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1. 9 This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education GRADE machines which have a manufacturing defect machines that fail structurally during normal usage failures caused by unreasonable or abusive use parts cables or labor costs for repairs CSR02295 311 GRADE CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST 10 English Language Arts Released Test Questions My Watch An Instructive Little Tale by Mark Twain 1 My beautiful new watch had run eighteen months without losing or gaining and without breaking any part of its machinery or stopping I had come to believe it infallible in its judgments about the time of day and to consider its anatomy imperishable But at last one night I let it run down I grieved about it as if it were a recognized messenger and forerunner of calamity But by and by I cheered up set the watch by guess 2 Next day I stepped into the chief jeweler s to set it by the exact time and the head of the establishment took it out of my hand and proceeded to set it for me Then he said She is four minutes slow regulator wants pushing up 3 I tried to stop him tried to make him understand that the watch kept perfect time But no all this human cabbage could see was that the watch was four minutes slow and the regulator must2. NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education GRADE CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST 10 English Language Arts Released Test Questions Skunk Dreams by Louise Erdrich 1 When I was fourteen I slept alone on a North Dakota football field under cold stars on an early September night Fall progresses swiftly in the Red River Valley and I happened to hit a night when frost formed in the grass A skunk trailed a plume of steam across the forty yard line near moonrise I tucked the top of my sleeping bag over my head and was just dozing off when the skunk walked onto me with simple authority 2 Its ripe odor must have dissipated in the heavy summer grass and ditch weeds because it didn t smell all that bad or perhaps it was just that I took shallow breaths in numb surprise I felt him her whatever pause on the side of my hip and turn around twice before evidently deciding I was a good place to sleep At the back of my knees on the quilting of my sleeping bag it trod out a spot for itself and then with a serene little groan curled up and lay perfectly still That made two of us I was wildly awake trying to forget the sharpness and number of skunk teeth trying not to think of the high percentage of skunks with rabies 3 Inside the bag I felt as if I might smother Carefully making only the slightest of rustles I drew the ba
3. passed down through the generations D The pattern books are so thick that they are difficult to carry CSR10108 088 18 The speaker describes the sewing group as a sanctuary in stanza 3 and the sewing school as a refuge in the last stanza In stanza 2 the speaker uses such words as tough awkward and deciphered to illustrate the difficulty involved in sewing The speaker tells about an experience that happened when she was young rather than describing a more recent experience The speaker makes references to music to show that she would have rather taken music lessons than learned to sew CSR00672 074 Both Hayden and Song imply that love can be expressed without words is often conditional creates harmony in the home leads to disappointment CSR00665 073 Which universal theme is addressed in both poems As they grow older children become disillusioned by their surroundings Children are to be seen and not heard As they grow older children often come to admire their parents Children are responsible for themselves CSR00663 073 This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education 1 CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST GRADE English Language Arts The Man Who Gave Us Yellowstone by Cliff Yudell On a brilliant s
4. s thoughts or are still dreaming them To paraphrase the problem of the Taoist philosopher Chuang Tzu I may be a woman who has dreamed herself a skunk or a skunk still dreaming that she is a woman 5 Skunks don t mind each other s vile perfume Obviously they find each other more than tolerable And even I who have been in the presence of a direct skunk hit wouldn t classify their weapon as mere smell It is more on the order of a reality enhancing experience It s not so pleasant as standing in a grove of old growth cedars or on a lyrical moonshed plain or watching trout rise to the shadow of your hand on the placid surface of an Alpine lake When the skunk lets go you re surrounded by skunk presence inhabited owned involved with something you can only describe as powerfully there 24 This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST Released Test Questions GRADE English Language Arts 40 I woke at dawn stunned into that sprayed state of being The dog that had approached me was rolling in the grass half addled sprayed too My skunk was gone I abandoned my sleeping bag and started home Up Eighth Street past the tiny blue and pink houses past my grade school past all the addresses where I babysa
5. sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education GRADE GRADE Which word from The Grammar of Silk is derived from a Latin word meaning to stay behind A dangled B linings C remnants D triumph In lines 19 through 26 of The Grammar of Silk the speaker compares the seamstresses to librarians and architects The use of these comparisons helps create a tone that can best be described as A sentimental B respectful C objective D amusing CSR00671 074 Read this sentence from lines 27 30 of The Grammar of Silk This evidently was a sanctuary a place where women confined with children conferred consulted the oracle the stone tablets of the latest pattern books CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST J English Language Arts Released Test Questions In The Grammar of Silk Song is making a statement about the need for women to establish a sense of community for themselves What does the speaker do that best illustrates this idea A A B C D A What is the meaning of the phrase the stone tablets of the latest pattern books B A The pattern books at that store look as if they C are made of stone B The pattern books are regarded as objects of D great authority C The pattern books have been
