Battle of the Bulge · Battle of the Bulge (1) When people want to lose weight, they often go on a diet. (2) Many times, people go on "Crash Diets" or very low calorie diets. (3)

Read the selection and choose the best answer to each question. Then fill inthe answer on your answer document.

Timoteo wrote a persuasive paper about fad diets. He would like you to read his paperand look for any revisions he needs to make. Then answer the questions that follow.

Battle of the Bulge(1) When people want to lose weight, they often go on a diet. (2) Many times,

people go on "Crash Diets" or very low calorie diets. (3) Going on a diet thatdemands that you eat very little can actually backfire, though. (4) It can evenmake you gain more weight!

(5) The word "diet" literally means the kinds of foods a person generally eats,so everyone actually has a diet already. (6) However, our society tends to use theword differently. (7) For us, being "on a diet" means restricting food intake inorder to lose weight. (8) Having a bad diet made up of junk food, sugary foods,and high fat foods can make people gain weight, of course. (9) However, going ona diet can make a person gain weight, too. (10) That's why it is better to not "goon a diet." (11) To lose weight, people who feel in need of a change must insteadtakes the correct measures to alter their eating habits.

(12) When people go on diets to lose weight they usually stop eating most ofthe foods they love. (13) That is their first mistake, because people can onlydeprive themselves of their favorite foods for a short period of time. (14) Then,when they finally eat those foods again, they tend to overindulge and eat way toomuch. (15) That is one way that dieting can cause people to gain weight in thelong run.

(16) The same principle holds true for other foods as well, not just yourfavorites. (17) If you starve yourself all day and only eat salads, eventually youmight give in to hunger and may even eat a whole pizza! (18) That is why peoplewho go on very restrictive diets and lose weight often gain back more weight thanyou originally lost. (19) If you stop eating junk food or cookies completely, it islikely that junk food and cookies will always be on your mind.

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(20) The right way to lose weight is to cut down on food that you already eat.(21) If you usually eat two slices of pizza for lunch, try just eating one. (22) Ifyou usually have a bowl of ice cream for dessert, try having a small cup instead.(23) Then you won't feel deprived of the foods you love and you will be much lesslikely to overindulge.

(24) So, if anyone you know wants to go on a crash diet to lose weight, tellthem to think again. (25) They may end up actually gaining weight instead!


1 What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?

A Delete the comma after times

B Change go to went

C Change Crash Diets to crash diets

D No change should be made in sentence 2.

2 What change is needed in sentence 11?

F Delete the comma after weight

G Change people to a person

H Change takes to take

J Change alter to altering

3 What is the BEST way to revise sentence 12?

A When people go on diets to lose weight, they usually stop eating most of the foodsthey love.

B When people go on diets to lose weight; they usually stop eating most of the foodsthey love.

C When people go on diets to lose weight. They usually stop eating most of the foodsthey love.

D When people go on diets, to lose weight, they usually stop, eating most of the foodsthey love.


4 How should sentence 18 be changed?

F Insert a comma after people

G Change restrictive to restrictave

H Change lose to lost

J Change you to they

5 What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 20?

A The only way to lose weight is to eliminate the foods that you already eat.

B The best way to lose weight is to reduce portions of the foods that you already eat.

C There is a right way to lose weight and it's to cut down on foods you already eat.

D Cutting down on foods, you already eat, is the only way to lose weight.

6 What is the correct way to write sentence 23?

F This way you won't feel deprived of the foods you love while you will be much lesslikely to overindulge.

G Then you won't feel deprived of the foods you love that will be much less likely tooverindulge.

H This way you won't feel deprived of the foods you love; you will actually be lesslikely to overindulge.

J Sentence 23 is written correctly in the paper.


7 Timoteo wants to provide a better closing to his paper. Which of these could be addedafter sentence 25 to more effectively close his paper?

A This could lead to a vicious cycle of dieting and gaining weight for the rest of yourlife.

B It's much better to develop an overall healthy lifestyle than to engage in a fad dietthat can't be maintained.

C When you are trying to lose weight, this is obviously the opposite of the outcomeyou want.

D A better alternative to diets is to work on your self-esteem and accepting your bodythe way it is.


READING



The Detective ReturnsArthur Conan Doyle stepped out into the cold air with his golf club in hand and aduffle bag slung over his shoulder. 1901 was going to be a fine year, he couldalready tell; the early-January skies were overcast, but that did nothing to detractfrom the feeling of hope in the air. Arthur, however, was not happy, no matterhow often he tried to tell himself otherwise. After all, his writing was going well;he had published several short stories in magazines, and they had been wellreceived by critics. The public, however, was a very different thing.

