FSA Practice Test Session #1 - Part 3

More girls study math in college today than in 1972.

Today, girls can play sports like basketball and soccer

High school dropout rates are lower today than in 1972.

Today, schools must provide sports equipment for boys’ and girls’ sports.

college

job

dream

salary

to disappoint the hopes of

to treat with scorn

to imitate closely

to create something false

In “Title IX,” the author tells about events in the order they took place. In “Women’s Suffrage,” the author describes a problem and the steps people took to solve it.

In “Title IX,” the author compares two topics. In “Women’s Suffrage,” the author examines the effects of a law.

In “Title IX,” the author describes how a law changed over time. In “Women’s Suffrage,” the author discusses the rights of two groups of people.

In “Title IX,” the author describes the effects of one law. In “Women’s Suffrage,” the author describes the history of an issue.

White students and black students became more equal

Women and men began to receive equal pay for the same jobs.

Some Americans suffered from losing several of their rights

All Americans benefited from laws that created more equality

Opportunities for women and girls were increased.

to persuade people to become more politically active

to encourage girls and women to take advantage of their rights

to describe the effects of women and girls getting more rights

to thank leaders for giving girls and women new opportunities

The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote, but it did not give them the right to be elected.

The 19th Amendment gave white women the right to vote, but it did not give black women the same rights.

The 19th Amendment gave women and men equal voting rights, but it did not give them equal rights in other areas of life.

The 19th Amendment gave women the right to equal pay, but women were still not allowed to hold many types of jobs.

The speaker’s body was producing light.

The speaker was excited to drink the water.

The speaker’s body was warm to the touch.

The speaker found the bucket to weigh little.

“How dear to my heart”

“I seized it”

“far removed”

“The tear of regret”

It contrasts the battered old bucket with the surrounding beauty of nature.

It develops the setting by listing the different features of the family’s farm.

It provides detailed information about how to operate an old-fashioned well.

It describes the speaker’s fond memories of drawing water from the well.

It explains why the iron on the bucket felt like it was glowing with heat

Nothing could taste better to him than the water from the well.

The sweetness of the water attracted him like a bee to honey.

Drinking from the big bucket made him imagine he was a Roman god.

The water was all he had to drink so he tried to make the best of it.

“And e’en the rude bucket which hung in the well.”

“I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure,”

“The tear of regret will intrusively swell,”

“The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,”

He introduces the topic of the well’s depth and the reasons it affected his youth.

He remembers the occasions he spent in the country and the importance of water

He prepares the reader for a discussion of childhood memories and their effects.

He recalls how much he enjoyed his youth on the farm and introduces the bucket.

lonely

quiet

pleasant

boring

“The orchard, the meadow, and deep-tangled wildwood,”

“And every loved spot which my infancy knew,”

“The purest and sweetest that nature can yield.”

“And quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell;”

that the speaker remembers how difficult his life on the farm used to be

that the speaker feels joy in recalling simple things from his childhood

that the speaker is bothered by how much work it used to be just to get a drink

that the speaker is saddened by how far his childhood home was from other people

cafateria

cafeteria

cafetearia

caffeteria

have broken

will be breaking

will break

broke

either Westfield students nor

neither Westfield students or

either Westfield students or

neither Westfield students and

television, Mr. Blodgett

television Mr. Blodgett

television—Mr. Blodgett

television: Mr. Blodgett

a walk

a walk,

a walk;

a walk.

is

have been

will be

would be