It's about that time...
Hey kids! It's time to enter the exciting world of A GATEWAY TEST. I recommend you study and take some practice tests. They are available through your local english teacher. I'm going to be giving you a sample so that you can live the testing experience in the comfort of your very own home. Here we go!
Directions: These are the directions. Read all of the directions and follow them. In order to follow a direction, you read it, then do what it says. Each of the following questions will be multiple choice. That means you will have more than one choice for an answer and you will choose one of the choices. You can choose A, B, C, or D. Those are letters and you should choose one of them for each question. When you have chosen one answer for all of the questions in the book you will come to the word "STOP," at this point you should stop. "STOP," means not to write any more and to close the book. You may begin.
"My Bad Day."
by Yen yen Mong
(1)It was such a bad day. (2)I got up and my cat has ateing my favorite sock. (3)"Oh cat!" I said,"You are the most baddest cat I have ever seen. (4)You are making my day very bad." (5)When I got to school everyone disrespected my heritage and marginalized me because I was different from them.
(6)The End.
1) What is the main idea of this passage?
A) Sometimes people have bad days.
B) No one should own a cat.
C) Sometimes people have days.
D) Don't leave your damn socks lying around, Yen yen.
2) The sentence, "I guess days are just bad sometimes." would fit best...
F) Before sentence 1
G) After sentence 4
H) After sentence 5
D) After sentence 6
3)In the passage, "has ateing," could be replaced with...
A) has ate
B) done did dat done did dis diddle done eaten
C) has eaten
D) no change
4)In sentence 2, the word "favorite," could best be replaced by...
F) most hated
G) cherished
H) ugly
J) hairy
5) In sentence 3, the phrase, "most baddest," could best be replaced by...
A) most baddest of all
B) worse
C) not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not good
D) worst
Read the following passage:
I hate school. It's just, like, a bunch of studying and crap. Who even needs that? My teacher told me that an education can sometimes be helpful in finding employment. I just said, "Fuck that shit. I'm starting a band and who even needs school when they will be famous anway. You know who DIDN'T go to school? JESUS, my number one fave, that's who. God didn't need school, clearly it's REALLY GREAT.
6) In the sentence, "God didn't need school, clearly it's REALLY GREAT." which type of irony is exemplified?
F) verbal
G) dramatic
H) situational
J) no irony
7) Which choice best describes the emotion shown in the picture:
A) happy
B) sad
C) angry
D) buyer's remorse
8) Which of the following conflicts is exemplified in the picture:
F) man vs. environment
G) man vs. man
H) man vs. camera
J) man vs. Ken Jennings
STOP.
Directions: These are the directions. Read all of the directions and follow them. In order to follow a direction, you read it, then do what it says. Each of the following questions will be multiple choice. That means you will have more than one choice for an answer and you will choose one of the choices. You can choose A, B, C, or D. Those are letters and you should choose one of them for each question. When you have chosen one answer for all of the questions in the book you will come to the word "STOP," at this point you should stop. "STOP," means not to write any more and to close the book. You may begin.
"My Bad Day."
by Yen yen Mong
(1)It was such a bad day. (2)I got up and my cat has ateing my favorite sock. (3)"Oh cat!" I said,"You are the most baddest cat I have ever seen. (4)You are making my day very bad." (5)When I got to school everyone disrespected my heritage and marginalized me because I was different from them.
(6)The End.
1) What is the main idea of this passage?
A) Sometimes people have bad days.
B) No one should own a cat.
C) Sometimes people have days.
D) Don't leave your damn socks lying around, Yen yen.
2) The sentence, "I guess days are just bad sometimes." would fit best...
F) Before sentence 1
G) After sentence 4
H) After sentence 5
D) After sentence 6
3)In the passage, "has ateing," could be replaced with...
A) has ate
B) done did dat done did dis diddle done eaten
C) has eaten
D) no change
4)In sentence 2, the word "favorite," could best be replaced by...
F) most hated
G) cherished
H) ugly
J) hairy
5) In sentence 3, the phrase, "most baddest," could best be replaced by...
A) most baddest of all
B) worse
C) not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not good
D) worst
Read the following passage:
I hate school. It's just, like, a bunch of studying and crap. Who even needs that? My teacher told me that an education can sometimes be helpful in finding employment. I just said, "Fuck that shit. I'm starting a band and who even needs school when they will be famous anway. You know who DIDN'T go to school? JESUS, my number one fave, that's who. God didn't need school, clearly it's REALLY GREAT.
6) In the sentence, "God didn't need school, clearly it's REALLY GREAT." which type of irony is exemplified?
F) verbal
G) dramatic
H) situational
J) no irony
7) Which choice best describes the emotion shown in the picture:
A) happy
B) sad
C) angry
D) buyer's remorse
8) Which of the following conflicts is exemplified in the picture:
F) man vs. environment
G) man vs. man
H) man vs. camera
J) man vs. Ken Jennings
STOP.