SPRING BREAK

English Language Arts

Hornework Package
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The Magnet School fyr Civics in the Community

Grade 8
 R^eading

irecti*rls
In thi,s part af the test, you wilt do S$ITTE reading and answer question$ about
what yotr have reaef"

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Ideaet this glerisess. Th*m artr$tr&'*r qtlesticns 3 through 6.

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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,
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turned my face to the house, and. began ru shout ftrr Morn. I '
The house rvas fifty yards awap and l,<li<init know if she'<l hear lne. I'<1 lasL seen her
at the iritchen table sewing school clothes, ancl the kitchen \ra$ oll the r:pposite side of the
house.
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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 best
to 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* I,popn{ecl_and clug in vain, all the while sharnelessly
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shouting for help toward. the house, like a man overboard heating crff sharks while
screanringatapassingsl.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-l
Su<lclenly, she stopped, turned, and ran back into the house. In a ffioment, she came out
again with an:'old blanket in,her arms. At ihe,gate she stabbed a finger at Mnyle.ipr"oliably
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telling her to stay in the yarct-anci ran across the roacl, her short Iegs por-urding und 1",*,
dress flying. At tlr:e ir:rigation ditch she stoprped and threi.q the blan,ket into the 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, the
front end rif the blaze had a renervecl start r-rp the slope in heary grass that looke<l like it
u'as begging to be irurned. Firc was everywhere.

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 I felt sitting clorvn and letting it go. It was too hard. Irlty eyes stung, my throat
lil<e
\\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 it
once 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.
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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. . ,, , ', ,',.' ,' ,"
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Sklshing through,the,flood,I scoeiped and splashed with l4y ltater '
shor.ef ,wheie
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,
buttorlurre1ief,nr:wherc1r:adthe:wr:odr:rtlrebr:rrslrbeentouched'

lsqvale: i3 law marsliv arca

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So net regrrodu{€, Ss not dlscuss csrltents
Pmge & until ensl of desigrrated nrafueup scEredule,
 This pas$age is t*lcl fi:onr the p*ini *f, r'ier,v t;f

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 in the passase?

A ]arnie sl.ices the socl bank.

ffi h,tr-rm telis jamie to heip her [:y the pigpen.
C hdarn .$motirers the flames witlr a blanket.
ffi ]amie sees hdarie in the t ard.

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

nt *ne spot, rocks flfid $pfir$e Sr:a$s slowed the *ire's pftce up the s[*pe, ancl I mn*{e
gctlcf pr$Sre$$.

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

A clirr:crian
ffi ' *ugni'tucle
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ffi warn:fh

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csfttemts
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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.
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'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 rnastlv be describecl as

ft
Fr elnlusfi1g
,ffi in,spiring
ffi intense
ffi refleitioe

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$|!til end *f designated nrakeup schedule;
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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 inctria. In fact, il}en o:ften }vo.t^e tilalis n:acJe {l o*r
fr-rr eheacl?" sanclah,l'oocl paste., also tr: maks them feetr coo].

The little girl who asliecl rr]e {hat \va.$ trrarclly Sontr people think tl:rat the tracli ticxr.*l=
six' ar:d, she kneu,, i was from hlciia" I rvas six, lvearing l:inciis bcgan with the ancient ritual of
too, b*ginning first grarle, and it was vears befdre the i:ridegroonr apFrlying his blood to his rvife's
f reudy tattoos became popular. I starecl at the girl f'oreheael dr"rr-ing the rvedcling ceremonli; ()ther:s
a l?loment, tr:ying to cleternrine r,r,hether she \vas belier.'ecl that t-[re al ea tretr.r,een t,lre e,v*eb;:{}t\,'s is the
serious or not. She wa$l A ielel carrred in spot where there ls a third ey*: a point of hidcien
my head was) first of all, likelv to hurt, and energy and wisdont. Wearing a binrii on ttrris spot
secoud, it didn't sountJ'very attr:acfirie. "{-}i:ch1" helps fucus corlcentr:atirlr'l and brings happiuess
\,\r?].$ ffily reacticln. and good :ft-lrtune.
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:utiftll
rvonlan 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$' a bindi,
whici: is aisc k;:rcllvn as a tifttk] was ii*l,iiitrg
nlor * []ran Srou.ncl vernrili*n pe"rrucler appliecl
t* th*: f-*rel:r:ad,It r""'as a sigr: t}:ai a rui{iiyiaft \4/;i$
rnarri*d-liiEe rv*aring a rr'*dding ring" V*rnrili*n
p*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:

