Wordly Wise Book 4 Lesson 20

Too much sugar may be a detriment to good health. This means that sugar

• may improve people's health

• may harm people's health

• does not affect people's health

• is good for most people, but had for a few

A derelict is

• a police officer

• a reckless person

• an alleged criminal

• a poor, homeless person

To emit an odor is to

• give off an odor

• smell an odor

• figure out where an odor is coming from

• feel sick as a result of smelling a foul odor

A species is a group of plants or animals that

• are similar in some ways

• are poisonous

• lived millions of years ago

• are dying out

To the detriment of his schoolwork, David got little sleep at night. This means that his sleeping habits

• improved his schoolwork

• did not affect his schoolwork

• harmed his school work

• resulted from too much school work

Foster parents care for

• their own children only

• their neighbors' children after school

• children who are neither their relatives nor their adopted children

• other people's pets when the owners go on vacation

Automobile emissions are

• fuels that power cars

• gases that cars give off

• motors that power cars

• factories that manufacture cars

Synonym for apathetic

• unsatisfied

• uninterested

• uncooperative

• enviable

Synonym for badgered

• strengthened

• burrowed

• growled

• pestered

Synonym for compelled

• propelled

• schemed

• forced

• excelled