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Year 9 Reading

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is juxtaposition ?

a)

exaggerating something

b)

the fact of two things being seen with contrasting effect.

c)

positioning something

2.

What is the meaning of contextual clues?

a)

hints that the author gives to define meanings of difficult words within a paragraph

b)

figurative meanings of words

3.

What is the meaning of genre?

a)

reading passage

b)

books

c)

a style or category of art, music, or literature.

4.
The lost campers sweltered in the heat of the desert sun.
a)
ate
b)
burned 
c)
slept 
d)
sunbathed
5.
How does "pre" change the meaning of "approve" in the word preapprove?
It makes it mean.....
a)
approve again
b)
not approve
c)
approve before
d)
does not change the meaning.
6.

What is a jargon?

a)

sentences

b)

short lines

c)

special words or expressions

7.
Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins, the more we realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as we do. Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is much more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Could any of these mammals be more intelligent than man? Certainly the most common argument in favor of man's superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is the least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures, the less we appear superior
It is clear from the passage that dolphins ----.
a)
don't want to be with us as much as we want to be with them
b)
are proven to be less intelligent than once thought
c)
have a reputation for being friendly to humans
d)
are the most powerful creatures that live in the oceans
8.
Erosion of America's farmland by wind and water has been a problem since settlers first put the prairies and grasslands under the plow in the nineteenth century. By the 1930s, more than 282 million acres of farmland were damaged by erosion. After 40 years of conservation efforts, soil erosion has accelerated due to new demands placed on the land by heavy crop production. In the years ahead, soil erosion and the pollution problems it causes are likely to replace petroleum scarcity as the nation's most critical natural resource problem.
As we understand from the reading, today, soil erosion in America ----.
a)
causes humans to place new demands on the land
b)
is worse than it was in the nineteenth century
c)
happens so slowly that it is hardly noticed
d)
is the most critical problem that the nation faces
9.
In the 16th century, an age of great marine and terrestrial exploration, Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to sail around the world. As a young Portuguese noble, he served the king of Portugal, but he became involved in the quagmire of political intrigue at court and lost the king's favor. After he was dismissed from service by the king of Portugal, he offered to serve the future Emperor Charles V of Spain. 1.
The 16th century was an age of great ______ exploration.
a)
A. cosmic
b)
B. land 
c)
C. mental
d)
D. common man 
10.
I can't wait until this weekend! We’re going to my grandparents’ house and my entire family will be there. I will spend most of my time playing games with my cousins. We always have such a good time together! The day goes by so fast, and by the end we are all exhausted... but we still don’t want to leave!
What is the main idea?
a)
Weekends are times to travel.
b)
The author enjoys spending time with her family.
c)
The author's grandparents live far away.
d)
The author is sad to leave her cousins.
11.
Do you ever wonder how you taste things? You owe your sense of taste to your taste buds. We have 9,000 taste buds just on the tongue alone. There are also taste buds on the roof of your mouth. You even have taste buds on the back of your throat.
What does the author want you to learn from the passage?
a)
Why we can taste only certain things.
b)
That we taste through our noses
c)
Where taste buds are found
d)
We have taste buds on our tongues
12.
The earth's surface is constantly changing.  All over the world everyday there are earthquakes, floods and volcanoes that quickly change our world. Some changes are too small to see.  Others cause tremendous damage and costs millions of dollars to clean up.
What is the main idea?
a)
It is expensive to clean up the damage
b)
Sometimes we can't see the changes. 
c)
The Earth's surface is always changing.
13.

Which of these is a word you could use instead of 'went' (choose 2)

a)

grumbled

b)

trudged

c)

tiptoed

d)

screamed

14.

Which of these words could be used instead of 'said' (choose 2)

a)

whispered

b)

galloped

c)

flapped

d)

yelled

15.
What is an example of a metaphor? 
a)
She is like a bear in the morning- grumpy and cruel. 
b)
The flower stretched her hand out to the sun, yearning for its' rays. 
c)
Her hair was silk. 
d)
Buzz, Hiss, Woof 
16.
"Silver bells!... How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle in the icy air of night." This sentence includes what figurative language device? 
a)
Metaphor 
b)
Simile 
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Onomatopoeia 
17.
"She soothed her secret sorrow." Choose the best answer: What figurative language device is being used in this sentence? 
a)
Alliteration 
b)
Personification 
c)
Hyperbole 
d)
Metaphor 
18.
"The tropical storm slept for days". This is an example of what figurative language device? 
a)
Personification 
b)
Simile 
c)
Alliteration 
d)
Hyperbole 
19.
This image depicts what figurative language device? 
a)
Imagery 
b)
Personification 
c)
Hyperbole 
d)
Alliteration 
20.
What is this comic strip using a lot of? 
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
Hyperbole 
c)
Simlie 
d)
Alliteration 
21.
The author's attitude or feelings towards the writing and the readers is the ________.
a)
mood
b)
tone
22.
_________ is the feeling the reader gets as he/she reads the text.
a)
mood
b)
tone
23.

What is the tone of the following sentence?

"Bursting through the door, the flustered mother screamed uncontrollably at the innocent teacher who gave her child an F."

a)

angry

b)

witty

c)

suspicious

d)

elated

24.

What is the tone of the following sentence? "'Here we go again,' he moaned, as he watched the other team score yet another goal."

a)

Joy

b)

Fury

c)

Excitement

d)

Frustration

25.

After being dumped by his girlfriend, he was ________about dating other women.

a)

competitive

b)

cynical

c)

bold

d)

arrogant

26.

A more _______ player will replace Messi since he acts like he doesn’t care about winning anymore.

a)

competitive

b)

contemptible

c)

aggressive

d)

amiable

27.

The _________ manner in which he talked concealed his ignorance, not his knowledge.

a)

authoritative

b)

competitive

c)

apathetic

d)

benevolent

28.

The committee made the ____________ error of hiring amateur actors for the new play. It was a disaster.

a)

competitive

b)

arrogant

c)

bold

d)

colossal

29.

The government has adopted an ________ posture on immigration.

a)

benevolent

b)

apathetic

c)

aggressive

d)

conservative

30.

How can you be so _________ about the world and its problems?

a)

culpable

b)

aggressive

c)

arrogant

d)

apathetic

31.

Most tourists are awed by the ____________ emptiness of the Mojave Desert.

a)

abundant

b)

barren

c)

colossal

d)

crucial

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