New Nevada Palominos Enlisting in the U.S. Marines
By: US Dept. of the Interior--Carson City Field Office
"BLM Wild Horses Joining the Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard on June 3 in Carson City,
NV"
A special tradition, almost two decades old, between the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) and the U.S. Marine Corps, will be renewed in Carson City on Saturday, June 3, 2006,
as a new generation of up to four young wild horses from rangelands in northern Nevada
joins older wild horses in the elite U.S. Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard. This special
adoption event will take place preceding the scheduled 10:00 a.m. public wild horse
adoption at the Warm Springs Correctional Facility (WSCF), Edmonds Road south of Fifth
Street, in Carson City.
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Three palomino wild horses from the BLM Calico Herd Management Area (HMA) and one
palomino from the Warm Springs Canyon HMA, both located in northern Nevada, have been
in a four-month long training program at the WSCF. They are being trained by inmates in
the Nevada Department of Corrections program, supervised by Lead Trainer Hank Curry.
Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Ivan Collazo Sanchez and two additional Marines will be at
the WSCF in dress blue uniform to (1) take possession of the new horses, the latest
generation of wild horses to be utilized by the Marines for the Mounted Color Guard.
Special Logistical Note to the Media: The Warm Springs Correctional Facility requires the
media to register in advance to bring cameras into the facility. Please call Mark Struble at
BLM (885-6107) or Randy Halligan, Assistant Warden (684-3010) no later than Thursday,
June 1 for security clearance arrangements. Access on Saturday, June 3 is through the
southeast gate off Edmonds Drive at 9:00 a.m.
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Background: The U.S. Marine Corps first adopted a BLM wild horse for the Mounted Color
Guard in 1988. A two-year old horse called "Okinawa" became an integral part of the equine
unit, quickly learning to lead a parade with flags flapping, jets flying overhead, audiences
clapping and dealing with unexpected loud noises. (2) His calm performances encouraged
the Marines to adopt seven other wild horses. (3) The Mounted Color Guard has since
participated in every Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, since 1990, as
well as dozens of other annual parades and shows.
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The U.S. Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard was formed at the Marine Corps Logistics
Base at Barstow, California, in 1967. In 1968 it was designated an official Mounted Color
Guard by Headquarters Marine Corps, and today it is the only Mounted Color Guard in the
Marine Corps.
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The Mounted Color Guard members are active duty Marines who volunteer their time
evenings, weekends and holidays to perform these duties, in addition to their regular duties.
(4) The unit practices twice weekly. In 1999, the unit participated in 84 parades,
ceremonies, horse clinics and rodeos in the western United States. They are active with
public schools and programs.
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Wild Horses Available to be Adopted by the Public: After the transfer of palominos to the
Marines, fifteen gelding horses (ten from BLM lands and five estray horses from the State of
Nevada) and one jenny burro (BLM) will be offered for adoption to members of the public
gates open at 9:00 a.m. to examine the horses, and a competitive bid adoption conducted
by an auctioneer begins at 10:00 a.m.
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These animals range from three years to six years old, are saddle-trained with 120 days of
training, and vary in weight and color. (5) The nine-month old jenny burro was hand-raised
by Burt and Dawn Lappin of Wild Horse Organized Assistance (WHOA). Proceeds will be
donated to WHOA. The beginning bid on all horses is $150. The saddle-trained animals were
prepared at the Warm Springs Correctional Center by inmates in the Nevada Department of
Corrections program.
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(6) A handout of BLM wild horses and Nevada state "estray" horses offered for the June 3
adoption can be viewed at: http://www.nv.blm.gov. Copies of the handout are also
available at BLM offices in Reno and Carson City. To pre-qualify for the weekend adoption
call 775 861-6469 (BLM horses) or 775 881-2288 (estray horses through the Virginia Range
Protection Association).
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Potential adopters are asked to enter the Warms Springs Correctional Center (WSCC) off
Edmonds Drive in Carson City. From U.S. 395 South, take 5th Street, and then turn right at
the roundabout onto Edmonds Drive. WSCC officers will direct visitors where to park. WSCC
rules prohibit the public from wearing any blue clothing, blue jeans, tank tops or shorts.
