1. Choose the meaning of the bold word.
They appeared to me ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ of a brilliant existence. (โThe bass, the River, and Sheila Mantโ)
A. Actors
B. Environmentalists
C. Deserters
D. Inhabitants
2. Choose the meaning of the bold word.
Failing that, I could have ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐๐๐น๐ dumped the whole outfit overboard, writteen off the forty or so dollars as loveโs tribute. (โThe Bass, the River, and Sheila Mantโ)
A. Happily
B. Slyly
C. Enthusiastically
D. Sorrowfully
3. Choose the meaning of th bold word.
But since he had called our names at the beginning of the service we were ๐ ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ. (from ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด)
A. Baffled
B. Alerted
C. Calmed
D. Upset
4. Choose the meaning of the bold word.
We were maids and farmers, handymen and washerwomen, and anything higher that we aspired to was farcical and ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฝ๐๐๐ผ๐๐. (from ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด)
A. Puzzling
B. Too bold
C. Silly
D. Pitiful
5. Choose the meaning of the bold word.
The ugliness they left was ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐น๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ. (from ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด)
A. Able to be felt
B. Strange
C. Hurtful
D. Imagined
6. Choose the meaning of the bold word.
โI wonโt touch it,โ he said ๐๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐น๐. (โThe Scarlet Ibisโ)
A. Sulkily
B. Savagely
C. Suspiciously
D. Swiftly
7. Choose the meaning of the bold word.
On the topmost branch a bird the size of a chicken, with scrlet feathers and long legs, was perched ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐๐น๐. (โThe Scarlet Ibisโ)
A. Oddly
B. Insecurely
C. Enthusiastically
D. For all to see
8. Choose the meaning of the bold word.
What are the words that can ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ cracked pride? (โThe Scarlet Ibisโ)
A. Mend
B. Alert
C. Calm
D. Upset
9. Choose the meaning of the bold word.
The ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ feeling was back within him. (โMy brotherโs keeperโ)
A. Hopeless
B. optimistic
C. Rejected
D. Dangerous
10. Choose the meaning of the bold word.
Carmody was a lith, tanned man with dark alert eyes and a quiet, self-assured voice. (โMy Brotherโs Keeperโ)
A. Handsome
B. Graceful
C. Towering
D. Squat
11. Indentify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
Carlos wrote a rอeอpฬฒoอrอtอ about modern foods for his social studies class. (Report is underlined)
A. Common noun
B. Proper noun
C. Compound noun
D. Collective noun
12. Indentify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
As I listened to Carlos, I pictured myself at the fair in Sอtอ.ฬฒ Lอoอuอiอsอ. (St. Louis is underlined.)
A. Common noun
B. Proper noun
C. Compound noun
D. Collective noun
13. Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
When Carlos presented the report to the class, hอeอ brought in samples of the food. (he is underlined.)
A. First-person pronoun
B. Second-person pronoun
C. Third-person pronoun
D. Reflexive pronoun
14. Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
Although I do not pretend to understand the science behind it, this is rอeอaอsอsอuอrอiอnอgฬฒ to me. (reassuring is underlined.)
A. Adverb
B. Adjective
C. Article
D. Compound adjective
15. Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
Sอcอiอeอnอtอiอfอiอcอ information like this does not always hold my attention. (Scientific is underlined)
A. Article
B. Adjective
C. Proper adjective
D. Adverb
16. Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
However, When a science article is about something that sอtอrอoอnอgฬฒlอyฬฒ appeals to me, such as snowflakes, I become interested. (strongly is underlined)
A. Article
B. Adjective
C. Proper adjective
D. Adverb
17. Identify the choice that best describes the underlied word.
I sอoอmอeอtอiอmอeอsอ read the science section of the Sunday newspaper. (sometimes is underlined)
A. Article
B. Adjective
C. Proper adjective
D. Adverb
18. Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
If you keep an open mind, you nอeอvอeอrอ know what you might learn. (never is underlined)
A. Article
B. Adjective
C. Proper adjective
D. Adverb
19. In which sentence is the word mอyฬฒ used as an interjection?
A. Mอyฬฒ, what a beautiful suit you are wearing!
B. Mอyฬฒ car almost went off the curvy road!
C. Do not mess with any of mอyฬฒ things!
D. I finally found mอyฬฒ way out of the creepy house!
20. In which sentence is the word bอoอyฬฒ used as an inteerjection?
A. That bอoอyฬฒ orked on the project for more than an hour!
B. There was not one singke bอoอyฬฒ at the party!
C. โBอoอyฬฒ, youโd better listen!โ Alโs mother snapped.
D. Bอoอyฬฒ, is it hot in this room!โ Jake complained.
1. D. Inhabitants
2. A. Happily
3. B. Alerted
4. D. Pitiful
5. A. Able to be felt
6. A. Sulkily
7. D. For all to see
8. A. Mend
9. A. Hopeless
10. B. Graceful
11. A. Common noun
12. B. Proper noun
13. C. Third-person pronoun
14. B. Adjective
15. B. Adjective
16. D. Adverb
17. D. Adverb
18. D. Adverb
19. A. Mอyฬฒ, what a beautiful suit you are wearing!
20. C. โBอoอyฬฒ, youโd better listen!โ Alโs mother snapped.