In this section of the test, you will read six tests and answer 42 questions. Choose the correct answer to each question and mark the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.

Before you start, read the sample text and the sample question below.

Sample text

Erosion is one of nature's most power forces. It can happen in many ways, includ-ing through the wind, rain, snow, and ice, Erosion frequently takes place over a long period of time. This is how canyons and deserts are often created. Yet it is also pos-sible for erosion to take place overnight.

Sample Question 1

What is this text mostly about?

(A) How deserts are created

(B) A natural force

(C) Canyons and deserts

(D) Wind erosion

The correct answer is (B), "A natural force."

Sample Question 2

Which of the following is true regarding erosion?

(A) It can happen in many ways

(B) Water most commonly causes it

(C) It can create deserts overnight

(D) It is stronger than anything in nature

The correct answers is (A), "It can happen in many ways"

Questions 1-6 are about the following newspaper article.

     Students often prefer to spend their weekends hanging out at the shopping mall or sitting at their homes and watching television. But, thanks to a new vol-unteer program at Samford High School, many of the students there are spending their weekends improving the lives of their neighbors.

     Social studies teacher Wendy Foreman encouraged her students to do some volunteer work at least once a week as soon as the semester began. She even start-ed a club, which is called Help Your Neighbors. The results were beyond belief.

     "Nearly fifty percent of the entire student body joined the club," she said. The members of the club do all sorts of volunteer work. Some devote their time in area hospitals, soup kitchens, and animal shelters. Other students pick up trash in local parks and even along the sides of roads. And some students have organized a food drive that donates food to underprivileged locals every week.

     Ms. Foreman commented, "I couldn't be prouder of these students. It's great to see them doing something productive during their free time. They're really get-ting involved in the community. They're definitely not typical teenagers."