Also, please no cell phones, cameras or recording devices. Driver's licenses and car keys will
be checked in at the gate.
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Read the passage above to answer the following questions:
1) Which sentence is NOT related to the main idea of paragraph 1?
A)
B)
C)
D)
2)
Younger, wild horses will be merged with older, trained horses in the U.S.
Marines.
The B.L.M. and the U.S. Marines have shared a horse-trading tradition that
dates back to the mid-1980's.
After wild horses are adopted by the U.S. Marines, the public will be given the
opportunity to adopt wild horses as well.
The U.S. Marines stationed in Carson City, Nevada, will be honored for their
courage at the special ceremony June 3, 2006.
Which is the LEAST effective substitution for the word 'calm' in the sentence labeled (2)?
A)
composed
B)
quiet
C)
tranquil
D)
unruffled
3) In order to describe more clearly what is meant by the phrase 'hand-raised' in sentence 5,
the phrase should be changed to
A)
handled
B)
fed by hand
C)
delivered by hand
D)
disciplined with an iron hand
4) In order to use more precise language, the underlined phrase, 'take possession of the new
horses,' in Sentence(1), should be changed to
A)
adopt the horses
B)
steal the horses
C)
confiscate the horses
D)
legally possess the horses
Recipes Tried and True- Apple Roll
By: First Presbyterian Ladies' Aide
APPLE ROLL. MRS. W. H. ECKHART.
Roll plain pie crust as you would for pie, but a little larger; chop up some apples, and cover
this crust; add a layer of sugar, and sprinkle with cinnamon; then add a layer of raisins, and
sprinkle with bits of citron, chopped fine. Roll all up; pinch the crust closely together at
sides and ends; place in dripping pan with one-half a cup of butter, and one cup of sugar;
pour enough boiling water over it to half cover the roll; put in oven and bake three hours;
baste every half hour as you would turkey. When done, the roll will have a crust like taffy.
Take out, and serve sliced thin. It is delicious.
Read the passage above to answer the following questions:
5) What must be done to the apple roll every half hour as it bakes?
A)
It must be basted.
B)
It must be turned over.
C)
More raisins must be added.
D)
It must be cut for ventilation.
6) Which ingredient must be chopped finely?
A)
citron
B)
apples
C)
raisins
D)
the crust
7) What is added to the pie crust before adding a layer of sugar?
A)
butter
B)
bananas
C)
raisins
D)
chopped apples
8) How should the apple roll be served?
A)
Cut in half.
B)
Sliced thin.
C)
Served whole.
D)
Cut into squares.
The Mouse and the Frog
By: Traditional Folk Tale
A frog, while out walking one day, ________ 1 a mouse coming toward him.
"There ________2 that foolish mouse," said he. "I will play a good joke on him," and he
grinned as he thought how much fun he would have.
As ________3 met, the frog said, "Good morning, Sir Mouse; I hope I find you well to-day."
"Very ________4," replied the mouse. "How ________5 you?"
"My health is not very good, so I have taken a holiday. If you are not busy, what do you say
to our spending the day together?"
"Good!" answered the mouse. "I have little to do and nothing would suit me ________ 6. "
So they started off together.
They ________7 far when the frog said, "Let me tie one of your front feet to one of my hind
legs, so that I may not lose you."
"All right," replied the mouse. "We shall surely be fast friends then."
So the frog took a blade of grass and fastened one of the mouse's front feet to one of his
hind legs. When the frog leaped, the mouse tumbled after. Then they stopped and had a big
laugh; it was very funny.
They first ________8 to an oat field, where the frog found many insects, and the mouse
plenty of grain.
Beyond this field there ________9 a pond. The frog had been going toward this pond all of
the time, but the mouse had not noticed it. They were soon on ________ 10 bank. When the
mouse saw the pond he cried out, "Oh, you know I do not like the water, Mr. Frog. Let us
go to the barn."
"Nothing would do you so much good as a cool bath on ________11 hot day. You have
never taken one, so you can not know how ________12 it will make you feel," and the frog
jumped into the water.
