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CBEST - California Basic Educational Skills Reading: Vocabulary and Text Structure Flashcards

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  1. The root word 'aud' in 'audible' means:

    Answer: Hear

    The Latin root 'aud' means to hear, as in audible (able to be heard) and auditorium.

  2. A passage states: 'Students who ate breakfast scored higher on tests. Therefore, schools should provide free breakfast.' The word 'therefore' signals:

    Answer: A conclusion drawn from evidence

    'Therefore' signals that the second sentence is a logical conclusion based on the preceding evidence.

  3. Which of the following is an example of a synonym clue?

    Answer: The teacher was loquacious, or talkative, during the lecture.

    Placing a known synonym after a comma or 'or' is a classic synonym context clue.

  4. The word 'inevitable' most nearly means:

    Answer: Certain to happen

    'Inevitable' describes something that cannot be prevented or avoided — it will certainly occur.

  5. A passage describes urban schools, then rural schools, examining funding, class size, and resources for each. This structure is:

    Answer: Compare and contrast

    Examining two subjects across the same categories is a compare-and-contrast structure.

  6. In reading, 'text structure' refers to:

    Answer: The way an author organizes information in a passage

    Text structure describes the organizational pattern an author uses to present ideas, such as cause-effect or sequence.