6. type of program cost of the software name of the program program s search capabilities CSRO0724 081 15 This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education GRADE CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST English Language Arts Released Test Questions Read the following two selections and think about how they are alike and how they are different Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold then with cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather made banked fires blaze No one ever thanked him I d wake and hear the cold splintering breaking When the rooms were warm he d call and slowly I would rise and dress fearing the chronic angers of that house Speaking indifferently to him who had driven out the cold and polished my good shoes as well What did I know what did I know of love s austere and lonely offices Those Winter Sundays Copyright 1966 by Robert Hayden from Collected Poems of Robert Hayden by Robert Hayden edited by Frederick Glaysher Used by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation 16 This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be pro
7. watch fixed D his uncle has also tried to fix the watch CSRO00675 075 12 A B C D pair of scissors musket spider s web bee CSR00677 075 This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST GRADE Released Test Questions English Language Arts These three documents are about a software program You will need to refer to them as you answer the questions that follow Music to Your Ears by Mark Sanders If you are like most American teenagers you collections The database has the capability of probably own a music CD In fact you may maintaining an inventory of as many as 1 000 CDs The own dozens of them even hundreds of ket Q oN program stores the tracking information such as them Young people are buying more record title artist category and release date that is compact discs than ever before As their needed to locate any CD in seconds libraries have grown so has the demand for a way to organize their collections Harrison Quaile Vice President of Marketing for New Generation explained that with Collector s Catalog an New Generation Software Company has the answer inventory can be progressively enlarged and retrieved Today ne company announced thereleaso Ot wit
8. CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST GRADE Released Test Questions English Language Arts Read these three documents and answer the questions that follow Document A FitQuest 2000 Your Home Fitness Solution 1 3 the price of comparable models Be ready for the beach t Limited Time Offer Eoo MSE Feel Better Live Longer The Number 1 Get started now for that summer body you ve always dreamed about Home Gym Strength training will not only improve your physical appearance it will increase your energy and help you stay healthy and happy Plus you ll be able to enjoy more of those forbidden foods and snacks with a clean conscience Shop around and compare You can t afford to put off getting in shape any longer Visit a FitQuest dealer near you Fitness Journal Document B Fitness Journal Consumer Report FitQuest 2000 Everything You Need in a Home Gym The editors of Fitness Journal asked me to check out and critique three of the most popular home gyms I chose three machines that seemed to target different markets the Bodyworks II the FitQuest 2000 and the Home Training System by Cawells Industries All three machines are said to fold away and store easily all three claim a full body workout can be completed in as little as 30 minutes and all three stress they can help the user lose weight and look better FitQuest 2000 Rank 1 Price 199 Available Most large department stores The F
9. Cost 14 99 Item No 3 Comment One of my favorites Included with your User s Manual is a booklet of colored and numbered adhesive stickers Remove the colored sticker that corresponds with the color code and number you assign to each CD and stick it on the hinged side of the plastic CD holder CSROPO80 Released Test Questions English Language Arts CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST In the bibliography Document A when According to Document C how do you move information is given about a book a colon from one field to the next is used to separate A Select the NEW RECORD option A the name of the book and the publication B Select the PRINT option date B the title of the book and the name of Ce Eee the publisher D Press the TAB key C the name of the author and the title of CSR00725 081 the book ae According to Document C a document is saved D the name of the publishing company and city each time you select where it is located CSR00714 080 A FILE B TITLE Based on information in the bibliography Document A which of these could be C NEW RECORD consulted for a report on how compact D ALL RECORDS discs were invented A B C D CSR00722 081 Keeping Pace With Consumer Demand Music Plus Digest Software Inside News The Universal Encyclopedia of Technology CSR00716 080 The advertisement Document B is the only document that includes information regarding the A B C D
