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Sample Test, Section C: Answers
1. Why is the Agawa Canyon Train Tour especially
popular during autumn?
A The
rates are cheaper.
B The landscape is colourful.
C The temperature is more comfortable.
D The tours will soon stop for the
winter.
2. Which of the following had the most lasting
impact on the Agawa Canyon?
A railroads.
B prospecting.
C the fur trade.
D the lumber industry.
3. Why does the author describe the county
as "ablaze" with colour?
A The
canyon has been on fire in the past.
B The colours are similar
to those seen in a fire.
C They set the trees on fire.
D The colours are ablazing.
4. What are "towering trestles"?
A long
hair.
B fencing that controls the growth
of flowers.
C large support beams that
hold the train tracks off the canyon floor.
D large trees that climb high into
the air along portions of the Agawa Canyon.
5. A painter or a photographer would be most
inspired by:
A the
towering trestles
B the granite rock formations
C the 150-metre descent
D the 180-kilometre journey
6. "The rugged land shows little evidence
of the Ojibway, fur traders, lumberjacks and
prospectors who lived here in earlier time."
The commas in this sentence are used to:
A separate
the items
B emphasize the items
C give the reader time to think
D create a list
7. What ideas connect the first and last sentences?
A photography
B rock climbing
C train rides
D the Canadian/Ontario landscape
Written Answers (Answer in full and
correctly written sentences)
8. Would you like to take a trip on the
Agawa Canyon Train Tour? Use information from this selection
and your own ideas to support your answer.
| No,
I would not like to take a train trip through the Agawa Canyon
because it would bore |
| me
to sit for that length of time. I would rather fly in and hike
through the area with |
| the
waterfalls. |
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| Comments:
The paragraph above answers the question in complete sentences.
It gives specific |
| information
from the article (duration of trip and waterfalls) and also
gives a personal opinion |
| (fly
in.) Sentences flow well. |
9. Summarize this selection. Include
a main idea and one point that supports it.
| The
Agawa Canyon Train Tour is a spectacular one-day wilderness
excursion that has |
| inspired
painters and photographers. It is particularly popular in the
autumn when the |
| forest
is ablaze with colour. |
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| Comments:
The paragraph above summarizes the article in complete sentences.
It provides information |
| from
the article. Sentences flow well. |
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