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English Language ArtsHornework Package

Anfil, 2{t 11ii

The Magnet School fyr Civics in the Community

Grade 8



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Tlre book 'l'he H.era is about l4-year-oid Jamie. in this part of tire storl', ]a.rnie has

been brirning some leaves as part of his chores, and the fire has gotten out of contr.ol.

I wasn't one to panic, but my fun had tur:ned to fear and desperation, and I reaiized

help rvas needed. Scl while i still beat at the fiames with my sho,u'el, I gave up my pride,turned my face to the house, and. began ru shout ftrr Morn. I *:

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The house rvas fifty yards awap and l,<li<init know if she'<l hear lne. I'<1 lasL seen herat the iritchen table sewing school clothes, ancl the kitchen \ra$ oll the r:pposite side of thehouse.

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At one spot, rocks ancl sparse grass slowed the fire's pace up the slope, and I rnade

good progress. lSut I'd abandoned the other end as long as I dared. It might have been bestto stay where I lvas, lrut Ilmad.e a decision ancl ran bacl< to the front just as flames there

- Swea!f*y,,f* toy g9* ryI,popn{ecl_and clug in vain, all the while sharnelessly

shouting for help toward. the house, like a man overboard heating crff sharks whilescreanringatapassingsl.rip........l'i..

Finall.v; i spotted Marie in th yard, She had comearr.rund the side of the hguse ancl '

wa$ staril'lg openmouthecl. "Get Mom!" I yelled. "Get h{orn out here!" She disappeared

through the front doot blondhair flying.

Almost imme<liately, Mom was out the door ancl cornl;; across tlre yard on ,he run-lSu<lclenly, she stopped, turned, and ran back into the house. In a ffioment, she came outagain with an:'old blanket in,her arms. At ihe,gate she stabbed a finger at Mnyle.ipr"oliablytelling her to stay in the yarct-anci ran across the roacl, her short Iegs por-urding und 1",*,

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dress flying. At tlr:e ir:rigation ditch she stoprped and threi.q the blan,ket intothe

r,vater.

By nont, the ilames behind me,had crarded through the rocky area, sprinte<i througir

thick gr:ass, a.nd,pow wer:e hallivay !:o th.e big ditch, And in qrite of mlr present effortq, thefront end rif the blaze had a renervecl start r-rp the slope in heary grass that looke<l like itu'as begging to be irurned. Firc was everywhere.

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I felt lil<e sitting clorvn and letting it go. It was too hard. Irlty eyes stung, my throat

\\ras raw, my arm irair was singed, and tny legs ached from runuing up and d.own the

hill. I r,vas soaked in sweat, and nry hands-that I'd thoLrght so tough frorn hoeing all

sumnrer-were ah"eady red and starting to blister from my grip on the shovel handle.

\.Vhar was the point? It was loo late.l{ow could we stop it now?

"Jarnie! Come down! Let it go! Help me over here, Jamie!"

I lookeel. Morn wasn't heading for the burning hill at ail. She rvas o\er b)'the pigpen,

llailing with her soggy blanket. The pen was to the north, against the creek, and to my

afilazefilent the fire had a good start across the fifty-l'oot rocky swalet separ:ating the

garden and. the pigpen fence. It had jr"rrnped our small irrigation ditch-the ready-rnade

barrier-like a lion after a rnouse.

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"We'll have to let the hill go," Monr said when I reached her. "Have to. We can't stop

it there." Her voice rvas different-lorver than usual, atd controlled. \4orn was known as

an enthusiastic person in everyday conversation. B;t in a crisis, she was calm. I'd seen itonce when I cuf my fcrot and we hacl trouble getting the bleeding stoppeci; another time

when Marie was ababy anrl haci a convulsion that. wouldnlt quit; and again when Dad

developed a reaction to penicillin and his face and throat started swelling up lil<e a movie

monster. Mom lr'as using that controlled veiice r:ight norv. "Help me here, iamie. Over

lrere."

She was already in,action, srnothering flames with each throw of her sodden bianket.

But it :was like trying to stop a flood with:a sponge*it just wasn t fast enough. ,

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A floodl T:rrlat was it! I was a genius!

"Here, Morn.,|ve gCIt itl I know what to clo," I shouterl. Our garclen ditch ccluld save

us. My shovel rnade four or five quick slices intorthe sod bank, ancl in a molnent the

stream was rushing across the small fieltl.l:,.,

The effect was impressive. The fire'immediately lost its parv€r as its roots werekilled".

