteful!” (paragraph 1)

• 1. “Surprise! Some really tall buildings don’t need to be so tall.” (paragraph 2)

• 1. “To put that in context, as the CTBUH does, if that 244 meters were itself a building, it would be the 11th tallest in Europe.” (paragraph 4)

• 1. “Think about classic skyscrapers like the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building, which were similarly designed with big spires.” (paragraph 5)

• 1. “Just having the title of ‘tallest’ is a draw for a building, he says - it matters less what all that space is used for.” (paragraph 7) 

Answer explanation