5.05 Practice Making Improvements To A Passage
Question: Refer to the excerpt from London Labour and the London Poor (1851) by Henry Mayhew on the Unit Test Reading Passages page.
Refer to Passage 1 to answer this question.
The author’s main purpose in this passage is to __________.
Answer: classify the types of fruit sold on the street
Question: Refer to Passage 1 to answer this question.
According to the author, a gooseberry is a __________ fruit.
Answer: green
Question: Refer to Passage 1 to answer this question.
What quality of nuts does the author have in mind when he writes “in contradistinction to such productions as nuts which may be kept without injury for a season”?
Answer: Nuts can be kept fresh and good for eating for long periods of time.
Question: Refer to Passage 1 to answer this question.
When the author writes that “fresh” or “tender” fruit are “in contradistinction to such productions as nuts which may be kept without injury for a season,” he means that nuts are different because they __________.
Answer: can be stored without spoiling for a long time
Question: Refer to Passage 1 to answer this question.
In line 2 commerce most nearly means __________.
Answer: buying and selling