Srnall plunreb of steam rr.lse from clumps of burning grass as the flarnes hissbci out" Onlir

th.eir tops were left mornentarilv burning, like tiny volcanoes jutting fionl a rniniature

sea,untiltheytoppledo:rreranddrowned. . ,, , ', ,',.' ,' ,"-- : : l : t ,, ::

Sklshing through,the,flood,I scoeiped and splashed with l4y shor.ef ,wheie ltater '

rvas needecl most. Mom's lrlanket reaclled iso]ated s]rots, and soon the w]icile'burn was

extinguished in the little swale. In one place fire had come within a few feet of the f'ence,

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A |anrie

ffi fu.Iarie

ffi a narl ate:r outsicle the stor v

ffi a person w,,atching the action

\'\rhich of these events happen.q first

A ]arnie sl.ices the socl bank.

ffi h,tr-rm telis jamie to heip her [:y

C hdarn .$motirers the flames witlr

ffi ]amie sees hdarie in the t ard.

in the passase?

the pigpen.

a blanket.

Reacl this sent.ence l-rom Lhe pa$sage.

nt *ne spot, rocks flfid $pfir$e Sr:a$s slowedgctlcf pr$Sre$$.

'I'hf, vl'arcl "paf,e" me,?ns about the $afi:e as

A clirr:crian

ffi ' *ugni'tucle4!'tr . 'L sp:eecl::

ffi warn:fh

the *ire's pftce up the s[*pe, ancl I mn*{e

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:: : '.i:.i:'.::Read this sentence fronr tlr.e pass*ge.

By now, the flames behind me had crawled. through the roclry area, sprinted

through thick grass, and now were halfiaray to the big ditch./

'fhi{ sentence suggests that the flames are

t--A [roi,r'in['larger

B Noving faster

C getting hotter

D roaring louder

Horv does Jamie change from the breginning of the passage to the end of the passage?

A He is angry at first, then happy.

B He is surprised at first, then afraid

C He is annoyed at first, then satisffed.

D He is scared at first, then relieved.

Tlhe events in thi.s passage can

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F{ead this artictre. Yhe}? ftnswer qeaesti*ms 7 t}rrtlmgF: tr ?.

ffinredn$by hAilnrt. Sr;ndLru

"\4rlr,y clon't you have a jervel c;lrved in yi)rlr

fr-rr eheacl?"

The little girl who asliecl rr]e {hat \va.$ trrarclly

six' ar:d, she kneu,, i was from hlciia" I rvas six,

too, b*ginning first grarle, and it was vears befdre

f reudy tattoos became popular. I starecl at the girl

a l?loment, tr:ying to cleternrine r,r,hether she \vas

serious or not. She wa$l A ielel carrred inmy head was) first of all, likelv to hurt, and

secoud, it didn't sountJ'very attr:acfirie. "{-}i:ch1"

\,\r?].$ ffily reacticln.

Fq:r ff]any n'lorn.ings, I had $ef,r] my'motl:er

irpply her binti{i.,5he had herr otr\rrl st1,}e, using the

rollr1(1 encl ot'a lipsticli cap. She rvcirlil fir:st clip

the cap in petroleurn jetrly ancl then dip it in rerl

p*r.vder,'Finally, she careltuXl;, pr-essed tlre cap

tretn'een lrer eyel;, Ieal'in$ a recl pclwdel clot r]fi her

f*reheact. I thcught she r'va$ the most bei:utiftllrvonlan I'c1 e\rcr seen, and I coulcln't rryait to. do tl:e

saffi]e thing. $E:metinres, lil make ff]e ]:aptrl.v, she'rl

u$r an f;yeliner: .qticl{ tr-r appriy^

tiny hiaclq cl*'[

oii iiiv frrre'iicaci. i'ci skip awa-y saiisficci, rvaiting

patientll, untii I c*i-rlci rq,'eal a big red otfe.

Fiincius have a<lorned their bocJies r+,ith binciis

f*r thousanrJs tlf years" hir:t that iang fig$' a bindi,

whici: is aisc k;:rcllvn as a tifttk] was ii*l,iiitrg

nlor * []ranSrou.ncl

vernrili*n pe"rrucler appliecl

t* th*: f-*rel:r:ad,It r""'as a sigr: t}:ai a rui{iiyiaft \4/;i$

rnarri*d-liiEe rv*aring a rr'*dding ring" V*rnrili*np*lvdei \,vrls milrl* [i *n] a mix rlf n:*rcrxry anrl

sulinr' a cr]firl:in;lti*n th*ught t* h;lve a c*clli*g

cffect**-vcr)' i:elpfiri ig ?] tvarnf, c*i"iutry iiice:

inctria. In fact, il}en o:ften }vo.t^e tilalis n:acJe {l o*rsanclah,l'oocl paste., also tr: maks them feetr coo].

