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  1. Read this sentence. During a nightly news segment about a cooking contest, a reporter talked to some people who did the best in the…2018 Test A English, question 1
  2. Read this paragraph. (1) When coal was used to heat homes, it frequently left soot stains on the walls. (2) Brothers Cleo and Noah…2018 Test A English, question 2
  3. Read this paragraph. (1) Walking dogs, cleaning kennels, hand-feeding newborn kittens, and supporting the pet-adoption process, the animal shelter is looking for volunteers to…2018 Test A English, question 3
  4. Which sentence should be added after sentence 5 to introduce the main topic of the passage?2018 Test A English, question 4
  5. Which sentence should be added to follow and support sentence 7?2018 Test A English, question 5
  6. Where should sentence 11 be moved in order to improve the organization of the second paragraph (sentences 6–11)?2018 Test A English, question 6
  7. Which sentence presents information that shifts away from the main topic of the third paragraph (sentences 12–16) and should be removed?2018 Test A English, question 7
  8. Which transition phrase should be added to the beginning of sentence 18?2018 Test A English, question 8
  9. Which concluding sentence should be added after sentence 18 to support the topic presented in the passage?2018 Test A English, question 9
  10. Which statement best describes the central idea of the passage?2018 Test A English, question 10
  11. Marsh believed that the people of his time caused harm to the environment because2018 Test A English, question 11
  12. What is the most likely reason the author uses the word “surprisingly” in paragraph 1?2018 Test A English, question 12
  13. Which evidence supports the accuracy of Marsh’s theories about nature?2018 Test A English, question 13
  14. Which detail about Marsh provides support for the author’s statement in paragraph 5?2018 Test A English, question 14
  15. Which of Marsh’s ideas most influenced the environmental movement of the 1960s?2018 Test A English, question 15
  16. Read this sentence from paragraph 1. In 1926 an editor at the London Daily News predicted that Gertrude Ederle, an American swimmer with eighteen…2018 Test A English, question 16
  17. Which sentence is the best summary of the steps that Ederle took to prepare for her second attempt to swim across the English Channel?2018 Test A English, question 17
  18. Read this sentence from paragraph 3. Ederle knew that if she did not complete the challenge this time, she might never get the opportunity…2018 Test A English, question 18
  19. Which sentence best supports the idea that Ederle succeeded in swimming across the channel because of her innovative approach to the challenge?2018 Test A English, question 19
  20. In paragraph 4, the word “insurmountable” is used to highlight2018 Test A English, question 20
  21. Which statement describes how the author’s use of problem-and-solution in paragraph 5 contributes to the development of ideas in the passage?2018 Test A English, question 21
  22. Paragraph 7 contributes to the development of the central idea of the passage by2018 Test A English, question 22
  23. Ederle’s victorious swim across the English Channel influenced American attitudes mainly by2018 Test A English, question 23
  24. Which sentence from the passage best conveys the author’s perspective regarding the impact of Ederle’s accomplishment?2018 Test A English, question 24
  25. The table contributes to the development of the topic of the passage mainly by2018 Test A English, question 25
  26. The phrase “those wonderful Swiss and African ones which vote, keep drilled armies,… and dispute about religion” in paragraph 1 shows that the author2018 Test A English, question 26
  27. The central idea that “the average ant is a sham” (paragraph 1) is conveyed mainly through the2018 Test A English, question 27
  28. In paragraph 2, how do the words “grabs,” “yanks,” and “tearing away” contribute to the meaning of the excerpt?2018 Test A English, question 28
  29. Read this text from paragraph 2. He… comes to a weed; it never occurs to him to go around it. No; he must climb…2018 Test A English, question 29
  30. Which of the following best explains the author’s fascination with the ants?2018 Test A English, question 30
  31. Read this sentence from paragraph 2. At the end of half an hour he fetches up within six inches of the place he started…2018 Test A English, question 31
  32. Which sentence from paragraph 2 best supports the idea that sheer “leather-headedness” (paragraph 2) amounts to “ignorance” and “idiocy” (paragraph 4)?2018 Test A English, question 32
  33. Read this sentence from paragraph 3. Evidently the friend remarks that a last year’s grasshopper leg is a very noble acquisition, and inquires where…2018 Test A English, question 33
  34. Read this sentence from paragraph 3. The two perspiring ants inspect it thoughtfully and decide that dried grasshopper legs are a poor sort of…2018 Test A English, question 34
  35. How does the presence of the friend in paragraph 3 influence the first ant’s behavior?2018 Test A English, question 35
  36. Which statement best describes the central idea of the passage?2018 Test A English, question 36
  37. What was the main way that Karl Mauch’s conclusions about Great Zimbabwe in paragraph 4 affected later archaeological investigations?2018 Test A English, question 37
  38. Which statement best describes Portuguese explorers’ experience searching for Great Zimbabwe?2018 Test A English, question 38
  39. What was “one mystery of Great Zimbabwe” (paragraph 6) that had been solved?2018 Test A English, question 39
  40. Which statement about the Shona people is best supported by the passage?2018 Test A English, question 40
  41. The conclusions of David Randall-MacIver and Gertrude Caton-Thompson were significant because they2018 Test A English, question 41
  42. How does the similar construction of the sentence in line 1 and the sentence in line 8 contribute to the meaning of the poem?2018 Test A English, question 42
  43. Read lines 2–4 and lines 12–14 from the poem. I am what every athlete wants: to remain at the apex of the leap, up…2018 Test A English, question 43
  44. Read line 7 from the first stanza. Swallows and ospreys nest in my trusses. How does the line contribute to the development of ideas…2018 Test A English, question 44
  45. Read lines 18–20 from the poem. You are some tears dribbling from a mountain’s eye, running down the pavements of small towns, into the…2018 Test A English, question 45
  46. The comparison to sewing in lines 33–35 helps show that the structure2018 Test A English, question 46
  47. The last stanza (lines 36–42) conveys a central idea of the poem by2018 Test A English, question 47
  48. Read lines 41–42 from the poem. Because I am, above all else, patient. I will wait for you. Which of the following supports what…2018 Test A English, question 48
  49. How does the poet develop the points of view of the structure and the water?2018 Test A English, question 49
  50. How does the form of the poem contribute to its meaning?2018 Test A English, question 50
  51. Which of the following best tells what this passage is about?2018 Test A English, question 51
  52. What is the most likely reason farmers persisted in replanting their crops?2018 Test A English, question 52
  53. In the winter that followed the summer of 1816, New Englanders most likely experienced2018 Test A English, question 53
  54. How does paragraph 3 contribute to the passage?2018 Test A English, question 54
  55. The author includes the details in paragraph 4 about the eruption of Mount Tambora in order to2018 Test A English, question 55
  56. Which of the following is implied by the phrase “the global nature of weather” (paragraph 5)?2018 Test A English, question 56
  57. The cold summer of 1816 was most likely caused by2018 Test A English, question 57