MAAP Review English

Read the following sentences.
(Item 2 from Mississippi Item Sampler)

"I was at first unable to answer these questions, but perpetual attention and time explained to me many appearances which were at first enigmatic."

What does enigmatic mean as it is used in the paragraph?

• admirable

• constant

• depressing

• mysterious

What can be inferred about the Woodhouses based on the phrase “first in consequence”?

• The Woodhouses settled Highbury.

• The Woodhouses governed Highbury.

• The Woodhouses were the largest family in Highbury .

• The Woodhouses were the most important family in Highbury.

Read the following sentences. (Adapted from EngageNY 2014)

“Yes, I have a turn both for observation and for deduction. The theories which I have expressed there, and which appear to you to be so chimerical, are really extremely practical—so practical that I depend upon them for my bread-and-cheese.”

As used the passage, the word “chimerical” most nearly means

• unfair

• unrealistic

• aggravating

• contradictory

Read the sentence.

"This was indeed a godlike science, and I ardently desired to become acquainted with it."

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

• passionately

• enviously

• miserably

• faithfully

The history of the present King of Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. What is the meaning of the word usurpations as it is used in this paragraph?

• making objections to laws

• creating unnecessary regulations

• taking someone’s power or property by force

• taking someone’s ideas and passing them as his own.

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

• a break from everyday worries

• a desire for love to conquer all

• a meal that would relax them

• a dislike of the outside world

What is the meaning of stock as it is used in the sentence?

• framework

• estimate

• share

• supply

Read the sentences.

"Evidence of the scope of such an undertaking is the fact that after Shackleton’s failure, the crossing of the continent remained untried for fully forty-three years— until 1957– 1958."

Choose the word that would best replace the word scope as it is used in the original sentence from the text.

• scan

• extent

• preview

• liberty

How does the author use figurative language in the sentence to contribute to the meaning of the passage?

• to convey a sense of beauty about the couple’s relationship

• to emphasize the short time the couple experienced together

• to illustrate how nature played a part in the couple’s relationship

• to contrast the expectations of the couple with the reality they experience

What does the phrase his eyes closing in spite of him mean?

• It implies that he is ill.

• It describes that he is bored at work.

• It shows his efforts to fight exhaustion.

• It illustrates how he is pushed at work.