Sontr people think tl:rat the tracli ticxr.*l=

lvearing l:inciis bcgan with the ancient ritual ofthe i:ridegroonr apFrlying his blood to his rvife's

f'oreheael dr"rr-ing the rvedcling ceremonli; ()ther:s

belier.'ecl that t-[re al ea tretr.r,een t,lre e,v*eb;:{}t\,'s is the

spot where there ls a third ey*: a point of hidcienenergy and wisdont. Wearing a binrii on ttrris spot

helps fucus corlcentr:atirlr'l and brings happiuess

and good :ft-lrtune.

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]"{o }ni}t.ter lvl'litt its originri wete' a bincii

r,\,'as ali,vav$ w$rn rttith priclc, auci servecl as 6t

g*ntl* remincler tn others to respect a lnirrried

le,'{}ffian. Recl, t}:e cc}t:r of liib-giving blcocl and iut

ir::pcrtarnt colol in tl:e Ililrchl r:eiigicn., wa$ always

usgcl for bindis.

In t]r* earlt' twentieth centl".try, bitrclis becilme

ffiorf: cf a fashion statement. Insteacl of r,r'earins

*nly round rerl binelis) nlarried and unfitarried

wonlen in Inclin startecl ltenring bindis o1'

clifferent sires and slrarres fiIt their loleh,eacls,

Iitday) trvontffn tv*al taslrit:n sticlqel:s-decol etecl

lvith'beacis, cr,ysta,ls, sccluin,$, or glitter-gn their

f'areheads to match rvltat thev are r,vearitlg.

hven though the jen'el in thc f*rehead isn't tar

frarri the truth, tr still d{ln't }rave one carvecl irltct

rrl,v l:eacl, ancl n*boc11' I kno\,v does either. Rr-lf, I

clcl rveal stickers ftclm tinre to tit-*e. I lr-rok in the

mirror and smile as I think about m.Y beautifili

mother anrl the clays she painterl a black rlot clrt

my l'r:reheacl,

T;;t't''"t" How is the \vay the author $rears her

binclis c{iJierent from the \,vity thev are

tr:aclitiunallv worn in Inciia?

& f lre author's hir-rclis are large recl

ciots.

ffi The author wear"s binclis that are

fashion stickers,

fr "lhe aujhol's binclis are *rac1e frotrt

expensive jewels"

H$ '['he au:t]ror \ryears binclis in the

nridr.lle clf her forehead.

.Ttead t.,his sentenc€ 'ft"o t t'lre article.

Idiltatm$ have adqrrnsd, their hcdies' : .'t . . :

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with,b*indis t$r thqlusanels *f years.

'['il,* rttord "fidorued" filgans ab*rlt the

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lVhich sentence fronr the article best

illustr:ates the author's feelings about

lrer motlrer'$ Llincti?

A "She wt-rulcl first .lip lJre cap in

p*troleurrr jelll' aucl then ,lip it in

recl port cler."

ffi "Finil,llf she carefi-rlly pr,essecl the

cap betu'eeu her eyes, leavittg a red

powder clct t:n her fcrreheacl."

C "I though t: she was the nrt-lst

bear,rtif"ul woman I'cl ever seell, ancl

I couldn't rt'ait to do the $anle thing."

ffi "Sc)firetiines, t{: mal<e Ine [rappr-v,

she'cl Ll$e all eyelilrer stick to apply

a iinv =hlack ciat oii iiry t*i-*head."

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$ffi \\4rich sentence from tire article best inlbrrns tlre reader about the auth.or's culture?

A "I lvas six, too, beginning fir:st grade, and it wa$ years before trencly tattoos becarne

popular."

B 'A jervel carl'ed in my head was, first of all, likeiy to lrurt, and second, it didn't sound

very attlactive."

C "lt r,vas a sign that a wonlan was tnarried-like wearing a rvedding ring."

D "Vermilion powder: was made from a mix of mercury and sulfirr."

