Mount Rushmore is a huge carving in a stone cliff. The carving shows the faces of four U.S. presidents. They are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota. Each year many people visit this amazing sight.

Which detail below best supports the main idea?

Mount Rushmore is a huge carving in a stone cliff. The carving shows the faces of four U.S. presidents. They are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota. Each year many people visit this amazing sight.

Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

An image of an empty house with broken windows and rotting wood creates a feeling of_

Most of the other foods we think of as "nuts" are not really nuts at all. Peanuts, for example, usually have two seeds and break open easily. They are technically a legume because they grow in a pod. This is the same family of plants that produce their fruit (often beans) in a pod. Peanuts have more in common with snow peas than actual nuts.

Why does the author include the underlined details?

If only there were some decent jobs out there, I wouldn’t be reduced to living in this miserable dump.

Which word best describes how the speaker feels about finding a job?

Katie used the blow-dryer to add volume to her hair. Then she curled it. She used eyeliner and makeup. She chose the perfect outfit, and then threw it on the floor and chose another perfect outfit. Then she put on the other perfect outfit that she had thrown on the floor. She looked at the time on her phone. Jacob would be here any minute. Her pulse quickened. Her stomach felt uneasy. She was about to change her outfit again when the doorbell rang.

The author uses which sentence from the passage to communicate a sense of insecurity?

1. Daren showed up at the banquet with food stains all over his dress shirt. 2. He sat down, put his feet on the table, and burped loudly. 3. The other people sitting at the table looked at each other but continued eating.

Lines 1 and 2 characterize the speaker as-

The plates will still shift

and the clouds will still spew.

The sun will slowly rise

and the moon will follow too.

Which simile would be the best addition to the poem?

On February 18th, 2021, NASA's new rover, Perseverance, arrived on Mars, a neighboring planet in our solar system. During a seven month journey, it traveled 470 million kilometers (300 million miles) to reach Mars. The exploration robot landed in a region called the Jezero Crater. Near the planet's equator, the crater is 45 kilometers wide (28 miles). Perseverance will spend two years searching for evidence of microbial life that could have existed on Mars billions of years ago. Learning more about the composition of Mars can help scientists better understand the planet's history.

Why does the author include the phrase "Perseverance will spend two years searching for evidence of microbial life that could have existed on Mars billions of years ago?"