The mouse tried to get free, but the frog only laughed.
A hawk, looking down, ________13 the mouse and swooped down upon it. Since the frog
was fastened to the mouse, he too was carried off, and both lost their lives.
When the other frogs heard of what had happened, ________ 14 said, "Served him right.
Served him right," and no frog since that time ________15 ever played a mean joke.
Read the passage above to answer the following questions:
9) Look at the blank with the number 11 in the passage. Which of these answers correctly
completes the sentence?
A)
that
B)
these
C)
this
D)
those
10) Look at the blank with the number 7 in the passage. Which of these answers correctly
completes the sentence?
A)
had not gone
B)
are not gone
C)
has not gone
D)
have not gone
11) Look at the blank with the number 2 in the passage. Which of these answers correctly
completes the sentence?
A)
am
B)
are
C)
be
D)
is
12) Look at the blank with the number 5 in the passage. Which of these answers correctly
completes the sentence?
A)
am
B)
are
C)
be
D)
is
Alfred the Great—Part B
By:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_the_GreatWikijunior_Kings_and_Queens_of_England/Th
e_Anglo-Saxons
After that Alfred agreed a peace, and for the next five years the Danes ________ 12 busy
in other parts of England. But in 876, the Danes, under a new leader, Guthrum, attacked
Wareham and then went on to Exeter. Here Alfred blockaded ________ 13, and after the
Danes lost many ships in a storm, the Danes retreated to Mercia. Then in January 878 they
suddenly attacked Chippenham, where Alfred was. Alfred ________ 14 then retreated to
Athelney in Somerset.
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2
There ________15 a story that whilst he was hiding in the marshes of Athelney, Alfred was
given shelter by a peasant woman who didn't recognize ________ 16 he was. She left him to
watch some cakes she ________17 cooking on the fire. Preoccupied with the problems of
the kingdom, Alfred let the cakes burn, and the peasant woman complained when she
returned. When she realized ________18 Alfred was, she apologized, but Alfred insisted that
he was the one who had to apologize.
In middle of May, Alfred and the Danes ________19 at the Battle of Edington in Wiltshire,
which Alfred won. England became split into two, the far south-western parts being
controlled by the Saxons under King Alfred, and the rest of England, including London,
being controlled by the Danes. This part became known as the Danelaw. By 879, the Danes
________20 forced out of Wessex and much of Mercia. For the next few years there
________21 peace, partly because the Danes were being kept busy in Europe. Then, after a
Danish uprising in East Anglia, which Alfred put down, he went on to take London in 885 or
886. Then in 892 or 893 the Danes attacked England again, but ________22 ultimately
repelled in 896 or 897, with only ________23 Danes with connections to England remaining
in East Anglia and Northumberland.
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Read the passage above to answer the following questions:
13) Look at the blank with the number 15 in the passage. Which of these answers correctly
completes the sentence?
A)
are
B)
is
C)
was
D)
were
14) Look at the blank with the number 23 in the passage. Which of these answers correctly
completes the sentence?
A)
that
B)
them
C)
these
D)
those
15) Look at the blank with the number 22 in the passage. Which of these answers correctly
completes the sentence?
A)
are
B)
is
C)
was
D)
were
16) Look at the blank with the number 21 in the passage. Which of these answers correctly
completes the sentence?
A)
are
B)
is
C)
was
D)
were
Preparing for Persuasion
By: Carole Jenkins
Persuasive writing tries to influence listeners or readers to accept a position on a distinct
issue or to act in a certain way. (2)This type of writing may include advertisements,
editorials, speeches, letters, and articles in newspapers or magazines. (3) Other types of
writing are narrative, descriptive, and expository. (4) Before attempting to gain support of
others on a particular issue or course of action, you must have an awareness of the
intended audience and a clear understanding of your opinion or position on the issue.
(1)
Who are you trying to influence? (6) Sometimes your audience is defined ahead of time by
the issue involved. (7) A letter expressing your opinion on the subject of banning a certain
book from your high school library would be addressed to the local school board to try to
influence the vote. (8) Other times, you must select the audience for your persuasive writing.
