Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.
Rudy’s mother warned him not to eat ice cream when he was sick; it would add to his phlegm.
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Responses
headache
headache
mucus
mucus
sleepiness
sleepiness
weight
weight
mucus
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.
When Gerald brought home his rescued dog for the first time, Spot sniffed around his new domain for hours.
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Responses
bowl
bowl
family
family
toys
toys
territory
territory
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.
Eckels was not killed for being craven but because of his impact on the world as a whole.
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Responses
cowardly
cowardly
rebellious
rebellious
short-sighted
short-sighted
vindictive
cowardly
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.
The Origin of the Species is considered Darwin’s seminal work, and many others refer to it in their writing.
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influential
influential
longest
longest
monotonous
monotonous
precise
influential
Using the following quotation, which description best describes Nolan Bushnell as a teenager?
“‘I’ve always been a tinkerer’…As a teenager, he was one of the youngest ham radio operators in the country, and he did science experiments in his garage.”
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a student who took complete care in his schoolwork and spent countless hours studying his textbooks
a student who took complete care in his schoolwork and spent countless hours studying his textbooks
a teenager deeply interested in engineering, exploring, and creating things
a teenager deeply interested in engineering, exploring, and creating things
a teenager who desperately wanted to fit in with his school peers
a teenager who desperately wanted to fit in with his school peers
a student who loved to play games but always ensured that his schoolwork was completed first
a teenager deeply interested in engineering, exploring, and creating things
The author of “Nolan Bushnell” states that “It’s very clear that game playing grows dendrites. So people are smarter. The brain is something that if you exercise it you can be smarter. It turns out that games are that exercise.” because
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he believes that gaming and technology can hinder the classroom learning process.
he believes that gaming and technology can hinder the classroom learning process.
he believes that gaming and technology can help grow the brain to expand one’s learning.
he believes that gaming and technology can help grow the brain to expand one’s learning.
he believes that only playing games will automatically make a student smarter in all academic areas.
he believes that only playing games will automatically make a student smarter in all academic areas.
he believes that playing computer games is good to play but only in moderation.