ELA8 Test - Week 24

After our bitter quarrel, my brother tried to ___________ me by offering to lend me his bicycle.

• cite
• appease
• decoy

Without trying to _____________ deeply into the reasons for their conduct, just briefly describe what they did.

• impart
• delve
• ensue

Some people will never do the ___________ thing when it is possible to behave in an unusual or shocking way.

• belated
• calamitous
• conventional

Two of the youngsters acted as a(n) ___________ while a third tried to swipe a few apples from the unguarded bin.

• decoy
• gallantry
• cite

Giving up your bus seat to a pretty girl is showing off, but giving it up to a tired senior citizen is true ________________.

• decoy
• calamitous
• gallantry

A good teacher can give you knowledge and skills but cannot ______________ the wisdom that comes only with experience.

• appease
• impart
• ensue

In spite of all that has been reported about pollution, some people still do not grasp it __________ effects on the environment.

• conventional
• appeasing
• calamitous

When the American people learned of the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, they realized that war must ______________.

• cite
• ensue
• decoy

We all know that our coach is strict, but can you _________ a single instance in which he has been unfair?

• appease
• impart
• cite
• disposition of being alone

Although I know I should have written long before now, I hope you will accept my _______________ thanks for the beautiful gift you sent.

• belated
• conventional
• calamitous