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WorksheetsQUIZ 2 9A
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
What is this passage is mainly about?
successful businessman
a famous building
the railroad industry
United States history
What does the following sentence from paragraph 1 mean?
"Every year, thousands of native New Yorkers and sightseers who aren't taking one of the many trains that serve the station still make time to visit this magnificent structure."
Native New Yorkers like how the station looks.
Many different people make a special trip just to look at the station.
Most native New Yorkers don't use the trains at Grand Central Terminal.
Sightseers often take trains to and from Grand Central Terminal.
In paragraph 1, what does magnificent mean?
educational
unknown
wonderful
artificial
In paragraph 2,what does it refer to?
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Depot
New York Central Railroad
the New York to Chicago rail line
What is the main idea of paragraph 4?
Grand Central Terminal is a very successful operation.
Cars and planes hurt the railroad business.
Despite all its problems, Grand Central Terminal will survive.
Grand Central Terminal had problems in the 1950s and 1960s.
Which statement would the writer probably agree with?
It's too dangerous to walk in the tunnels under Paris.
The tunnels under Paris are wonderful to explore.
Cataphiles are law-breakers and should go to jail.
An underground city should be built.
What is the purpose of this passage?
o give information about the tunnels
to explain how tunnels are made
to give the history of Paris
to tell a cataphile's story
What is NOT true about cataphiles?
They love to explore the tunnels.
They are great guides of the tunnels.
They enjoy having parties in the tunnels.
They are allowed to go down into the tunnels.
What is NOT mentioned in the passage as a surprising find?
a pond full of fish
a gallery of paintings
room filled with gold
a grave of a famous person
According to paragraph 3, why were there catacombs, or rooms of bones, in the tunnels?
That was the way French people used to bury their dead.
The bones were from the workers who had dug the tunnels.
The bones had been moved there to make more space in the cemeteries.
The catacombs were the places where bones of unknown people were buried.
DIRECTIONS: Read the sentence below from the passage "Grand Central Terminal: A Short History." Pay attention to the circles, lines, and parentheses. Then answer the questions.
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DIRECTIONS: Read the sentence below from the passage "Grand Central Terminal: A Short History." Pay attention to the circles, lines, and parentheses. Then answer the questions
How many key verbs are there?
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What is the subject of the first clause?
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Is the modifier of the last clause an adjective or an adverb?
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What is the object or complement of the second clause?
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DIRECTIONS: Select the correct vocabulary word from the box to complete each sentence.
Be careful driving after the rain. The roads can be ____________________.
slippery
opportunity
awful
concrete
Don't eat the soup. It tastes ____________________.
confident
opportunity
awful
concrete
Johnny is the fastest runner in the school, so he's ____________________ that he'll win the race.
opportunity
slippery
confident
awful
I have always wanted to study in another country. It seems like such a great ____________________.
awful
slippery
concrete
opportunity
The walls are made of ____________________, not wood, so they're very hard.
slippery
concrete
awful
confident