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Arthur was a writer, and rather a famous one. He had created a fictional detectivesome time ago, in 1887, named Sherlock Holmes. He had based the character inpart on one of his professors from medical school, a man named Joseph Bell, andalso on a character created by Edgar Allen Poe, an American author. After Arthurbegan writing mystery stories about Sherlock Holmes, Holmes had become soloved by audiences around the world that Arthur had simply kept writing more.After all, it paid the bills.

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Arthur had originally wanted to write more significant stories though, and he hada special fondness for writing historical fiction. Historical fiction was meaningful,and critics took it seriously. Mystery stories weren’t for serious writers; they weretrite stories for the common reader, not the sort of stories that would go down inhistory. No one would remember Arthur Conan Doyle for creating SherlockHolmes; historical fiction would be his ticket to being renowned as a great author.

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So he killed his own creation. He wrote a story in which the Great Detective fell offthe edge of a cliff in a battle with his enemy, the evil genius Professor Moriarty. Itwas his finest work, and when the story was finally published, he felt so relieved.The responsibility of writing about the world’s finest sleuth was finally off Arthur’sshoulders. It was over, and he could finally focus on his career, or so he thought.He hadn’t anticipated how emphatically the public would hate his choice to let goof Sherlock Holmes. It was his creation, after all, surely it couldn’t affect anyoneelse that much. He was mistaken. After the story was published, the fans he hadbuilt up over the years wore black armbands to show their grief over the death oftheir favorite literary character. People who recognized him in the streets insultedhim when he went shopping, and they spat on his shoes when he went out fordinner. It was ridiculous, because Sherlock Holmes was just a character. Therewas no way they could love him so much, for he wasn’t real.

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Arthur wrote about Sherlock Holmes’ last adventure, which he titled "The FinalProblem," in 1893, and he thought the initial outrage would die down quitequickly. He was so very wrong. It was now 1901 and people still wrote him lettersasking him when he would write another Sherlock Holmes adventure. It was one

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of the first things new acquaintances asked him when Arthur introduced himself,and he was getting tired of it. This year, though, would be better, Arthur wascertain of it.

Arthur saw a silhouetted figure on the green golf course up ahead, waving at him.It was his friend, Fletcher Robison. He and Fletcher enjoyed playing golf togetheron occasion; it was one of Arthur’s favorite hobbies.

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“Arthur,” Fletcher greeted him, “How are you?”7

“Well enough,” Arthur said. Fletcher laughed.8

“That sounds uninspired,” he said. “Is your writing not coming along?”9

“No, I’m afraid not,” Arthur said. “I feel as though I am running out of ideas.”10

“You should come up to Dartmoor for a visit,” Fletcher told him, speaking of thetown he was born and raised in. “Plenty of inspiration up there, I would think. Didyou know that one of the manors up there is terribly haunted?”

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Arthur resisted the urge to roll his eyes. “I have written plenty of ghost stories,”he said.

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“Ah, but this one is haunted by a dog,” Fletcher said, grinning widely when he sawArthur raise his eyebrows in surprise. “Ah, I figured you hadn’t heard that onebefore.” It was true; Arthur had heard many ghost stories, but never one about adog. He could sense a prickling already in the back of his mind, as he always feltwhen an idea was forming. If he closed his eyes, he could already see a forest fullof mist, glowing eyes, a smoking pipe, and a tall, thin figure with a nose like abeak.

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Perhaps, he thought, it was time to revive Sherlock Holmes.14


8 Because the Latin root significantem means "having a special meaning," the reader cantell that the word significant in paragraph 3 refers to something that is —

F eloquent

G important

H trivial

J helpful

9 What does the sensory language in paragraph 13 help the reader understand?

A The inspiration that Arthur feels about creating a new story about Sherlock Holmes

B The difficulty that Arthur has playing golf with his friend

C The fear that Arthur feels about the haunted manor

D The reasons why Arthur enjoys playing golf with Fletcher

10 The author uses paragraph 3 to convey to the reader —

F how important it is to read historical fiction

G the explanation for why critics prefer historical fiction stories over mysteries

H Arthur's need to be the most famous author of his time

J a crucial reason why Arthur wanted to stop writing about Sherlock Holmes


11 Paragraphs 4 and 5 are mainly about —

A how sad the fans of Sherlock Holmes were when he died in "The Final Problem"

B Arthur's decision to have Holmes die in a final story and the public's reaction to it

C how Sherlock Holmes dies in a battle with Professor Moriarty

D the publisher's reasons for wanting Arthur to write the short story, "The FinalProblem"



The Little GardenAntonia Miller should have felt that she was living her dream. She was living in

the city and working under one of the greatest chefs in America in a four-starrestaurant called The Little Garden. And she was happy, really, she was. Being anassistant in a constantly-bustling kitchen was difficult work, but she feltenormously satisfied at the end of the day. She just wished that she could bemore involved in actually making the food.

