Unit Test — Unit test Answers

8 verified answers1 views
3

Which best describes the speaker of "London's Summer Morning"?

A
a lamplighter putting out the streetlights
B
a housemaid in a private home
C
a chimney-boy watching a market
D
a person walking through London’s streets
4

Read the excerpt from "London's Summer Morning."Now pastry dainties catch the eye minuteOf humming insects, while the limy snareWaits to enthrall them.What does this excerpt from the poem describe?

A
a bakery hoping to draw in customers
B
a rotting pastry surround by insects
C
a trap used to capture flying bugs
D
a group of people wearing bright colors
6

When writing a report for a job interview, the introduction should

A
have a clear topic sentence that answers the prompt.
B
detail actions that need to be taken to solve the issue.
C
list the key findings that support the recommendations.
D
restate the main ideas and how they work together.
7

Read the paragraph from "Wilson's War Message to Congress."We have no quarrel with the German people. We have no feeling towards them but one of sympathy and friendship. It was not upon their impulse that their Government acted in entering this war. It was not with their previous knowledge or approval. It was a war determined upon as wars used to be determined upon in the old, unhappy days when peoples were nowhere consulted by their rulers and wars were provoked and waged in the interest of dynasties or of little groups of ambitious men who were accustomed to use their fellow men as pawns and tools.The text structure used to support the viewpoint in the paragraph is

A
problem and solution
B
chronological order
C
compare and contrast
D
main idea and details
8

Based on "How We Entered World War I," which detail explains why the sinking of the Lusitania led the United States to enter World War I?

A
The Lusitania carried ammunition as well as nonmilitary passengers.
B
The Germans began using submarine warfare.
C
The ship was torpedoed without warning.
D
Of the 1,195 passengers killed, 124 were from the United States.
9

Read the excerpt from a report. (1) Stopping trash before it gets to the ocean is way better than having to clean it up in the ocean. (2) The city of Baltimore has a large machine called Mr. Trash Wheel. (3) The machine is powered by the sun and the flow of the river. (4) Floating booms off the front of the machine funnel garbage toward a conveyor belt. (5) The belt takes the garbage from the water and puts it in a dumpster. (6) The trash wheel helps collect garbage in the river after it flows out into the ocean

A
In sentence 2, change “large” to “big.”
B
In sentence 3, change “powered” to “run.”
C
In sentence 4, add “or barriers” after “booms.”
D
In sentence 6, add “or the sea” after “the ocean.”
11

Which lines from "Mending Wall" indicate that the neighbor is willing to participate in mending the wall?

A
We wear our fingers rough with handling them.Oh, just another kind of out-door game,One on a side. It comes to little more:There where it is we do not need the wall:
B
To each the boulders that have fallen to each.And some are loaves and some so nearly ballsWe have to use a spell to make them balance:“Stay where you are until our backs are turned!”
C
I let my neighbour know beyond the hill;And on a day we meet to walk the line And set the wall between us once again.We keep the wall between us as we go.
D
Something there is that doesn't love a wall,That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,And spills the upper boulders in the sun;And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.
12

Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall." I see him thereBringing a stone grasped firmly by the topIn each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.He moves in darkness as it seems to me, Not of woods only and the shade of trees.He will not go behind his father's saying,And he likes having thought of it so wellHe says again, "Good fences make good neighbours."Based on the excerpt, what does the speaker think of his neighbor?

A
He is stubborn.
B
He is interesting to talk to.
C
He is a quick worker.
D
He is disorganized.
13

Which practice was typical of Robert Frost?

A
using experimental techniques
B
using traditional forms
C
writing in formal language
D
writing in free verse
14

Read the poem “The Man Against the Sky” by Edwin Arlington Robinson.Between me and the sunset, like a domeAgainst the glory of a world on fire,Now burned a sudden hill,Bleak, round, and high, by flame-lit height made higher,With nothing on it for the flame to killSave one who moved and was alone up thereTo loom before the chaos and the glareAs if he were the last god going homeUnto his last desire.Dark, marvelous, and inscrutable he moved onTill down the fiery distance he was gone,—Like one of those eternal, remote thingsThat range across a man's imaginingsWhen a sure music fills him and he knowsWhat he may say thereafter to few men,—The touch of ages having wroughtAn echo and a glimpse of what he thoughtA phantom or a legend until then;For whether lighted over ways that save,Or lured from all repose,If he go on too far to find a grave,Mostly alone he goes.What is the main similarity between “The Man Against the Sky” and Frost’s poem "Mending Wall"?

A
Both use everyday language.
B
Both use a similar rhyme scheme.
C
Both use free verse.
D
Both use blank verse.
15

What is the purpose of a key findings paragraph in an informative report?

A
to provide relevant data and other evidence and commentary from the writer
B
to summarize the main ideas and data presented in the other paragraphs
C
to restate the purpose of the report, which is also described in the introduction
D
to present actions to be taken, which are based on the main ideas of the report
17

How does the text structure of "Wilson's War Message to Congress" help to support his message?

A
Wilson focuses on a single fact to convince Congress to go to war against Germany.
B
Wilson presents both his opinions and facts to make a clear argument for war against Germany.
C
Wilson offers only his opinions on why entering World War I is a strategic move.
D
Wilson details his viewpoint of the situation using little factual information.
18

Which piece of data would best be incorporated into a report about plastic waste in the world’s water?

A
Businesses are producing over 300 tons of plastic every year, and half is for single-use purposes.
B
The United Nations estimates there are as many as 51 trillion microplastic particles in the ocean already.
C
PVC, or polyvinyl chloride, is a plastic with three carbon chains that is very durable and hard to break down.
D
People need to understand the different types of pollution that impact the environment and their deadly effects.
19

Read the sentence from "Wilson's War Message to Congress."It was a war determined upon as wars used to be determined upon in the old, unhappy days when peoples were nowhere consulted by their rulers and wars were provoked and waged in the interest of dynasties or of little groups of ambitious men who were accustomed to use their fellow men as pawns and tools.In this sentence, Wilson compares the German government to governments of the past. What is he hoping to convey?

A
The comparison attempts to make the German government look uncivilized and brutal.
B
The comparison makes the United States seem more suitable for war than Germany.
C
The comparison reminds the audience of how war was fought more often by emperors and kings.
D
The comparison hopes to change the way governments look at decisions of war.
20

Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall."I let my neighbour know beyond the hill;And on a day we meet to walk the line And set the wall between us once again.We keep the wall between us as we go.To each the boulders that have fallen to each.And some are loaves and some so nearly ballsWe have to use a spell to make them balance:"Stay where you are until our backs are turned!"We wear our fingers rough with handling them.Oh, just another kind of out-door game,One on a side. It comes to little more:There where it is we do not need the wall:He is all pine and I am apple orchard.What does the phrase “one on a side” mean?

A
The neighbor repairs his side of the wall while the speaker watches.
B
The speaker and the neighbor repair the wall from the same side.
C
The speaker repairs his side of the wall while the neighbor watches.
D
The speaker and the neighbor repair the wall from opposite sides.

Did you find these answers helpful?