Colegio San Patricio3rd Reading Quiz 4th Period Exam

School Year 2009-2010Name:____________________________________________________________List No. _____Date: _________________________________________________6th___________

I. - Read the selection. Then answer. (7pts each)I

Immigrants at work

In the past ten years, most immigrants have come from Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia, to the United State. Some immigrants are educated and work in technology or business careers, others come with few skills. Unskilled workers sometimes take farm jobs.

Immigrants who come to work in the U.S. meet many challenges. Employers do not always pay fair wages. In addition, sometimes the living conditions of workers are not good. They also can suffer if they don´t speak English, and sometimes they feel homesick for the country they came from. Because they are from another country they customs and traditions are different.

Find two facts and one opinion in the above passage.

Fact 1 .___________________________________________________________________________________________

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Fact2.____________________________________________________________________________________________

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Opinion__________________________________________________________________________________________

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Write a valid opinion based on the above passage.

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VOCABULARYFind the word or words with the same meaning as the underlined word. Choose the correct answer. (6pts)

____ 1. After a while, the plants began to wilt.

a. blossomb. recoverc. wither

____ 2. Aunt Laura felt nothing but torment.

a. painb. fatiguec. uneasiness

____ 3. Lush fields came into view.

a. fertileb. completec. ugly

____ 4. Do you expect to encounter any obstacle?

a. helpb. troublec. accident

____ 5. Who has authority here?

a. confidenceb. powerc. permission

____ 6. The truck paid a toll.

a. feeb. parking ticketc. credit

____ 7. The students had no access to the library computers.

a. admittanceb. reservoirc. control

COMPREHENSIONRead each question. Choose the correct answer. (5pts)

____ 8. What happened that made Cesar’s life turn “upside down”?

a. He had to start working on his family’s farm.b. His family had to leave their farm.c. His brother could no longer play with him.

____ 9. What happened in Cesar’s childhood that was an influence on the way he worked with people as an adult?

a. His grandfather built a large house that would last forever.b. His mother told him to use his mind and words to settle conflicts.c. He spent every day with his brother, who was his best friend.

____10. As a teenager, what was most important to Cesar?

a. going to schoolb. helping his familyc. organizing farm workers

____11. What caused the farm workers to finally go on strike?

a. receiving a cut in payb. having to work with dangerous chemicalsc. not getting rest periods

____12. The most likely reason that Cesar was a better organizer of farm workers than outsiders was that

a. he already knew what it was like to crisscross California.b. he had experienced what the farm workers had.c. he had not graduated from high school.

____13. Which of the following was an important character trait for Cesar both as a child and as an adult?

a. being stubbornb. being easily embarrassedc. easily trusting people