English 3B Cumulative Exam (2022/2023)
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Read the excerpt from "First Generation" of Dreaming in Cuban, by Cristina Garcia.She
considers the vagaries of sports, the happenstance of El Líder, a star pitcher in his youth,
narrowly missing a baseball career in America. His wicked curveball attracted the major league
scouts, and the Washington Senators were interested in signing him but changed their minds.
Frustrated, El Líder went home, rested his pitching arm, and started a revolution in the
mountains.Which best explains how Garcia's word choice helps establish her voice in the
excerpt?
Garcia uses short, forceful words to assert a pessimistic opinion on fate.
Garcia uses formal, academic language and location words to suggest a theory about fate.
Garcia uses American baseball terminology to suggest fate's defeat.
Garcia uses words with positive connotations to suggest an optimistic outlook on fate. ✔✔C
Read the passage from President Barack Obama's address on Syria.
On August 21st, these basic rules were violated, along with our sense of common humanity. No
one disputes that chemical weapons were used in Syria. The world saw thousands of videos, cell
,phone pictures, and social media accounts from the attack, and humanitarian organizations told
stories of hospitals packed with people who had symptoms of poison gas.
What evidence does Obama mostly rely on in this excerpt?
experiments and expert opinions
analogies and testimonials
visual evidence and anecdotes
personal observations and facts ✔✔C
Which statement best explains why a moral dilemma often creates conflict?
There are always two characters who want completely different things to happen.
There are no good reasons for choosing the solutions that will resolve the dilemma.
A character always has only one option to adequately resolve the dilemma.
A character has to make a choice that will likely have some undesirable consequences. ✔✔D
Read the excerpt from "Mother Tongue."Lately, I've been giving more thought to the kind of
English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as "broken" or "fractured"
English. But I wince when I say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no other way
to describe it other than "broken," as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a
certain wholeness and soundness.What can be inferred from the excerpt?
, Tan is embarrassed by the nonstandard form of English that her mother speaks.
Tan believes that nonstandard forms of English are legitimate languages in their own right.
Tan wishes that she did not have to think about the English that her mother speaks.
Tan is angry that people are not taught nonstandard English languages in school. ✔✔B
Which statement best compares the structure of "Harlem" and "The Weary Blues"?
"Harlem" is short and happy, while "The Weary Blues" is longer and lyrical.
"Harlem" is short and urgent, while "The Weary Blues" is longer and lyrical.
"Harlem" is short and content, while "The Weary Blues" is longer and unhappy.
"Harlem" is short and curious, while "The Weary Blues" is longer and unhappy. ✔✔A
Read the excerpt from "Mother Tongue."Lately, I've been giving more thought to the kind of
English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as "broken" or "fractured"
English. But I wince when I say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no other way
to describe it other than "broken," as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a
certain wholeness and soundness.How does Tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt?
Tan discusses her thoughts about language to build the idea that the English language does not
have words to match some Chinese terms.
Already Passed
80%
Read the excerpt from "First Generation" of Dreaming in Cuban, by Cristina Garcia.She
considers the vagaries of sports, the happenstance of El Líder, a star pitcher in his youth,
narrowly missing a baseball career in America. His wicked curveball attracted the major league
scouts, and the Washington Senators were interested in signing him but changed their minds.
Frustrated, El Líder went home, rested his pitching arm, and started a revolution in the
mountains.Which best explains how Garcia's word choice helps establish her voice in the
excerpt?
Garcia uses short, forceful words to assert a pessimistic opinion on fate.
Garcia uses formal, academic language and location words to suggest a theory about fate.
Garcia uses American baseball terminology to suggest fate's defeat.
Garcia uses words with positive connotations to suggest an optimistic outlook on fate. ✔✔C
Read the passage from President Barack Obama's address on Syria.
On August 21st, these basic rules were violated, along with our sense of common humanity. No
one disputes that chemical weapons were used in Syria. The world saw thousands of videos, cell
,phone pictures, and social media accounts from the attack, and humanitarian organizations told
stories of hospitals packed with people who had symptoms of poison gas.
What evidence does Obama mostly rely on in this excerpt?
experiments and expert opinions
analogies and testimonials
visual evidence and anecdotes
personal observations and facts ✔✔C
Which statement best explains why a moral dilemma often creates conflict?
There are always two characters who want completely different things to happen.
There are no good reasons for choosing the solutions that will resolve the dilemma.
A character always has only one option to adequately resolve the dilemma.
A character has to make a choice that will likely have some undesirable consequences. ✔✔D
Read the excerpt from "Mother Tongue."Lately, I've been giving more thought to the kind of
English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as "broken" or "fractured"
English. But I wince when I say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no other way
to describe it other than "broken," as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a
certain wholeness and soundness.What can be inferred from the excerpt?
, Tan is embarrassed by the nonstandard form of English that her mother speaks.
Tan believes that nonstandard forms of English are legitimate languages in their own right.
Tan wishes that she did not have to think about the English that her mother speaks.
Tan is angry that people are not taught nonstandard English languages in school. ✔✔B
Which statement best compares the structure of "Harlem" and "The Weary Blues"?
"Harlem" is short and happy, while "The Weary Blues" is longer and lyrical.
"Harlem" is short and urgent, while "The Weary Blues" is longer and lyrical.
"Harlem" is short and content, while "The Weary Blues" is longer and unhappy.
"Harlem" is short and curious, while "The Weary Blues" is longer and unhappy. ✔✔A
Read the excerpt from "Mother Tongue."Lately, I've been giving more thought to the kind of
English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as "broken" or "fractured"
English. But I wince when I say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no other way
to describe it other than "broken," as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a
certain wholeness and soundness.How does Tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt?
Tan discusses her thoughts about language to build the idea that the English language does not
have words to match some Chinese terms.
