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Chapter 20 Practice Test 1 Reading Test 65 MINUTES,52 QUESTIONS Turn to Section 1 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.DIRECTIONS Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions.After reading each passage or pair,choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics(such as a table or graph).Questions 1-10 are based on the following passage.The passage that follows is adapted from an 1859 novel that follows the lives of both English and French characters during the French Revolution.You were very sound,Sydney,in the matter of those crown witnesses today.Every question told.I always am sound;am I not?I dont gainsay it,What has roughened your 5 temper?Put some punch to it and smooth it again.With a deprecatory grunt,Carton complied.,The old Sydney Carton of old Shrewsbury School,said Stryver,nodding his head over him as he reviewed him in the present and the past,the old seesaw 10 Sydney.Up one minute and down the next;now in spirits and now in despondency!Ah!returned the other,sighing:Yes!The same Sydney,with the same luck.Even then,I did exercises for other boys,and seldom did my own.15 And why not?God knows It was my way,I suppose.Carton,said his friend,squaring himself at him with a bullying air,as if the fire-grate had been the furnace in which sustained endeavour was forged,and 2 0 the one delicate thing to be done for the old Sydney Carton of old Shrewsbury School was to shoulder him into it,your way is,and always was,a lame way.You summon no energy and purpose.Look at me.Oh,botheration!returned Sydney,with a lighter 2 5 and more good-humoured laugh,dont you be moral!How have I done what I have done?said Stryver;how do I do what I do?Partly through paving me to help you,I suppose.But its not worth your while to apostrophise me,or 3 0 the air,about it;what you want to do,you do.You were always in the front rank,and I was always behind.I had to get into the front rank;I was not born there,was I?I was not present at the ceremony;but my opinion 3 5 is you were,said Carton,At this,he laughed again,and they both laughed.Before Shrewsbury,and at Shrewsbury,and ever since Shrewsbury,pursued Carton,you have fallen into your rank,and I have fallen into mine.You were 4 0 always somewhere,and I was always nowhere.And whose fault was that?Upon my soul,I am not sure that it was not yours.You were always driving and shouldering and passing,to that restless degree that 1 had no chance for my life 4 5 but in rust and repose.Its a gloomy thing,however,to talk about ones own past,with the day breaking.Turn me in some other direction before I go.Well then!Pledge me to the pretty witness said Stryver,holding up his glass.Are you turned in a 5 0 pleasant direction?Pretty witness,he muttered,looking down into his glass,I have had enough of witnesses today and tonight;whos your pretty witness?The picturesque doctors daughter,Miss Manette.5 5 She pretty?Is she not?No.Why,man alive,she was the admiration of the whole Court!6 0 Rot the admiration of the whole Court!Who made the Old Bailey a judge of beauty?She was a golden-haired doll!Do you know,Sydney,said Mr.Stryver,looking at him with sharp eyes,and slowly drawing a hand across 6 5 his florid face:do you know,I rather thought,at the time,that you sympathized with the golden-haired doll,and were quick to see what happened to the golden-haired doll?Quick to see what happened!If a girl,doll or no 7 0 doll,swoons within a yard or two of a mans nose,he can see it without a perspective-glass,I pledge you,but I deny the beauty And now Ill have no mote drink.Ill get to bed.When his host followed him out on the staircase 7 5 with a candle,to light him down the stairs,the day was coldly looking in through its grimy windows When he got out of the house,the air was cold and sad,the dull sky overcast,the river dark and dim,the whole scene like a lifeless desert,And wreaths of dust were spinning 8 0 round and round before the morning blast,as if the desert-sand had risen far away,and the first spray of it in its advance had begun to overwhelm the city.Climbing to a high chamber in a well of houses,he threw himself down in his clothes on a neglected bed,8 5 and its pillow was wet with wasted tears.Sadly,sadly,the sun rose;it rose upon no sadder sight than the man of good ab由tiesand good emotions,incapable of their directed exercise,incapable of his own help and his own.happiness,sensible of the blight on him,and 9 0 resigning himself to let it cat him away.1.The primary purpose of the passage as a whole is to A)describe the history between Carton and Stryver.B)characterize life at the Shrewsbury School.C)reveal Cartons character.D)show that Stryver has been exploiting Carton.2.Based on the information in the passage,Carton is best characterized as A)unsound.B)mercurial.C)unlucky.D)i imperceptive.3.Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?A)Lines 10-11(Updespondency)B)Lines 13 14(Evenown)G)Lines 35-36(At this.laughed)D)Lines 45 46(Its abreaking)4.As used in line 11,spirits most nearly means A)soul B)liquor.C)essence.D)jubilation.5.Based on lines 17-22(squaring himself.shoulder him into it),it can be reasonably inferred that A)Stryver is frustrated with Cartons behavior.B)Stryver is planning to push Carton into the fireplace.C)Stryver believes Carton to be comparatively older.D)Stryver wishes to bully Carton as he did at Shrewsbury.6.The use of italics in line 55 primarily serves to emphasize Cartons A)incredulity,B)confusion.C)annoyance.D)affection.7.The passage suggests which of the following about Stryver?A)He is in love with Miss Manette.B)He believes that Carton lacks the intelligence required to be successful.C)He does not believe that Carton finds Miss Manette unattractive.D)He was born into a wealthy family.8.Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?A)Lilies 32-33(I hadwas I)B)Line 41(And whose,.that)C)Lines 58-59(Why,.Court)D)Lines 63-68(Do youdoll)9.In context,desert in line 79 refers to A)Styvers cold demeanor.B)Londons landscape.C)Cartons windows.D)Sunlit dunes.10.The tears referred to in line 85 are wasted because A)Miss Manette will never love Carton.B)Carton is unlikely to change his ways,C)Cartons home is one of squalor.D)Stryver will continue lo exploit Cartons labor.THIS PAGE IS LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK.Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage.This passage is adapted from Priit Vesilind,The Singing Revolution.2008 by Sky Films Incorporated.By the end of 1939 Soviet troops had forced their way into garrisons in the Baltic states of Estonia,Latvia,and Lithuania.In 1940 the Soviets forcibly annexed the three Baltic states into the USSR.But in 5 1941 Hitler double-crossed Stalin:he launched an attack on the Soviet Union,The Baltic nations,were caught in the middle of the treachery.In 1945,when the war ended,Estonia remained occupied by the Soviets.10 After nearly 50 years of Soviet occupation,when agitations tor independence came in the late 1980s the protesters pointed bade to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact,a secret non-aggression treaty between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.If the Kremlin were 15 to acknowledge the existence of tins protocol,they reasoned,it would be admitting that the Baltic States had no legal marriage with Moscow,but that these nations were forcibly abducted with(he collusion of the worlds most heinous fascist regime.So the 2 0 occupied nations had every right to ask for their freedom,and with no need for a legal divorce.The Baltic states had been morally supported with the firm stand taken in 1940 by the United States not to recognize the legality of the forceful annexation 2 5 of Estonia,Latvia,and Lithuania.But politics were effective only if the Estonians had some other leverage.A nation of barely one million,burdened with half a million foreign settlers and 100,000 Soviet troops,could not threaten the Soviet Union militarily or 3 0 economically,so it bad to do it with the force of its culture.Estonia had always been a nation of singers.Its wealth of folk songs gave rhythm to village life and work,and its earnest anthems often invoked the longing for self-determination Estonians had lived for 3 5 centimes in servitude,and the themes of their music were often grim sorrow,slavery,soil,blood,birch forests,and sacrifice.But there was always hope in their hearts.Early in their national awakening,about 140 years 4 0 ago,Estonians established a history of mass song festivals,held when money and politics allowed-celebrations that would kindle and fortify the courage to express their love of language and nation,and their reluctance to be absorbed by anyone.The festivals were 4 5 a nationwide phenomenon,as were similar festivals held in Latvia and Lithuania.In Tallinn the massive modern song stage held some 30,000 singers and the outdoor amphitheater could accommodate as many as 300,000,Often,30 5 0 percent of all Estonians would be there-at a single concert.During the Soviet years the festivals were forced to pay tribute to Communist icons and the solidarity of the Soviet peoples,Choirs from other paths of the vast empire would come and all would 5 5 whip up a rousing tribute to Stalin or Lenin.To these mandatory performances Estonians would introduce patriotic songs disguised as love songs or folk music.An unofficial national anthem,by the popular choir director Gustav Ernesaks,established itself in 1947,6 0 and survived the entire Soviet occupation despite a serious attempt by officials to eliminate it in 1969.By the late 1980s the nation was simmering.A movement of young historians was already defying Soviet authority in speeches that laid history bare under 6 5 the cover of Gorbachevs policy of glasnost,or free speech,And the burden of protest songs had passed to rock-and-rollers,young men whose energized patriotic tunes blared form every radio.Momentum built to a crescendo in the summer 7 0 of 1988 when a rock conceit in Tallinns Old Town spilled into the Song Festival grounds and massive crowds gathered for six straight nights to lift arms,sway in unison,and sing patriotic songs.Emboldened,Estonians brought out forbidden blue-and-black-and-7 5 white national flags,some from attics and basements where they had been hidden since 1940.Shockingly,no one stopped them.For the finale of these Night Song Festivals more than 200,000 Estonians gathered.This was the heart of The Singing Revolution,8 0 a spontaneous,non-violent,but powerful political movement that united Estonians with poetry and music,After that there was no backing up.Sedition hung in the wind,waiting to lie denied.