1. Heavy, dark clouds signaled the __________ thunder storm.
(A) cosmopolitan
(B) impending
(C) stringent
(D) aligned

If you are caught drunk driving, you will be issued a DWI-- Driving While _______. (A) Intrigued (B) Intoxicated (C)Intimidated

The legislature agreed to _______ funds for technology in elementary schools. (A) appropriate (B) appeal (C) mandat (D) rouse

A lack of comfort and luxury is the most obvious__________of poverty. (A) machination (B) manifestation (C) mischance (D) mediation

The debate over bilingual education, which has been going on for over ten years, has been heating up more _______ than it (A) acrimoniously (B)independent (C) notoriously (D) pejoratively

2. The restaurant owner decided to __________ wireless access in all of the business’s locations. (A) empathize (B) submerge (C) implement (D) decompose

3. __________ by reporters and fans, the movie star wasn’t able to leave the hotel. (A) Besieged (B) Ignited (C) Dismantled (D) Gauged

4. House prices in this area are lower because of environmental __________ due to the nearby operation of a chemical factory. (A) emission (B) proposition (C) degradation (D) sovereignty

5. Walter made a genuine effort to __________ donations for his favorite charity by calling people in the neighborhood. (A) solicit (B) incorporate (C) deteriorate (D) foster

6. Which of the following is a fundamental element of the sheltered approach to English instruction? (A) Helping English language learners acquire academic English as they learn academic content (B) Using home languages for content-area instruction until students can move into all English classes (C) Teaching English language learners about English using translation and vocabulary activities (D) Offering students instructional activities that will reinforce their communicative competence

7. An English teacher has students with intermediate-level English proficiency read several chapter books from a particular series. Each book features the escapades of a group of characters who are neighbors along a country road. Engaging students with this sort of children's literature will promote the students’ English language proficiency primarily because it: (A) gives them a genre of fiction to read that is well within the range of their skills. (B) provides them with a clearer understanding of sequence in narrative form. (C) encourages them to feel that they are successful readers each time they finish a book. (D) helps them build context from book to book to support their reading comprehension.