Name: ___________________________________________________________ Level Orange, Unit 7: Quiz
For Numbers 1 through 6, read the sentences. Then choose the word that best completes both sentences.
1. Do the neighbors _______ that big house?
The losing team felt _______ for the trophy.
A dread
B initial
C envy
D yield
4. The teacher cut her finger on a broken _______.
Potatoes are a _______ crop in Idaho.
F foul
G staple
H constant
J alert
2. The alarm company is on _______ all night.
The _______ firefighter saw the smoke.
F routine
G alert
H essential
J annual
5. Humans can _______ 3 minutes without oxygen.
How will you _______ such a long plane ride?
A distract
B penetrate
C collide
D survive
3. Medicine stopped an _______ spread of disease.
There was an _______ of ticket sales on Friday.
A epidemic
B antique
C slight
D initial
6. The _______ at recess lasted about an hour.
The farmer let the sheep _______ in a field.
F romp
G staple
H alert
J digest
For 7 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.
Harrow, the brilliant detective, had been called to the crime scene. The room was a _(7)_, with
furniture all about. A thief had used tools to _(8)_ Lord Rand’s safe and steal rare gems. The same
crime happened years before to Rand’s _(9)_, but the gems had been found. Now Harrow had only
two _(10)_ clues--a bit of mud and a broken teapot--to find the gems again. He thought a moment
and then cried, “This problem is _(11)_. The butler did it!” As always, his solution was _(12)_!
7.
10.
A
B
C
D
staple
haste
foul
disaster
8.
F
G
H
J
feeble
annual
stern
drowsy
A
B
C
D
initial
elementary
epidemic
antique
F
G
H
J
previous
attractive
frantic
accurate
11.
F
G
H
J
employ
penetrate
survive
distract
A
B
C
D
hardship
baggage
ancestor
staple
9.
12.
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Unit 7 Quiz Answers
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