English Language Arts Test Book 1 8 - Regents Examinations

English Language Arts Test

Book 1

8Grade

April 26?28, 2010

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? Be sure to read carefully all the directions in the test book. ? Plan your time. ? Read each question carefully and think about the answer before choosing

your response.

Acknowledgments CTB/McGraw-Hill LLC is indebted to the following for permission to use material in this book: Excerpts from The Hero by Ron Woods, copyright ? 2002 by Ron Woods. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc. Used by permission. "Bindi!" by Milan Sandhu and photo of girl wearing a bindi from Highlights for Children Magazine's June 2005 issue, text copyright ? 2005 by Highlights for Children, Inc., Columbus, Ohio; photograph copyright ? by Dinodia Photo Library. Used by permission. Excerpt from "Building Bridges" by Andrea Davis Pinkney from Stay True: Short Stories for Strong Girls edited by Marilyn Singer, copyright ? 1998 by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Reprinted by permission of Scholastic, Inc. Photograph of Brooklyn Bridge East River, New York City (Image No. RF5061857), copyright ? by image100/Corbis. Used by permission. Excerpt from "Video Racing Games" by Donna O'Meara from Faces Magazine's December 2006 issue: "Fun Around the World," copyright ? 2006 by Carus Publishing Company, published by Cobblestone Publishing, 30 Grove Street, Suite C, Peterborough, NH 03458. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Photograph of kids playing battleship video game at museum (Image No. IH166617), copyright ? Richard R. Nowitz/Corbis. Used by permission. "Wilderness Rivers" from Summer Green by Elizabeth Coatsworth, copyright ? 1948 by MacMillan Publishing Co., copyright ? renewed 1975 by Elizabeth Coatsworth Beston. Reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division.

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Directions In this part of the test, you will do some reading and answer questions about what you have read.

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Directions Read this passage. Then answer questions 1 through 6.

The Hero

by Ron Woods

The book The Hero is about 14-year-old Jamie. In this part of the story, Jamie has been burning some leaves as part of his chores, and the fire has gotten out of control.

I wasn't one to panic, but my fun had turned to fear and desperation, and I realized help was needed. So while I still beat at the flames with my shovel, I gave up my pride, turned my face to the house, and began to shout for Mom.

The house was fifty yards away, and I didn't know if she'd hear me. I'd last seen her at the kitchen table sewing school clothes, and the kitchen was on the opposite side of the house.

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At one spot, rocks and sparse grass slowed the fire's pace up the slope, and I made good progress. But I'd abandoned the other end as long as I dared. It might have been best to stay where I was, but I made a decision and ran back to the front just as flames there reached the base of the hill.

Sweat flew from my face as I pounded and dug in vain, all the while shamelessly shouting for help toward the house, like a man overboard beating off sharks while screaming at a passing ship.

Finally, I spotted Marie in the yard. She had come around the side of the house and was staring openmouthed. "Get Mom!" I yelled. "Get Mom out here!" She disappeared through the front door, blond hair flying.

Almost immediately, Mom was out the door and coming across the yard on the run. Suddenly, she stopped, turned, and ran back into the house. In a moment, she came out again with an old blanket in her arms. At the gate she stabbed a finger at Marie--probably telling her to stay in the yard--and ran across the road, her short legs pounding and her dress flying. At the irrigation ditch she stopped and threw the blanket into the water.

By now, the flames behind me had crawled through the rocky area, sprinted through thick grass, and now were halfway to the big ditch. And in spite of my present efforts, the front end of the blaze had a renewed start up the slope in heavy grass that looked like it was begging to be burned. Fire was everywhere.

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