Test #9. If you are exempt from Vocabulary, skip the first 11.
  1. People in China ______ their elders much more than we do in the US. a) improvise  b) smug  c) embroider  d) venerate  e) auspicious
  2. First period says they can be quiet and respectful for an entire period. I, however, remain __________.  a) fastidious  b) smug  c) skeptical  d) impulsive  e) auspicious
  3. The day they received the distinguished school award was a very _____________ occasion for the school. a) fastidious  b) smug  c) skeptical  d) impulsive  e) auspicious
  4. Young Roald Dahl and his friends were feeling rather _________ as they strutted into the candy store to pull their prank on Mrs. Pratchett.   a) fastidious  b) smug  c) embroider  d) skeptical  e) auspicious
  5. The students in the MPR are far from _________ when it comes to cleaning up after themselves at break and lunch.  a) improvise  b) haughty  c) fastidious  d) smug  e) auspicious
  6. Second Period is a very _______ class, who have trouble controlling their urge to share. a) fastidious  b) smug  c) skeptical  d) impulsive  e) auspicious
  7. The guitarist was very good at _________(ing) solos. He could make up great melodies off the top of his head. a) improvise  b) smug  c) embroider  d) venerate  e) impulsive
  8. When the poor but honest boy asked the beautiful princess to marry him, she declined ________(ly), saying, "As if..." a) improvise  b) haughty  c) impulsive  d) smug  e) auspicious
  9. dark : bright :: plain : ___(ed) a) improvise  b) haughty  c) embroider  d) smug  e) auspicious
  10. optimistic : hopeful :: pessimistic : ____ a) skeptical  b) haughty  c) embroider  d) smug  e) auspicious
  11. villain : hate :: hero : ___ a) venerate   b) smug  c) haughty  d) improvise  e) auspicious
    Choose the correct spelling, or none of the above (NOTA).
  12. Tom and Becky got lost in the ___ passageways.  a) subteranein  b) subterranean  c) subteranean  d) subterraneen  e) NOTA
  13. She takes classes at the art _____.  a) instatute  b) intitute  c) instetute  d) innstitute  e) NOTA
  14. A marble ___ of a lion is at the entrance.  a) statchue  b) statu  c) statchu  d) statue  e) NOTA
  15. Start the ____ for the slide show.  a) prajector  b) projecter  c) projector  d) prajecter  e) NOTA
  16. Whether you go to the amusement park or not is ____ on your behavior. a) dapendent  b) dependant  c) dapendant  d) dependent  e) NOTA
  17. The fallen tree was an ___ in the road.  a) obsticle  b) obstacal  c) obstical  d) obstacle  e) NOTA
  18. Tom and Huck believed in many silly ____. a) superstitchions  b) superstitions  c) superstations  d) super-stitions  e) NOTA
  19. Traditionally, the ___ of the senior class is the person who has the highest 4-year GPA. a) valadictorian  b) valedictorian  c) valudicterian  d) valudictorian  e) NOTA
  20. The weather ___ calls for warmer weather this week. a) prediction  b) pradiction  c) prodiction  d) pridiction  e) NOTA
  21. The grand jury handed down an ___ of murder in the first degree. a) inditement  b) indictment  c) indightment  d) indictement  e) NOTA
  22. What ___ made you change your mind?  a) circumestances  b) circumstanses  c) circumstances  d) ciramstances  e) NOTA
  23. He had memorized every _____ of the poem. a) stansa  b) stanzah  c) stansah  d) stanza  e) NOTA
  24. Homer's famous "d'oh" is an example of an ______.  a) intrajection  b) interjection  c) interjectsion  d) interjeaction  e) NOTA
  25. He was a very ___ man; he gave millions each year to charity. a) benavolent  b) benevelent  c) benevolent  d) benevolant  e) NOTA
  26. It would be ___ for you to study before the test. a) benafitial  b) benefitial  c) benaficial  d) beneficial  e) NOTA
  27. What ___ will I recieve for this job?  a) compensation  b) conpensation  c) copensation  d) compensashion  e) NOTA
  28. Please don't ___ me. I know what I'm talking about.  a) contredict  b) contradict  c) contradicte  d) contradicte  e) NOTA
  29. Most of the laws in this country are based on the ___.  a) Constatution  b) Constetution  c) Constitution  d) Constitition  e) NOTA
  30. Is he ___ enough to take care of a dog?  a) dapendable  b) dependible  c) dapendible  d) dependable  e) NOTA
  31. The ___ traveled at 300 miles per hour.  a) projectile  b) prajectile  c) projectial  d) prejectile  e) NOTA
  32. At Laguna, they call _____ teachers guest teachers.  a) substatute  b) substetute  c) substitute  d) subestitute  e) NOTA
  33. Latin Root: ject   a) talk/say  b) shoot  c) throw  d) carry  e) stand
  34. Latin Root: sta/sti   a) talk/say  b) shoot  c) throw  d) carry  e) stand
  35. Latin Root: dict/dic  a) talk/say  b) shoot  c) hang  d) carry  e) stand
  36. Latin Root: bene  a) help  b) good  c) hang  d) carry  e) stand
  37. Latin Root: pen  a) help  b) good  c) hang  d) carry  e) stand
  38. Latin Prefix: super  a) again  b) over  c) under  d) by  e) with
     ID the conjunction(s).
  39. Neither wealth nor power keeps anyone from dying, however. a) nor  b) niether, nor  c) neither, nor, however   d) nor, however  e) however
  40. They get along right now, but who knows what the future holds?  a) now  b) but  c) now, but  d) but, what  e) now, but, what
  41. After I went to the show with Josiah, I went home. a) to  b) to, with  c) with  d) to, the, with  e) no conjunctions
  42. The circus included not only clowns, but also elephants and acrobats.   a) only, but  b) not, only, but  c) but, and  d) not, only, but, and  e) not, only, but, also, and
  43. Usually boys, but not girls, are tutored or attend school.  a) usually  b) usually, but  c) usually, but, not  d) but, or  e) usually, but, or
     Workbook p373-375. Open Book.
  44. (373) Write the label of the key you would press first to make the Setup menu appear on the screen.  a) TIMER  b) MENU  c) SELECT  d) ENTER  e) TV
  45. (373) Once you're at the Setup menu, what is the label for the keys you would press to get to the other menus, such as Timer Setup. (Use the diagram!) a) TIMER  b) MENU  c) SELECT  d) ENTER  e) TV
  46. (373) What key would you press to get back to watching The Simpsons when you're done setting the timer?  (Use the diagram.)  a) TIMER  b) MENU  c) SELECT  d) ENTER  e) TV
  47. (374) The medicine is labeled for use in all these cases, except...  a) flu.  b) common cold  c) aches and pains  d) headache  e) It is labeled for all these.
  48. (374) For up to how many days can this medicine be taken for a headache?  a) 1  b) 3  c) 10  d) 14  e) It doesn't say.
  49. (375) About how many hours of the day does this schedule show?  a) 5  b) 7  c) 17  d) 19  e) You can't tell
  50. (375) If you wanted to travel from Memorial Hospital to Lawrence Station on this line, and you catch the 8:14 bus, what time will you arrive at Lawrence Station?  a) 8:14  b) 8:25  c) 8:50  d) none of the above