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1. (Paragraph 1) Long ago, the turtle did not have a shell; instead her back was soft and shiny with the sparkle of a million jewels in the most beautiful designs. It was lined with rubies, diamonds, topaz, turquoise and many others. The turtles jewels made her the most beautiful creature in the desert. She knew how beautiful she was and would go on long, slow walks to show off.
Read this sentence from paragraph 1 of the passage. It was lined with rubies, diamonds, topaz, turquoise and many others. In which sentence below does the word lined have the same meaning as in this sentence?
A. Her face was lined with concern for her father.
B. People lined up to buy tickets for the show.
C. I lined my paper in order to write straight.
D. The yard was lined with evergreen trees.
2. (5) This is high season for the Rockettes, three solid months of steady work, solid pay, grateful audiences and all the excitement of dancing in New York with a world-famous company. But its also a time of gruelingly hard work, of seven dance numbers and six costume changes per show, as many as five shows in a 13-hour day, and as many as six days of work a week.
Why is the authors use of gruelingly (in paragraph 5) an appropriate choice?
A. The word emphasizes how arduous a Rockettes job is.
B. The word emphasizes how glamorous being a Rockette is.
C. The word emphasizes why there is so much competition to be a
D. The word emphasizes why the typical Rockette stays on the job so long.
3. In recent years their show has become increasingly athletic (and a hint sexier), with more kick lines and aerobic dance routines. Yet there is still charm in the organizations old-fashioned ways the labels reading Miss Love in each of Ms. Love Os goods costumes, the camaraderie among crew members and dancers, the protective watch the management keeps on its charges, monitoring every conversation they have with reporters.
What is the meaning of camaraderie as used in paragraph 8 of the passage?
A. sincerity
B. hypocrisy
C. . closeness
D. competitiveness
4. A friend of mine, a man devoutly dedicated to trees, owns half a tree. The tree, a lavish oak, grows exactly on the line between his property and that of his Cambridge neighbors. His half provides shade for a beautiful yard banked with rhododendrons, high-fenced for privacy, and quite sylvan, considering its position on the corner of a busy street. Not unnaturally, the lavish oak also provides shade for a considerable area of the neighbor’s property, on just the location where the neighbor’s wife proposes a flowerbed. The neighbor sent word, politely ahead of time, that he would be having the oak “removed.” This euphemism for destruction enraged my friend, the descendant of a long line of hamadryads. His succinct response was “Never.”
The word succinct (paragraph 1) underscores what about the neighbors reply?
A. It was brief and to the point.
B. It was accurate and thorough.
C. It was subtle and unemotional.
D. It left several questions
5. A friend of mine, a man devoutly dedicated to trees, owns half a tree. The tree, a lavish oak, grows exactly on the line between his property and that of his Cambridge neighbors. His half provides shade for a beautiful yard banked with rhododendrons, high-fenced for privacy, and quite sylvan, considering its position on the corner of a busy street. Not unnaturally, the lavish oak also provides shade for a considerable area of the neighbors property, on just the location where the neighbors wife proposes a flowerbed. The neighbor sent word, politely ahead of time, that he would be having the oak removed. This euphemism for destruction enraged my friend, the descendant of a long line of hamadryads. His succinct response was Never.
Which answer choice below is an example of a euphemism? (paragraph 1)
A. comparing a professional basketball player to a tall tree in the forest
B. saying that there has been a fender-bender when a car has
C. moving to a small cabin in the woods to escape the hectic
D. being unable to control ones anger at a moment when it
Read this sentence from paragraph 1 of the passage. It was lined with rubies, diamonds, topaz, turquoise and many others. In which sentence below does the word lined have the same meaning as in this sentence?
A. Her face was lined with concern for her father.
B. People lined up to buy tickets for the show.
C. I lined my paper in order to write straight.
D. The yard was lined with evergreen trees.
2. (5) This is high season for the Rockettes, three solid months of steady work, solid pay, grateful audiences and all the excitement of dancing in New York with a world-famous company. But its also a time of gruelingly hard work, of seven dance numbers and six costume changes per show, as many as five shows in a 13-hour day, and as many as six days of work a week.
Why is the authors use of gruelingly (in paragraph 5) an appropriate choice?
A. The word emphasizes how arduous a Rockettes job is.
B. The word emphasizes how glamorous being a Rockette is.
C. The word emphasizes why there is so much competition to be a
D. The word emphasizes why the typical Rockette stays on the job so long.
3. In recent years their show has become increasingly athletic (and a hint sexier), with more kick lines and aerobic dance routines. Yet there is still charm in the organizations old-fashioned ways the labels reading Miss Love in each of Ms. Love Os goods costumes, the camaraderie among crew members and dancers, the protective watch the management keeps on its charges, monitoring every conversation they have with reporters.
What is the meaning of camaraderie as used in paragraph 8 of the passage?
A. sincerity
B. hypocrisy
C. . closeness
D. competitiveness
4. A friend of mine, a man devoutly dedicated to trees, owns half a tree. The tree, a lavish oak, grows exactly on the line between his property and that of his Cambridge neighbors. His half provides shade for a beautiful yard banked with rhododendrons, high-fenced for privacy, and quite sylvan, considering its position on the corner of a busy street. Not unnaturally, the lavish oak also provides shade for a considerable area of the neighbor’s property, on just the location where the neighbor’s wife proposes a flowerbed. The neighbor sent word, politely ahead of time, that he would be having the oak “removed.” This euphemism for destruction enraged my friend, the descendant of a long line of hamadryads. His succinct response was “Never.”
The word succinct (paragraph 1) underscores what about the neighbors reply?
A. It was brief and to the point.
B. It was accurate and thorough.
C. It was subtle and unemotional.
D. It left several questions
5. A friend of mine, a man devoutly dedicated to trees, owns half a tree. The tree, a lavish oak, grows exactly on the line between his property and that of his Cambridge neighbors. His half provides shade for a beautiful yard banked with rhododendrons, high-fenced for privacy, and quite sylvan, considering its position on the corner of a busy street. Not unnaturally, the lavish oak also provides shade for a considerable area of the neighbors property, on just the location where the neighbors wife proposes a flowerbed. The neighbor sent word, politely ahead of time, that he would be having the oak removed. This euphemism for destruction enraged my friend, the descendant of a long line of hamadryads. His succinct response was Never.
Which answer choice below is an example of a euphemism? (paragraph 1)
A. comparing a professional basketball player to a tall tree in the forest
B. saying that there has been a fender-bender when a car has
C. moving to a small cabin in the woods to escape the hectic
D. being unable to control ones anger at a moment when it