1. exact : approximate  ::  nonchalant : _____
2. partying : revelry :: encyclopedia : _____
3. interfere : meddle :: struggle : ______
4. bustle : meander :: minimal : _______

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5. He wasn't a very ____ student so his grades were not very good.
6. Unless you leave Laguna with some good reading skills, you will ___ in high school.
7. The book was a _______ of all the author's best stories.
8. He didn't know how to do the job he was assigned, and he ______(ed) around for a few days before he asked for help.
9. Many times organizations try new things and make major changes without testing the ____ of the changes. Sometimes the changes make things worse.
10. The field full of flowers was a ___ of color as the wind blew them this way and that.

Cause/Effect: Elephants p354-355
Read p355 together.
Do p354 w/partner.
Quiz.

1. Hunting elephants for their ivory began in the 1970's. a) True  b) False
2. Why are people today worried that we will again see great numbers of elephants killed?  a) The demand for ivory has greatly increased.   b) There was a recent loosening of the law banning ivory.   c) Poor people are eating more of them. d) The number of elephants has greatly increased, and now there are almost too many. e) None of the above.
3. The ban on ivory trade didn't really help the elephants like people thought it would. a) True  b) False
4. What was the effect (box 1) for the cause: "Numbers of African elephants were very low"?  a) The demand for ivory went up.  b) The hunters killed the biggest elephants.  c) The elephant population was nearly cut in half.  d) They were put on the endangered species list.  e) None of the above.
5. What was the cause (box 2) for the effect of the increase in numbers of African elephants (box 3)?  a) Putting them on the endangered species list.  b) A law banning the international ivory trade.  c) Tusks were only half the size they used to be.  d) Some African countries objected to the law.  e) None of the above.
6. Why was the ban on ivory trade recently loosened?  a) The number of elephants has increased greatly.  b) Tusks were only half the size they used to be. c) They were put on the endangered species list. d) The demand for ivory went down.  e) Some African countries objected.
7. Which one of these is not used as a signal word/phrase in the passage?  a) as a result  b) led to  c) consequently  d) their objections  e) because
8. "...hunters wanted the biggest tusks they could find"  a) cause  b) effect
9. "...tusks are half the size they were a hundred years ago."  a) cause  b) effect
10. "...the demand for ivory greatly increased."  a) cause  b) effect

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