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 ]"{o }ni}t.ter lvl'litt its originri wete' a bincii Iitday) trvontffn tv*al taslrit:n sticlqel:s-decol etecl
w$rn rttith priclc, auci servecl as 6t
r,\,'as ali,vav$ lvith'beacis, cr,ysta,ls, sccluin,$, or glitter-gn their
g*ntl* remincler tn others to respect a lnirrried f'areheads to match rvltat thev are r,vearitlg.
le,'{}ffian. Recl, t}:e cc}t:r of liib-giving blcocl and iut hven though the jen'el in thc f*rehead isn't tar
ir::pcrtarnt colol in tl:e Ililrchl r:eiigicn., wa$ always frarri the truth, tr still d{ln't }rave one carvecl irltct
usgcl for bindis. rrl,v l:eacl, ancl n*boc11' I kno\,v does either. Rr-lf, I
In t]r* earlt' twentieth centl".try, bitrclis becilme clcl rveal stickers ftclm tinre to tit-*e. I lr-rok in the
ffiorf: cf a fashion statement. Insteacl of r,r'earins mirror and smile as I think about m.Y beautifili
*nly round rerl binelis) nlarried and unfitarried mother anrl the clays she painterl a black rlot clrt
wonlen in Inclin startecl ltenring bindis o1' my l'r:reheacl,
clifferent sires and slrarres fiIt their loleh,eacls,

T;;t't''"t" How is the \vay the author $rears her lVhich sentence fronr the article best
binclis c{iJierent from the \,vity thev are illustr:ates the author's feelings about
tr:aclitiunallv worn in Inciia? lrer motlrer'$ Llincti?

& f lre author's hir-rclis are large recl A "She wt-rulcl first .lip lJre cap in
ciots. p*troleurrr jelll' aucl then ,lip it in
ffi The author wear"s binclis that are recl port cler."

fashion stickers, ffi "Finil,llf

she carefi-rlly pr,essecl the
cap betu'eeu her eyes, leavittg a red
fr "lhe aujhol's binclis are *rac1e frotrt
expensive jewels" powder clct t:n her fcrreheacl."

H$ '['he au:t]ror \ryears binclis in the C "I though t: she was the nrt-lst
nridr.lle clf her forehead. 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
=hlack
a iinv ciat oii iiry t*i-*head."
.Ttead t.,his sentenc€ 'ft"o t t'lre article.
Idiltatm$ have adqrrnsd,
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their hcdies
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with,b*indis t$r thqlusanels *f years.

'['il,* rttord "fidorued" filgans ab*rlt the
;SAI]1e AS

& elecr:ratcr.1
'lrurnr.rt
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ffi i:erfccte
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ffi strengthenect

ffi 5frCI,JHH fuSIhTERfiAL .ffi

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ffmgm ffi atntiE end *f destgnated nrah€irp schedBtle,
$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 binciis
D to entertain the reader u,ith a storl, about wearing a bindi in elementarlr 5.5oot

Read tlris sentence from the article.

IntheearlyfwentiethcenturHbindisbecamemoreofafaslrionstatement.
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Now read the clictioriary entry belorv.

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

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

or concept, especially by meaus other than rvords.
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Which definiiion best fits the meanins of "stateinerrt" as it is u.seii in the senience above?
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A clefinition
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B definition 2
C definition 3
D ' d"firrition'4

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

ffiw&Bdflng ffiridges
L,), 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.

