Answer keys for Level I of Reading Plus are presented here for your test preparation. All are 100% correct and double checked.
Reading Plus Level I Answers – All Stories
She Sells Sea Shells
AnsA young woman follows her passion while making important scientific discoveries.
AnsPeople who questioned the accepted views of the time.
AnsErosion
AnsShe expanded her interests and intellectual pursuits.
AnsBritish women were not allowed to vote, hold public…
The Geological Society of London did not allow women to become members…
The Geological Society of London did not allow women to become members…
AnsDevil’s finger.
AnsMary’s mother opens a curio stand near a coach stop.
Mary finds a skeleton to go with a skull found by her brother.
Mary discovers the first British example of…
Mary opens her own fossil shop: Anning’s Fossil Depot.
Mary finds a skeleton to go with a skull found by her brother.
Mary discovers the first British example of…
Mary opens her own fossil shop: Anning’s Fossil Depot.
Ansto highlight the significant contributions Mary made to the world of geological science.
Ans– She was a working-class woman who had no formal education.
– The Geological Society of London did not allow women to become members.
– The Geological Society of London did not allow women to become members.
AnsThere were many infant deaths from smallpox and measles due to crowded conditions.
There’s More to Life Than Work
AnsLive righteous and worthy lives that are not based on monetary gain.
Ans– Thoreau describes the first man with admiration, while he describes…
– Thoreau observes that the first man was working hard, while…
– Thoreau observes that the first man was working hard, while…
Ans– Members of the public are more likely to purchase works that are made by famous artists.
– Governments do not see creative works as possessing as much value as physical labor.
– Governments do not see creative works as possessing as much value as physical labor.
AnsAs an emotional appeal to connect with readers on a personal lev
Anscould not be influenced by money.
Ansperform a certain kind of work well.
AnsBoth illustrate Thoreau’s disgust at the misuse of nature as a source of profit.
AnsA town should pay its laborers so well that they would not feel that they were working for meager results.
AnsLiving a life driven by virtue instead of by money
Checkmate
AnsIndividuals can change for the better regardless of their circumstances
AnsWhen you plant something it’s in the darkness, but it has the opportunity to gro
AnsFocused and controlled
AnsPeople who live dangerous lifestyles expect to spend some time in prison
AnsWill power
AnsThe principal decided to make him the detention monitor
AnsPlato’s allegory
AnsBrown has trouble behaving in a socially acceptable way
Brown receives and treasures the gift of a wooden king chess piece
Brown demonstrates his ability to connect with students
Brown mentors youth so that they don’t get into trouble with the law
Brown receives and treasures the gift of a wooden king chess piece
Brown demonstrates his ability to connect with students
Brown mentors youth so that they don’t get into trouble with the law
AnsAcclaim
AnsIllusions of worthlessness
Ans• People who do not seek knowledge or truth
• People who find comfort in familiarity, no matter how miserable their circumstances
• People who find comfort in familiarity, no matter how miserable their circumstances
Activism, Pride, and Civil Rights
AnsThe Pride movement grew from outrage over years of discrimination, abuse, and criminalization of LGBTQ people.
AnsViolent hate crimes against LGBTQ people are a widespread problem.
AnsAn information text.
AnsAllowed LGBTQ people to feel more supported and live more openly.
AnsDespite setbacks, the LGBTQ community has support at many levels.
AnsLaws that criminalized dressing in the same way that was considered typical of the opposite sex
Ans1970, on the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.
AnsBecame the first main character to be openly gay.
AnsFundamental.
Ans• Angered by the greater visibility the book gave LGBTQ people, the government took action to ban openly gay men from the military.
• The book gave more people the courage to be open about their sexual identity
• The book gave more people the courage to be open about their sexual identity
The Truth About the Sweet Stuff / A Sweet Tooth’s Health Risks
AnsReports the problems associated with sugar consumption
Ans• HFCS
• Artificial sweeteners
• Artificial sweeteners
AnsInformational nonfiction
Ans• Insulin resistance
• Metabolic syndrome
• Metabolic syndrome
Ans• Poor nutrition
• Weight gain
• Weight gain
Ans• These scientists cited studies suggesting sugar is addictive.
• With an addiction, a person does not have control over what he or she is eating, using, or taking
• With an addiction, a person does not have control over what he or she is eating, using, or taking
AnsProcessed.
AnsWhen sugar…
The brain…
The hormones…
The person
The brain…
The hormones…
The person
AnsEach show an opposing view on the argument surrounding sugar.
AnsCheaper to use than sugar.
Colorful Beaches
AnsPowerful forces of nature can create remarkable landscapes.
AnsA changing shape
AnsWind can carry sand long distances to it final destination
AnsThe material source from which the sand eroded
AnsHas a deep appreciation for nature
AnsMagma
Ans• Living organisms, such as fish, eat coral, digest it and excrete the remaining sand into the ocean.
• Waves and currents stir up sand and then deposit it onto the shore
• Waves and currents stir up sand and then deposit it onto the shore
Ans water. Choose the two sentences in this excerpt that best explains why gypsum does not wash away in the White Sands National Monument desert. • But mountains on all sides of this particular desert enclose the area.
• What little rainfall the arid area receives does not wash the gypsum sand away
• What little rainfall the arid area receives does not wash the gypsum sand away
Ans Rocks force the flow of water to bend around the rocks
As water collides with rocks, bits of the rock break off.
Some grains of rock or sand are deposited elsewhere.
Over many years, the water erodes obstacles in its path.
As water collides with rocks, bits of the rock break off.
Some grains of rock or sand are deposited elsewhere.
Over many years, the water erodes obstacles in its path.