'fhe author most likeh lvrote this articie

,.A to inform the reader about bindis and their history

B to describe the rvay her nrother applied a bindi to her fcrrehead

C to express her opinion about whether moclern women shoulcl wear binciisD to entertain the reader u,ith a storl, about wearing a bindi in elementarlr 5.5oot

Read tlris sentence from the article.

IntheearlyfwentiethcenturHbindisbecamemoreofafaslrionstatement.....1.

Now read the clictioriary entry belorv.

state.ment noun 1" A written,fact or inten'tion. 2, Abill f,or an amount due. :

3. A. special announcement made to the public. 4. An expression of an idea

or concept, especially by meaus other than rvords.: l'- '

Which definiiion best fits the meanins of "stateinerrt" as it is u.seii in the senience above?g

A clefinition 1,ri ,. ' ',

B definition 2

C definition 3

D ' d"firrition'4

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irectionsRead this pa$sage from the story "Building Bridges."'fhen answer questions 13 through 17.

ffiw&Bdflng ffiridgesL,), And.rea L)a.vis Pinhrc|'

The storv "Building Bridges" is abouf er girl

whtr ]ives r,l'ith lrcr grancln:other, h,{ilrna Li},

ancl who cirearns of somedoy'l:ecoming au

engineer. In this pas$age ficlrn the stor1", the

narrator is r,r'iriting I*r: her grandmother to

sign a col:xsent lcrrn ftrr l'ler to participate

in a slnnnlfir prograrrl in which ft group

of stuelents woulcl n'clrk with a team of

engineers to help repair the Brookllntt Bricige.

Aheaci, in the distance, sttrocl tJre Hrooklyn

tlridge. T'his \4ra$ the brest spclt in Brooklyn's

Recl F{ook section fcrr seeing the bririge. I'cl

corne tn this corner anrl str-rr1iecl the-n'riclge

a mil]ior,r tinres. Ancl oll every orle cll'tlrclse

tirnes, I r,r'a$ talEen with what I'ct coille to call

Ilrooltl)'n Belle.

I nst"rer: got tire.J of looking out at its

steel girders yrl i1:n yali]es at.its tilautilulcrlsscro$s ral ters that had .started out in

son:*bocty's iil:aginati{-}fi) haci h:eeu put to

paper, f*r'rnalizect itr au engineer's 1:lans, tlren

wrlven tngetirer, i:oit il,v i:oit. i{ow i}e:lie rvas a

p{}\,verfirl giant who cerried e}l kir:cls *l people

ttr all hinds of ptaces) ctay al'ter <14y.

At night Relle tr\ias clr*$sed lr: tinv lights

rhat $pelilneci lrer IiixL:s" *i? a cl*r-rciles$ night

lik* this L)rtrr, she was a sisht lilce nr: other sight

in tlre ro,,ht.rle citr,. Ieiv#lecl in ligl:i. Llt:{}.ufi.fiil.

&,'1i' fir:gers hacJ tensecj int* fiits at mty

sides, fists fuil *f strength and eagr*r'nflss. tr

Lnrru]led ffi'I,v knuckles and shr:*k lhen: free

*{'tl,reir strain. T'l-}en I reache*l into my jacicet

pocket---nrhere lry c-on$*nt l=crrn: far the briclge

project hacl bcen neatly folclecl fbr clays-ancl

pulled out rny pencil. $lnr+'ly, I flipped through

the pag;e.$ o,f r-ny sketchbook. I'ct dra\trn Relle in

tJ:e high-not)n light, at st-tnset, on snow)/ clays*

and on foggy twilight Inornings. h4y favorite

sketches were those af Belle during rush hcul-

u,hen car$ ancl taxis elance'J like trinkets along

hel outstr etcJ'lecl L:ean:s.

Tonight I'cl clrarv Belle with her lighrecl

cape.:I ske tchecl slawly at llir:s't, t,hen faster,

rx,r;'pencil rvorkitrg r,Vith tire speeci of ffiy

exciternent th* thrill that workecl Ine orrer-a

every tinre i ske[ched t.i:at brielge.