10. a piece from the Ming Dynasty English Language Arts The Grammar of Silk 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 by Cathy Song My mother knew there would be no shortcuts and headed for the remnants the leftover bundles with yardage enough for a heart shaped pillow a child s dirndl a blouse without darts Along the aisles my fingertips touched the titles satin tulle velvet peach lavender pistachio sherbet colored linings and settled for the plain brown and white composition of polka dots on kettle cloth my mother held up in triumph She was determined that I should sew as if she knew what she herself was missing a moment when she could have come up for air the children asleep the dishes drying on the rack and turned on the lamp and pulled back the curtain of sleep To inhabit the night the night as a black cloth white paper a sheet of music in which she might find herself singing On Saturdays at Mrs Umemoto s sewing school when I took my place beside the other girls bent my head and went to work my foot keeping time on the pedal it was to learn the charitable oblivion of hand and mind as one a refuge such music affords the maker the pleasure of notes in perfectly measured time The Grammar of Silk is from School Figures by Cathy Song 1994 Reprinted by permission of the University of Pittsburgh Press 17 CSR1P088 This is a
11. al color from the sun As he approached the Yellowstone River s Lower Falls he was astounded by copper stained boulders and yellow sulfur springs only to see them upstaged by the violent blues of cascading waters Back in Philadelphia after the expedition Moran was eager to communicate the profound experience of Yellowstone He spent months at his easel often painting into the night the only light coming from flickering gas lamps I have always held that the grandest most beautiful or wonderful in nature would in capable hands make the grandest most beautiful or wonderful pictures the artist later wrote If I fail to prove this I fail to prove myself worthy of the name painter Thomas Moran proved himself more than worthy His Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone a monumental seven by 12 foot oil painting is one of the finest landscapes in 19th century American art While Moran worked in his studio Hayden knocked on Congressional doors With expedition photos and Moran s vivid field sketches in hand Hayden had an arsenal of visual ammunition to push forward the park legislation By March 1 1872 when President Ulysses S Grant signed the bill Yellowstone had been described in the Congressional debates not as an unfriendly underworld place but as a pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people Curious to discover the West they had previously spurned even feared thousands 20 This i
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13. arges Returns should be made in the original box Please include a copy of the original sales receipt with the date of purchase clearly marked Make sure that all parts are returned with the machine Please attach a letter detailing any damage It is requested that you also provide an explanation of why you were dissatisfied with the machine This information is optional and will be used by FitQuest only to improve our products gt A fa N co 8 CSROP292 This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST Released Test Questions The point of the large boldfaced reference to a magazine article in Document A is to A B persuade the reader of the machine s popularity convince the reader to subscribe to the magazine encourage the reader to find out more about fitness let the reader know that the machine is expensive CSRO2148 292 Which of these is not an advantage of the FitQuest 2000 over the Home Training System A B C D the opportunity to get a real workout the price of the machine the portability of the machine the easy movement between exercises CSR02143 292 English Language Arts According to Document C the FitQuest warranty does not include A B
14. be pushed up a little and so while I danced around him in anguish and implored him to let the watch alone he calmly and cruelly did the shameful deed 4 My watch began to gain It gained faster and faster day by day Within the week it sickened to a raging fever and its pulse went up to a hundred and fifty in the shade At the end of two months it had left all the timepieces of the town far in the rear and was a fraction over thirteen days ahead of the almanac It was away into November enjoying the snow while the October leaves were still turning It hurried up house rent bills payable and such things in such a ruinous way that I could not abide it I took it to the watchmaker to be regulated 5 After being cleaned and oiled and regulated my watch slowed down to that degree that it ticked like a tolling bell I began to be left by trains I failed all appointments I got to missing my dinner I went to a watchmaker again 6 He took the watch all to pieces while I waited and then said the barrel was swelled He said he could reduce it in three days After this the watch averaged well but nothing more For half a day it would go like the very mischief and keep up such a barking and wheezing and whooping and sneezing and snorting that I could not hear myself think for the disturbance and as long as it held out there was not a watch in the land that stood any chance against it But the rest of the day it would keep on slowing down and f
