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a friend

A. work together

C. eat

B. score

D. run

Everyone on the team needs to cooperate in order to play a good game. What does cooperate mean?

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A. Work Together

A. hid

C. ate

B. cooked

D. roared

The hungry bear devoured all the berries.

What does devoured mean?

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C. ate

A. muted

C. colored

B. polished

D. clouded

The servant burnished the silver vase, rubbing hard to bring back the shine.

What does burnished mean?

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B. polished

A. unreal

C. correct

B. realistic

D. funny

The unsubstantial story was as if she were retelling a dream.

What does unsubstantial mean?

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A. unreal

A. king

C. sister

B. lucky

D. receiver

I was the recipient of a beautiful bouquet of roses.

What does recipient mean?

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D. Recipient

A. terrible

C. unoriginal

B. original

D. smelly

Most people thought that Jay’s newspaper column was trite, but I thought it was really original.

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C. Unoriginal

A. swam

C. ran

B. walked tiredly

D. jumped

Matt trudged through the mud and rain to get home

from school.

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B. Walked tiredly

A. shoved

C. teased

B. flipped

D. colored

The boy taunted the puppy by holding the treat in front of his nose.

What does taunted mean?

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C. teased

A. chair

D. bed-like furniture

Instead of climbing into bed, she decided to take a nap on the chaise.

What does chaise mean?

C. sleeping bag

B. floor

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D. bed-like furniture

The hypothetical version of the story was far from what really occurred.

In this sentence, the word hypothetical means

A. funny

C. actual D. real

B. made up / uncertain

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B. Made up / uncertain

A. bitter

The lemon had an acrid taste, unlike the chocolate chip cookie that I had for lunch.In this sentence, the word acrid means

C. sweet

B. delicious

D. toxic

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A. bitter

B. weakening

Debilitating illnesses include Lou Gehrig's disease, Parkinson's disease, and multiple

sclerosis.In this sentence, the word debilitating means

A. happy

C. strengthening D. energizing

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B. Weakening

C. not tolerable

Scott could not be quiet in class. His behavior was obnoxious, not tolerable.

A. kind B. tolerable

D. nice

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C. Not tolerable

D. bother

Amanda was a nuisance, a pest, in class.

A. smart

C. student

B. nurse

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D. bother

A. unbelievable

It is implausible that there is life on Venus. The idea that there might be life on Mars is also unlikely.

B. not able to clap

D. true C. not able to pause

A. unbelievable

A. Your own words

Which is the best definition of a summary?

B. the details that support the main idea

D. the first sentence of a paragraph

C. A shortened version of the text

C. a shortened version of the text

A. to tell the topic

What does it mean to paraphrase something?

B. putting the informationin your own words

D. to list details that support the main idea

C. to tell the main idea

B. putting the information

in your own words

A. I’m on vacation.

What is the best way to paraphrase this sentence: “I am at the Virginia beach with my relatives.”

B. I’m hanging out with my family.

D. My family and I are on a trip to the ocean.

C. The beach is a good place to go with your relatives.

D. My family and I are

on a trip to the ocean.

A. The jewelry had not been worn before.

What is the best way to paraphrase this sentence: “The bracelet was brand new.

B. The bracelet was new.

D. Brand new things are fun.

C. I bought a new bracelet.

A. The jewelry had not

been worn before.

A. when O’Neill fell 100 feet

Kitty O'Neil wanted to become a stunt person. She performed incredible stunts, such as 100-foot falls. O'Neill has been deaf since birth. She says she can concentrate better than most people who can hear. She is not bothered by the sounds around her.

What is the main idea of this passage?

B. how O'Neill's disability has helped her career

D. how to become a stunt person

C. how long O’Neill has been deaf

B. how O'Neill's

disability has helped her career

A. how cows are used in India

Many people in India don't eat beef, but they still find many uses for cattle. Cows provide milk for drinking and for other dairy products. Young cattle are used for plowing fields and carrying big loads.

What is the main idea of this passage?

B. which cows plow fields

D. what milk is used for C. where some people do

not eat beef

A. how cows are used

in India

A. how garlic kills harmful bacteria

Garlic is one of the ingredients that makes pasta sauce taste so good. Now doctors think garlic has healing powers, too. Early tests show that it can kill harmful germs. Garlic also has been found to have a good effect on the blood. Doctors think it can help protect people against heart disease.

What is the main idea of this passage?

B. how garlic affects the blood

D. how garlic can help keep people healthy

C. what goes into pasta sauce

D. how garlic can help

keep people healthy

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