Test 2A -- Skip  11-19 if you are exempt from vocabulary, or take +4.
Skip 1-10 if you are exempt from Academic words.
  1. His latest ____ was rare stamp collection. a) acquiring  b) acquired  c) acquirement  d) acquisition  e) acquireness
  2. His _____ of the incident was very different from hers.    a) procedure  b) principle  c) previously  d) perception  e) potential
  3. The coach thought the rookie was a ____ starter.  a) achieve  b) acquire  c) impact  d) resource  e) potential
  4. He didn't study, _______ he failed.   a) consequently  b) previously  c) principally  d) distinctly  e) potentially
  5. I would recognize his ________ voice anywhere.  a) potential  b) distinctive  c) impact  d) restriction  e) procedure
  6. Try to _______ the structure of your sentences.  a) potential  b) strategy  c) impact  d) vary  e) proceed
  7. He didn't realize the great ________ of his small action.  a) consume  b) perception  c) perceive  d) vary  e) impact
  8. The twins may look alike, but they have very ______ personalities.  a) obtain  b) restrict  c) previous  d) vary  e) distinct
  9. Many times, things are not really what we _______ them to be.  a) vary  b) potential  c) maintain  d) perceive  e) secure
  10. He was obsessed with his new hobby; it totally __________(ed) his life. a) obtain  b) vary  c) consume  d) perceive  e) design 
  11. He was a very ______(ic) speaker, who really energized the crowd.  a) croon  b) dynamo  c) flourish  d) compensate  e) fawning
  12. exposed : buried :: complimentary : _____   a) fawning  b) derogatory  c) pallid  d) compensate  e) dynamo
  13. Mr. Burns hired Tom Jones to ______ to Marge on their "date."  a) compensate  b) pallid  c) croon  d) treachery  e) euthanasia
  14. She had very __________ taste. He wanted only the best.  a) indiscriminate  b) derogatory  c) pallid  d) compensate  e) discriminating
  15. I asked my dad how he would ______________ me for mowing the lawn, and he said, "You can have dinner."  a) fawning  b) derogatory  c) flourish  d) compensate  e) croon
  16. His arm was weak, and the skin on it was ___________, after his cast was taken off. a) compensate  b) pallid  c) croon  d) treachery  e) flourishing
  17. Our sick, old dog had to be _____________ .  a) discriminated  b) euphemismed  c) euthanized  d) euthanasiaed  e) euthanising
  18. The book was a ___________  biography of the star, and didn't get into her darker side.  a) fawning  b) derogatory  c) pallid  d) compensate  e) disconsolate
  19. Vanna White's career has ______(ed) simply by her turning of the letters with a ________.  a) treachery, flourish  b) compensate, croon  c) croon, flourish  d) flourish, flourish  e) flourish, fawning
  20. "Vertically challenged" is an example of a... a) euthanasia  b) derogatory remark  c) flourish  d) euphemism  e) none of the above.
  21. (PP?) "I'll have to tell Mr. Xxx about you!" a) I, Mr. Xxx  b) Mr. Xxx, you c) this, Mr. Xxx  d) I, you  e) I, Mr. Xxx, you
  22. (PP?) "It's not Mr. Ttt you want to see."  a) It  b) It, you  c) It, you, Mr. Ttt  d) It, not, you  e) you
  23. (PP?) A man had to use all his skills just to survive. a) a, man  b) man, his  c) his  d) all, his  e) a, man, his
  24. Life was very hard for them. a) CS  b) F  c) RO
  25. There are shells all over the beach, so let's collect some.  a) CS  b) F  c) RO
  26. The poster on the wall. a) CS  b) F  c) RO
  27. Since I moved to San Luis. a) CS  b) F  c) RO
  28. Is the best book I've ever read.  a) CS  b) F  c) RO
  29. (S/V) Here is the food for our supper. a) here/is  b) food/is  c) food/is here  d) food/here  e) none of the above
  30. (S/V) Were you sorry when the trip ended? a) you/were b) you/sorry  c) trip/were  d) you/were sorry 
  31. Why does Ylla say she wants to go to the Green Valley? a) She wants to see if her dream is true.  b) She just wants some time alone.  c) She doesn't say why.  d) She wants to visit her friend.  e) To see her mother.
  32. Why does she really want to go? a) She wants to see if her dream is true.  b) She just wants some time alone.  c) She doesn't say why.  d) She wants to visit her friend.  e) To see her mother.
  33. How does Mr. K keep Ylla from going to the Green Valley? a) He pretends to be sick.  b) He gets angry.  c) He says he has a visitor coming.  d) He tells her it's too far to go.  e) He tells her it's too hot and too late.
  34. Before the rocket comes, Ylla pictures its coming like a(n) __________. a) meteor  b) storm  c) attack  d) rescue  e) angel
  35. After Mr. K goes hunting...  a) Ylla feels better about her dreams.  b) Mr. K says he OK about her dreams now.  c) Ylla accuses him of killing Nathaniel York.  d) Ylla says she can't remeber the song she was singing before.  e) All of the above


Mental Floss.

  1. Sue is both the 50th best and the 50th worst student at her school. How many students attend her school?
  2. Find the English word that can be formed from all these letters:   PNLLEEEESSSSS  (Not a trick. Hint: Les Goodman.)
  3. What is this poem talking about?

    4.      "The beginning of eternity
         The end of time and space
         The beginning of every end,
         And the end of every place."
  4. What famous fictional character is represented here?

    5.      ants, beetles, termites, rabbit
  5. What do you get when you cross creek and river?