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

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
-n'riclge
corne tn this corner anrl str-rr1iecl the
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 tilautilul
crlsscro$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
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
every tinre i ske[ched t.i:at brielge.
-a

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

ttr all hinds of ptaces) ctay al'ter <14y. I was prr:ucl *f-ffil1r drarvings {I triked tcr
tl"rinlq *f, tl lem ils p{}rlraits], br,tt r,t,ith eacl:
At night Relle tr\ias clr*$sed lr: tinv lights r-1.!ryr.' r'* if*t.h aL:*Ut 13*1'j*:5t-r*
lLb'* f\..s.i*,,,-,Shq:lVeCI. A SAfl
?J ;i
rhat $pelilneci lrer IiixL:s" *i? a cl*r-rciles$ night
nced*ct repair. She l{Ias solne f'*r{,'years olcler
lik* this L)rtrr, she was a sisht lilce nr: other sight thatt h,lama Lil. Atrd as l*veli, as she lvas) she
in tlre ro,,ht.rle citr,. Ieiv#lecl in ligl:i. Llt:{}.ufi.fiil.
i:acl srilns ser i*ris r$Ltgh sp*is-;i;ri*d*c1
fir:gers hacJ tensecj int* fiits at mty
&,'1i' catrles, ru$t, chippecl paint, ar:cl p]ain c]etr gri t

sides, fists fuil *f strength and eagr*r'nflss. tr tlrat ir*cl built up over th* *J*cad*:s. I'irat br-i dg*
Lnrru]led ffi'I,v knuckles and shr:*k lhen: free rcrtr{.}r,'afi*n pr*ject n*e,,JerJ ine; anrl I n**q-Jc d rt,
*{'tl,reir strain. T'l-}en I reache*l into my jacicet in m*re ways tiran I coulel c*unt.

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ffimge $ ffi urrtil eeld of desigmated nral{€ilp sclredule.
 \&,rlrer: d"oes this Fa$sirge Lakc place? \&,lhich sentence lroru the pa$sage inclucies
a nletaphor usect lry the authol [r-r
A at night
cl*scribe llellel
ffi at sunset
fl on & sn{}\\rv. atuy
A "l was taken rvith what I'el cofii* to
call Brooklyn Belle."
ffi 0n a toggy firorlling
ffi "Now Belle rva$ a porverftil giant:
r,r,'ho carriecl all kir:cls of people to
all kincls of placesr duy' atter (ilr1'."
C "On a clouclless night like tlris one,
What are the narrator'$ f.avorite sketches? she \,vas a sight lik* no ottrrer sigl:t:
in the r,r,"hole citv-."
th the citf in lights
m "I'd drart'n Relle in the high*n{-}$n
B the hr iclge at trvilight light, at sun$et, on srlolvy clavs' ancl
C the bridge at rnsh hour un fog$I trt'iligl:t nlorrlings."
ru the city irr high-nrrt:n Iight

In the passage, the narra[or refers to the

The authnr, re,fbrs t* 't:he Br*oklyn Bridge hridg* rerrovation pr:*ject. R;l.secl cln
a$ "Broolrlyn Belle" to help the i:eacler inforrrration in the pa$$age, the
"renovation" prcrject most likely reters to
A Lrnderstancl that the bridge is
very olcl A reprairi*g the Lrridge
B refi]ernbel the briclge's histor:y B reffioving the trrirlg*
h-
f l.*. ., ,'ii r. er +L .t
rmasrriel o.r r. '
ine niiise ai:rlunci tire i:riclge d repiacing tire briclge
m appreciate the briclge's beauty m renseffibering the br:iclge

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Read this pse$l. Then &n$wer questi*ns I S threiugh 2l .

Wilcterne:ss }titrers
:v
h Eliznb eth Ca ttt stp ttrtll

'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, staid: quiet and
'l
, , ilrtrl rvetrccltnin,g,brink;
settled
with no millwheel, '
' e\rgr ttrrtring,
in that colcl
relentless churnits.
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Onlv
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cteer
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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,

'm,'SEfrtJRE ftrlATfRIAL iH
So mot reproducs, Do not discuss contents
ffim#e $ ffi ercltiE,emd of destgmated ntaft.eup sshedHle,
 Wtrrat is ttrrc speaker'$ attitucl* t*r,t'arcl wikJ*me$$ rivers?

