CBEST CBEST - California Basic Educational Skills Reading: Vocabulary and Text Structure 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Read the sentence: "The teacher's demeanor was stern but fair, earning the respect of all her students." What does 'demeanor' most likely mean?
- Manner or behavior (Correct answer)
- Teaching method
- Tone of voice
- Years of experience
Correct answer: Manner or behavior
'Demeanor' refers to a person's outward behavior or manner.
Question 2: A passage opens with a general claim, then provides three supporting examples, and closes with a restatement. This text structure is called:
- Main idea with supporting details (Correct answer)
- Cause and effect
- Compare and contrast
- Problem and solution
Correct answer: Main idea with supporting details
A general claim supported by examples and restated at the end follows a main-idea-with-details structure.
Question 3: The prefix 'mis-' in 'mislead' means:
- Wrongly (Correct answer)
- Again
- Before
- Against
Correct answer: Wrongly
The prefix 'mis-' means wrongly or incorrectly, as in to lead someone in the wrong direction.
Question 4: A passage describes how drought leads to crop failure, which then leads to food shortages. This is an example of which text structure?
- Cause and effect (Correct answer)
- Compare and contrast
- Chronological order
- Problem and solution
Correct answer: Cause and effect
When one event directly results in another, the text uses a cause-and-effect structure.
Question 5: Which context clue strategy is used when a sentence defines an unfamiliar word right after a comma or dash?
- Appositive or definition clue (Correct answer)
- Synonym clue
- Antonym clue
- Inference clue
Correct answer: Appositive or definition clue
An appositive or definition clue restates the meaning of the word directly within the sentence.
Question 6: The suffix '-ology' in 'biology' means:
- The study of (Correct answer)
- The practice of
- Without
- Full of
Correct answer: The study of
'-ology' derives from Greek and means 'the study of,' as in biology = the study of life.
CBEST CBEST - California Basic Educational Skills Reading: Vocabulary and Text Structure 1
Read the sentence: "The teacher's demeanor was stern but fair, earning the respect of all her students." What does 'demeanor' most likely mean?