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D I R E C T I O N S : Choose or w r i t e the best answer to each of the following quest
the evidence presented i n the passage. When required, list specific sentence i
paragraph letters from the story to support your answer.
1.
W h a t is the m a i n idea of this article?
5.
A . Computer-generated special effects
have s i g n i f i c a n t l y changed f i l m
animation.
B . Computers are being used i n many
aspects of filmmaking.
C. Computer-generated images can now
be blended w i t h live-action footage
i n films.
D. Computers can be used to create
three-dimensional images.
2.
After the wire-frame is built, the next
step is to
A.
B.
C.
D.
W h a t effect can a filmmaker hope
to achieve by blending the computer
image w i t h the live-action footage?
Give the number of the sentence t h a t
best supports your answer.
6.
A wire-frame is a k i n d of
A.
B.
C.
D.
add facial expressions.
mold the muscles.
paint the skin texture.
move the muscles.
outline.
body cast.
grid.
sculpture.
I n contrast to early cartoon figures,
computer images appear to be
Give the number of the sentence t h a t
best supports your answer.
3.
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A. three-dimensional.
B . able to move.
C. two-dimensional.
A "wire-frame" is composed of
D. i n f u l l color.
Give the number of the sentence t h a t
Give the number of the sentence t h a t
best supports your answer.
4.
best supports your answer.
8.
Why was the film Toy Story i m p o r t a n t
i n filmmaking history?
W h a t was the author's purpose i n
w r i t i n g this article?
A . to explain how cartoons are made
B . to describe how a film uses special
effects
C . to compare different kinds of special
effects
D. to explain how computer images are
used i n special effects
Give the number of the sentence that
best supports your answer.
Date
Name
Reading Comprehension
Recognize the Author's Purpose
Read the passage, and then answer the questions below it. Mark the tetter
of your answer on a bubble sheet if your teacher provides one; otherwise,
circle the letter of the correct answer.
. . . I began working in journalisnn when I was eight years o l d . It was my
mother's idea. She wanted me to "make something" of myself and, after a levelheaded appraisal o f my strengths, decided I had better start young if 1 was t o
have any chance of keeping up with the competition.
The flaw in my character which she had already spotted was lack of
" g u m p t i o n . " My idea of a perfect afternoon was lying in front of the radio
rereading my favorite Big Little Book, D/ck Iracy
Meets Stooge
Viller.
. . . One evening when I was eleven I brought home a short " c o m p o s i t i o n " on
my summer vacation which the teacher had graded with an A. Reading it with
her own schoolteacher's eye, my mother agreed that it was top-drawer seventh
grade prose and complimented me. . . . Halfway through supper she suddenly
interrupted the conversation.
"Buddy," she said, "maybe you could be a writer."
I clasped the idea t o my heart. . . . [W]hat really gladdened my heart, was the
ease of the writer's life. . . . So far as I could make out, what writers d i d couldn't
even be classified as work.
I was enchanted. Writers didn't have to have any gumption at all. I did not
dare tell anybody for fear of being laughed at in the schoolyard, but secretly I
decided that what I'd like t o be when I grew up was a writer.
— " N o G u m p t i o n " by Russell Baker
I T h i s story,is written—
. A without a speaker.
B in the third person.
C in the first person.
D about the narrator's mother.
2 The author's impression of his
mother is meant to show her
A
B
C
D
irritating.
caring.
humorous.
abusive.
The author admits that liis
lack of gumption—
A bothered him.
B bothered his sister.
C did not bother him.
D did not bother his mother.
The author's description of
writers is meant to be—
A persuasive.
B critical.
C ironic.
D humorous.
3 That he wanted to be a writer
is something the author views
A
B
C
D
sad.
something to brag about.
depressing.
exciting.
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