WorksheetsQ3 CHALLENGE #1
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 51mins
PART A: What is most closely the meaning of scenario as it is used
in the passage below (paragraphs 3-4)?
"Let’s take a closer look.At the start of the scenario, the entire Earth’s population has been magically transported together into one place."
noun | a written outline
noun | the setting or background of a work of art or literature
noun | the script of a film or television program
noun | an imagined sequence of events
The following passage (paragraphs 15–16) is written mainly in the _____ tense, from a ___-_____point of view.
15 The addition of all the nearby airports doesn’t change the equation much. Nor does the region’s light rail system. Crowds climb on board container ships in the deepwater port of Providence, but stocking sufficient food and water for a long sea voyage proves a challenge.
16 Rhode Island’s half-million cars are commandeered. Moments later, I-95, I-195, and I-295 become the sites of the largest traffic jam in the history of the planet. Most of the cars are engulfed by the crowds, but a lucky few get out and begin wandering the abandoned road network.
past; first-person
past; third-person
present; first-person
present; third-person
How does the author organize this selection?
description
compare and contrast
problem and solution
sequential
What two purposes do the sub headings in the body of this passage serve?
to help readers determine the main focus of each section
to list information according to the order of importance
to provide a preview of what the whole passage is about
to suggest that the passage should be read in separate parts
Which three sentences state central ideas from the passage?
Randall Munroe cares about sharing knowledge regarding the earth and the effects humans have on it.
Randall Munroe shows how human beings are important in the physical universe.
Randall Munroe shows how human beings have profound effects on each other.
Randall Munroe
worked to improve educational opportunities for humans.
Read the text from the passage.
The cell networks have all collapsed under the unprecedented load. (Paragraph 13)
Which definition of collapsed is being used by the author?
to fall or shrink together abruptly and completely
to break down in vital energy, stamina, or self-control through exhaustion or disease
collapse several stories into one
to break down completely
Part A
What does capacity mean in the last sentence of paragraph 14?
The T. F. Green airport in Warwick, Rhode Island handles a few thousand passengers a day. Assuming they got things organized (including sending out scouting missions to retrieve fuel), they could run at 500% capacity for years without making a dent in the crowd.
Part B
Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
The T. F. Green airport in Warwick, Rhode Island handles a few thousand passengers a day. Assuming they got things organized (including sending out scouting missions to retrieve fuel), they could run at 500% capacity for years without making a dent in the crowd.
A cell phone comes out of a pocket. Within seconds, the rest of the world’s five billion phones follow.
The cell networks have all collapsed under the unprecedented load.
All of them—even those compatible with the region’s towers—are displaying some version of “NO SIGNAL”.
The addition of all the nearby airports doesn’t change the equation much.
Which statement BEST expresses a main theme in the story?
Everyone is motivated by difficult question
Learning happens when serious scientific answers to hypothetical questions are shared.
Learning can be interesting when interesting, real-world examples are used.
Learning is fun when hypothetical questions are asked.
"The edge of the crowd spreads outward into southern Massachusetts and Connecticut. Any two people who meet are unlikely to have a language in common, and almost nobody knows the area. The state becomes a patchwork chaos of coalescing and collapsing social hierarchies. Violence is common.
Everybody is hungry and thirsty. Grocery stores are emptied. Fresh water is hard to come by
and there’s no efficient system for distributing it."
The word coalesce comes from the Latin compound verb coalescere “to grow together, combine,” formed from co-, a variant of the prefix com– “together, with,” and the verb alescere “to grow up, be nourished.”
What does coalescing mean in paragraph 18?
to grow together or into one body
to unite so as to form one mass, community, etc.
to blend or come together
collapsing social hierarchies
Based on the following passage (paragraphs 17-18), what is most likely one of the author’s opinions?
Some make it past New York or Boston before running out of fuel. Since the electricity is probably not on at this point, rather than find a working gas pump, it’s easier to just abandon the car and steal the new one. Who can stop you? All the cops are in Rhode Island.
The edge of the crowd spreads outward into southern Massachusetts and Connecticut. Any two people who meet are unlikely to have a language in common, and almost nobody knows the area. The state becomes a patchwork chaos of coalescing and collapsing social hierarchies. Violence is common. Everybody is hungry and thirsty. Grocery stores are emptied. Fresh water is hard to come by and there’s no efficient system for distributing it.
It is easy to steal a car if one is desperate enough.
Putting the entire world’s population in such a small area would create deadly chaos.
A tank of gas will likely get you from Rhode Island to New York or Boston.
Knowledge is the key to getting out of any bad situation.
Which detail from the selection is best supported by the photo in paragraph 12?
Some make it past New York or Boston before running out of fuel.
Any two people who meet are unlikely to have a language in common, and almost nobody knows the area.
There are a lot of uncomfortable glances. Someone coughs.
The survivors spread out across the face of the world and struggle to build a new civilization atop the pristine ruins of the old.
How does the organization of paragraph 10 contribute to the selection?
9) Technically, this delivers a lot of energy into the Earth, but it’s spread out over a large enough area that it doesn’t do much more than leave footprints in a lot of gardens. A slight pulse of pressure spreads through the North American continental crust and dissipates with little effect. The sound of all those feet hitting the ground creates a loud, drawn-out roar which lasts many seconds. 10) Eventually, the air grows quiet.
It compares the scenario of the end of the world with the findings of Randall Munroe.
It presents reasons to show that potentially habitable planets might exist.
It describes the problems and solutions that astronomers have encountered trying to find habitable planets.
It explains in sequential order the steps taken for the reader to discover what happens after everyone jumps.
Read this sentence from the passage.
Some make it past New York or Boston before running out of fuel. Since the electricity is probably not on at this point, rather than find a working gas pump,
it’s easier to just abandon the car and steal the new one. Who can stop you?
All the cops are in Rhode Island. (paragraph 17)
Which statement from the article best supports the idea in this sentence?
The state becomes a patchwork chaos of coalescing and collapsing social hierarchies. Violence is common.
Everybody is hungry and thirsty. Grocery stores are emptied.
Fresh water is hard to come by and there’s no efficient system for distributing it.
Within weeks, Rhode Island is a graveyard of billions.
Read the information about the origin of the word dissipate.
Latin word originem, meaning "rise, beginning, or source.
Based on this information, what does the word dissipates mean in paragraph 9?
to break up and drive off
to cause to spread thin or scatter and gradually vanish
to spend or use up wastefully or foolishly
to dissapear
Part A
What is the overall central idea of the passage?
Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state in land area, but it is still large enough to contain billions of graves.
Organizers of any future “species-wide jump” should consider potential outcomes of such an event.
Human beings cannot strongly affect the Earth’s orbit, but they can affect one another a great deal.
It would be important to learn the outcome of this experiment, no matter the cost.
Part B
Which sentence from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?
Technically, this delivers a lot of energy into the Earth, but it’s spread out over a large enough area that it doesn’t do much more than leave footprints in a lot of gardens.
A slight pulse of pressure spreads through the North American continental crust and dissipates with little effect.
The survivors spread out across the face of the world and struggle to build a new civilization atop the pristine ruins of the old. Our species staggers on, but our population has been greatly reduced.
Earth’s orbit is completely unaffected—it spins along exactly as it did before our species-wide jump.