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Most of Antonia’s job involved chopping vegetables. It was important, sheknew that. The head chef, Violet, was always the one to come up with the menufor the day, arrange the restaurant’s daily specials, and plate the food as it cameout — just as it should be. Chef Violet Greene was a genius when it came to food,and her plates looked like works of art.

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So it was a surprise when Chef Violet came into the kitchen one afternoon andannounced, “We need a new dessert.”

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The Little Garden was well-known for its desserts; for the restaurant tosuddenly need an entirely new one was bizarre to say the least.

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“I fear that The Little Garden has fallen into a routine,” Chef Violet continued,“and I am running out of inspiration these days. Does anyone here have anyunusual flavor combinations in mind?”

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“Chocolate and caramel?” asked Jordan, who usually was left in charge ofpreparing meat.

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“Something we haven’t done before,” Chef Violet said.7

“Carrot and cherry?” someone else suggested.8

“Too savory,” Chef Violet said.9

Antonia debated. She liked making desserts at home. Some of her friendsasked her why she ever bothered cooking when she worked in a restaurant all daylong, but Antonia enjoyed creating new flavor combinations, and she liked seeingwhere they took her. The only thing that made her nervous — and it always had,ever since cooking school — was letting other people try her food, if it didn’toriginate from a recipe. It was why she generally preferred working for anotherchef, rather than trying to run her own restaurant. She liked creating food, shejust didn’t like being judged for it. Still, this was her chance to do something alittle more exciting than chopping vegetables. Antonia raised her hand, like shewas still a school kid. Chef Violet pointed to her, an expectant expression on herface.

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“What about lime, coconut, and basil?” asked Antonia. “You could do a coconutcream, and lime and basil shaved ice on top, possibly with some other sort oflayer? And possibly fruit, or a fruit puree. Like an English trifle.”

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Chef Violet actually seemed to be considering it. Antonia had expected heridea to be dismissed immediately.

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“It would be refreshing,” she said, nodding. “Show me what you have.” Andhere, Antonia froze. She had only been providing suggestions, but she had beennowhere near prepared to actually make something.

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“Um,” she stuttered. “To be honest, chef, I’ve never actually tried to makesomething like this myself. Perhaps you would rather take over?”

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Chef Violet shook her head. “No, I would like to see what you would do, if youwere in charge,” she said. “Pretend that you are me, and that I am you, Isuppose. What would you direct each of us to do, in the kitchen? A chef rarelyworks entirely alone, after all.” This last comment, for some reason, made Antoniafeel a little braver. After all, if other people were helping, it would not just be herbeing judged, but everyone else who had helped create the dish.

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“Alright,” she said. “Chef Violet, if you would get started with a coconut cream,aiming for something a little lighter than a pudding? Jordan, if you could createsome sort of nut granola, just to add some extra texture? I’ll make the ice layer.”

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Each member of the team got to work, and even Chef Violet seemed to enjoythe process. Finally, Antonia poured each layer into a glass and passed it aroundwith spoons for everyone to taste. She held her breath as Chef Violet put a biteinto her mouth, closing her eyes thoughtfully.

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“Delicious,” she said. “It needs a few adjustments, perhaps — the lime is toosweet with the coconut, but maybe with more pure lime juice, and less sugar inthe shaved ice?” She opened her eyes and looked at Antonia. “Well, Miss Miller, ifyou ever have more suggestions like this one, come to me immediately.” Antonia’sheart leapt. “And in the meanwhile,” Chef Violet said, “how would you feel abouthelping me perfect this dessert?”

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Antonia stood up a little straighter. “Where do we start, Chef?” she asked.19


12 What does the word expectant mean as it is used in paragraph 10?

F Self-confident

G Impatient

H Cheerful

J Anticipating

13 The description of Antonia's thoughts in paragraph 10 is important to the excerptbecause it —

A reveals why Antonia went to cooking school

B emphasizes her desire to start up a restaurant of her own

C shows her decision to overcome her fear of sharing her idea

D highlights how supportive all of her friends are

14 Chef Violet asked Antonia to create the dessert herself most likely because she —

F is tired of always having to do the work herself

G wants Antonia to have the courage to step into a leading role in the kitchen

H is frustrated with Jordan for not coming up with a better idea

J feels confused about what Antonia is talking about


15 The story’s third-person limited point of view gives the reader insight into —

A how Chef Violet feels about Jordan's suggestion

B how all the characters feel about working together

C how Antonia feels when Chef Violet approves of her dessert

D why Chef Violet decides that she likes Antonia's dessert

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