(9)
If you want to start a community service organization for students at your high school,
you might consider writing to one or more of the following: your school newspaper, student
government officers, teachers, administrators, or community leaders. (10) Your choice of
audience will determine the type of information that you include in your writing and the
persuasive strategies that you use.
(5)
What is your position on the issue? (12) Many subjects may have several perspectives,
but it will help you to organize your thoughts if you select the two major opposing
viewpoints. (13) Select the one side of that issue that represents your point of view. (14)
Identify logical reasons, evidence, and facts that support your opinion. (15) Also, identifying
your audience's point of view to anticipate opposing arguments. (16) You can strengthen your
position by anticipating these objections and addressing them in your writing.
(11)
When you write persuasively, you are like an attorney building a case, and the audience
is the jury whom you are trying to convince. (18) Once you have an awareness of the
intended audience, a clear understanding of your position on a particular issue, and
evidence and facts to support your position, you will then be able to begin your persuasive
writing.
(17)
Read the passage above to answer the following questions:
17) What is the author's purpose for writing this passage?
A)
to tell a story
B)
to persuade someone
C)
to give information
D)
to describe something
18) Which transition should be added to the beginning of Sentence (7) to clarify its meaning?
A)
At first,
B)
Eventually,
C)
For example,
D)
More important,
19) Which sentence is the thesis for this passage?
A)
Sentence 1
B)
Sentence 2
C)
Sentence 3
D)
Sentence 4
20) Sentence (17) is an example of a/an _____________________.
A)
analogy
B)
repetition
C)
parallelism
D)
thesis statement
Big Cats Facing Extinction Part A
By: Kate McConnaughey
Some big cats throughout history have become extinct because they were replaced with
newer species better suited to the environment. (1) The Sabretooth (Smilodon fatalis) is one
example of a large Ice-Age predator that died out even though the large prey it needed
retreated with the glaciers. Pumas and jaguars now roam where the mighty dirk-toothed
cats once ruled. Natural extinction is part of the grand drama of life on earth. (2) Thus, many
more cat species are in danger of dying out due to unnatural extinction, the killing of an
entire species by man for reasons having nothing to do with fitness for survival. These
species are not replaced with better ones; their death merely leaves a hole in the fabric of
life on earth.
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Many big cats have been killed because they either compete with humans for the same
prey animals or because they occasionally attack human-raised livestock. (3) Some that
become too weak to hunt their own natural prey, big cats find domestic livestock much
simpler to acquire. Other big cats develop a taste for livestock out of sheer opportunity.
There are times when control of individual predators, through moving or killing, appears to
be justified. (4) However, there is a much more dangerous approach to predator control
where an entire population or even an entire species was classified as a "pest" and open to
extermination. Extermination is an attempt to kill every last individual of a population or
species. There were times when pumas were targeted for extermination in large areas of
the American west. Bobcats and jaguars have also been targets of extermination
campaigns. (5) These days most governments in the world agree that extermination is not a
viable form of human intervention, but sometimes local peoples ignore laws designed to
protect species from extermination.
2
The majority of people in western countries no longer give big game hunters the same
reverence they once held in the writings of Ernest Hemmingway, especially when they kill
animals that are the hunters rather than the hunted. The mystique of the "Great White
Hunter" no longer leads the majority of outdoorsmen to seek trophies for their mantles and
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entrance halls. (6) However, a number of people still consider locating, outwitting, and to
defeat large predators to be the ultimate test of courage and a satisfying form of enjoying
the out of doors. While this practice is losing popularity, it should be said in all fairness that
more and more sport hunters support laws and practices that prevent the species they hunt
from becoming extinct. (7) The cheetah which was once abundant in India hunting to
complete extinction.The Mughal emperor Akbar killed nearly 1000 cheetahs during his
lifetime when the number of cheetahs was already dwindling.The Asian lion met with the
same fate.
People who defy existing laws to kill predators for money, animal parts, yet personal
reasons are called poachers. As outlaws, many poachers are dangerous people who are
willing to protect their livlihood through violent means. (9) Famous conservation leaders
George Adamson and Diane Fossey who saw them as a threat were killed by poachers.
