Unit Test

Question 1

best

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T: The radio adaptation is more frenzied than the novel.

Question 2

Read the claim.Schools should stop doing standardized testing.Read the counterclaim.The Department of Education says that teaching students to do well on standardized tests helps to motivate students and keep them focused on important subjects.Read the rebuttal.On the contrary, being forced to focus on testing stresses students and limits the amount of knowledge they can gain.

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b: by adding a statistic or a quotation

Question 3

Read the excerpt from H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds.A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder. As it bulged up and caught the light, it glistened like wet leather.Two large dark-coloured eyes were regarding me steadfastly. The mass that framed them, the head of the thing, was rounded, and had, one might say, a face. There was a mouth under the eyes, the lipless brim of which quivered and panted, and dropped saliva.

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H: He creates powerful visual images.

Question 4

To critique society is to examine it in order to

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g: give an opinion.

Question 5

Read the sentence.Emilia didn’t realize the spy had gained the access codes until the security breach happened.

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E: Emilia herself didn’t realize the spy had gained the access codes until the security breach happened.

Question 6

Read this sentence from a report on Oscar Wilde.Oscar Wilde uses humor to critique society and show that there is too much concern about coming from a proper family.

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“: “To be born, or at any rate bred, in a hand-bag, whether it had handles or not, seems to me to display a contempt for the ordinary decencies of family life . . .”

Question 7

intensiveobjectivepossessivesubjective

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C: possessive

Question 8

Which sentences contain vague pronouns? Check all that apply.Bernardo reads both fiction and nonfiction, and he likes it a lot.After the play, Henrique told Isadora that her solo was excellent. Hiroto prepared so well for the debate that he crushed the competition.Vivian met Laura at the coffee shop where she works after school.When Mariana and Rahul studied with Lisa and Nico, it helped them.

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A: Bernardo reads both fiction and nonfiction, and he likes it a lot.; D: Vivian met Laura at the coffee shop where she works after school.; E: When Mariana and Rahul studied with Lisa and Nico, it helped them.

Question 9

Read the passage.(1) I think that schools should switch from using paper textbooks to using computer tablets. (2) Textbooks were effective in the pre-digital age, but now we live in a technology-based society, so schools need to get with the program and adopt a modern approach to learning. (3) In fact, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission said that "it’s time for the next stage” of learning with tablets and pointed out how textbooks are often out of date. (4) Opponents argue that t

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M: Moreover, students will benefit from having the most current information.

Question 10

Read the sentence.If writers want to reach more readers, you can write a blog.

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C: they

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