Directions:
Read
the passage below. Then, answer the
questions that follow by writing the letter for each answer in the space
provided.
The
following is a rough draft of a student’s report. It contains errors.
The Amazing Maize
Maze
(1) When the Egyptians built the
pyramids, they included mazes to trap thieves.
(2) Even if a thief managed to enter a pyramid, they would
probably never find his or her way out. (3) Other ancient mazes have been
found, from Sweden to New Mexico.
(4) Some are carved in rock or painted on cave walls, while
others are built from dirt, stones, or bricks. (5) In Ireland and Wales,
pictures of mazes are put on jewelry and in paintings. (6) Mazes have been
built into the tall hedges of grand gardens in England.
(7) In 1986 the Fulks family of
Fredericksburg, Virginia, decided to create a maze in their cornfield on the
Belvedere Plantation. (8) Donnie Fulks and his four sons cut some paths here
and there through the tall corn. (9) Soon this “Maize Maze” was so popular with
friends and nieghbors that the Fulkses found themselves creating a new
maze each year as a new crop filled the field.
(10) Some people return each year.
(11) To keep it challenging for them, each corny maze is somewhat different
from the previous ones. (12) In 1998 the Fulks family hired world-famous maze
designer Adrian Fisher to create a huge maze covering 15 acres, or 650,000
square feet. (13) Each new pattern is first worked out on a computer, and the
one used in 2001 had to be changed eighteen times before it was just right.
(14) After it was finished, Donnie Fulks and his sons took a detailed drawing
of the pattern divided into squares. (15) They then started cutting the pattern
into the cornfield.
(16) People from all over the
country come out to the Belvedere Plantation to try to find their way through
the Fulks family’s maze. (17) It is open while the corn is tall, from
mid-July through early November. (18) Visitors are given flags to mark their
progress, and for waving for help if they become lost. (19) Kids and adults
have a wonderful time working together to find their way to the end. (20) Built
into the 2001 maze were several surprises. (21) Sixty speakers provided music
throughout the journey. (22) Just to be different, the 2001 maize maze started
in the center of the cornfield, making it the world’s only inside-out maze!
Directions:
Answer
the questions that follow by writing the letter for each answer in the space
provided.
1. How can the
student best rewrite sentence 2?
A Even if thieves managed to enter a pyramid, they would
probably never find their way out.
B Even if a thief managed to enter a pyramid, they would
probably never find their way out.
C Even if a thief managed to enter a pyramid, he or she would
probably never find their way out.
D Even if thieves managed to enter a pyramid, he or she would
probably never find their way out.
2.What is the best
way for the student to add more specific details to sentence 8?
A All of whom are strong and talented, Donnie Fulks and his
four sons cut some paths here and there through the tall corn.
B Donnie Fulks and his four sons cut some paths here and there
through the tall corn, all of whom are strong and talented.
C Donnie Fulks and his four sons, all of whom are strong and
talented, cut some paths here and there through the tall corn.
D Donnie Fulks cut some paths here and there through the tall
corn, with his four sons, all of whom are strong and talented.
3. In sentence 16,
how is family’s correctly written?
A familys
B families
C familys’
D As it is.
4. How can the
student best rewrite sentence 18?
A Visitors are given flags to mark their progress; and waving
for help if becoming lost.
B Visitors are given flags to mark their progress and to wave
for help if they become lost.
C Visitors are given flags to mark their progress: wave them
for help if they become lost.
D Visitors are given flags for marking their progress and to
wave for help if they become lost.
5. In sentence 9, how
is nieghbors correctly written?
A niehbors
B neighbors
C neihbors
D As it is.
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