Never Retreat from Eyes Wide Open

The author wrote this selection most likely to:

• show people how some have adapted in the past

• tell people that the entire earth is reliant on fossil fuels

• persuade people to move to farms and grow their own food

• help people see that they can do more than they think to help the earth

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the author most likely trying to accomplish in this selection?

• To convey to readers what it is like to live in developing countries

• To explain to readers why people want to move to rural communities

• To inform readers of how some people feel about energy consumption

• To show readers how everyone on the planet shares in the need to solve this problem

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

Why does the author use loaded language in paragraph 1?

• To entertain readers with anecdotes that use subjective language

• To inform readers about an important subject by using objective language

• To persuade readers to agree with his opinion by using subjective language

• To describe an important event for readers by using objective language

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Read this sentence from paragraph 3.

With fossil fuels, new uses multiplied madly until we wove them into every corner of our lives.

Which claim does this sentence support?

• People started finding fossil fuels around the world.

• People started using fossil fuels for too many products.

• People started adding fossil fuels to carpets and other textiles.

• People started thinking of fossil fuels as dangerous energy sources.

Which words in paragraph 6 help the reader understand the meaning of scarcity?

• effects, common

• decline, limited

• maintain, lifestyle

• resistance, path

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Read the sentence about the selection. Our dependence on fossil fuels and our highly integrated systems are threatening the planet we need to become more self-sufficient. How can this sentence be rewritten with the appropriate conjunction to correct the run-on sentence?

• Our dependence on fossil fuels and our highly integrated systems are threatening the planet, or we need to become more self-sufficient.

• Our dependence on fossil fuels and our highly integrated systems are threatening the planet, so we need to become more self-sufficient.

• Our dependence on fossil fuels and our highly integrated systems are threatening the planet, yet we need to become more self-sufficient.

• Our dependence on fossil fuels and our highly integrated systems are threatening the planet, before we need to become more self-sufficient.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What are two ways the author supports the claim that people try to maintain their standard of living at any cost?

• By presenting facts about the overfishing of tuna

• By explaining what people do with freshwater aquifers

• By describing the way developing countries once lived

• By showing how rural societies have a decentralized system

• By reporting how many consumer products are made with fossil fuels

What is the most likely reason the author includes paragraph 9 in the selection?

• To tell how some people used to live in more traditional societies

• To convince people that society should have less reliance on fossil fuels

• To explain how some people suggest solving energy consumption problems

• To persuade people to change their lifestyles to better take care of the planet

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Which words from paragraph 13 help the reader understand what adaptability means?

• periods, times

• warmer, ice

• flexible, evolved

• hallmarks, difficult

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Read the sentence about the selection. The burning of fossil fuels sends carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, this is the primary cause of climate change. How can this sentence be rewritten with the appropriate conjunction to correct the comma splice?

• The burning of fossil fuels is the primary cause of climate change, it sends carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

• The burning of fossil fuels is the primary cause of climate change, which sends carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

• The burning of fossil fuels is the primary cause of climate change, because it sends carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

• The burning of fossil fuels is the primary cause of climate change that sends carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1