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<competency testname="Adaptive Reading Test 4" shuffle_choices="1" shuffle_questions="0" displaytype="list">
<direction><![CDATA[Choose the best answer to each question.]]></direction>
<qa name="q26" theta="-1.94117647058824" difficulty="0.80952380952381" discrimination="0.349374516574669" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="670" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[Which of the following contains a word that means "to borrow"?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[Still others were loaned by retired workers.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[Something about the tower, he said, really encouraged bold new ideas.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[Cabinets have been restored to the original Cherokee Red color.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[It is encased by glass tubes, which let in natural light.]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q418" theta="-2.58823529411765" difficulty="0.888888888888889" discrimination="0.687957299970354" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="560" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[We trusted Dr. Benjamin Church and did not think he was a spy. We moved our meetings to another place. But our plans still got to the English general, Thomas Gage. The traitor was Dr. Church.<br><br></em>Based on the selection above, what is the BEST definition of "traitor"?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[someone who gives away secrets]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[someone who has many friends]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[someone who is on time for meetings]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[someone who moves around a lot]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q328" theta="-0.823529411764709" difficulty="0.681818181818182" discrimination="0.431834807836191" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="860" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[Based on what they left behind — including irrigation systems essential for growing maize, a main food source — the Anasazi must have been impressive builders and engineers.<br><br></em>What does the word "impressive" convey in the sentence above?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[a sense of awe at the Anasazi's accomplishments]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[a sense of the influence of the Anasazi culture]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[a sense of the enormity of Anasazi villages]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[a sense of the beauty of Anasazi structures]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q11" theta="-2.58823529411765" difficulty="0.888888888888889" discrimination="0.532600228748546" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="560" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[Select the sentence that contains a word that is a synonym for "difficult."]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[It was a hard time to be alive.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[He searches for the bones left behind by the ancient dinosaurs.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[Dinosaurs were huge animals.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[It wasn't even mapped until 50 years ago.]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q520" theta="-0.235294117647062" difficulty="0.590909090909091" discrimination="0.602249154067945" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="960" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[One of the problems many people have with representative democracy is that the representatives become "elites." Elites do not always listen to regular people. This is one reason some people do not think representative democracy is perfect. These people say that true representative government doesn't really exist. They say this because elites may do things to make more money or get more power. They may not be doing what the people elected them to do.<br><br></em>What do people mean when they call representatives "elites"?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[They are not doing what is best for the people who elected them.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[They are doing a good job of listening to those who elected them.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[They are going to be famous for helping the government.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[They are not going to Congress to be part of the government.]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q667" theta="-3" difficulty="0.944444444444444" discrimination="0.541094315413839" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="490" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[During the meal, the youngest child asks what distinguishes this special night from all other nights.<br><br></em>What phrase could replace the world "distinguish" WITHOUT changing the meaning of the sentence?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[makes the night different]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[carries over from]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[ends the night before]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[provides food for]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q949" theta="2.47058823529411" difficulty="0.238095238095238" discrimination="0.72065101390707" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="1420" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[Later it was found that, whatever material carried these characteristics, it was linear, like string.<br><br></em>In this context, which of the following would CHANGE the meaning of the sentence if it replaced the word "characteristics"?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[effects]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[features]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[qualities]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[traits]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q317" theta="-0.470588235294121" difficulty="0.625" discrimination="0.335247106311437" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="920" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[<em>The glass and its diamond coating will have different reactions, even at those temperatures. Temperatures always change, he says. As temperatures change, this causes pressure between the glass and the diamond film above it.<br><br></em>Which of the following sentences uses "film" in the SAME way as the selection above?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[After a very cold night, there was a thin film of frost on the grass.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[The student had to film a short video for his final project.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[The photographer could not wait to develop the roll of film she had shot.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[The college professor showed a historical film about World War II.]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q522" theta="-1.88235294117647" difficulty="0.807692307692308" discrimination="0.53419856709686" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="680" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[There is another tool to forecast avalanches.<br><br></em>Which word could replace "forecast" WITHOUT changing the meaning of the sentence?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[predict]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[announce]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[repair]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[stop]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q1034" theta="-0.764705882352944" difficulty="0.666666666666667" discrimination="0.472157906518538" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="870" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[In 2003, Jillian Clarke of the University of Illinois, established the power of the five-second rule to excite media attention.