
7.10.D Synthesize & Make Logical Connections Between Ideas Within & Across Texts & Support With Evidence
Quiz by Texas Education Agency
Grade 7
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q1According to the information in “Consider This,” how is a spider weaving a web similar to Homan Walsh flying the kite?Both create something that is useful to others.Both depend on the wind for success.Both rely on others to complete their task.Both experience failure in the beginning stages of their work.60s7.10.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q2Which of these conclusions about Homan Walsh is supported by paragraph 9?He was motivated by the prize money offered to the winner.He did not accept failure.He was confident he would win the contest.He was a perfectionist.60s7.10.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q3Which idea do both the selection and “Consider This” emphasize?Individual steps are not as important as results.Engineers must be patient in order to be successful.A system of processes is required in construction.Practice is essential for developing design skills.60s7.10.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q4Which sentence from the selection helps explain why the Sweethearts became successful?But they remained focused on their main ambition: to play great swing music.At this point a few new musicians joined the group.Swing musicians usually played instruments such as the clarinet, the saxophone, the trombone, and the trumpet.The women chose to include “International” in the band’s name because they came from many different cultural backgrounds.60s7.10.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q5Becoming a full-time traveling band helped the Sweethearts by —providing them with opportunities to listen to all-male bandsenabling them to recruit new membersallowing them to earn money for schoolincreasing their popularity60s7.10.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q6Based on the selection, why did the Sweethearts stop playing together?The musicians became tired of traveling to different cities.Swing music eventually became less popular in the United States.Americans were uninterested in music during World War II.Musical groups composed of only women were no longer a novelty.60s7.10.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q7A documentary film about the International Sweethearts of Rhythm was made most likely because the band —played in many different music venues throughout the United Statesperformed a new style of music that was embraced by the publicpromoted other swing bands while performing around the worldmade major contributions to the growth of swing music60s7.10.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q8In paragraph 5, the examples of lost cities suggest that a major role of an archaeologist is to —explain why real locations are mentioned in ancient literaturefind clues that provide a better understanding of the pastlocate written accounts of powerful cities that no longer existcreate replicas of historical buildings based on satellite images60s7.10.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q9Based on the information in the selection, which of these would CyArk most likely digitally preserve?The Great Pyramid at Giza, an ancient pharaoh’s tomb in the Egyptian desertMount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North AmericaEagle, the American lunar module used by the first astronauts to land on the moonLambert Glacier, the largest glacier in Antarctica60s7.10.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q10Which sentence from the selection suggests that the author thinks CyArk’s work is important?CyArk has documented locations across the globe.CyArk’s preservation process ensures that images of such sites will be available for future generations, even if the site itself is permanently lost.It’s difficult to imagine a more majestic American landmark than Mount Rushmore, with its imposing likenesses of former presidents carved in stone and rising dramatically above the land.In 2010, Cedarleaf learned that the tombs had burned to the ground.60s7.10.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q11Read these sentences from the selection. What idea does the author communicate with these sentences?Air Force One has become a symbol of the U.S. presidency.Many people know that Air Force One is used to transport the president.The exterior design of Air Force One includes several complex features.Parts of Air Force One are modeled after rooms at the White House.60s7.10.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q12Which of these ideas is reinforced throughout the selection?The president’s duties do not cease when he travels.It takes the president more time to get work done while traveling than at home.The president’s duties have not changed over the years.Presidential advisers have the opportunity to work closely with the president.60s7.10.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q13In paragraph 3, the author compares Air Force One with a standard Boeing 747 in order to —explain the need for a larger presidential planeemphasize that Air Force One is a unique planedescribe the roles of specialized crew memberslist all the features of Air Force One60s7.10.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q14The reader can conclude that Belinda Mulroney’s first restaurant —also sold clothes and mining supplieswas a successful business investmentwas the only restaurant in townoffered miners good food at low prices60s7.10.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q15Which sentence supports the idea that goods were in demand during the Klondike gold rush?They charged per mile and by weight when they helped carry supplies.When she reached Dawson—the closest town to the goldfields—she sold these items for seven times the amount she purchased them for.It publicized Seattle as the “Gateway to the Golden Fields,” hoping to bring the prospectors’ business to Seattle.The men made their fortune collecting tolls from travelers.60s7.10.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text