I was prr:ucl *f-ffil1r drarvings {I triked tcr

tl"rinlq *f, tl lem ils p{}rlraits], br,tt r,t,ith eacl:r-1.!ryr.' f i*,,,-,Shq:lVeCI. A SAfl if*t.h aL:*Ut 13*1'j*:5t-r*?J

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nced*ct repair. She l{Ias solne f'*r{,'years olcler

thatt h,lama Lil. Atrd as l*veli, as she lvas) shei:acl srilns ser i*ris r$Ltgh sp*is-;i;ri*d*c1catrles, ru$t, chippecl paint, ar:cl p]ain c]etr gri t

tlrat ir*cl built up over th* *J*cad*:s. I'irat br-i dg*

rcrtr{.}r,'afi*n pr*ject n*e,,JerJ ine; anrl I n**q-Jc d rt,

in m*re ways tiran I coulel c*unt.

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\&,rlrer: d"oes this Fa$sirge Lakc place?

at night

at sunset

on & sn{}\\rv. atuy

0n a toggy firorlling

What are the narrator'$ f.avorite sketches?

the citf in lights

the hr iclge at trvilight

the bridge at rnsh hour

the city irr high-nrrt:n Iight

The authnr, re,fbrs t* 't:he Br*oklyn Bridge

a$ "Broolrlyn Belle" to help the i:eacler

A Lrnderstancl that the bridge is

very olcl

B refi]ernbel the briclge's histor:y

f l.*. ., ,'ii r. er +L .t o.r r. '

h- rmasrriel ine niiise ai:rlunci tire i:riclgem appreciate the briclge's beauty

\&,lhich sentence lroru the pa$sage inclucies

a nletaphor usect lry the authol [r-r

cl*scribe llellel

A "l was taken rvith what I'el cofii* to

call Brooklyn Belle."

"Now Belle rva$ a porverftil giant:

r,r,'ho carriecl all kir:cls of people to

all kincls of placesr duy' atter (ilr1'."

"On a clouclless night like tlris one,

she \,vas a sight lik* no ottrrer sigl:t:

in the r,r,"hole citv-."

"I'd drart'n Relle in the high*n{-}$n

light, at sun$et, on srlolvy clavs' ancl

un fog$I trt'iligl:t nlorrlings."

In the passage, the narra[or refers to the

hridg* rerrovation pr:*ject. R;l.secl cln

inforrrration in the pa$$age, the

"renovation" prcrject most likely reters to

A reprairi*g the Lrridge

B reffioving the trrirlg*

d repiacing tire briclgem renseffibering the br:iclge

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Wilcterne:ss }titrersh

:v Eliznb eth Ca ttt stpttrtll

'I'here are rivers

that I know,

born of ice

and rnelting stlow,

white with rapids,

swift tcl roilr,

with no fartns

alon*g tlreir shore,rvith no cattle

come to cl,rink

at a staid,'l

, , ilrtrl rvetrccltnin,g,brink;

with no millwheel, '

' e\rgr ttrrtring,

in that colcl

relentless churnits.''.. '

..',::Onlv cteer. --1 -

: and,bear and nrink ,'

at fuse shallows

, colrre to clrink,

cni'y' paclciies,

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tlick ,that curreut.l

in tfiei,i fligh:t-

{ har.re fult

ffi,y heart be:e't. high,

rolt*tchin,g

r,q'ith exulta nt ey*,

thrlse pufe rivet-s'

wllich have kncr\trtrl

n0 will, fitr purpt:$e

but their: {n!'n,

staid: quiet and

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Wtrrat is ttrrc speaker'$ attitucl* t*r,t'arcl wikJ*me$$ rivers?

$he is atrairl of thern,

She apFlr eciates tlrenr,

$he thinl,is nnly lvilcJ animals slr*ulci ilse t]:em.

she lrrishes more peop[e n'culd ma[<e use of [he.r::.

$oein 'is'wiiimii fiam the pniritl,,of, view *f a $peaker who

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hri" p*i*,rnally r,l,itnessecl what she descrilres

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A how people urant to tame the wilderness riyers

B that the wilclerness rivers are untouched by Lreople

C.howpeopI'eslrouldbeh.avenea1the'wilclernessrive'rs

D that th" *ild"rrress rivers or. tool.ota for people to use

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]uanita "Speec[$ter" Lopez, sitting in ]rer'

room in Spaiu, grabrs hsr gearshift ancl shifts

into higi: Eiear as sire race$ her futuristic

car tr-rri*r"rsly alcngsicle her arclr c()tltpetitor

Autonio "Fa$t-T" Castro in Guaten:aila; lre has

just covelred his stealth vehicle r,vith a cloaking

device renriering it invisible. Each player is

vyir:rg :fol tlre Gtrlcl Cup ol'Racing. Hnw can

cirii,ers sitting in dil'{erent coul-ttries compete

in th*: same race? T'trrat's easy. ,,\ll lou u*:ed

is al lntertret *nnnectiott.