<br><br></em>Which of the following phrases could replace the phrase "excite media attention" in the above sentence without changing the meaning of the sentence?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[generate interest]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[gain notoriety]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[garner praise]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[increase awareness]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q509" theta="-1.35294117647059" difficulty="0.736842105263158" discrimination="0.395339612346911" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="770" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[Parts of Africa go through regular cycles of hunger. They create problems for many years.<br><br></em>What is the BEST definition of "cycles" based on the information in the paragraph?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[something that happens over and over]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[something that happens over many days]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[something that lasts for a short time]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[something that moves around in a circle]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q664" theta="1.11764705882353" difficulty="0.421052631578947" discrimination="0.61258853089751" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="1190" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[Jason Barbosa is president of Vicente’s. “We were putting everything on the line,” he says of the family’s decision to open the supermarket in 2015. Yet the store made a profit within a year.<br><br></em>Which phrase BEST helps you understand the meaning of "putting everything on the line" in the above paragraph?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[big risks]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[made a profit]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[set to go]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[trying out]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q168" theta="0.705882352941173" difficulty="0.470588235294118" discrimination="0.456918236418077" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="1120" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[Kentucky lawmakers and two independent groups are reviewing the state's 25-year-old formula for funding education, partly to see how to ease the impact it has on dwindling districts.<br><br></em>What is the meaning of the word "dwindling"?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[to become smaller]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[to become larger]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[to stay equal]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[to strengthen]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q130" theta="-1.35294117647059" difficulty="0.736842105263158" discrimination="0.395522776959153" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="770" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[Funding is an issue all across the state, but when you are losing students, it totally exacerbates the problem, said Stu Silberman, executive director of the Prichard Committee.<br><br></em>What is the meaning of the word "exacerbates" as used in the sentence?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[to make conditions worse]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[to make conditions better]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[to keep the condition the same]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[to correct the situation]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q888" theta="1.11764705882353" difficulty="0.421052631578947" discrimination="0.288164729478502" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="1190" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[All Geckolepis geckos have tearaway skin, as do a handful of other gecko species. The animals lose their scales as a defense mechanism.<br><br></em>The author uses the phrase "defense mechanism" to mean:]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[a way to escape from danger]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[a way to fight against predators]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[a way to hide from predators]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[a way to protect others from threats]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q715" theta="-2.41176470588236" difficulty="0.875" discrimination="0.541094315413839" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="590" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[The collagen is more than 100 million years older than other preserved remains.<br><br></em>Which phrase helps the reader understand the meaning of "preserved"?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[last so long]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[collagen fingerprinting]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[family tree]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[safely remove]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q435" theta="-1.52941176470589" difficulty="0.764705882352941" discrimination="0.545792322868461" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="740" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[Their ability to handle fire made it possible to live in cold places.<br><br></em>What does the phrase "ability to handle fire" mean?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[skill at using fire]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[desire to build fires]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[effort at starting fires]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[interest in learning about fire]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q495" theta="-2.76470588235294" difficulty="0.909090909090909" discrimination="0.503608158357733" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="530" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[Towns began forcing Jews to live in separate areas. These were known as ghettos.<br><br></em>Based on these sentences, what is a "ghetto"?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[a part of a city where a group of people live]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[a large place where people shop]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[a place where people work together]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[an area for people to gather for activities]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q1149" theta="2.8235294117647" difficulty="0.166666666666667" discrimination="0.394782594390977" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="1480" category="" correctq723goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[Removing language that would give priority to religious minorities helps address concerns that the initial ban was discriminatory, but its continued focus on Muslim-majority countries leaves the appearance that the order is a "Muslim ban," Vladeck said.<br><br></em>Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from this selection?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[Despite the revised language, there is reason to believe that the order continues to be prejudicial to Muslim travelers.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[Although the initial travel ban had a broader religious scope, its characterization as a "Muslim ban" led many countries to reject it.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[Because religious minorities have been unfairly targeted in many countries, their entry into the U.S. will be facilitated.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[Since religious minorities are no longer referenced in the travel ban, all issues regarding religion have been resolved.]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q670" theta="-0.647058823529415" difficulty="0.647058823529412" discrimination="0.597171508618743" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="890" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[Farmers tended the fields, raised animals, worked with stone and built the royal graves.