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1. Read this sentence. The Colosseum in Rome, Italy which is considered one of the “new” Seven Wonders of the World, is the largest amphitheater…2018 Test B English, question 1
   • Type Punctuation
   • NYS standards 7L2
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
   • Level Below grade 7
2. Read this paragraph. In September 2016 the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened as part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum…2018 Test B English, question 2
   • Type Sentence structure
   • NYS standards 7L1, 7L2
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
   • Level Below grade 7
3. Read this sentence. To promote their club, a bake sale will be sponsored by members of the debate team on Wednesday. How should the…2018 Test B English, question 3
   • Type Sentence structure
   • NYS standards 7L1
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
4. Read this paragraph. (1) Devon spent several hours preparing for an upcoming audition for a play at the community theater. (2) First he did…2018 Test B English, question 4
   • Type Grammar and usage, Punctuation
   • NYS standards 7L1, 7L2
   • Difficulty 1 of 5
   • Level Below grade 7
5. Which sentence should replace sentence 4 to best introduce the main claim of the passage?2018 Test B English, question 5
   • Type Introductions and conclusions
   • NYS standards 7W1a
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
6. Which sentence would best follow and support sentence 8?2018 Test B English, question 6
   • Type Supporting details
   • NYS standards 7W1b
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
7. Which revision of sentence 12 best maintains the formal style established in the passage?2018 Test B English, question 7
   • Type Precise language and style
   • NYS standards 7W1f, 7L3a
   • Difficulty 1 of 5
   • Level Below grade 7
8. Where should sentence 17 be moved in order to improve the organization of the fourth paragraph (sentences 13–17)?2018 Test B English, question 8
   • Type Organization
   • NYS standards 7W1a, 7W1d
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
9. Which concluding sentence should be added after sentence 19 to support the argument presented in the passage?2018 Test B English, question 9
   • Type Introductions and conclusions
   • NYS standards 7W1e
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
10. What evidence best indicated the location of the blast?2018 Test B English, question 10
    • Type Textual evidence, Key details
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
11. The June 30 date of the Tunguska event was significant to some scientists because it2018 Test B English, question 11
    • Type Key details
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 1 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
12. What did Galli’s analysis of tree resin at the site reveal?2018 Test B English, question 12
    • Type Key details
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
13. Based on the passage, what is the most likely reason it took nineteen years from the date of the explosion before scientists first visited…2018 Test B English, question 13
    • Type Inferences and conclusions
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
14. What is the primary role of paragraph 1 in the structure of the passage?2018 Test B English, question 14
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
15. The author includes a series of questions at the end of the last paragraph most likely to2018 Test B English, question 15
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
16. In paragraph 2, how does the phrase “when all three had taken the trouble to tell her” affect the tone in the first part…2018 Test B English, question 16
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
17. Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the idea that traveling to new places by train is unfamiliar to Margaret?2018 Test B English, question 17
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
18. Read this sentence from paragraph 4. Yet if the train started before she found the conductor she might be carried on somewhere and he…2018 Test B English, question 18
    • Type Development of ideas and characters, Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R3
    • Difficulty 5 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
19. Read this sentence from paragraph 4. She strained her eyes into the darkness, and tried to make out things from the two or three…2018 Test B English, question 19
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
20. 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…2018 Test B English, question 20
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
21. How does Margaret’s experience in paragraph 9 emphasize a theme of the excerpt?2018 Test B English, question 21
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
    • Difficulty 5 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
22. 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…2018 Test B English, question 22
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
23. How does paragraph 11 contribute to the plot of the excerpt?2018 Test B English, question 23
    • Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
24. How do the details in paragraphs 12–13 about the setting help support the theme of the excerpt?2018 Test B English, question 24
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
25. The central idea that the Falls communicate a feeling of “unintelligible disaster” (paragraph 1) is conveyed in paragraph 2 through a description of2018 Test B English, question 25
    • Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
26. Read this sentence from paragraph 2. They are extraordinarily level, one long curtain of lacework and woven foam. What is the effect of comparing…2018 Test B English, question 26
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
27. Read this sentence from paragraph 3. These are the lower rapids, a sight more terrifying than the Falls, because less intelligible. Which statement best…2018 Test B English, question 27
