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WorksheetsRevision 2016
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 33mins
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1.
Use the first story, "Lost City Discovered" to answer questions 1-6.
The meaning of sentence 4 is unclear. Byron can improve the clarity of this sentence by changing it to —
The meaning of sentence 4 is unclear. Byron can improve the clarity of this sentence by changing it to —
a)
the famous Trojans
b)
the magnificent city
c)
the extreme wealth
d)
the historical record
2.
Byron would like to add a sentence to the end of the first paragraph (sentences 1–5) to help transition into the ideas in the second paragraph (sentences 6–9). Which sentence can be added after sentence 5 to help accomplish this goal?
a)
It was difficult to say whether the ancient city was real or had just been a figment of someone’s imagination.
b)
But one day, as so often happens, everything changed, and it changed rapidly and excitingly and permanently.
c)
Because no one could definitively prove that it had ever existed, people had trouble believing that it actually had.
d)
Aside from the historical references mentioned above, Thonis-Heracleion was essentially forgotten—that is, until recently.
3.
Byron has offered a weak thesis for his paper. Which of the following could replace sentence 9 and provide a more effective thesis statement for this paper?
a)
Before long they realized that they had found the city of Thonis-Heracleion.
b)
In time they realized that they had actually found what was a very ancient city.
c)
At first no one knew exactly what had been discovered, but there was plenty of curiosity.
d)
In the end it just happened to be the place and the city of Thonis-Heracleion.
4.
Which of these sentences could best follow sentence 13 and provide additional support for the main idea of the third paragraph (sentences 10–14)?
a)
In his research Goddio has collaborated with archaeologists, Egyptologists, historians, geologists, geophysicists, computer engineers, and others.
b)
The remains of more than 60 ships, at least 700 ancient anchors, gold coins, and bronze, lead, and stone weights indicate that the city was a major trading port in the eastern Mediterranean.
c)
The city was probably an important entry port for trade into Egypt before it sank into the Mediterranean Sea so many centuries ago.
d)
Some accounts suggest that both Helen of Troy and her lover, Paris, were stranded on the island for a period of time as they hid from her Greek husband.
5.
Byron would like to close with a relevant quotation that reiterates the main idea of this paper. Which of these could follow sentence 28 and best accomplish this goal?
a)
Goddio writes, “I knew that I would never be able to undertake an exploration of this scope by myself, and so, in 1987, I founded the European Institute of Underwater Archaeology (IEASM), an independent organization supported by private patronage.”
b)
According to Damian Robinson, director of the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology at the University of Oxford, “It is a major city we are excavating.”
c)
“We are just at the beginning of our research,” Goddio remarked. “We will probably have to continue working for the next 200 years for Thonis-Heracleion to be fully revealed and understood.”
d)
“The statuettes allow us to examine their belief system and at the same time have wider economic implications,” Oxford researcher Sanda Heinz commented. “These figures were mass-produced at a scale hitherto unmatched in previous periods.”
6.
There is a redundant sentence in the last paragraph (sentences 23–28). Which sentence should be deleted from this paragraph?
a)
Sentence 24
b)
Sentence 25
c)
Sentence 26
d)
Sentence 27
7.
Use the short story, " I Different Kind of Princess) to answer questions 7-12.
12. What is the correct way to write sentence 4?
12. What is the correct way to write sentence 4?
a)
As I watched friends find dates for homecoming, I was initially a little discouraged. Because it looked as though my first homecoming dance would be missing a key character.
b)
As I watched friends find dates for homecoming, I was initially a little discouraged. It looked as though my first homecoming dance would be missing a key character.
c)
As I watched friends find dates for homecoming. I was initially a little discouraged because it looked as though my first homecoming dance would be missing a key character.
d)
Sentence 4 is written correctly.
8.
13. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 7?
a)
Change that to something
b)
Change situation to sitaution
c)
ChangeHigh School to high school
d)
Make no change
9.
14. What change should be made in sentence 8?
a)
Change me to I
b)
Insert a comma after together
c)
Change decided to decide
d)
No change should be made.
10.
15. What change needs to be made in sentence 11?
a)
Change We girls to Us girls
b)
Change lot’s to lots
c)
Change but none to but without none
d)
No change needs to be made in this sentence.
11.
16. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 18?
a)
Change one specific to no specific
b)
Change the comma to a semicolon
c)
Insert a comma after mingle
d)
Make no change
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