& $he is atrairl of thern,

ffi She apFlr eciates tlrenr,
fi $he thinl,is nnly lvilcJ animals slr*ulci ilse t]:em.
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room in Spaiu, grabrs hsr gearshift ancl shifts
into higi: Eiear as sire race$ her futuristic
car tr-rri*r"rsly alcngsicle her arclr c()tltpetitor
Autonio "Fa$t-T" Castro in Guaten:aila; lre has
just covelred his stealth vehicle r,vith a cloaking
device renriering it invisible. Each player is
vyir:rg :fol tlre Gtrlcl Cup ol'Racing. Hnw can
cirii,ers sitting in dil'{erent coul-ttries compete
in th*: same race? T'trrat's easy. ,,\ll lou u*:ed
is al lntertret *nnnectiott. oJ the$e garnes. IJ' your can'clreant it, tlien it
probably exists.
Cornpetitive cnlitre electronic sports, or
e-Sports, have bect:nte wi*Jely fopular all clver
ther,r,or}c1.E*Spclr:t$iareplavedc$,mpetitive1y. teel as if ),;;'are real,ly in the clriv*r's seat, so
try Llcth an:ateurs, wl'lo gain virt.ual scoles, atrcl buckls up! Sorne racing gaffies cCIIne r.vith
prot'essional$, u,,ho eompete for real cash prizes" steering wlreels,'aceeleratErr peelals' gear shifts,
x.t- * ancl a l,ilx"ating seat tt: rnalte you reall,"* feel the
burnps in the roacl, Clne company e\ren created
C$rnpetitive vicle* fi{affies have lieeu .l
special racins r;oclcs to help playsps grip thc:
clesigne,J for just about errery sport, but racing
pedals.
is estrreciall1,' popular as ir:divicluals artd fean:s
can lee cl t heir ne ecl fur: spee cl" h,f ost racing fi/ho exc*l at iheir chcl$etl *-Sports
Fla,rrslrs
gam*s 'ar* pla,vec] r:n pcr${}nal l:arne cofiltrtuters ffi ay b eco rn* e * Spr ort p ro{'essirl na1s. Pr:o fess io nal
riggecl r,t ith pnpulilr $lffrning hat'du,are. ()rrce e-Sprr:rt tour fialnen [.s are nnt usuall]' plal,ed
ti:c grlfile$ ar: upl*ac1*cl ancl plaver-$ are loggecl {}vfli the Internet. Iustead a speciai ]ocation is
r-in ilr ti:* V{r:ricl Wir:le l/t/ei:, ti-iey cai-i Vla,u' *h*se i:, like a big *ffice buitcii*g r,r'ith i*ts *f
against alnrast rrnlr*nc in tlre rv*r1<1" corllputers, and a LAhi (L*catr Area Netr,v*rk) is;
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vc,hiclc rn<.n,ittg at a sinnttrateri high s1:*eei n'llile nredia, tl"re refblee-$' ;lr1 d *pr**iaotmilrisirat*rs
av{}itjinf; all kincls *i ci:stacles rln a variety cll' ali ccm* to rl"re I,Aj{ sitc and lclg q:n to ?:lav tlie
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play lar all. h4ost LAN *-sprnrt events turu intr: trest e-Sport plavers becofiie cy'ber-c,e]ebrities
parties for atrtr in attenclance. ancl are uncl*r ccntract t,o plarv specitically

The {irst prcllessional cvl:el-tonr nan.tent for their spolt.$oring leagues or clans. d;y-ber-
!va$ playecl in 1997. 'L'hcusanc{s of "$pectators"
sports have trec*me so popular tha't t*cta;" even
connected through the Internet all over the n'lainst.re;r*: nfltvs r:rediil cover the big e\rent$i.

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

c{-}trlpet e in galr:es.

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

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C Players can become as famous as prof-'essional athleteg.
D Players can develop their graphic desigu skills.

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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 $eat to make you really feel the bumps in the road."
tl "LAN-based events allow professional administrators to make sure no one is
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In this part of the test, you are going to read a passage called "Rufus" and a p&s$ag# catrlee{
"The Gift of Reason." You wjll answer questions 3l through 34 and write about rshat y$rl
have read. You may lookback at.the passage$ as often as you like.

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'I'he bircl ,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..6
the 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
stai'i1g co.l.

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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
worm dowu the current into the pockets under the alder roots rqhere the
1.ou floated a
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 of
rne, 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, but
continuecl 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.

rriffle: a slretcJt *f wa'ler

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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 for
several 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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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.

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. 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
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