Question 1

Which words from paragraph 3 help the reader understand the meaning of the word daunting?

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challenge of solving real-world crises

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have the desire

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demonstrates that young children

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make the world a better, more peaceful place

Question 2

Which of these is an opinion the author expresses about the World Peace Game?

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It is no surprise that both Hunter and the World Peace Game are becoming well known beyond the borders of Virginia.

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The students also participated in a mock news conference and asked the press secretary questions about real-world issues.

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Time magazine named Hunter one of the 12 education activists to watch in 2012.

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Hunter now spends part of his time teaching the World Peace Game to other teaching professionals through a partnership with schools in other Virginia counties.

Question 3

The photograph of Hunter and his game helps the reader understand that the game —

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involves a detailed setup

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includes a great amount of physical activity

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leads to thought-provoking discussions

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requires a specific number of players

Question 4

Hunter most likely believes that students who play the World Peace Game will —

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be more aware of the events taking place in the world around them

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think of new rules and scenarios for the game as they play

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create their own version of the game to share with their friends and families

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be motivated to find careers that are involved with promoting world peace

Question 5

Read these sentences from the selection. These sentences help the reader understand that playing the World Peace Game —

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can be an intense experience for players as they consider the impact of their choices

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often leads players to become discouraged by the results of their choices

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can be frustrating to many of the players because of its complexity

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often results in players changing what they value in life

Question 6

Based on the details in paragraph 6, the reader can conclude that Hunter most likely —

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thinks it is important to share the ideas and values of the World Peace Game with others

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feels responsible for making sure people around the world follow the rules of the World Peace Game

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knows that students will continue playing the World Peace Game when they are older

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enjoys teaching others how to facilitate the World Peace Game more than playing the game himself

Question 7

The author includes the quotation in paragraph 3 to —

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provide insight into how students react to playing the game

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suggest that playing the game has motivated students to create their own games

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demonstrate that the game is a valuable way to teach students about world cultures

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explain how students are able to achieve the goals of the game

Question 8

What is the best summary of the selection?

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In 1978 teacher John Hunter created the World Peace Game and shared it with his students. The game requires students to collaborate in order to solve simulated world problems. The game has attracted the interest of people all over the world. Hunter hopes playing the game will have a positive, lifelong impact on students.

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Every year teacher John Hunter’s students play the World Peace Game in his fourth-grade class. In the game students are assigned to a country and make decisions that will solve problems their country faces. Students must work together to solve the problems in the game. When all the problems are solved, the game is over.

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Since 1978 teacher John Hunter’s students have been playing the World Peace Game. The game has gained Hunter attention from TV producers, and students around the world are now playing it. Hunter and his class have even been asked to explain the rules and purpose of the game to U.S. government officials.

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John Hunter, a fourth-grade teacher, created the World Peace Game in 1978. In the game the students find solutions to world problems. His students spend eight weeks each year playing the game. The World Peace Game has attracted the attention of many different people around the world.

Question 9

How does the setting advance the plot of the story?

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It allows the characters to witness an uncommon event.

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It offers the characters a chance to develop new relationships.

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It causes the characters to feel unsafe.

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It gives the characters the opportunity to identify a problem.

Question 10

Which sentence shows that the narrator is aware of the feelings of others?

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I can tell her mind is on my little brother, Charlie.

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We hurry back to the nest, where a few other beachwalkers have been drawn in as well.

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The baby turtle seems to be taking a break from his attempts to free himself from the nest.

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It doesn’t seem to be as strong, though, and the first turtle is putting an increasing amount of distance between them.

Question 11

Why doesn’t the narrator watch the other turtles hatch at the end of the story?

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He is consumed by his thoughts about the first turtle’s destiny.

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He is concerned that his mother has started worrying again.

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He doesn’t want to ruin the experience for the little girl.

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He doesn’t have the patience to observe such a long process.

Question 12

What is the primary theme of this story?

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The young must make their own path in life.

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Strangers can bond while sharing an experience.

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Home is wherever a person feels accepted.

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People have a responsibility to protect nature.

Question 13

What is the best summary of the story?

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The narrator is on a family vacation in Florida. While on an evening walk along the beach, the narrator and his mother have the opportunity to watch baby sea turtles hatch and struggle toward the ocean. The turtles remind the mother of her younger son, who is traveling alone to Los Angeles. The narrator hopes that the first newly hatched sea turtle will overcome the odds and survive in the ocean.

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The narrator and his mother decide to walk on the beach at sunset, but it soon becomes dark. They meet a little girl and her mother, who explains that a nest of sea turtles has unexpectedly begun to hatch. The woman asks whether the narrator and his mother have a cell phone so that she can call her husband, but they do not. The narrator and his mother leave, but they return when the little girl yells that a turtle is out of the nest.

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A little girl tells people walking on the beach that some baby turtles are hatching. The narrator and his mother join the girl and her mother in watching the turtles, which are hatching about 10 days earlier than expected. The girl asks her mother where the first turtle is going and learns that it must swim to the Sargasso Sea. The narrator admires the small turtles’ determination to cross the sand and reach the water.