15. cult and seemed to make a 30 minute workout unlikely unless limited to three or four exercises Though the machine is not bulky and can easily fit under a bed it is heavy and unfolding it was a challenge Its caster wheels are not adequate for pushing it more than a few feet Bottom line You can get a good workout from this machine but if you can afford it spend a little more for the FitQuest 2000 Document C FitQuest 2000 5 Year Limited Warranty If your FitQuest 2000 fails structurally during normal usage we will repair or replace it without charge to you Parts cables and labor are included This warranty is not transferable and does not cover the failure of FitQuest 2000 machines used commercially or for institutional purposes The warranty excludes failure caused by unreasonable or abusive use improper assembly following user performed disassembly or failure to provide reasonable and necessary care and maintenance Please consult the User s Manual for maintenance and care instructions FitQuest Inc shall not be liable for shipping or packaging charges to or from the factory for returned items To obtain service contact the FitQuest Customer Service Department at the number provided in the User s Guide Users can also write with questions to FitQuest Inc Customer Service P O Box 1800 Oceanside CA 90000 FitQuest 30 Day Money Back Guarantee All FitQuest products come with a 30 day money back guarantee less all freight ch
16. d Test Questions English Language Arts Which function requires an additional step to Read this sentence from the passage return the display to normal A setting the local time The TIME column shows the number of setting the local date hours each city is ahead of or behind London B C using the 100 year calendar D determining the time in another time zone In which sentence does column have the same meaning as it does in the sentence above CSR11310 284 Which word from the passage is derived from a Latin root meaning to run A The column of marching soldiers seemed to go on forever A current B Each corner of the roof was supported by a B hour massive iron column C major C Most of the students had trouble deciding D zon what to put in the survey s answer column D A column of water jetted up from the center of the fountain and then crashed back down CSR11301 284 Read this sentence from the passage CSR11302 284 The main purpose of the headings in this Depress and hold the s ort key until passage is the desired hour flashes A to describe the different physical parts of the calculator In which sentence does depress have the same B to list the time zones for which the calendar meaning as it does in the sentence above function will work C to direct the reader to the instructions for A The slow mournful music was beginning to different functions of the calculator depress Maddie D
17. e that corresponds with the time zone in which you live Select the major city that shares your time zone Press the code that corresponds to that city e g if you live in Washington Oregon California or Nevada all of which are located in the Pacific time zone you would choose Los Angeles and press the corresponding code which is the 1 key Press TIME twice The two digits representing hours will begin to flash Depress and hold the A or V key until the desired hour flashes Then release Press SET The two digits representing minutes will begin to flash Depress and hold the A or V key until the desired minute flashes Then release Press SET The two digits representing seconds will begin to flash Depress and hold the A or V key until 00 flashes Then release Press SET To set the year month and day press DATE three times Then repeat steps 2 through 7 NOTE At this point hours minutes and seconds will change to year month and day SO ee OP OY OY eS DETERMINING DATE AND TIME FOR THE WORLD S 16 TIME ZONES 1 Press ZONE twice 2 Use the TIME ZONE chart below to locate the code that corresponds to the time zone for which you desire the date and time Press that code e g press to determine the date and time in Hong Kong The selected date and time will alternately display for 10 seconds and then return automatically to your home date and time CODE CITY TIME 8 Cairo 9 Moscow 2 3 7 CITY Honolulu Los A
18. g away from my face and took a deep breath of the night air enriched with skunk but clear and watery and cold It wasn t so bad and the skunk didn t stir at all so I watched the moon caught that night in an envelope of silk a mist pass over my sleeping field of teenage guts and glory The grass harbored a sere dust both old and fresh I smelled the heat of spent growth beneath the rank tone of my bag mate the stiff fragrance of damp earth and the thick pungency of newly manured fields a mile or two away along with my sleeping bag s smell slightly mildewed forever smoky The skunk settled even closer and began to breathe rapidly its feet jerked a little like a dog s I sank against the earth and fell asleep too 4 Of what easily tipped cans what molten sludge what dogs in yards on chains what leftover macaroni casseroles what cellar holes crawl spaces burrows taken from meek woodchucks of what miracles of garbage did my skunk dream Or did it since we can t be sure dream the plot of Moby Dick how to properly age Parmesan or how to restore the brick walled tumbledown creamery that was its home We don t know about the dreams of any other biota and even much about our own If dreams are an actual dimension as some assert then the usual rules of life by which we abide do not apply In that place skunks may certainly dream of themselves into the vests of stockbrokers Perhaps that night the skunk and I dreamed each other
19. h ease If you are a serious music collector this news Collector s Catalog a new user friendly software should b miaste to your ears program that allows collectors to catalog their music Bibliography American Marketing Resources Keeping Pace With Consumer Demand The Kilmartin report Washington Capitol Hill Press 1999 Brown Jamar What s New in Software Software Inside News 1 January 2000 sec B 4 Compact Discs The Universal Encyclopedia of Technology 1998 ed Hauser Melanie Compact Disc Packaging Analysis Music Plus Digest 15 December 2000 32 Larkin Esther Not Compact Enough Solving the Music Storage Question London Choice Publications 1998 Valez Hector Working Teens as Consumers Los Angeles Victory Press 1996 a This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education GRADE CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST 10 English Language Arts Released Test Questions Solving the Organization Puzzle Collector s Catalog is the hottest new database software program for cataloging classifying and managing compact disc collections boxes or stacks of CDs to find what you want With Collector s Catalog your entire collection is just a mouse click away moons It