Stopping poaching is very difficult because most big cat habitat is remote land that is
difficult to patrol and exists in some of the world's poorest countries without many law
enforcement resources. (10) The most effective way to curb poaching is to reduce the
demand for the products they provide.
4 (8)
Read the passage above to answer the following questions:
21) Read each passage. Look at the underlined section marked number (6). There may be a
mistake in the way the sentence is written. If you find a mistake, choose the answer that
corrects the mistake. If there is no mistake, choose 'Correct as is.'
A)
Correct as is.
However, a number of people still consider locating, outwitting and defeating
large predators to be the ultimate test of courage and a satisfying form of
enjoying the out of doors.
However a number of people still consider the location, outwitting and
C)
defeating large predators to be the ultimate test of courage and a satisfying
form of enjoying the out of doors.
However, a number of people still consider locating, outwitting and the defeat
D)
of large predators to be the ultimate test of courage and a satisfying form of
enjoying the out of doors.
22) Read each passage. Look at the underlined section marked number (4). There may be a
mistake in the way the sentence is written. If you find a mistake, choose the answer that
corrects the mistake. If there is no mistake, choose 'Correct as is.'
B)
A)
Correct as is.
However, there is a much more dangerous approach to predator control where
an entire population or even an entire species classified as a "pest" and open
to extermination.
However, there is a much more dangerous approach to predator control where
C)
an entire population or even an entire species is classified as a "pest" and
open to extermination.
However, there is a much more dangerous approach to predator control where
D)
an entire population or even an entire species will be classified as a "pest" and
open to extermination.
23) Read each passage. Look at the underlined section marked number (7). There may be a
mistake in the way the sentence is written. If you find a mistake, choose the answer that
corrects the mistake. If there is no mistake, choose 'Correct as is.'
B)
A)
Correct as is.
The cheetah, which was once abundant in India. Hunted to complete
extinction.
The cheetah, which was once abundant in India,was hunted to complete
C)
extinction.
Which was once abundant in India. The Cheetah was hunted to complete
D)
extinction.
24) Read each passage. Look at the underlined sections marked number (2). There may be a
mistake in the way the sentence is written. If you find a mistake, choose the answer that
corrects the mistake. If there is no mistake, choose 'Correct as is.'
B)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Correct as is.
Lastly, many more cat species are in danger of dying out due to unnatural
extinction, the killing of an entire species by man for reasons having nothing
to do with fitness for survival.
However, many more cat species are in danger of dying out due to unnatural
extinction, the killing of an entire species by man for reasons having nothing
to do with fitness for survival.
Furthermore, many more cat species are in danger of dying out due to
unnatural extinction, the killing of an entire species by man for reasons having
nothing to do with fitness for survival.
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
1
That very singular man, old Dr. Heidegger, once invited four venerable friends to meet
him in his study. There were three white-bearded gentlemen, Mr. Medbourne, Colonel
Killigrew, and Mr. Gascoigne, and a withered gentlewoman, whose name was the Widow
Wycherly. They were all melancholy old creatures, who had been unfortunate in life, and
whose greatest misfortune it was that they were not long ago in their graves. It is a
circumstance worth mentioning that each of these three old gentlemen, Mr. Medbourne,
Colonel Killigrew, and Mr. Gascoigne, were early lovers of the Widow Wycherly, and had
once been on the point of cutting each other's throats for her sake. And, before proceeding
further, I will merely hint that Dr. Heidegger and all his foul guests were sometimes thought
to be a little beside themselves,--as is not unfrequently the case with old people, when
worried either by present troubles or woeful recollections.
'My dear old friends,' said Dr. Heidegger, motioning them to be seated, 'I am desirous of
your assistance in one of those little experiments with which I amuse myself here in my
study.'
2
If all stories were true, Dr. Heidegger's study must have been a very curious place. It was
a dim, old-fashioned chamber, festooned with cobwebs, and besprinkled with antique dust.
