
M3 Basic English Reading Final Test
Quiz by Arnel Popiera
Tag the questions with any skills you have. Your dashboard will track each student's mastery of each skill.
He'll be able to ____________ a house next year.
(word meaning) to accelerate the growth or progress of
(word meaning) an equipment designed to serve a special purpose or perform a special function
The _______________ is simple you need to spend less money.
If the industry doesn’t modernize it will not ______________________.
(word meaning) to refuse to take notice of
(word meaning) having a high or satisfactory degree of mental capacity
The store is having a __________ sale tomorrow.
(word meaning) a handheld device that aids in accomplishing a task
The _______________ of ingredients included 250g of almonds.
Les Baugh should concentrate on creating prosthetics that are safe and easy to attach.
Doctors connected the device to those nerves. Now Mr. Les Baugh can move the prosthetic arm and hand. He simply thinks "close hand" or "lift arm" and the prosthetic moves. Devices like these are changing the lives of people who have lost arms, legs, and hands. yet more research and development are needed.
Question:
This device has helped to change the lives of people. What is __________________ is for this device to improve with more research and development.
Doctors connected the device to those nerves. Now Mr. Les Baugh can move the prosthetic arm and hand. He simply thinks "close hand" or "lift arm" and the prosthetic moves. Devices like these are changing the lives of people who have lost arms, legs, and hands. yet more research and development are needed.
Question:
In line 4, the phrase 'changing the lives' most nearly means?
Doctors connected the device to those nerves. Now Mr. Les Baugh can move the prosthetic arm and hand. He simply thinks "close hand" or "lift arm" and the prosthetic moves. Devices like these are changing the lives of people who have lost arms, legs, and hands. yet more research and development are needed.
Question:
These ____________ should be connected in this device in order for it to function say, when Mr. Baugh simply thinks "close hand" or "lift arm" and the prosthetic moves?
Doctors connected the device to those nerves. Now Mr. Les Baugh can move the prosthetic arm and hand. He simply thinks "close hand" or "lift arm" and the prosthetic moves. Devices like these are changing the lives of people who have lost arms, legs, and hands. yet more research and development are needed.
Question:
_______________________ is the main source that this device is working by just merely giving a thought of it to do something for it to do something like "close hand".
When Mr. Baugh was 59 years old he started to use his mouth to hold objects, to cook, to do all other things we use our hands for.
Scientists think people will be able to control the prosthetics by a device they wear on their hand.
A new prosthetic limb, which is a robotic arm and hand, allows Mr. Baugh to hold, pick up and move objects.
As a teacher, I wanted to make a difference in my students' lives, so I asked a friend of a friend to visit my classroom. This woman was deaf. She had been unable to hear her whole life. She used sign language to communicate. My friend understands sign language translated for her. I though my students would benefit from hearing the story. The woman came into the classroom and sat down on one of the old classroom chairs. She said she knew the chair was squeaky even though she couldn't hear. She said she could tell from the way the chair moved.
Question:
What does the teacher mean when she mentioned that she wanted to "make a difference" to hear students' lives?
As a teacher, I wanted to make a difference in my students' lives, so I asked a friend of a friend to visit my classroom. This woman was deaf. She had been unable to hear her whole life. She used sign language to communicate. My friend understands sign language translated for her. I though my students would benefit from hearing the story. The woman came into the classroom and sat down on one of the old classroom chairs. She said she knew the chair was squeaky even though she couldn't hear. She said she could tell from the way the chair moved.
Question:
___________________ is a kind of communication where people who cannot hear or speak can benefit to understand other people and handle situations.
As a teacher, I wanted to make a difference in my students' lives, so I asked a friend of a friend to visit my classroom. This woman was deaf. She had been unable to hear her whole life. She used sign language to communicate. My friend understands sign language translated for her. I though my students would benefit from hearing the story. The woman came into the classroom and sat down on one of the old classroom chairs. She said she knew the chair was squeaky even though she couldn't hear. She said she could tell from the way the chair moved.
Question:
The woman who uses the sign language in this paragraph was a _____________________.
As a teacher, I wanted to make a difference in my students' lives, so I asked a friend of a friend to visit my classroom. This woman was deaf. She had been unable to hear her whole life. She used sign language to communicate. My friend understands sign language translated for her. I though my students would benefit from hearing the story. The woman came into the classroom and sat down on one of the old classroom chairs. She said she knew the chair was squeaky even though she couldn't hear. She said she could tell from the way the chair moved.
Question:
The word 'squeaky' in the third to the last line would mean?
There are now different devices that allow deaf people to feel and see sounds.
Deaf people cannot clap but they can feel the sound.
There is a new device that deaf people wear on their wrists vibrates or shakes, when there are loud sounds.
Using tools shows creative thinking. Animals use tools for basic problem solving so they can survive. For instance, chimpanzees take the leaves off stick and then use the sticks to dig in the dirt and find bugs to eat. Some dolphins use sponges to cover their snouts as the look for food on the ocean floor. This shows problem solving. A dolphin can hurt its snout while looking for food, so it covers it to protect it. A mother elephant at a zoo had a problem. Her baby was small and couldn't get the mother's milk. The mother moved a block so the baby could stand on it and get the milk.
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The way to use or the capacity to generate many different kinds of ideas in order to see a problem or issue from a new angle or perspective is known for this.
Using tools shows creative thinking. Animals use tools for basic problem solving so they can survive. For instance, chimpanzees take the leaves off stick and then use the sticks to dig in the dirt and find bugs to eat. Some dolphins use sponges to cover their snouts as the look for food on the ocean floor. This shows problem solving. A dolphin can hurt its snout while looking for food, so it covers it to protect it. A mother elephant at a zoo had a problem. Her baby was small and couldn't get the mother's milk. The mother moved a block so the baby could stand on it and get the milk.
Question:
Using tools shows creative thinking. Animals use tools for basic problem solving so they can survive. For instance, chimpanzees take the leaves off stick and then use the sticks to dig in the dirt and find bugs to eat. Some dolphins use sponges to cover their snouts as the look for food on the ocean floor. This shows problem solving. A dolphin can hurt its snout while looking for food, so it covers it to protect it. A mother elephant at a zoo had a problem. Her baby was small and couldn't get the mother's milk. The mother moved a block so the baby could stand on it and get the milk.
Question:
The word 'block' in the second to the last line nearly means?
Using tools is the only way to see if animals can solve problems.
Problems are a part of life for any living thing, and animals will do what they need to survive.
Search engines use the program to make indexes. An index is a copy of web pages and the internet addresses of them. Search engines have huge indexes. When a program visits a web page, it adds to the index. Then it follows links on those pages to other web pages and adds these to the index. So when you type in a question or key words, the search engine looks through this huge index. This is why it is very important to be very detailed in your web searches.
Question:
In the last line of the paragraph, what does it mean to say, "be very detailed"?
Search engines use the program to make indexes. An index is a copy of web pages and the internet addresses of them. Search engines have huge indexes. When a program visits a web page, it adds to the index. Then it follows links on those pages to other web pages and adds these to the index. So when you type in a question or key words, the search engine looks through this huge index. This is why it is very important to be very detailed in your web searches.
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It is also know as a set of items each of which specifies one of the records of a file and contains information about its web pages and addresses.
Web pages use the programs to make indexes.
Adults often have more experience suing technology and will type in only the most important words.
Using a 'dash' before a word tells the search engine to ignore it.