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FL - 2005-06 - Reading - Grade 10

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  • What does the author mean by this sentence from the essay? These seemingly random ways, these paths, these beds, these footprints, these hard, round pellets in the snow: they all have meaning.

    Signs in the snow lead to different interpretations of the truth.
    Signs in the snow lead to different directions in the wilderness.
    Patterns in the snow can be connected to form a story of nature.
    Patterns in the snow can be connected to lead the observer to safety.


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  • According to the author, which word BEST describes the story of snow?

    frightening
    random
    timeless
    violent


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  • Which writing strategy does the author employ to express his views about snow?

    use of complex plot
    use of descriptive language
    development of varied structure
    development of believable characters


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  • After examining the moose’s tracks, the author concluded that the moose was

    cold
    confused
    large
    weak


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  • What is the mood of the opening and closing paragraphs?

    chaotic
    curious
    forlorn
    thoughtful


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  • Read this sentence from the article. When the linters are washed, bleached, and dried into pulp, they can be mixed with chemicals and converted into such disparate things as guncotton...sausage casings, linoleum, cellophane, rayon, photographic film, dynamite, fingernail polish, and molded plastics. What does the word disparate mean?

    different
    extreme
    inclusive
    useful


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  • Why did cotton become a major crop?

    Inventors developed additional uses for cotton.
    Markets for cotton evolved soon after its discovery.
    Cotton could be grown in many different locations.
    Merchants shared information about cotton on their travels.


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  • Cotton fabric is popular primarily because it is

    beautiful.
    dense.
    durable.
    economical.


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  • One of cotton’s advantages in cleaning up oil spills is that it

    contains fibers that dissolve the oil.
    grows near areas where oil spills occur.
    breaks down oil into harmless substances.
    decomposes naturally after it absorbs the oil.


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  • The armed forces have found that on ships, cotton fire hoses are preferable to synthetic 12 fabrics because the cotton hoses are

    factory-made.
    heat resistant.
    longer lasting.
    less expensive.


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  • According to the article, cotton is used in both textiles and the medical field because of its

    facility for eliminating waste.
    variety of textures after milling.
    capacity for absorption of liquids.
    ability to withstand many conditions.


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  • Which statement from the text provides the best evidence of cotton’s durability?

    “In 1992, 80 countries produced a total of 83 million bales, or almost 40 billion pounds.”
    “Archaeologists have discovered fragments of cotton cloth more than 4,000 years old...”
    “Most of the five billion pounds that U.S. mills spin and weave into fabric each year ends up as clothing.”
    “The business revenue generated—some 50 billion dollars in the United States alone—is greater than that of any other field crop.”


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