Shehu & Tidwell EDUC 8540 China International Publishing Group Diagnostic Test Directions: Please read the

passage below and answer the following multiple choice questions by circling the letter of the correct answer. The Road to Anatolia Yugoslav-Greek frontier When you leave Yugoslavia for Greece, the blue-the color of the Balkans- follows you, but its nature changes; you move from a slightly muted night-blue to an intensely gay sea-blue, which affects the nervous system like caffeine. That's just as well, as the rhythm of conversations and exchanges speeds up considerably. You've got into the habit of explaining things slowly-usually twice rather than onceand of pausing over words for comprehension to catch up... Constantinople The very morning we arrived, we ferried the car across to the Asian shore and were prowling through the little streets of the Moda neighborhood in search of a lodging that would beckon to us, when a frail but imperious voice calling out in French made us turn round. it belonged to a large woman with snowwhite hair, wearing a heavy amethyst brooch and elegant mourning. From the top of her steps she gazed thoughtfully at our bags, as if they reminded her of something, and asked what we were looking for. We explained. 'My season ended last week, but I've kept on my servants and I rather like travelers. You can stay here.' With her cigarette-holder, she indicated a little gold plate above the door: Moda-Palas. In silence our bags were taken across a sombre Victorian dining room. On the sideboard, a mustard cat was asleep between ornate Christofle teapots. The room gave on to a faded garden, and had a light but distinct odor of polish and mildew. Except for a chambermaid, and madame Wanda, the proprietress, the hotel was deserted and, with its shutters closed, more intimidating than a tomb. 1. The sentence an intensely gay-sea blue, which affects the nervous system like caffeine suggests that the author is: A. negatively stimulated B. positively stimulated C. not stimulated 2. What does and of pausing over words for comprehension to catch up mean? A. The author believes one must speak slowly in order to be understood. B. The author is making fun of the people with whom he is speaking. C. The author conceives of comprehension as a person that is physically catching up. 3. The sentence we ferried the car across to the Asian shore means: A. The author drove really fast across a bridge to the Asian shore. B. The author drove a stolen car across to the Asian shore. C. The author drove his car onto a large boat that carried it across to the Asian shore.

Shehu & Tidwell EDUC 8540 4. What does in search of a lodging that would beckon to us mean? A. The author is searching for lodging that appeals to him. B. The author means to say that he is unable to find lodging. C. The author is commenting on the neighborhoods shabby lodgings. 5. When the French woman says my season ended last week, she means: A. the time for renting out her lodgings is past B. She is complaining about the change of seasons. C. She is implying that she will charge them double for lodging. 6. Why does the author compare the hotel to a tomb? A. because it smells like polish and mildew B. because the hotel is quiet and dark C. the hotel is built on an old cemetery 7. What is the genre of this passage? A. It is an excerpt from a major newspaper. B. It is an excerpt from a travelogue. C. It is an excerpt from a complaint letter.

Directions: Please read the passage below and answer the following multiple choice questions by circling the letter of the correct answer. Explore Valle de Guadalupe Wine Country The sky is dark, the kind of inky black that only exists without a single streetlight.We bounce down the washboard dirt road and, when it forks, turn toward our destination: the areas best new restaurant. Or is it the other way? The road keeps twisting and branching off. My husband, Todd, grips the official map of Baja Californias main wine region, Valle de Guadalupe. All day we used this map, with its cartoonish purple icons of grape bunches indicating wineries, to sip our way among the valleys 50 wineries. Visiting them often means venturing off the areas three paved roads onto rutted dirt ones, but Todd laughs now at our assumption that the straight brown dotted line we took to be a shortcut would translate to a straight road. He tosses the map to the floor, I pull a Uturn, and we carefully retrace our path back to the highwaya paved two-laner that links the port city of Ensenada, 20 miles to the west, to the border town of Tecate. This is a booming wine country, with new tasting rooms, a couple of fine restaurants, and hotels with high-thread-count sheets, but it still has a wild side. And for a moment, the utter darkness gives me a familiar feeling, like the one I get hiking in the wilderness or paddling my surfboard into a wave. The natural world is powerful.