Cornpetitive cnlitre electronic sports, or

e-Sports, have bect:nte wi*Jely fopular all clver

ther,r,or}c1.E*Spclr:t$iareplavedc$,mpetitive1y.

try Llcth an:ateurs, wl'lo gain virt.ual scoles, atrcl

prot'essional$, u,,ho eompete for real cash prizes"

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C$rnpetitive vicle* fi{affies have lieeu

clesigne,J for just about errery sport, but racing

is estrreciall1,' popular as ir:divicluals artd fean:s

can lee cl t heir ne ecl fur: spee cl" h,f ost racing

gam*s 'ar* pla,vec] r:n pcr${}nal l:arne cofiltrtuters

riggecl r,t ith pnpulilr $lffrning hat'du,are. ()rrce

ti:c grlfile$ ar: upl*ac1*cl ancl plaver-$ are loggecl

r-in ilr ti:* V{r:ricl Wir:le l/t/ei:, ti-iey cai-i Vla,u'

against alnrast rrnlr*nc in tlre rv*r1<1"

i r: l'a cing*-Sp*l l- ganlrsl the piaiier

c*ni.r*}.+.asp*cie]1-r,'ei*signec1Ci}l.*reitirer

vc,hiclc rn<.n,ittg at a sinnttrateri high s1:*eei n'llile

av{}itjinf; all kincls *i ci:stacles rln a variety cll'

lacing Irnc,[.'s" T-he sl<y is t[:c ]irnit ior d*signer$;

oJ the$e garnes. IJ' your can'clreant it, tlien itprobably exists.

teel as if ),;;'are real,ly in the clriv*r's seat, so

buckls up! Sorne racing gaffies cCIIne r.vith

steering wlreels,'aceeleratErr peelals' gear shifts,

ancl a l,ilx"ating seat tt: rnalte you reall,"* feel the

burnps in the roacl, Clne company e\ren created.l

special racins r;oclcs to help playsps grip thc:

pedals.

Fla,rrslrs fi/ho exc*l at iheir chcl$etl *-Sports

ffi ay b eco rn* e * Spr ort p ro{'essirl na1s. Pr:o fess io nal

e-Sprr:rt tour fialnen [.s are nnt usuall]' plal,ed

{}vfli the Internet. Iustead a speciai ]ocation is

*h*se i:, like a big *ffice buitcii*g r,r'ith i*ts *fcorllputers, and a LAhi (L*catr Area Netr,v*rk) is;

set r.ti:r,

The pruf"*ssir:nal pla1,'e:rs, r:ep*rters frorz] th*

nredia, tl"re refblee-$' ;lr1 d *pr**iaotmilrisirat*rsali ccm* to rl"re I,Aj{ sitc and lclg q:n to ?:lav tlie

professi*nal *-Sp*rt tclurnarrlent. L:tl{ -base cJ

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make slrr:e no t:ne is cheatins ancl t* enslrre funir

play lar all. h4ost LAN *-sprnrt events turu intr:parties for atrtr in attenclance.

The {irst prcllessional cvl:el-tonr nan.tent

!va$ playecl in 1997. 'L'hcusanc{s of "$pectators"

connected through the Internet all over the

r,vorld n #\r,r " \lratch" their lirvo ri te c,"-'ber -a t hl,etes

c{-}trlpet e in galr:es.

Like srar baseb-il ;r;*tball atl:lefes, the

trest e-Sport plavers becofiie cy'ber-c,e]ebrities

ancl are uncl*r ccntract t,o plarv specitically

for their spolt.$oring leagues or clans. d;y-ber-

sports have trec*me so popular tha't t*cta;" even

n'lainst.re;r*: nfltvs r:rediil cover the big e\rent$i.

Wh:a't rnake$ e*Sports compelJtions uniqr-re?

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all over t}re r,vorlcl

Plaver$ compete n'hile sitting in c{ifferent countries,:{Pla,'*ers compete I'nr higlr scores and real ca.sl: pr-izes.

''r'11- ^ .. 't.T'he gamet; are pla)'ed b)'bottrr arnateur$ ancl professionals.

What,is a ain,rq.4qgn e.Sport,,$arnes'aJe played by,so manvp'Cff

A' l,

'puy*i*'.*,1;;i. il; ; ;iliu., *u**r.:i'ri''i*;'i

B Players can compete againsf others using just a computer.

