2018 Test B English

Read this sentence. The Colosseum in Rome, Italy which is considered one of the “new” Seven Wonders of the World, is the largest amphitheater ever built and could hold more…

Read this paragraph. In September 2016 the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened as part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum is already the Smithsonian’s third most…

Read this sentence. To promote their club, a bake sale will be sponsored by members of the debate team on Wednesday. How should the sentence be revised?

Read this paragraph. Devon spent several hours preparing for an upcoming audition for a play at the community theater. (2) First he did vocal exercises to practice his diction and…

Which sentence should replace sentence 4 to best introduce the main claim of the passage?

Which sentence would best follow and support sentence 8?

Which revision of sentence 12 best maintains the formal style established in the passage?

Where should sentence 17 be moved in order to improve the organization of the fourth paragraph (sentences 13–17)?

Which concluding sentence should be added after sentence 19 to support the argument presented in the passage?

What evidence best indicated the location of the blast?

The June 30 date of the Tunguska event was significant to some scientists because it

What did Galli’s analysis of tree resin at the site reveal?

Based on the passage, what is the most likely reason it took nineteen years from the date of the explosion before scientists first visited the Tunguska site? Answer

What is the primary role of paragraph 1 in the structure of the passage?

The author includes a series of questions at the end of the last paragraph most likely to

In paragraph 2, how does the phrase “when all three had taken the trouble to tell her” affect the tone in the first part of the excerpt?

Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the idea that traveling to new places by train is unfamiliar to Margaret?

Read this sentence from paragraph 4. Yet if the train started before she found the conductor she might be carried on somewhere and he justly blame her for a fool.…

Read this sentence from paragraph 4. She strained her eyes into the darkness, and tried to make out things from the two or three specks of light that danced about…

Read paragraph 9 from the excerpt. A moment of useless screaming, running, trying to attract some one’s attention, a sickening sense of terror and failure, and the last car slatted…

How does Margaret’s experience in paragraph 9 emphasize a theme of the excerpt?

Read paragraph 10 from the excerpt. Margaret stood dazed, reaching out helpless hands, then dropped them at her sides and gazed after the fast-retreating train, the light on its last…

How does paragraph 11 contribute to the plot of the excerpt?

How do the details in paragraphs 12–13 about the setting help support the theme of the excerpt?

The central idea that the Falls communicate a feeling of “unintelligible disaster” (paragraph 1) is conveyed in paragraph 2 through a description of

Read this sentence from paragraph 2. They are extraordinarily level, one long curtain of lacework and woven foam. What is the effect of comparing the American Falls to a “long…

Read this sentence from paragraph 3. These are the lower rapids, a sight more terrifying than the Falls, because less intelligible. Which statement best describes how the sentence fits into…

Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the idea that the essence of the Falls lies in their emotional impact?

Read this sentence from paragraph 4. There one can sit and let great cloudy thoughts of destiny and the passage of empires drift through the mind; for such dreams are…

In paragraph 4, the idea that human life and history travel toward the same ending is illustrated mainly through

With which statement would the author of this excerpt most likely agree?

Which of the following best describes the goal of modern archaeology?

What would a traditional archaeologist be most interested in finding at a site like Kourion?

What role does paragraph 2 play in the structure of the passage?

Which conclusion is best supported by the information in paragraph 4?

As described in paragraphs 4–5, what did the archaeological team learn about life in Kourion?

What is the most likely reason the author mentions the zooarchaeologist (paragraph 5)?

The description in the first stanza (lines 1–7) helps establish a central idea of the poem by

Read line 1 and line 15 from the poem. Higher and still more high, Vaster and still more vast, The parallel structure of the two lines

Read line 5 from the poem. Pillars of the sky at rest The line helps develop the theme of the poem by suggesting that the mountains

How does isolating the word “Uprise” in line 7 affect the meaning of the poem?

How does the poet develop the speaker’s point of view in the second stanza (lines 8–14)?

Which line from the poem best supports the idea that people have forfeited priceless natural beauty in order to make a profit?

Which detail from the poem reflects the speaker’s view that people often fail to appreciate what is familiar?

How do the details in the third stanza (lines 15–26) contribute to the development of the theme of the poem?

Read lines 21–22 from the poem. Barrier broken down by those who do not need The joy of time-resisting storm-worn stone, How do the lines help convey the speaker’s point…

Read lines 23–26 from the poem. The mountains swing along The south horizon of the sky; Welcoming with wide floors of blue-green ice The mists that dance and drive before…

Which statement describes how the author’s use of problem-solution in paragraph 2 contributes to the development of ideas in the passage?

Which statement describes how the author’s use of sequencing in paragraph 3 contributes to the overall structure of the passage?

Read this sentence from paragraph 7. The desperate Morse gave the go-ahead, and the line was completed in time for the dramatic and spectacularly successful link between the Supreme Court…

Which excerpt from the passage supports the idea that Morse was aware of his limitations?

The details of the section “The Growth of an Idea” convey a central idea of the passage by suggesting that

How does the graph support the ideas in paragraph 8?

Which sentence is the best summary of how Morse obtained the funding necessary to build his telegraph system?

How does the map provide additional support for a central idea of the passage?

The idea that, in the mid-nineteenth century, the United States was mostly unaware of the possibilities of electricity is illustrated in the passage mainly through the

With which statement would the author most likely agree?