Name: ____________________________________________________________ Level C, Unit 1: Practice
Choose the answer that best completes the sentence or answers the question.
1. A pile of bricks or stones resulting from a wall
that has collapsed can be referred to as
A vigil
B adage
C rubble
D bonanza
4. If you were in a dark tunnel, what might you
have to do to find your way out?
A jostle
B grope
C wrangle
D hover
2. To make impossible is to
A decree
B revert
C wrangle
D preclude
5. A passage taken from a book or an article is
known as a(n)
A vigil
B excerpt
C decree
D adage
3. Which of the following is another word for
fortress?
A citadel
B excerpt
C adage
D laggard
6. If frozen water goes back to a liquid state, you
might say it has
A collaborated
B precluded
C decreed
D reverted
An interesting and unusual outdoor event that people who live in the United States, Canada, and other
countries where sheep are raised might attend is a sheepdog trial. In this kind of competition, a dog that has
been specially trained hovers at the edge of a group of sheep and then performs various actions to control
their movements. For example, the dog might be asked to show that it can split one group of sheep into two
groups, driving along with the rest any laggards who do not wish to leave. At another point, the dog might
show that it can drive sheep into a truckbed or a pen without the sheep jostling one another and getting in one
another’s way. As a dog shows that it can carry out these tasks skillfully and within the time that is alloted, it
earns a high score from a judge along with the plaudits of admiring spectators.
7. In line 3, hovers means
A stands silently
B barks noisily
C moves back and forth
D jumps up and down
8. Which of the following words could be used to
replace laggards (line 5)?
A stragglers
B leaders
C rebels
D babies
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9. Which of the following words could not be used
to replace jostling (line 6)?
A bumping
B greeting
C pushing
D brushing against
10. In line 8, plaudits is used to indicate that people
A fear the sheepdog
B disapprove of the sheepdog
C admire the sheepdog
D feel sorry for the sheepdog
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