<br><br></em>Which sentence uses "tended" in the SAME way as the sentence above?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[My brother tended my pets while I was on vacation.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[March tended to be a cold month in Massachusetts.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[The children tended to be excited about birthday gifts.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[The path tended back and forth through the woods.]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q708" theta="-2.47058823529412" difficulty="0.882352941176471" discrimination="0.264783690571996" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="580" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[Jarmo, in present-day Iraq, was one of the oldest little towns. At 8,750 years old, this town was home to 200 inhabitants.<br><br></em>Which word could replace "inhabitants" WITHOUT changing the meaning of the sentence?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[residents]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[adults]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[families]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[neighbors]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q583" theta="-1.76470588235294" difficulty="0.789473684210526" discrimination="0.50989191050975" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="700" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[The pictures she captured were meant to be part of booklets. These would be passed out to farmers, town residents and parents who were working to resist segregation and poverty.<br><br></em>Which word could BEST replace "resist" above?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[fight]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[cry about]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[develop]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[forget]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q105" theta="0" difficulty="0.576923076923077" discrimination="0.287889035289463" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="1000" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[Select the sentence that BEST shows that it is compulsory for Texas schools to provide education to immigrant kids.]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[A 1982 Supreme Court case held that the state could not deny them an education.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[Texas also absorbed 35,000 students displaced from Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[Some Texans fear that the schools cannot afford the newcomers.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[The recent surge of immigrants is felt most strongly in Texas.]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q631" theta="-1.1764705882353" difficulty="0.722222222222222" discrimination="0.577665954787334" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="800" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[But democracy clearly links to "rule of law." The way we understand this guideline of democracy shapes American government in significant ways.<br><br></em>Which sentence uses the word "shapes" in the SAME way it is used in the sentence above?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[Astronomy shapes our understanding of the world.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[Athletes at different levels are in various physical shapes.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[The baker shapes the dough into hearts for Valentine's Day.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[The toy had pieces that were different shapes and sizes.]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q571" theta="-1.64705882352942" difficulty="0.772727272727273" discrimination="0.502738974465344" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="720" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[Freeman is one of many advisers working with the girls in Kansas City. They want these girls to think about entering science careers.<br><br></em>What does the word "advisers" mean in the first sentence?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[people who make suggestions to other people]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[people who give warnings to other people]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[people who look for other people]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[people who study other people]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q169" theta="2.23529411764706" difficulty="0.272727272727273" discrimination="0.228117130771955" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="1380" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[No peer-reviewed research backs those claims, and independent experts are split, with some believing that extra padding makes sense and others saying more stringent testing is needed.<br><br></em>What is an antonym for the word 'stringent' as mentioned in the sentence above?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[mild]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[permissible]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[rigorous]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[firm]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q627" theta="-0.58823529411765" difficulty="0.636363636363636" discrimination="0.657577402487291" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="900" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[When he returned to Jamestown, Smith was imprisoned for losing men on the failed mission.<br><br></em>Which sentence below uses "losing" in the SAME way as the sentence above?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[Losing a loved one, even after a long, terminal illness, is always difficult.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[Keep on running! We are finally losing them!]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[Losing the chess match made her feel frustrated with herself.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[They would go to finals if they avoided losing any games.]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q669" theta="-2.47058823529412" difficulty="0.882352941176471" discrimination="0.241934336563245" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="580" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[Isolated places became connected through railroads paid for by the government, leading to a great flood of farmers.<br><br></em>Which of the following sentences uses the word "flood" in the SAME way as the sentence above?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[We received a flood of phone calls about our advertisement.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[After days of rain, we were all worried that the river would flood.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[The flood of 1997 was devastating for many people in that country.]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[We were forced to evacuate our home due to a flood warning.]]></answer></qa>
<qa name="q704" theta="-0.941176470588239" difficulty="0.692307692307692" discrimination="0.473931257978153" guessing="0.25" distraction="1.702" group="840" category="" correct_goto="" incorrect_goto="" branch_using=""><question><![CDATA[The first time I saw the book cover I actually cried, says Uddin, who is 24 years old and lives in New York. "I was overwhelmed because when I was growing up it wasn't common to see Muslim girls on the cover at all. There are going to be kids who look at the cover and feel that they see themselves."<br><br></em>What does the word "overwhelmed" mean in the second sentence?]]></question><answer goto="" value="1"><![CDATA[feeling strongly emotional]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[feeling strangely curious]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[feeling totally frightened]]></answer><answer goto="" value="0"><![CDATA[feeling very confused]]></answer></qa>
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