WorksheetsACT Reading WarmUps 2
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 25mins
The example of the man who takes to drink is used to illustrate which of the following ideas in the paragraph?
foolish thoughts
the slovenliness of language
political and economic causes
an effect becoming a cause
bad influences
The author would most likely agree that
individual writers can never have a bad influence on the English language
imprecise use of language is likely to make precise thought more difficult
the English language is ugly and inaccurate
all language declines for political reasons
failure generally leads to more failure in a downward spiral
The author of paragraph one probably uses the expression „three-fold power‟
because there are three-times as many reasons for conserving wildlife
to be more dramatic that saying “double-power”
to emphasize the contrast between loss of money, loss of other resources, and loss of wildlife
to stress the need for saving money, resources and time
to indicate the magnitude of the problem without intending the expression to be taken literally
From the context, the word "venial‟ in paragraph two most nearly means
major
criminal
frequent
trivial
natural
Both paragraphs apparently imply that
there is no source from which wildlife, once exterminated, can be replaced
poachers must be punished
wildlife has much in common with other natural resources
conservation is in conflict with human development
preserving wildlife is expensive
It can be inferred that the spendthrift in paragraph one and the poor settler mentioned in paragraph two are alike in that they are
in conflict with the aims of conservation
inclined to waste natural resources
more concerned with the present than the future
unable to control their spending
unaware of conservation
He was treated like a ____ and cast out from his community.
ascetic
prodigy
prodigal
pariah
tyro
The teacher accused me of ____ because my essay was so similar to that of another student.
procrastination
plagerism
celerity
confusion
decorum
We live in a ____ age; everyone thinks that maximizing pleasure is the point of life.
ubiquitous
propitious
sporadic
corrupt
hedonistic
Thankfully the disease has gone into ____ ; it may not recur for many years.
treatment
sequestration
quarantine
remission
oblivion
