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Question 1
Read the following passage, then answer the question. "The old lighthouse keeper had grown so accustomed to the beam sweeping overhead that he no longer noticed it. Every thirty seconds the light passed, throwing its pale circle across the dark water, but Ezra slept through it all. His wife, newly arrived from the city, lay awake all night, jolted each time the beam hit the curtain. By morning she declared the light intolerable. Ezra laughed and told her she would not notice it within a week. She was skeptical, but three nights later she slept straight through until dawn." What is the main idea of this passage?
Correct Answer:
People can adapt to stimuli they are regularly exposed to.
Question 2
Read the following passage, then answer the question. "The old lighthouse keeper had grown so accustomed to the beam sweeping overhead that he no longer noticed it. Every thirty seconds the light passed, throwing its pale circle across the dark water, but Ezra slept through it all. His wife, newly arrived from the city, lay awake all night, jolted each time the beam hit the curtain. By morning she declared the light intolerable. Ezra laughed and told her she would not notice it within a week. She was skeptical, but three nights later she slept straight through until dawn." Which word best describes Ezra's attitude toward his wife's complaint?
Correct Answer:
Amused and reassuring
Question 3
Read the following passage, then answer the question. "Maria had rehearsed the speech a hundred times in front of her mirror, but standing before the actual audience, the words dissolved like sugar in rain. Her hands gripped the podium. She stared at the rows of expectant faces. Then, from somewhere in the third row, her mother gave a small nod — and the words returned, flooding back as if they had never left." The phrase 'the words dissolved like sugar in rain' most likely means that Maria:
Correct Answer:
Forgot her speech as soon as she faced the audience.
Question 4
Read the following passage, then answer the question. "Maria had rehearsed the speech a hundred times in front of her mirror, but standing before the actual audience, the words dissolved like sugar in rain. Her hands gripped the podium. She stared at the rows of expectant faces. Then, from somewhere in the third row, her mother gave a small nod — and the words returned, flooding back as if they had never left." What can the reader infer about Maria's relationship with her mother based on this passage?
Correct Answer:
Her mother's encouragement gave Maria the confidence she needed.
Question 5
Read the following poem, then answer the question. "I have wasted my hours As a farmer wastes seed on rocky soil. I have planted words in unwilling ears And watched them yield nothing. Yet still I speak — Not for the harvest, But for the act of sowing." What is the speaker's primary attitude toward speaking, as expressed in the poem?
Correct Answer:
Acceptance that speaking has value regardless of results
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