C Players can become as famous as prof-'essional athleteg.

D Players can develop their graphic desigu skills.

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ffi4 Which sentence from the article shows that e-Sports can almost be like real sports?

A "Most racing games ar"e played on personal horne computers rigged with popular

garning hardrvare."

B "Once the games are uploadecl and players are logged on to the World Wide Web,

they can play against almost an)'one in the world."

C "Some racing games come with steering wheels, accelerator pedals, gear shifts,

anci a vibrating $eat to make you really feel the bumps in the road."

tl "LAN-based events allow professional administrators to make sure no one is

cheating ancl tcl ensure fair plav f<rr all."

The article says that a player""has just covered his stealth vehicle with a cloaking device.tt, ,l

rendering it invisible." The r.vord "rendering" means about the same as

A arrangingHr'It clrsptaymg

C rnaking

D stating

$tucly this inclex fr*m a book abor"rt crltnputer llet\\i()rkitrg,

LANs (Loeal Are-q Nt:twyncs):

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A pages 46-47

.E pases 47*48

C pug*r 49-50

D pages 50-51

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In this part of the test, you are going to read a passage called "Rufus" and

"The Gift of Reason." You wjll answer questions 3l through 34 and writehave read. You may lookback at.the passage$ as often as you like.

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'I'hebircl ,1og is lost again.

Not lost in the literal, physical $ense,

Fle's still aroulld, aucl still a friend. $ut I

have lost hirn as a usetul rt'orking animal,

rvh ich hunting clogs ftre suptr)osed to be.

It happer:ecl cluring tJris $ummer'"\ spell

of blistering heat when he discovered air conclitioning.

The be<lroom has a window unit. When the arvful heat came, he immecliatelir noti..6the diffelence between the pleasant nights in his chair and the sweltering clays outside.

And it occrlrred trr him he might correct this situation, \Alere not the cats in there and

cool? Was not the old dog snoozing in the lap of air-conditionecl conrfort? Tlren why

shoulcl lre, a dog r:f real utility, provider of fowl for the family table, not have some of this

lu:iury?

I{e pressed his hopeful l'ace against the outer glass, but our hearts wer:e harcl. To

present his case in a rnore dramatic u'ay, he Lregan sitting on a patio table, glaring

in accusingly at eye level tlrrough a kitchen window. It yielclecl nothing, though. He

remained outside.

So he learned to open the back door. 'I'hat's right, lenrneri to apen it Limself One

afternoon I looked up from nry typewriter and there he was, indisputably inside. iooking

immensely,pleased. by his new competence. As far as he"s concemed, the case is ck:sed.He's in where itts cool, and it's not negotiable. He makes hirnself as small as possible and

rarely moves.

The other day Katie called him, suggesting it might be time to trot outside on a

sanitary errand. He eiidnt budge-just looked arotind the room to see if, by soine

coincidence, she n'right be speaking to anotlrer dog of the same name, So I called him, and

he gro'wled. ,

As ,l'cru probably knon',,the main vi,rtue of a fine bird dog, apart from a keen nose,

is uncluesti<rning ahedience. The rnaster's cornmand is his highest larn'. Defiai:ce is

unthinkable" Fle is intiifferent to the elements. If game is dorvnecl, he will en<lure any

discomfort to find ancl bring it to hanr{. ln a word, there is nothing a bird dog r,r'ili not clcr

lor his master.

Wrong! fhis one rc'ill not even leave his chair in an air-conditioned room.'

\4tren he was chcsen frarn his littelmates several years agol I was looking ftrr a pup

n'ith intelligence and sta,ving power.'fhat's exactiyr,r'hat I got. Rufus is no fool. And hds

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ln th* passage "I{ufus,," the auth*r clescrilres Rufus

tJsing del"ails frcrlr tlr,e pirssage, cornptrcte t]re chart

intelligence ancl sllr* e:xample i:f his sta,ving p{}wer.

as having infelligence and staf ing po\,ver"

belolv lvith $ne examptre o1: Rul uls's

Quatlty Exhibited

by Rufus Hxample fnon"l the Fassase

Intelligence

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Ru:flus as a r-rsefr"rl working animal clul ing a

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\Valter D. Edmonds was a writer frorn upstate New York. After seeing dogs help each

other, he wondered whether anirnals had the power to reason. In this part iif his

article. he tells of another encounter n'ith animals.