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
28. Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the idea that the essence of the Falls lies in their emotional impact?2018 Test B English, question 28
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
29. Read this sentence from paragraph 4. There one can sit and let great cloudy thoughts of destiny and the passage of empires drift through…2018 Test B English, question 29
    • Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
30. In paragraph 4, the idea that human life and history travel toward the same ending is illustrated mainly through2018 Test B English, question 30
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7L5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
31. With which statement would the author of this excerpt most likely agree?2018 Test B English, question 31
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
    • Difficulty 5 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
32. Which of the following best describes the goal of modern archaeology?2018 Test B English, question 32
    • Type Key details, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
33. What would a traditional archaeologist be most interested in finding at a site like Kourion?2018 Test B English, question 33
    • Type Inferences and conclusions
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 1 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
34. What role does paragraph 2 play in the structure of the passage?2018 Test B English, question 34
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
35. Which conclusion is best supported by the information in paragraph 4?2018 Test B English, question 35
    • Type Inferences and conclusions
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
36. As described in paragraphs 4–5, what did the archaeological team learn about life in Kourion?2018 Test B English, question 36
    • Type Key details
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 1 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
37. What is the most likely reason the author mentions the zooarchaeologist (paragraph 5)?2018 Test B English, question 37
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
38. The description in the first stanza (lines 1–7) helps establish a central idea of the poem by2018 Test B English, question 38
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
39. Read line 1 and line 15 from the poem. Higher and still more high, Vaster and still more vast, The parallel structure of the…2018 Test B English, question 39
    • Type Text structure, Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
40. Read line 5 from the poem. Pillars of the sky at rest The line helps develop the theme of the poem by suggesting that…2018 Test B English, question 40
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7R2
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
41. How does isolating the word “Uprise” in line 7 affect the meaning of the poem?2018 Test B English, question 41
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
42. How does the poet develop the speaker’s point of view in the second stanza (lines 8–14)?2018 Test B English, question 42
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
43. Which line from the poem best supports the idea that people have forfeited priceless natural beauty in order to make a profit?2018 Test B English, question 43
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
44. Which detail from the poem reflects the speaker’s view that people often fail to appreciate what is familiar?2018 Test B English, question 44
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R6
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
45. How do the details in the third stanza (lines 15–26) contribute to the development of the theme of the poem?2018 Test B English, question 45
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R1
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
46. 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…2018 Test B English, question 46
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
47. 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…2018 Test B English, question 47
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7L5, 7R4
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
48. Which statement describes how the author’s use of problem-solution in paragraph 2 contributes to the development of ideas in the passage?2018 Test B English, question 48
    • Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
49. Which statement describes how the author’s use of sequencing in paragraph 3 contributes to the overall structure of the passage?2018 Test B English, question 49
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
50. 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…2018 Test B English, question 50
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
51. Which excerpt from the passage supports the idea that Morse was aware of his limitations?2018 Test B English, question 51
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
52. The details of the section “The Growth of an Idea” convey a central idea of the passage by suggesting that2018 Test B English, question 52
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 5 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
53. How does the graph support the ideas in paragraph 8?2018 Test B English, question 53
    • Type Textual evidence, Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
54. Which sentence is the best summary of how Morse obtained the funding necessary to build his telegraph system?2018 Test B English, question 54
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
55. How does the map provide additional support for a central idea of the passage?2018 Test B English, question 55
    • Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
56. 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…2018 Test B English, question 56
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
57. With which statement would the author most likely agree?2018 Test B English, question 57
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R2
    • Difficulty 2 of 5