3.U4W3 Reading Quiz

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word. We will succeed if we keep trying.

• achieve

• fail

• practice

• struggle

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word. The determined girl was trying to learn how to ride a bicycle.

• angry

• committed

• overjoyed

• uncomfortable

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word. He impressed the judges with his answer to the question.

• answered poorly

• refused to compete

• was not able to please

• affected in a favorable way

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word. We will finish the puzzle eventually.

• not at all

• all at once

• immediately

• after a long time

Read the question. Then choose the best answer. Which word is a synonym for imagined in the sentence below? The company was more successful than anyone could have imagined.

• believed

• feared

• tried

• understood

Read the question. Then choose the best answer. The base word of the word sensible is —

• sens

• sensi

• sense

• sensib

The author wrote the selection "Mae C. Jemison" to —

• argue

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

The author most likely included paragraph 2 to —

• show the reader that Mae had many interests

• show the reader that Mae was most interested in science

• show the reader that Mae always wanted to become a doctor

• show the reader that Mae went to school to become an astronaut

The author most likely included paragraph 4 to —

• tell the reader about Mae’s time in space

• tell the reader about Mae’s interest in space

• tell the reader about Mae’s love of space camp

• tell the reader about Mae’s life after her time in space