I anr carried back t.o a slveltering rnidday in Augu.st many summers ago.l am fishing

down Cold llrook, a small strearn that rises beyond our back line and circles through

the ncxtheast corner of the place, and then for better than two miles runs tlrrough a

heavy gror.vth of alcleys till it meets the Black River at Hawkinsville. I used to {ish it every

sufilntel', because no matter lrow warm the river water might lrave become, a trclut out

of the icy water of Cold lirook nas always prime. I also fished it because it was a very

sporting strea'm.

T'he heavy growth. of alclers macie using a fly irnpossible. Insteacl, to find ltrur trout

1.ou floated a worm dowu the current into the pockets under the alder roots rqhere the

water was seldom more than a foot deep.

I do rrot know when the two swamp sparrows discovered me. I was so preoccupied

that it mighr have been.several minutes before their insistence brought them to rny

attention. But then, tlrere they were in the bush beside me, two small. brown birds with

dull rr-rsty caps anci undistinguished plumage. They were profcru.ndly upset, spleading

their rvings, repeating over and over a rough single note.

When I stoppecl fishing, they flew to another bush upstream and repeatecl their antics.

i thought that perhaps they had new hatched babies somewhere rrearby and *'anted to lead

lne away from them, bnt as I had no intention of harrning them, I resumed nri'fislring,

passing around the next downstream clump of alders to try a new riffle.l

Immecfiately'the fwo bircls changecl their tactics. In an instant they were in fiont ofrne, fluttering before rny lace almost like flvcatchels, still uttering their disfi:e ssed chhtk

note.2 I stopped again to watch them. It wouid have been impossible to continue fishing

with that flurry of wings going on ahnost in nry f'ace. Once more they fleu, to a l-rush

upstreanr; but Lir'e minute i laced downstrearn agaitr, tirey were back around m,v head,

i put mv rod down,leaning it against a bush, and rvatchecl them.'['heio quieted, butcontinuecl ta lLutter their rvings. It came to fire, how I do not know, that they were not

tr,ving l:.olea.dmefiurr something. They',vanted nre to conle u,iththem.

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As soon as I started back uprstream in their dilection, they fluttered on, rnuch less

noisily now.I fcrllowecl them frrr periraps a lrrurcired ['eet, and then tirey led me away ii:onr.

the brook untii they carne to rest in another alder clurnp. Their voices were much quieter

nor.r.'; in an odd way the,v sounded reassuring. I looked rvhere they r,vere looking.

'Ihere, its tiny leg caught in a vertical cleft of an alder stem, hung a sparrow nestiing.

It hung totally inert. It gave no .sign that it rniglrt be aiive rvhen I went up to it, not everl

rvhen I tc.rok the little bocly in r:ne hand anci with the other opened the clel.t. i held it forseveral nLlinutes cupped in my hancls. Finally its eyes opened, and it stirred a little on

mv palm.

Only then dicl I realize that both lrirds hacl come close to me. They rvatched the young

bird as intently as I. And in the end the little body gathered itself. 'Ihe stretched leg moved

u.nder it. I put it on a branch two feet or so away from its parents. They had apparently

no fear of me. Tlrey did not offer to move away. When I saw the tnes of the bahy take

hold of the branch, I released it and left them so. I resumed nry lishing, br-rt nothing that

happened that afternoon was as exciting as $1y encolrrlter with the swalnp sparrows. Ferv

things that have happened to me since have moved me more.

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The author of "The Gi:ft of Reason" says that fei,v things have nroved him more than his

encounter ivith the sparrows. Explairr the most tikely reason this encounter has *rovecl lrim

so much. Use deta.ils frorn the passa$e to suprport your ans\Wr.

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The autlrors of "Rufus" ilnd "The Gi{'t clf Reason" are both affected try the animals they r.trite

about. I"Iow does the author: ol"'Rufus" change the rva;' he thinks about Rufus? I{olv does lhe

author of " Ihe Gift of Reason" change the way he thinks about animals? \,\rhich author seems

more rnc,ved by his experience? Use details from both passages to support your answer.

[n your arlswer, be sure to. explain how the author of "Rufus" changes the rvav he thinks about Rufus

. explain how the aut.hor nf "Tl'le Gift ol. Reason" changes the lvay he thinks alrout animals

. exprlain u.hich author seems tcl be more mcx'ed by his experience

. use details from both passages to support your answer

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