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Level Blue, Unit 1: Practice
For Numbers 1 through 4, read the sentences. Then choose the word that best completes both sentences.
1. The _______ ended when one fighter gave up.
Children _______ over favorite toys and games.
A myth
B scuffle
C veteran
D document
3. The original _______ is too faded to read.
A birth certificate will _______ your identity.
A reject
B scuffle
C cancel
D document
2. A toddler seems to _______ rather than walk.
The silly _______ made the player turn red.
F blunder
G cancel
H reject
J distribute
4. The _______ served 6 years in the army.
The star is of the play a _______ actress.
F solitary
G fragile
H veteran
J continuous
For 5 through 12, read the passage. For each numbered blank, there is a list of words with the same
number. Choose the word from each list that best completes the meaning of the passage.
The U.S. Postal Service has been in _(5)_ operation since 1775 so it is not a _(6)_ organization.
Its job is to _(7)_ the mail. Some people believe the _(8)_ that there’s not much mail anymore.
Not true! 660 million pieces of mail, including letters, boxes and _(9)_ packages, get delivered
each day. They go to 142 million “delivery points,” such as packed city offices or _(10)_
farmhouses. Help the postal service better deliver mail by following these two tips: Include postage
(they _(11)_ mail without it) and _(12)_ your mail if you move or go on vacation.
5.
9.
A
B
C
D
solitary
veteran
fragile
continuous
F
G
H
J
veteran
temporary
solitary
fragile
6.
A
B
C
D
temporary
continuous
veteran
fragile
F
G
H
J
veteran
continuous
solitary
fragile
A
B
C
D
reject
scuffle
blunder
distribute
F
G
H
J
scuffle
blunder
document
cancel
10.
7.
11.
A
B
C
D
distribute
scuffle
cancel
reject
F
G
H
J
scuffle
myth
veteran
blunder
8.
12.
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For Numbers 1 through 4, read the sentences. Then choose the word that best completes both sentences.
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