People drink this by pouring boiling water onto the dried leaves. It usually has a brown color. What is it?

You do this when you look at something or someone carefully for a long time without moving your eyes. What are you doing?

This is a machine that prints text or pictures onto paper. It is usually connected to a computer. What is it?

You usually do this before you play a sport. You straighten your arms and legs. What are you doing?

You have three times the amount of something. You have ___________ the amount.

This is a salad made with thinly cut raw cabbage. It is mixed with salad dressing. What is it?

People do this when they talk about something. They share their ideas and make a decision about something. What are they doing?

It is a colored liquid that people use for writing. What is it?

You make this face when you are unhappy or angry. You usually move your eyebrows in order to make this facial expression. What is it?

What type of tickets is on the list?

How much should a 13-year-old boy pay for a one-day pass?

When can a person with an evening pass enter?

What is NOT true about the given information?

Why is Robin happy?

What does Robin want to know from Isaac?

Why does Claire write to Sharon?

What will Sharon find in the attached file?

What is wrong? Scientists at the medical center is trying to determine if there is a relationship between saccharine and cancer.

Among geese ____ a highly elaborate form of communication.

_____ heated by solar energy have special collectors on the roof to trap sunlight.

What is wrong? Each number in a binary system are formed from only two symbols.

On the rim of the Kilauea volcano in the Hawaiian Islands are a hotel called the Volcano hotel

Kepler's Laws, principles outlining planetary movement, was formulated based on observations made without a telescope.

Only with a two thirds vote by both houses are the U.S. Congress able to override a presidential veto.

Of all the evidence that has piled up since Webster's paper was published, there is no new ideas to contradict his original theory.

Light can travels from the sun to the earth in eight minutes and twenty seconds.

Every human typically have twenty-three pairs of chromosomes in most cells.

Mosquitoes will accepts the malaria parasite at only one stage of the parasite's complex life cycle.

The counterpart of a negative electrons is the positive proton.

More than half of all stars is in binary or multiple star systems.

There are many frequently mentioned reasons why one out of every four arrests involve a juvenile.

The great digital advantages of the electronic age, such as integrated circuitry and a microcomputer, has been planted in tiny chips.

Read about Michelle. Then answer the question.

What does Michelle like?

Read the letter. Then answer the question.

What is true about Alex?

Read the letter. Then answer the question.

Why did Michael write a letter to Alex?

Read the text. Then answer the question.

What is the text about?

Read the text. Then answer the question.

What decreases when you have someone to share things with?

Read the story about Angela and Christine. Then answer the question.

Why did Sonia come to Angela's school?

Read the story about Angela and Christine. Then answer the question.

What did Angela get for Christine?

The term “Badlands” is often associated with movies because we think of it as the place where the tough, bad guys come from in the westerns. But this area got its name not because of the people living there, but because of the difficulties and hardships with which it confronted the early American pioneers and hunters. French - Canadian trappers described parts of southwestern South Dakota as “the bad lands to cross.”

What is the main idea of the passage?

(A) The origin of the name “Badlands”

(B) Hunting and trapping in South Dakota

(C) Badlands as a location for movies

(D) Difficult episodes in early American history

The word “pioneers” in line 4 is closest in meaning to

The black-necked stilt has certain features that help it find its prey; ironically, some of the same features make this bird a more likely target of its own predators. Long, slender legs allow the stilt to wade into ponds and find aquatic invertebrates, but long, thin legs have little utility as weapons; and black-and-white plumage above grayish blue or red legs makes it difficult for the bird to find hiding places. Essentially the only protection a stilt has comes from being alert and fleeing predators. Living in flocks reduces their chance of being ambushed because there are more birds to keep watch. Even with the difficulties stilts face in protecting themselves, there are up to six stilt species and representatives of the family on every continent except Antarctica.

1. What is the main topic of the passage?

2. The word “features” in line 3 is closest in

meaning to which of the following?

The word “flocks” in line 12 is closest in

meaning to which of the following?

In line 13, “their” refers to which of the

following?

According to the passage, the black-necked

stilt protects itself by

The word “face” in line 15 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

Questions 9-18

One of the greatest problems for settlers in Nebraska in the last quarter of the century was fuel. Little of the state was forested when the first settlers arrived, and it is probable that, by 1880, only about one-third of the originally forested area remained, down to a mere one percent of the state’s 77,000 square miles. With wood and coal out of the question, and with fuel needed year round for cooking—and during the harsh winters for heating—some solution had to be found. Somewhat improbably, the buffalo provided the answer. Buffalo chips were found to burn evenly, hotly, and cleanly, with little smoke and, interestingly, no odor. Soon, collecting them became a way of life for the settlers’ children who would pick them up on the way to and from local schools, or take part in competitions designed to counteract their natural reluctance. Indeed, even a young man seeking to impress the girl he wanted to marry would arrive with a large bag of chips rather than with an enticing box of candy or an attractive bunch of flowers.

What is the principal theme of this passage?

The phrase “out of the question” in line 9 is closest in meaning to