Name:___NonfictionReadingTestGoogleDirections:Readthefollowingpassageandanswerthequestionsthatfollow.Refertothetexttocheckyouranswerswhenappropriate.Youknowthatyou'redoingsomethingbigwhenyourcompanynamebecomesaverb.AskXerox.In1959theycreatedthefirstplainpapercopymachine.Itwasoneofthemostsuccessfulproductsever.Thecompany...
As the babies age, the words change. “Walk, Mama” and “Book, Mama” with Mama and child reading together. This is also a great book for potty training as the child learns words like “Pee-Yoo Mama” which should make everyone laugh. The back matter explains how this book should be...
Name:___NonfictionReadingTestGarbageDirections:Readthefollowingpassageandanswerthequestionsthatfollow.Refertothetexttocheckyouranswerswhenappropriate.Garbagecansarenotmagicalportals.Trashdoesnotdisappearwhenyoutossitinacan.Yet,theaverageAmericanthrowsawayanestimated1,600poundsofwasteeachyear.Iftherearenomagicgarbagefairi...
If not a certifiable lunatic, he was certainly a clinical specimen of arrested development.” After crediting Joseph Addison with “spreading to many dull and unenlightened homes the blessed habit of reading,” he passes a harsh sentence: “Addison’s complacency and optimism are as insipid as a...
The answer is, it probably depends on who’s reading your work. There are times, like when I received an email from a thirty year-old schoolteacher in New Jersey, with the headline “Your Memoir Saved My Life,” that I’m glad I wrote what I did. There are other times—like during...
Name:___NonfictionReadingTestGarbageDirections:Readthefollowingpassageandanswerthequestionsthatfollow.Refertothetexttocheckyouranswerswhenappropriate.Garbagecansarenotmagicalportals.Trashdoesnotdisappearwhenyoutossitinacan.Yet,theaverageAmericanthrowsawayanestimated1,600poundsofwasteeachyear.Iftherearenomagicgarbagefairi...
Name:___NonfictionReadingTestGoogleDirections:Readthefollowingpassageandanswerthequestionsthatfollow.Refertothetexttocheckyouranswerswhenappropriate.Youknowthatyou'redoingsomethingbigwhenyourcompanynamebecomesaverb.AskXerox.In1959theycreatedthefirstplainpapercopymachine.Itwasoneofthemostsuccessfulproductsever.Thecompany...