20. hat his landscapes proved said Stephen Tyng Mather director of the Park Service in the 1920s was that an American did not have to leave his native shores to look on something more wonderful than the Alps Copyright 1997 Cliff Yudell Used by permission of Cliff Yudell a Miami based writer and artist CSR1P044 Which idea shows that the author believes The last four paragraphs of the passage that Yellowstone s beauty is awe inspiring A tell how the onset of the Civil War prevented A The author expresses how Langford described people from exploring Yellowstone beans aplace wikia titeatening B describe the amazing beauty and unique E natural features that can be found in B The author explains that after the Civil War Yellowstone hie eV Crm ne ratau SUE VEY deans i C explain how Yellowstone became a national explore the West park as a result of Hayden lobbying in C The author describes how eager Moran was Congress to tell others about his profound experience D describe the impact that Thomas Moran at Yellowstone had on Yellowstone and the impact that D The author tried to prevent Yellowstone from Yellowstone had on Moran becoming a national park fearing that tourists would ruin the natural beauty CSR11592 044 CSR11593 044 21 This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released tes
21. hat grew more assured as time went by He sold enough of these early works to keep going In Philadelphia he met a young woman named Mary Nimmo who became his wife and later his companion in work Moran helped Mary develop her talent for painting and etching while he continued to develop his own artistic style By 1870 Moran was illustrating articles for Scribner s Monthly magazine One article written by explorer Nathaniel Langford described a mysterious region in the West called Yellowstone as the place where hell bubbled up Langford wrote of a threatening underworld marked by foul smelling sulfur steam By reworking crude drawings made by members of Langford s expedition and using his own imagination Moran drew a fantastic world of erupting geysers and jagged pinnacles 19 This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education GRADE CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST 10 English Language Arts Released Test Questions 8 At the time little was known about this part of the West The area we now call Yellowstone encompassing sections of Wyoming Montana and Idaho was nearly inaccessible Plans to explore the region had been halted by the start of the Civil War in 1861 With the end of the war came new explorations spurred in part by a celebratio
22. itQuest 2000 turned out to be a great little home gym It was not the most expensive nor did it offer the most options but it was fast easy to use and left me feeling like I d had a real workout The first pleasant surprise was opening the box to find it fully assembled The FitQuest easily unpacked and unfolded and within ten minutes I was working out Using the enclosed wall chart and operating instructions I was able to perform all 20 of the exercises the machine claims to offer Note FitQuest does not recommend doing all 20 exercises during each workout The machine is fast The only adjustments between exercises are to the incline and the cables and are simple and easy to accomplish Still when I attempted a suggested workout the next day it took some hustle to get through it in 30 minutes However users could probably still complete the workout in less than 45 minutes at a reasonable pace Bottom line If you can t join a gym this is a good alternative a This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education GRADE CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST J English Language Arts Released Test Questions Document B continued Home Training System Rank 2 Price 699 Available Sporting goods stores Cawells Industries advertises the Home Training Sy
23. jected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST Released Test Questions 27 28 29 30 al 32 33 34 35 On Saturdays in the morning my mother sent me to Mrs Umemoto s sewing school It was cool and airy in her basement pleasant a word I choose to use years later to describe the long tables where we sat and cut pinned and stitched the Singer s companionable whirr the crisp clever bite of scissors parting like silver fish a river of calico The school was in walking distance to Kaimuki Dry Goods where my mother purchased my supplies small cards of buttons zippers and rickrack packaged like licorice lifesaver rolls of thread in fifty yard lengths spun from spools tough as tackle Seamstresses waited at the counters like librarians to be consulted Pens and scissors dangled like awkward pendants across flat chests a scarf of measuring tape flung across a shoulder time as a pincushion bristled at the wrist They deciphered a dress s blueprints with an architect s keen eye This evidently was a sanctuary a place where women confined with children conferred consulted the oracle the stone tablets of the latest pattern books Here mothers and daughters paused in symmetry offered the proper reverence hushed murmurings for the shauntung silk which required a certain sigh as if it were
