Wednesday, 9/12/12.
Checking vocabulary.
Warm Up - Library. Write the answer in your notebook.
  1. The outside wall of the library is devoted to what type of books?
  2. The low shelves in the middle of the library are to devoted to what type of books?
  3. How are those books in the middle of the library arranged?
  4. If you decide not to check out a book after you have pulled it from the shelf, what should you do?
  5. Which of these is not true about printing at the library?  a) You need permission.  b) There is a 3 page limit before you have to pay.  c) Pictures cost extra.  d) Schoolwork only.  e) All are true.
  6.  +1 Bonus Question: The look-up stations are called OPAC stations. What does OPAC stand for?
Academic Words Pretest 1B.
Write the word in your notebook and click. When we correct, write the answer on your yellow sheet for studying.
Sentences for the words you miss are due tomorrow on the back of the yellow sheet.
  1. After his heart attack, his doctor told him to ______ how much fat and salt he ate, and to exercise more.  a) acquire  b) restrict  c) principle  d) secure  e) potential
  2. They interviewed at least 20 ____ applicants. Only 5 were chosen.  a) justify  b) obtain  c) site  d) potential  e) strategy
  3. The twins may look alike, but they have very _____ personalities.  a) obtain b) restrict  c) previous  d) vary  e) distinct
  4. The sun _______(s) your skin in many ways; most of them bad. a) affect  b) effect  c) perceive  d) maintain  e) secure
  5. The actor worked for years before he ________(ed) stardom.  a) perceive  b) principle  c) impact  d) achieve  e) restrict
  6. While he was in Australia for so many years, he ______(ed) a bit of an accent in his speech, and started saying g'day a lot.  a) consume  b) acquire  c) resource  d) previous  e) strategy
  7. The United States _________(s) much more oil, electricity, and other natural resources than any country in the world. a) consume  b) consequently  c) design  d) site  e) resource
  8. After we moved in, the mail kept coming for the _________ renter.  a) obtain  b) previous  c) proceed  d) justify  e) principle
  9. Many times, things are not really what we __________ them to be.  a) vary  b) potential  c) maintain  d) perceive  e) secure
  10. The _____ for the new mall is next to a school; traffic will be a problem.  a) resource  b) obtain  c) site  d) principle  e) distinct
  11. He was caught cheating, _______, the teacher called his mother.  a) justify  b) restrict  c) design  d) consequently  e) proceed
  12. He had to learn some basic _________(s) of science before he could ________ a model rocket.  a) principle, design  b) consequently, impact  c) impact, secure  d) principle, proceed  e) restrict, perceive
  13. A good teacher tries to ______ his/her approach. The students get bored with the same thing all the time.  a) impact   b) proceed  c) restrict  d) justify  e) vary
  14. The small assignment had very little _____________ on his grade. a) affect  b) design  c) restrict  d) vary  e) effect
Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest #3.
  1. Johnny persisted ______(ly) in asking about his parents; he just kept asking and asking.  a) ironic  b) dogged  c) conducive  d) indignant  e) leery
  2. The students _______(ed) the teacher to go easy on them. "Please?"a) bluff  b) dogged  c) conducive  d) indignant  e) implore
  3. My parents were a little ______ about the crowd I was hanging out with.  a) bluff  b) dogged  c) conducive  d) wistful  e) leery
  4. I can't eat Snickers any more since I _______(ed) on them at Halloween.  a) bluff  b) dogged  c) leery  d) implore  e) gorge
  5. I waited until Mom's anger ________(ed), and then asked for forgiveness. a) acquit  b) dogged  c) bluff  d) subside  e) leery
  6. At first, Pony thought he might be able to ____ the Socs by acting tough, but there were too many of them and they were drunk.   a) bluff  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) implore  e) gorge
  7. Since I studied, I __________(ed) myself quite well on the test.   a) bluff  b) dogged  c) acquit   d) implore  e) gorge
  8. A good attitude is very _______ to doing well in school. a) ironic  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) acquit
  9. The team's _______ defense is what kept them in the game.  a) leery  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) subside
  10. A savvy person is usually more ____ than a credulous one.  a) leery  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) bluff
  11. Moisture and heat help create an environment _____ to the growth of bacteria.   a) indignant  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) gorge
  12. "You're hungry?" he said _____(ly), "I'm the one who hasn't eaten all day!"   a) indignant  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) implore
  13. Homesick away at camp, Stevie thought ________(ly) of his life back home.   a) bluff  b) dogged  c) conducive  d) wistful  e) gorge


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