Around the walls stood several oaken bookcases, the lower shelves of which were filled with
rows of gigantic folios and black-letter quartos, and the upper with little parchment-covered
duodecimos. Over the central bookcase was a bronze bust of Hippocrates, with which,
according to some authorities, Dr. Heidegger was accustomed to hold consultations in all
difficult cases of his practice. In the obscurest corner of the room stood a tall and narrow
oaken closet, with its door ajar, within which doubtfully appeared a skeleton. Between two
of the bookcases hung a looking-glass, presenting its high and dusty plate within a
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tarnished gilt frame. Among many wonderful stories related of this mirror, it was fabled that
the spirits of all the doctor's deceased patients dwelt within its verge, and would stare him
in the face whenever he looked thitherward. The opposite side of the chamber was
ornamented with the full-length portrait of a young lady, arrayed in the faded magnificence
of silk, satin, and brocade, and with a visage as faded as her dress. Above half a century
ago, Dr. Heidegger had been on the point of marriage with this young lady; but, being
affected with some slight disorder, she had swallowed one of her lover's prescriptions, and
died on the bridal evening. The greatest curiosity of the study remains to be mentioned; it
was a ponderous folio volume, bound in black leather, with massive silver clasps. There
were no letters on the back, and nobody could tell the title of the book. But it was well
known to be a book of magic; and once, when a chambermaid had lifted it, merely to brush
away the dust, the skeleton had rattled in its closet, the picture of the young lady had
stepped one foot upon the floor, and several ghastly faces had peeped forth from the
mirror; while the brazen head of Hippocrates frowned, and said,--"Forbear!"
On the summer afternoon of our tale a small round table, as black as ebony, stood in the
centre of the room, sustaining a cut-glass vase of beautiful form and elaborate
workmanship. The sunshine came through the window, between the heavy festoons of two
faded damask curtains, and fell directly across this vase; so that a mild splendor was
reflected from it on the ashen visages of the five old people who sat around. Four
champagne glasses were also on the table.
4
'My dear old friends,' repeated Dr. Heidegger, 'may I reckon on your aid in performing an
exceedingly curious experiment?'
5
When the doctor's four guests heard him talk of his proposed experiment, they anticipated
nothing more wonderful than the murder of a mouse in an air pump, or the examination of
a cobweb by the microscope, or some similar nonsense, with which he was constantly in the
habit of pestering his intimates. But without waiting for a reply, Dr. Heidegger hobbled
across the chamber, and returned with the same ponderous folio, bound in black leather,
which common report affirmed to be a book of magic. Undoing the silver clasps, he opened
the volume, and took from among its black-letter pages a rose, or what was once a rose,
though now the green leaves and crimson petals had assumed one brownish hue, and the
ancient flower seemed ready to crumble to dust in the doctor's hands.
6
'This rose," said Dr. Heidegger, with a sigh, 'this same withered and crumbling flower,
blossomed five and fifty years ago. It was given me by Sylvia Ward, whose portrait hangs
yonder; and I meant to wear it in my bosom at our wedding. Five and fifty years it has been
treasured between the leaves of this old volume. Now, would you deem it possible that this
rose of half a century could ever bloom again?'
7
'Nonsense!' said the Widow Wycherly, with a peevish toss of her head. 'You might as well
ask whether an old woman's wrinkled face could ever bloom again.'
8
9
'See!' answered Dr. Heidegger.
He uncovered the vase, and threw the faded rose into the water which it contained. At
first, it lay lightly on the surface of the fluid, appearing to imbibe none of its moisture. Soon,
however, a singular change began to be visible. The crushed and dried petals stirred, and
assumed a deepening tinge of crimson, as if the flower were reviving from a deathlike
slumber; the slender stalk and twigs of foliage became green; and there was the rose of
half a century, looking as fresh as when Sylvia Ward had first given it to her lover. It was
scarcely full blown; for some of its delicate red leaves curled modestly around its moist
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bosom, within which two or three dewdrops were sparkling.
'That is certainly a very pretty deception,' said the doctor's friends; carelessly, however,
for they had witnessed greater miracles at a conjurer's show; 'pray how was it effected?'