24. ls in life the sadness that has afflicted her has been replaced with feelings of optimism her interaction with nature has prepared her to overcome her fear of failure the problems she thought were monumental now seem rather insignificant CSR11470 189 GRADE J English Language Arts How would the narrator of I m in Charge of Celebrations likely react if he or she experienced what the narrator of Skunk Dreams experienced A He would consider it another cause for celebration He would be even more upset He would be embarrassed and never admit that he had been sprayed by a skunk He would be concerned for the skunk and he would try to keep it as a pet CSR11463 189 26 CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST Released Test Questions What dramatic convention best describes both works A B C D dialogue monologue speech aside CSR11456 189 This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST GRADE Released Test Questions English Language Arts USING YOUR GOLDEN ARROW MULTIPURPOSE CALCULATOR TO DETERMINE THE DATE AND TIME AT YOUR LOCATION AS WELL AS LOCATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE SETTING THE DATE AND TIME FOR YOUR LOCATION Use the TIME ZONE chart below to locate the cod
25. n of freedom and patriotism In 1867 the government began funding a number of survey teams to visit uncharted territories in the West The initial teams produced vital information accompanied by rudimentary sketches done by soldiers But these reports to Congress could not convey the visual reality of this stunning region One team however was led by Ferdinand V Hayden a former Union Army surgeon who had tremendous enthusiasm for both scientific discovery and natural beauty Hayden possessed one important skill that the other team leaders lacked he was adept at political lobbying Hayden s goal was not merely to issue technical reports but to excite public imagination to popularize the West and make it accessible Hayden knew it would take a landscape painter of enormous talent even genius to show Congress what he himself had seen At the suggestion of Northern Pacific Railroad financier Jay Cooke who had seen Moran s sketches in Scribner s Hayden took along the young artist Cooke and Scribner s each put up 500 to finance Moran s journey With his small carpetbag stuffed full of clothing and art materials Moran went into the wilderness He was so thin he had to put a pillow beneath him on the saddle but he still couldn t ride without pain The trip proved worthwhile however Finally reaching the foothills of Yellowstone s Mount Washburn Moran was dazzled by the deep greens of ancient pines and the aspens that seemed to ste
26. ngeles Denver oO 1 U e j N 1 N Bangkok Hong Kong 8 Sydney 10 Wellington 12 The TIME column shows the number of hours each city is ahead of or behind London AJ Chicago 6 New York 5 Rio de Janeiro 3 London 0 Paris 1 oO N This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST English Language Arts Released Test Questions USING THE 100 YEAR CALENDAR You can view the calendar for the years 1950 to 2050 Press CAL twice The four digits representing the year will begin to flash Depress and hold down the A or F key until the desired year flashes Then release Press SET The two digits representing the month will begin to flash Depress and hold down the A or Y key until the desired month flashes Then release Press SET The calendar for the month and year you have selected will display oy oe SONS To return to the current clock calendar display press CAL once CSRI1P284 28 This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST GRADE Release
27. ogether The oldest man in the world could not make head or tail of the time of day by such a watch and so I went again to have the thing repaired This person said that the crystal had got bent and that the mainspring was not straight He also remarked that part of the works needed half soling He made these things all right and then my timepiece performed unexceptionably save that now and then after working along quietly for nearly eight hours everything inside would let go all of a sudden and begin to buzz like a bee and the hands would straightway begin to spin round and round so fast that their individuality was lost completely and they simply seemed a delicate spider s web over the face of the watch She would reel off the next twenty four hours in six or seven minutes and then stop with a bang I went with a heavy heart to one more watchmaker and looked on while he took her to pieces Then I prepared to cross question him rigidly for this thing was getting serious The watch had cost two hundred dollars originally and I seemed to have paid out two or three thousand for repairs While I waited and looked on I presently recognized in this watchmaker an old acquaintance a steamboat engineer of other days and not a good engineer either He examined all the parts carefully just as the other watchmakers had done and then delivered his verdict with the same confidence of manner He said She makes too much steam you want to hang
28. ooling along until all the clocks it had left behind caught up again So at last at the end of twenty four hours it would trot up to the judges stand all right and just in time It would show a fair and square average and no man could say it had done more or less than its duty But a correct average is only a mild virtue in a watch and I took this instrument to another watchmaker 7 He said the king bolt was broken He repaired the king bolt but what the watch gained in one way it lost in another It would run awhile and then stop awhile and then run awhile again and so on using its own discretion about the intervals And every time it went off it kicked back like a musket I padded my breast for a few days but finally took the watch to another watchmaker 10 This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST GRADE Released Test Questions English Language Arts 40 12 13 He picked it all to pieces and turned the ruin over and over under his glass and then he said there appeared to be something the matter with the hair trigger He fixed it and gave it a fresh start It did well now except that always at ten minutes to ten the hands would shut together like a pair of scissors and from that time forth they would travel t