Shehu & Tidwell EDUC 8540 Only a few minutes later, we walk through the door of Corazn de Tierra. The sleek one-room restaurant is a Venice-modern oasis, with a large garden off the back deck. Diners can either sit facing rows of beets, basil, and arugula or watching chef Diego Hernandez and his team grilling, searing, and assembling food in the open kitchen. There are no menus. Its nature that decides, says Hernandez, 29, who opened Corazn de Tierra two years ago and cooks and talks about food with equal gusto. Here in Baja, we have a palette of flavors, like a painter. Each dish that comes is a surprise: a pesto of beet greens served with a thick hunk of rosemary bread thats been both baked and smoked. A salad of broccoli, radishes, and Ramonetti (a soft, local cheese akin to a blend of brie and manchego) with an orange calendula flower and parsnip pure artfully arranged on a slab of slate. Then its a piece of perfectly seared fresh tuna bathed in a tangy sour-milk and mint-oil broth, served in a warm stone bowl. After that, roasted partridge with carrots, roasted pumpkin pure, and beef sauce, paired with a spicy Vena Cava Tempranillo from the winery at Villa del Valle, the B&B where Corazn de Tierra is located. Finally, its Hernandezs dessert oeuvre, each tasting portion made from fresh oranges: ice cream, panna cotta, marmalade cake, and a cookie. Hernandez is building on the regions farm-to-table legacy established by the valleys first and most renowned farm-to-table restaurant, Laja, where during a delicious, epic meal the night before, I learned that the restaurants refrigerators and freezers often sit emptythe fresh ingredients never make it there. We grew up eating sashimi and ceviches, says Hernandez of his childhood in Ensenada. Now he delivers his own sophisticated takea mix of Mexican, Mediterranean, and Asianhoned at top restaurants in Mexico City and Tijuana. Hernandez says that visitors who come expecting only traditional Mexican cuisine are surprised. The truth is, this is the other Mexico. 1. Why does the author use the metaphor inky black to describe the sky? A. to convey the darkness of the sky to the reader B. to explain the need for streetlights C. to lament getting lost D. to show off her writing skills 2. The sentence the road keeps twisting and branching off is used to convey: A. the road looks like a tree B. the dark and labyrinthine setting C. the authors hatred of rural areas D. the need for a map 3. The second paragraph is about: A. the difficulty of traveling with a spouse B. some of Californias roads C. some of Californias wineries in the Baja region D. the reasons why the author and her husband got lost

Shehu & Tidwell EDUC 8540 4. The word booming can be understood as: A. extraordinarily loud B. quickly prospering C. slowly developing D. exceptionally beautiful 5. Why does the author say the natural world is powerful? A. because she is frightened of it B. because despite the darkness in the wine country, she can still see its beauty C. because she loves hiking and surfboarding D. because despite the fine restaurants and hotels, the area has a wild side 6. What does Chef Hernandez mean when he says its nature that decides? A. He is referring to the power of the natural world. B. He is referring to his gardens abundance. C. He is referring to the vegetables that are in season. D. He is referring to the wild atmosphere in his restaurant. 7. Is the authors view of the restaurant that of: A. appreciation B. dismay C. shock D. disappointment 8. In this context what does farm-to-table mean? A. The restaurant, Laja, is the only one who does it. B. The ingredients used at the restaurant are very fresh. C. The majority of Mexican restaurants are expensive. D. The food at Corazon de Tierra is quite unusual.

Shehu & Tidwell EDUC 8540 Directions: Look at the picture below. Imagine that the two men in the picture are traveling in California and write a brief (one paragraph) short story about their adventure.

Shehu & Tidwell EDUC 8540 Directions: Considering your own abilities, answer the following questions by circling True or False. 1. I can read and understand a magazine in English. True 2. I can read and understand academic texts in English. True 3. Writing fiction short stories in English is difficult for me. True 4. When I write in English, I wish that my vocabulary was larger. True 5. The questions about the reading passage were easy. True False False False False False

6. I had to reread the text many times to answer the questions about the reading passage. True False