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California Basic Educational Skills Test™

CBEST® Practice Test

Reading

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction and Test Directions ......................................................................................................1 Reading Answer Sheet.....................................................................................................................2 Multiple-Choice Questions...............................................................................................................3 Reading Skill Area Worksheet .......................................................................................................30 Interpreting Your Results...............................................................................................................32

CBEST Practice Test: Reading

INTRODUCTION

This document is a paper-based version of the CBEST® Computer-Administered Practice Test for the Reading section. This practice test contains a full-length sample test consisting of 50 multiple-choice questions, an answer sheet, and a skillarea worksheet.

TEST DIRECTIONS

Each question in the Reading section of the practice test is a multiple-choice question with five answer choices. Read each question carefully and choose the ONE best answer. Record each answer on the answer sheet provided. You may work on the multiple-choice questions in any order that you choose. You may wish to monitor how long it takes you to complete thepractice test. When taking the actual CBEST, you will have one four-hour test session in which to complete the section(s) for which you registered.

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READING ANSWER SHEET
Question Number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Your Response

Question Number
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 4950

Your Response

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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS

Use the excerpt below from an index to answer the two questions that follow.

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On which pages should one look to find information about medicinal uses of flowers? A. B. C. D. E. 94–98 98–103 111–113 113–115 116–119

Flowers, 110–148 classification, 113–115 desert, 120–129 brittlebush, 122–123 desertbluebell, 125–127 desert lily, 121–122 ghost flower, 127–129 woolly daisy, 123–125 naming, 111–113 prairies and dry plains, 142–148 dotted blazing star, 148 prairie rose, 142–144 tall sunflower, 144–146 tickseed, 146–147 tundra, 130–135 Arctic lupine, 132–134 Arctic poppy, 134–135 dwarf fireweed, 130–131 uses, 116–119 woodlands and forests, 136–141 bunchberry, 140–141 fairy slipper, 136–137Indian pipe, 138 Labrador tea, 139–140 Flower hobbies, 93–109 arranging, 103–109 growing and breeding, 94–98 preserving, 98–103 Flowering maple, 197

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Which of the following best describes the organizational pattern used in the section of the book dealing with individual flower species? A. B. C. D. E. by country of origin by physical characteristics by scientific classification by order ofimportance by region

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Read the passage below; then answer the three questions that follow. Traveling medicine shows were a major form of entertainment in nineteenth-century, small-town America. To hard-working people who saw too little of the broader world, the shows' comedy and musical skits provided a welcome diversion from daily routines. Once a crowd had...