29. s a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST GRADE Released Test Questions English Language Arts 18 19 20 of Americans traveled there to experience its awe inspiring beauty Congress echoed this enthusiasm by purchasing Moran s Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone for display in the Capitol With his reputation launched Moran literally began using Yellowstone as his middle name Keen eyed observers will note a tiny monogram on many of his landscapes combining his initials TM with a Y for the park that became such a part of his identity Moran continued to explore the West producing canvases so precise that even today geologists can identify rock formations from studying his works By the time he died in 1926 at age 89 Moran had created some 1000 oils more than 2000 magazine illustrations and over 300 watercolors The artist s greatest legacy however was to future generations The establishment of Yellowstone National Park led to the development of the National Park Service which now administers more than 350 sites including national parks battlefields and memorials attracting more than 265 million visitors a year It s not surprising then that Thomas Moran has been called the Father of the National Parks W
30. s no puzzle why Collector s Catalog 39 is America s 1 choice Creating a New Data Record 1 Select NEW RECORD from the FILE menu 2 Type the title of the CD in the box below the word TITLE 3 Use the TAB key to move from one field to the next until you have entered all the requested information 4 Select NEW RECORD from the FILE menu The entry is automatically saved and the title of the CD will appear on the left side of the screen under ALL RECORDS 5 Repeat the procedure to enter additional CDs After you have made all of your entries simply hit EXIT All information you entered is saved Note All fields in the record except comments are required This means they can NOT be left blank you must enter information in each box 14 Collector s Catalog CD Organizer File Search Qptions Move Hep lt All Records Title Friends for Better or Worse Artist Kevin Mc Released nckttchidiedc adits 61999 Color Code White Entry Date 10 3 99 Print This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education l Collector s Catalo 8 J Imagine No more digging through lt DATA RECORD Category Country Label Star Reco
31. stem as the ultimate home workout for the serious trainer These are not just hollow promises The first clue that this will be a serious machine is the price tag a full 500 more than the FitQuest 2000 The Home Training System does offer almost everything you can think of in a home gym and its 58 exercises are almost double that offered by the FitQuest or Bodyworks II machines The Home Training System provides a genuine workout that nearly rivals what could be achieved at commercial fitness gyms However this is a gym for someone with plenty of time for training Changing exercise positions on this machine is cumbersome and sometimes more of a workout than the exercises themselves It required almost two hours to assemble It is bulky and would only be considered portable by Arnold Schwarzenegger maybe Bottom line This is a good machine but if you ve got this much time and money join a gym Bodyworks Il Rank 3 Price 129 Available Most department stores The Bodyworks II claims to offer a superb workout in just a half hour Well not exactly The machine the least expensive of the three did provide a good workout Its 35 positions were slightly more than the FitQuest though less than the Home Training System It also came unassembled but was not as difficult to put together as the Home Training System Though some of the exercises were a bit awkward none seemed dangerous Changing positions however was somewhat diffi
32. t I walked in my own strange wind The streets were wide and empty I met no one not a dog not a squirrel not even an early robin Perhaps they had all scattered before me blocks away I had gone out to sleep on the football field because I was afflicted with a sadness I had to dramatize They were nothing to me now My emotions had seemed vast dark and private But they were minor mere wisps compared to skunk Skunk Dreams from THE BLUE JAY S DANCE by LOUISE ERDRICH Copyright 1995 by Louise Erdrich Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers Inc Baylor moves the reader through her poem 1 m in Charge of Celebrations by using A B C D vivid descriptive details key words and phrase repetition short line length varied punctuation CSR11469 189 What character trait does the speaker in Baylor s poem reveal about herself when she says I put myself in charge I choose my own A B C D self reliance honesty compassion self destructiveness CSR00687 076 A B 25 This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education CSR1P189 2 The morning after being sprayed by the skunk the narrator of Skunk Dreams realizes that her experience has caused her to change her goa
33. t questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education GRADE CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST English Language Arts Released Test Questions Which question could be answered by doing Which magazine article would most likely fact based research A What is the most dramatic part of Yellowstone B Which period of Moran s life most likely had the least influence on his ability to paint C How did the establishment of Yellowstone National Park lead to the development of the National Park Service D Why should an art critic view Moran s paintings of Yellowstone as magnificent CSR11589 044 appear in a bibliography for this passage A A Portrait of Yellowstone Before It Was a Park B The Ten Most Popular Tourist Attractions in the United States C Who s Who in the World of Contemporary Artists D How Lobbyists Get the Job Done in Congress CSR11588 044 This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST Released Test Questions 20 23 30 Sometimes people ask me Aren t you lonely out there with just desert around you 35 I guess they mean the beargrass and the yuccas and the cactus and the rocks 40 I guess they mean the deep ravines and the hawk nes
