NYSESLAT - Grades 7-8 Test Sampler
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Which phrase shows what can be made from lumber?
29Areas of land
Houses, paper, and firewood
10 acres or more
The health of trees
- Q1
Which phrase shows what can be made from lumber?
Areas of land
Houses, paper, and firewood
10 acres or more
The health of trees
30s - Q2
Which sentence indicates the main idea of the passage?
Often, these farms are privately owned and focus on preserving woodland.
Many tree farmers in the United States belong to the American Tree Farm System.
Instead of getting paid to maintain their land, they often spend their own money on farm expenses.
Tree farmers and the trees they grow are beneficial to humans and the environment.
30s - Q3
Which word does ones refer to?
Farms
Forest
Trees
Place
30s - Q4
Which phrase helps explain the meaning of expenses?
Cultivates 10 acres
Maintain their land
Spend their own money
Sell the lumber
30s - Q5
Which word or phrase tells what provides shelter to wildlife?
Trees
Soil
Tree farmers
The environment
30s - Q6
Which word or phrase describes tree farms?
Areas of land
Farmers
Houses
Paper and firewood
30s - Q7
Read this paragraph again.
“From the porch, Raymond could see his father and his brother Tom, who appeared exhausted as they trudged up the road. Their faces were black with dust from the coalmine. They waved and his father shouted, ‘Great fiddling!’ ”
Which pair of words helps explain the meaning of They?
Porch, road
Dust, coal
Father, brother
Waved, shouted
30s - Q8
Read these sentences again.
“The 1902 State Fiddling Contest was in three months, and he thought he would practice the song 100 more times before then. After all, his intention was to win that contest, too. He smiled and thought about the rest of his plan: to win the grand prize—lessons from well-known fiddler Luke Lucas—and to eventually become as famous as Luke.”
Which phrase helps explain the meaning of intention?
In three months
His plan
Well-known fiddler
The grand prize
30s - Q9
Read this paragraph again.
“A month earlier he had won the county fiddling contest. Before that day, he played his winning song hundreds of times. The 1902 State Fiddling Contest was in three months, and he thought he would practice the song 100 more times before then. After all, his intention was to win that contest, too.”
Which phrase shows when the 1902 State Fiddling Contest will happen?
A month earlier
Hundreds of times
In three months
100 more times
30s - Q10
Read these sentences again.
“Raymond’s mother called to Tom, ‘A letter arrived for you.’
Tom dashed inside. He reappeared shortly and exclaimed, ‘Mr. Stickler wants me to start working for him in Huntington—in two weeks!’”
Which word shows that Tom is excited by what he read in the letter?
Arrived
Exclaimed
Called
Reappeared
30s - Q11
Which pair of phrases and sentences from the passage helps show that Raymond’s emotions toward his brother have changed?
“Raymond smiled at Tom’s joy . . . .”
“Raymond, feeling sad, glanced at Tom.
Raymond’s mother called to Tom . . . .”
“ ‘Don’t despair,’ Tom reassured him.
“. . . could see his father and his brother Tom, who appeared exhausted . . . .”
“Mr. Stickler wants me to start working for him in Huntington—in two weeks!”
“. . . ‘I can’t practice my fiddling,’ Raymond said . . . .”
“ ‘Next year,’ he whispered to himself.”
30s - Q12
Read these phrases again.
“. . . he would practice the song 100 more times before then.”
“. . . become as famous as Luke.”
“Keep practicing so you can win the state contest . . . .”
Which idea do these phrases support?
Raymond will stop playing the fiddle to work.
Raymond wants to give the fiddle to his brother.
Raymond is dedicated to mastering the fiddle.
Raymond can still take lessons from Luke Lucas.
30s