江，t:n-叩1蚥白芯了母二立七”I心.,.,.,U勺tamof 归Moto血咄吐如1叩户的心叩心N迈沁记1归dof叩Pa孔加平心pt心1939，咄oImowna$r,omcQ比妇（如11.The point of view from which the passage is written is best described as A)B)C)D)conflicted about the underlying cause of the revolution.condemnatory of the Soviet Unions treacherous actions.sympathetic to the Baltic statesstruggle for freedom dismissive of the idea of non-violent revolution.12.A)B)C)D)13.A)B)C)D)14.As used in line18,collusion most nearly means conspiracy.impact,separation,danger.In lines 33-36,the author draws a distinction between the tone of Estonian songs and the peoples true feelings.the themes of Estonian folk songs and anthems,the military strength of Estonia and that of the Soviet Union.song festivals in Estonia and those in Latvia and Lithuania.In the context of the passage,the phrase their reluctance to be absorbed suggests that Estonians AlBlQDl refused to speak Russian with the many foreigners settlers in Estonia.wanted to have an independent nation.worked to ensure their culture stayed distinct from those of the other Baltic states.were unwilling to devote the amount of concentration to song festivals that the Soviets demanded.15.A)B)The author includes statistics about the size of the song stage in Tallinn(lines 47-49)primarily to provide a sense of how large the amphitheater is.indicate the popularity of the tributes to Stalin and Lenin.C)compare the size to that of similar stages in Latvia and Lithuania.D)illustrate the wide appeal of the mass song festivals in Estonia.16.As used in line 66,burden most nearly means A)weight.B)travail.C)responsibility.D)need.17.The primary rhetorical effect of the last sentence of the passage is to A)convey the sense of dread that hung over Estonia at the height of the Singing Revolution,B)indicate the depth of disagreement between violent and non-violent revolutionaries.C)show how crucial music and poetry were to Estonias tight for independence.D)communicate the sense of optimistic tension that Estonians felt after the Night Song Festivals.18.Which of the following does the passage suggest about Estonias relation to the Soviet Union?A)Estonia had a richer cultural tradition of singing than the Soviet Union had,B)Estonia had the political leverage necessary to free itself from the Soviet Union,C)Estonia was smaller and weaker than the Soviet Union,making violent revolution impractical D)Estonia held song festivals during the Soviet occupation primarily to pay tribute to Communist icons.19.The author implies which of the following about Estonian song festivals?A)They afforded Estonians a medium through which national and cultural pride could be expressed.B)They were started during the Soviet occupation to preserve Estonian culture and language.C)They were unique in size and format to the country where they were founded.D)They provided an opportunity to sing songs that were more uplifting than those sung while working.20.Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?A)Lines 19-21(So.,.divorce)B)Lines 44-46(The festivals.,.Lithuania)C)Lines 62(By the late.simmering)D)Lines 79-82(This.,music)21.Which of the following claims is supported by the diagram?A)In the 1939 pact,Germany gained the entirety of Poland.B)The Soviet Union doubled in size after the pact.C)Lithuania and Estonia are contiguous countries.D)The Soviet Unions gains stretched from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea.THIS PAGE IS LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK.Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage.This passage is an excerpt adapted from a speech given in 1917 by American Senator Robert LaFollette.In the speech,La Follette explains the special importance of free speech during times of war and the relation between free speech and democratic governance.Since the declaration of war the triumphant war press has pursued those Senators and Representations who voted against war with malicious falsehood and recklessly libelous attacks,going to the extreme limit of 5 charging them with treason against their country.I have in my possession numerous affidavits establishing the fact that people are being unlawfully arrested,thrown into jail,held incommunicado for days,only to be eventually discharged without ever 10 having been taken