B.
Using Context Clues
Encircle the letter of the answer that is closest in meaning to the italicized word.
1.
The train sat stationary out in the middle of nowhere, while the anxious passengers
wondered if it would ever move again.
loading
C. sliding
b. rotating
d.unmoving
2.
The solitary wolf crossed miles of trackless snow with no companion, no playmates, no
offspring
tame
young
b. lone
d. wounded
3.
The corridor or passageway echoed with footsteps.
hallway
stairs
b. room
d. walls
James was nicknamed "Stretch" because he was so lean and lanky.
fat
tall
b. irritable
d. thin
5.
The drawer was jammed tight and they could not pull it out.
sweet
full
b. small
d. stuck
6.
"... the church bell tolls while a man hovers between life and death ... As soon as the bell
stops ringing, the townspeople call on the house of death ... to express their condolence.
a. deep regret
willingness to help
b. feeling of sympathy
d. sense of great loss
7.
Let us not deceive
What means this
Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation?..
ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation
martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission?
friendly
warlike
b. heavenly
d. forceful
C.
8.
The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region. is ... a figure on
horseback without a head. The specter at all the country firesides, by the name of
Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow
soldier
C.
sword
b. detective
d. ghost
a.
The smith, a mighty man is he,
With large and sinewy hands;
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands.
skinny
b. muscular
small
weak
d.
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Answer:
1.A
2.C
3.C
4.D
5.C
6.B
7.A
8.C
9.A
10.C
Explanation:
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