34. the monkey wrench on the safety valve My uncle William used to say that a good horse was a good horse until it had run away once and that a good watch was a good watch until the repairers got a chance at it Public Domain CSROPO75 4 Throughout this story the author references What literary device is the narrator using when periods of time in order to he says Within the week it sickened to a raging fever and its pulse went up to a hundred A identify the historical period in which the and fifty in the shade narrator lived B justify the narrator s lack of timeliness A Eepeuos C illustrate the narrator s desire to learn watch BY symbolism repair C irony D emphasize the magnitude of the narrator s D personification ordeal CSR00680 075 CSR00683 075 11 This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education GRADE CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST J English Language Arts Released Test Questions 6 In the last paragraph the narrator references One indication that this was not written in recent times is the comparison of the watch to a what his uncle William said in order to show that A he will pay more money for his next watch B watches are as difficult to maintain as horses C heis ready to quit trying to have the
35. to suggest to the reader the calculator B The flood of CD players on the market function he or she is most likely to use served to depress their price CSR11304 284 C Ian had to depress the lever several times to get the jack to the proper height D According to one economist another drop in employment could depress the economy CSR11300 284 29 This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is NOT an operational test form Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions Copyright 2009 California Department of Education GRADE CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST J English Language Arts Released Test Questions Why are the words TIME SET DATE ZONE What sequence of steps would you follow to and CAL most likely set in a typeface different check the time in Moscow from the rest of the text A Press ZONE twice Press 9 B Press ZONE twice Press 3 C Press ZONE twice Press 9 three times D Press ZONE twice Press 9 Press 3 A to draw attention to complicated technical terms B to indicate words that appear on the calculator s buttons C to designate words that are defined in CSR11309 284 the passage D to provide variety and interest to the appearance of the document CSR11303 284 If you live in London what is the difference in time between your home and Los Angeles A 10 hours B 8 hours C6 hours D 12 hours CSR11308 284 This is a sample of C
36. ts in the cliffs 45 and the coyote trails that wind across the hills Lonely I can t help 50 laughing when they ask me that I always look at them surprised And I say How could I be lonely I m the one in charge of celebrations GRADE English Language Arts T I m in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor Sometimes they don t believe me but it s true Iam I put myself in charge I choose my own Last year I gave myself one hundred and eight celebrations besides the ones that they close school for I cannot get by with only a few Friend I ll tell you how it works I keep a notebook and I write the date and then I write about the celebration I m very choosy over what goes in that book 65 70 75 80 It has to be something I plan to remember the rest of my life You can tell what s worth a celebration because your heart will POUND and you ll feel like you re standing on top of a mountain and you ll catch your breath like you were breathing some new kind of air Otherwise I count it just an average day I told you I was choosy Reprinted with the permission of Atheneum Books for Young Readers an imprint of Simon amp Schuster Children s Publishing Division from I m in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor Copyright 1986 Byrd Baylor 23 CSRIP189 1 This is a sample of California Standards Test questions This is
37. ummer afternoon in 1871 a young artist sat high upon a cliff in the American West mesmerized by the grandeur of the wilderness he saw In the distance the untamed Yellowstone River came crashing down a huge waterfall into a basin of sapphire blue Below him lay massive canyon walls violently etched out of the cream yellow stone To paint these wonders the thin sturdy man had endured a four day ride on the fledgling Northern Pacific Railroad a dangerous stagecoach journey and a painful trek by horse and pack mule He was traveling as an artist on a survey team and the work he created as a result of this trip would introduce thousands of Americans to the sublime landscape of their own country and help to establish Yellowstone as our first national park While the bearded figure sat gazing at the splendor around him he wondered if he could capture on paper all the glories he saw Alone with his watercolors and drawing pencils 34 year old Thomas Moran began to sketch The artist who did so much for the American West was born into a family of weavers in Bolton England in 1837 When Moran was seven his family moved to Philadelphia where they worked long hours at the loom A sensitive young man Moran spent his early adulthood refining his art without formal education Day trips outside the city introduced him to the beauty of sloping hillsides and sparkling riverbeds sights he translated brush stroke by brush stroke onto canvases t
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