11
'Did you never hear of the 'Fountain of Youth?' ' asked Dr. Heidegger, 'which Ponce De
Leon, the Spanish adventurer, went in search of two or three centuries ago?'
12
13
'But did Ponce De Leon ever find it?' said the Widow Wycherly.
'No,' answered Dr. Heidegger, 'for he never sought it in the right place. The famous
Fountain of Youth, if I am rightly informed, is situated in the southern part of the Floridian
peninsula, not far from Lake Macaco. Its source is overshadowed by several gigantic
magnolias, which, though numberless centuries old, have been kept as fresh as violets by
the virtues of this wonderful water. An acquaintance of mine, knowing my curiosity in such
matters, has sent me what you see in the vase.'
14
'Ahem!' said Colonel Killigrew, who believed not a word of the doctor's story; 'and what
may be the effect of this fluid on the human frame?'
15
Read the passage above to answer the following questions:
25) How does the tone in the story shift from the beginning to the end?
A)
It goes from admiring to resentful.
B)
It goes from doubtful to inquisitive.
C)
It shifts from excited to lackluster.
D)
It changes from indifference to anger.
26) Which of the following BEST restates the information in the following sentence from
paragraph 5?
'My dear old friends,' repeated Dr. Heidegger, 'may I reckon on your aid in performing an
exceedingly curious experiment?'
A)
Could you please perform an experiment on me?
B)
Friends, I know you're all old, but I have an aid for you.
C)
I have something to show you, but it is exceedingly difficult.
D)
Friends, could you assist me with an unique and strange experiment?
27)
That very singular man, old Dr. Heidegger, once invited four venerable friends to meet
him in his study.
Which dictionary definition of singular BEST fits the context of the first sentence of the
short story?
A)
unmarried
B)
remarkable, extraordinary
C)
only being one, not plural
D)
pertaining to something individual
28)
That very singular man, old Dr. Heidegger, once invited four venerable friends to meet
him in his study.
Why did the author choose to describe the four friends as venerable in this sentence?
A)
to foreshadow that the experiment will probably go bad in the end
B)
to make the sentence more positive, since the story is potentially frightening
C)
to suggest that each of the three friends will eventually turn on Dr. Heidegger
D)
to let the reader know these guests were respected, admired, and generally
well-behaved.
29)
'I am desirous of your assistance in one of those little experiments with which I amuse
myself here in my study.'
Which dictionary definition of amuse BEST fits its usage in this quotation?
A)
to charm
B)
to entertain
C)
to make laugh
D)
to understand
30) Which sentence uses formal language?
A)
B)
C)
D)
31)
'It was given me by Sylvia Ward, whose portrait hangs yonder…'
'You might as well ask whether an old woman's wrinkled face could ever
bloom again.'
There were three white-bearded gentlemen, Mr. Medbourne, Colonel Killigrew,
and Mr. Gascoigne, and a withered gentlewoman, whose name was the Widow
Wycherly.
The sunshine came through the window, between the heavy festoons of two
faded damask curtains, and fell directly across this vase; so that a mild
splendor was reflected from it on the ashen visages of the five old people who
sat around.
Colonel Killigrew had wasted his best years, and his health and substance, in the pursuit
of sinful pleasures, which had given birth to a brood of pains, such as the gout, and
divers other torments of soul and body.
Which dictionary definition of woeful BEST fits its use in the sentence from paragraph 1?
A)
miserable
B)
poor
C)
sorry
D)
unhappy
32)
It is a circumstance worth mentioning that each of these three old gentlemen, Mr.
Medbourne, Colonel Killigrew, and Mr. Gascoigne, were early lovers of the Widow
Wycherly, and had once been on the point of cutting each other's throats for her sake.
What is the author's purpose in writing that each of the three men had once been on the
verge of 'cutting each other's throats'?
A)
to give a symbolic reference to blood, which is the color of a rose
B)
to justify Colonel Killigrew's name…He once would 'kill' to get his girl.
