MAAP Practice Test ELA

Streams, stream banks, and the low lands around them provide important habitat for animals and plants that share the urban/suburban landscape with us.

What does the word habitat mean as it is used in the sentence?

• area

• environment

• shelter

• territory

Instead it hits impervious surfaces like hard pavement and rooftops and has no chance to infiltrate the soil.

What is the meaning of the word impervious as it is used in the sentence?

• affected

• cracked

• exposed

• resistant

If all this extra water is diverted directly into a stream channel, several important changes will occur.

What is the meaning of the word diverted as it is used in the sentence?

• pushed

• sped forward

• brought together

• redirected

Based on the information in paragraph 8, what inference can be drawn about water movement in cities?

• Natural waterways have disappeared.

• Natural waterways are overloaded with rainwater.

• There are fewer natural waterways now than in the past.

• Flooding is caused when man-made waterways overflow.

As he sat on the grass and looked across the river, a dark hole in the bank opposite, just above the water's edge, caught his eye, and dreamily he fell to considering what a nice, snug dwelling-place it would make for an animal with few wants and fond of a bijou riverside residence, above flood level and remote from noise and dust.

What does the word remote mean as it is used in the sentence?

• bothered

• delayed

• isolated

• reserved

Then he held up his fore-paw as the Mole stepped gingerly down.

What does the word gingerly mean as it is used in the sentence?

• angrily

• carefully

• clumsily

• quickly

As he sat on the grass and looked across the river, a dark hole in the bank opposite, just above the water's edge, caught his eye, and dreamily he fell to considering what a nice, snug dwelling-place it would make for an animal with few wants and fond of a bijou riverside residence, above flood level and remote from noise and dust. As he gazed, something bright and small seemed to twinkle down in the heart of it, vanished, then twinkled once more like a tiny star.

How does the use of the words "bright," "twinkle," and "like a tiny star" impact the tone of the passage?

• The words develop a positive outlook.

• The words create an unwelcoming setting.

• The words establish an element of surprise.

• The words describe a conflict in the passage.

Which quotation from the passage supports the idea that the Mole and the Rat are unfamiliar with each other?

• "Then the two animals stood and regarded each other cautiously."

• "'Hello, Mole!' said the Water Rat. "Hullo, Rat!' said the Mole."

• "'Oh, it's all very well to talk,' said the Mole rather pettishly..."

• "The Rat sculled smartly across and made fast."

Workers carved sandstone from the hillside for walls and salvaged floor tiles from the ruins of an old Spanish fort.

What does the word salvaged mean as it is used in the sentence?

• abandoned

• harmed

• increased

• recovered

It's easy to see why the Old Point Loma Lighthouse was taken out of service after only 36 years - heavy fog would often obscure the light.

How does the photograph help the reader understand the word obscure as it is used in the caption?

• It shows the lighthouse is blurred.

• It shows bad weather in the area.

• It shows how old the lighthouse it.

• It shows that the light is hard to see.