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While on vacation the narrator and his mother come across a nest of hatching sea turtles. The narrator listens as a woman explains to her young daughter that the small turtles will travel far across the ocean. A small crowd watches the turtles make their way across the sand. The narrator tries to continue watching the first turtle after the waves pull it out to sea, but the creature is soon hidden from view.

Question 14

Using the first-person point of view allows the author to —

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help the reader feel closely connected with the narrator’s experience

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present each character’s thoughts about the event

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describe the occasion’s importance to the local residents

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explain the narrator’s complex relationship with his mother

Question 15

Why are the woman’s comments about the nest in paragraphs 6 through 10 important to the story?

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They reveal the significance of seeing the turtles hatch from their nest.

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They show that the local residents think tourists disregard the safety of the turtles.ReadingPage

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They explain why it is problematic that the turtles are hatching early.

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They establish that the woman is knowledgeable about the life cycle of turtles.

Question 16

In paragraph 19, the author refers to the turtle’s onlookers as a “group of fans” to show that —

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the crowd wants the turtle to succeed

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the narrator wishes more people could see the event

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the narrator feels like part of the crowd

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people are leading the turtle to the ocean

Question 17

The narrator’s observations in paragraph 2 are important to the story because they —

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convey the mother’s anxiety about Charlie

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illustrate the family’s desire to spend time together

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suggest that the narrator envies his brother

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imply that Charlie values his personal interests more than family

Question 18

Read this sentence from paragraph 4. The sentence suggests that the author believes cooking —

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has immediate and practical rewards

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is a good way to learn about new food

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leads to healthier eating habits

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should involve trying to make complex meals

Question 19

The author’s main purpose for writing the blog entry is to —

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urge young people to make an effort to learn basic cooking skills

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encourage young people to avoid eating convenience foods

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offer support for young people aspiring to become professional chefs

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convince young people that learning to cook is simple

Question 20

Which sentence from the blog entry supports the idea that learning to cook is an ongoing process?

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I still make mistakes, such as scorching the vegetables or making the hamburger meat too spicy to eat.

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On weekends, when I have the time, I make extra food and store it in the freezer.

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While I was cooking, I started thinking about the lessons and tips my mother had tried to teach me, and I wished that I had been more patient .

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I’m not saying that all kids should be master chefs, but I do think young people should try to understand and utilize basic cooking skills.

Question 21

What does the phrase resorted to mean in paragraph 5?

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Do something as a last option

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Make something important

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Do something as a favor

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Make something last longer

Question 22

Which sentence from the blog entry is an example of stereotyping?

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Young adults today, myself included, have not made learning to cook a priority.

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The survey also found that the average Texan eats at a restaurant nearly four times a week.

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I’d love to see this happen in schools all over the United States.

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One day I saw an advertisement for a show featuring kids ages 8 to 13 in a cooking competition.

Question 23

Why did the author include paragraph 8 in the blog entry?

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To give some suggestions and to encourage the reader to take action

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To make a distinction between the roles of parents and children in the kitchen

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To emphasize that few people have the patience to become good chefs

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To restate the benefits of learning to cook from a young age

Question 24

What is one reason scientists are excited about the idea of using Coralbots to restore reefs?

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Coralbots will be able to repair reefs more effectively than divers can.

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Programming Coralbots takes less time than training a diver.

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Coralbots are unlikely to cause more damage to a reef.

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Coralbots will imitate insects and birds.

Question 25

Noel Sharkey’s comment in paragraph 5 helps the reader understand how Coralbots would —

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work in groups to perform a task

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be used to perform difficult tasks on land as well as in the water

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be preprogrammed to follow a set of rules

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give researchers a new way to collect data about coral reefs

Question 26

The author organizes this selection mainly by —

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describing how Coralbots could solve some problems associated with restoring coral reefs

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discussing the activities that cause damage to coral reefs

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explaining how damage to coral reefs has become more severe over time

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comparing the methods that divers use to repair coral reefs to the methods used by Coralbots

Question 27

Which sentence from the selection best explains why the health of coral reefs is of great concern to scientists?

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Coral reefs are home to one-fourth of all marine life on the planet and serve as a natural barrier against damage caused by storms, hurricanes, and typhoons.

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These reefs can be damaged by natural disasters such as hurricanes, or they can be affected by human-related activities such as large ships running their hulls along a reef or fishing equipment scraping the sea floor.

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Scientists and volunteer divers work to reassemble damaged coral, but their success has been minimal.

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Scientists at CMBB hope to program Coralbots to locate colonies of endangered coral and reconstruct them.

Question 28

What is the author’s primary purpose for writing this selection?