C)
to express the extent each man would go to win the heart of Widow Wycherly
D)
to demonstrate that each man was capable of murder under the right
circumstances
That Old Straw Sojourner
By: David Matherne
An old patched hat, which was almond with trim-red,
Watched as it sat on an old, thin head.
And what it saw, and what it knew,
Was more than more of you
Might even ever construe 5
From just a patched, old hat.
It'd seen a child die—Depression--a war,
Bowed at the bedside of the lady once adored,
Watched while its owner did weep when his store
Burned down to the ground, nothing left but the floor10
And that brand-new hat on his head.
It saw with lucid eyes inhuman, divine
The tired man grew older, while his boy grew wise.
Some said, 'So tragic,' the son said, 'Fate'
When the lightning left a char on the elder's pate 15
And they both did loving before too late.
That hat...his special bequest.
So he wore his farming father's dingy hat every day,
Hoping it would make him like his only hero in that way.
So the hat went to school, 20
Then it kept him somewhat cool
As he worked the plow and mule
Like his fallen father had.
It had been there when the midwife had announced, 'You've a boy.'
The hat was there when his wife had their second little joy. 25
So the family worked the farm
Until the boy took arm-in-arm
A girl from town with mighty charm
Who had a fancy for shoes and hats.
The married lad watched his dad lose his crops, then his wealth,30
While the hat witnessed worse, constant fleeting of his health.
On the porch until the end, father son simply sat.
Being heir, he got the farm, and the house, and the cat.
But what he really wanted most was that one thing that
Was truly him...his old hat. 35
He got it and he wore it and he tore it and he patched it,
But the hat didn't mind since the man truly matched it.
He grew thin and he grew old,
Of all the things he'd ever sold,
No value like what he'd unfold 40
To his own son one day...his patched old hat.
Read the passage above to answer the following questions:
33)
An old patched hat, which was almond with trim-red,
Watched as it sat on an old, thin head.
Which kind of figurative language is found in lines 1-2?
A)
metonymy
B)
oxymoron
C)
personification
D)
simile
34) Which kind of figurative language is used in line 37?
But the hat didn't mind since the man truly matched it.
A)
hyperbole
B)
imagery
C)
oxymoron
D)
personification
35)
'Farming father's dingy hat,'
'like his fallen father had,' and
'While the hat witnessed worse'
Which kind of figurative language do all selected phrases have?
A)
satire
B)
simile
C)
alliteration
D)
internal rhyme
36)
Bowed at the bedside of the lady once adored,
Which stylistic device does the author use in line 8?
A)
assonance
B)
inversion
C)
alliteration
D)
internal rhyme
37)
The married lad watched his dad lose his crops, then his wealth, 30
While the hat witnessed worse, constant fleeting of his health.
On the porch until the end, father son simply sat.
Being heir, he got the farm, and the house, and the cat.
But what he really wanted most was that one thing that
Was truly him…his old hat.
Which explanation BEST summarizes this excerpt?
A)
Hats are more valuable property than crops in this area of the country.
B)
The son and his wife took over the farm and even got the cat of the father's.
C)
D)
The son witnessed his father's demise until his death. The father left the son
the estate, but what mattered most was the hat.
The crops were a disaster, but the father still had accumulated enough wealth
to leave behind for his son the farm, the house, the cat, and his hat.
38)
Burned down to the ground, nothing left but the floor
Which stylistic device in line 10 does the author use?
A)
assonance
B)
repetition
C)
internal rhyme
D)
personification
39)
It had been there when the midwife had announced, 'You've a boy.'
The hat was there when his wife had their second little joy.
Why does the author MOST likely choose the words, 'their second little joy'?
A)
They had twin boys.
B)
It expresses that their second child was a joyous addition to their family.
C)
The little hat was considered a joy for the father at the birth of his only son.
Next to their first little joy, their son, the hat was considered their second
little joy.
40) Which stylistic devices are used in lines 7-10?
D)
It'd seen a child die—Depression--a war,
Bowed at the bedside of the lady once adored,
Watched while its owner did weep when his store
Burned down to the ground, nothing left but the floor
A)
satire and irony
B)
rhyme and rhythm
C)
sarcasm and humor
D)
contrast and repetition