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To explain how scientists monitor the impact of Three Gorges Dam and determine strategies for reversing its effects

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To highlight the importance of the fishing industry in cities along the Yangtze River

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To provide information about the different species of fish that populate the Yangtze River

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To describe how Three Gorges Dam uses the flow of the Yangtze River to create energy for people in China

Question 29

Which sentence from the selection best supports the idea that careful adjustments to Three Gorges Dam can improve the quality of the Yangtze River?

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They hope to determine the right amount of water to release from the dam in order to support the natural breeding of the fish.

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Other fish are important for maintaining the fishing industry, a major part of the economy for cities on the river.

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The dam is located on the Yangtze River, one of the most important rivers in China, famed for its diverse wildlife.

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Ickes helped researchers embed transmitters into a small sample of fish in the Yangtze River basin.

Question 30

The Latin word ob, meaning “in the way,” helps the reader understand that the word obstructs in paragraph 2 means —

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hinders

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defeats

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reverses

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lengthens

Question 31

By using transmitters to track the fish in the Yangtze River, researchers most likely will be able to —

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determine how changes to the river disrupt the life cycle of the fish

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estimate how many fish are needed to sustain the population

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monitor the number of fish living in the river basin

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learn which types of fish are preferred by the fishing industry in the surrounding cities

Question 32

How are the problems discussed in “Robots on the Reef” and “Something Fishy” different?

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In “Robots on the Reef,” scientists have a plan to solve the problem, while in “Something Fishy,” scientists still need to determine the solution to the problem.

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In “Robots on the Reef,” the problem was caused intentionally, while in “Something Fishy,” the problem was caused accidentally.

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In “Robots on the Reef,” experts are seeking a permanent solution to a problem, while in “Something Fishy,” experts are looking only for a temporary solution to a problem

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In “Robots on the Reef,” the problem mainly affects life in the water, while in “Something Fishy,” the problem mainly affects life on land.

Question 33

How are the Coralbots discussed in “Robots on the Reef” and the fish transmitters discussed in “Something Fishy” similar?

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Both are meant to be used by scientists to help restore an environment.

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Both are programmed to model the behavior of insects.

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Both are designed to independently complete a task.

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Both assist scientists in tracking the amount of ocean life in a specific area.

Question 34

Read these sentences from the selections. Both of these sentences describe —

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the intended outcome of a project related to an environmental problem

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how an environmental problem is a direct effect of the misuse of technology

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how a new technology is supposed to function in a specific environment

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the challenges scientists have encountered while trying to solve an environmental problem

Question 35

One difference between the coral reefs and Three Gorges Dam is that only the dam —

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is used as an energy source

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affects the wildlife in the area

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has been studied by scientists

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is a significant part of an ecosystem

Question 36

In both selections, the researchers involved in the projects —

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will continue monitoring the health of the affected ecosystems

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can use the data gathered to address problems around the world

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lack the necessary support to complete their work

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think the issues related to the affected ecosystems will be resolved quickly

Question 37

Which word best describes the author’s decision to buy the flower seed packets?

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Unplanned

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Manipulative

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Thoughtful

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Obsessive

Question 38

The author includes the description in paragraph 2 to convey that she —

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had difficulty understanding her mother’s fascination with gardening

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believed her mother’s constant gardening was an inconvenience

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believed her mother’s constant gardening was an inconvenience

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appreciated some of the plants her mother grew more than others

Question 39

What is the best summary of the selection?

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The author grew up watching her mother take pleasure in growing many kinds of plants, but she did not share her mother’s interest in gardening. When she was a teenager, she decided to plant several flowers. After waiting several weeks, the author finally got to appreciate the joy of finding a sprouted seed.

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The author describes how she grew up surrounded by the many beautiful plants that her mother loved growing. One day the author bought flower seeds and planted them. The author realized the plants require care.

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The author’s mother loved gardening and grew many different kinds of plants, especially tomatoes. When the author came home with packets of flower seeds, her mother told her she would have to grow them on her own. After waiting several weeks, the author finally saw her flower seeds begin to grow.

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Growing plants gave the author’s mother great joy and happiness, and she tried to share this experience with the author. The author was not interested in learning about gardening from her mother. One day the author decided to buy packets of flower seeds.

Question 40

What does the word forewarned mean in paragraph 4?

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Informed in advance

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Explained after the fact

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Told at a later date

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Understood at the same time

Question 41

The author’s reaction when she found a morning glory vine in her pot suggests that she was —

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surprised by how happy she felt when she saw the flower sprout

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eager to start growing more flowers

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certain that her mother would be pleased by her success

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concerned that the other seeds might not grow

Question 42

When the author brought the flower seeds home, her mother reacted in a way that —

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showed she expected the author to be responsible for the care of the seeds

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demonstrated her lack of interest in the author’s hobbies

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showed she was pleased by the author’s attempt to care for the seeds

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forced the author to seek help elsewhere

Question 43

Read this sentence from the selection. The author begins and ends the selection with this idea in order to emphasize that —

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positive results take time but are worth the wait

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finding an interesting hobby may take many years

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completing a long-term goal is difficult for most people

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many people focus on what they want in the present

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