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Passage 11 Annie closed the cardboard box and shoved it across the attic floor. "It's not here!" she said. "Calm down," I told my sister. "It's got to be here somewhere." "No, it isn't, Bethany! It isn't anywhere in this whole house! It isn't anywhere in this whole world!" Annie wasn't searching for the Hope Diamond or some lifesaving medicine. All she wanted was a picture. One picture. This picture happened to be for a memoir project she was doing for social studies class. It also happened to be completely ridiculous—Annie pouring ice cold water over my head at the beach. For some reason, she just had to have this picture for her project. Personally, I hated the stupid thing. I had a stupid, surprised 9-year-old grimace on my face while Annie, a sweet-looking 6-year-old girl in pigtails, looked happy as a clam. Annie wouldn't admit it, but she loved anything that made me look silly. Sisterly rivalry, I guess. "Well, I give up," Annie finally said. "Mom must have lost it when we moved, or Dad accidentally threw it away when he cleaned out the attic last year." Annie got to her feet, brushed off the dust, and headed toward the stairs. "Thanks for helping me look, Bethany. Sorry this was a total waste of time." "No problem," I told Annie. "I wasn't busy anyway." "You coming downstairs?" Annie asked. "Yeah, in a second. I'm just going to move these boxes back the way they were so Mom and Dad don't freak out," I replied. As soon as I heard the door to the attic close, I stuck my hand in my back pocket. "Well, well, how did that get there?" I whispered, laughing to myself. I tucked it back in the photo album I'd snuck it out of. I felt kind of bad about it, but I'd have felt a whole lot worse if Annie had shown that picture to her entire sixth grade class. 17. From what point of view is the story told?
Passage 12 In 2009, scientists suspected that the swine flu came into the United States from Mexico, and President Obama was asked why he didn’t close the U.S. border with Mexico. “Closing the border now,” he said, “would be like closing the barn door after the horses were out. I think our healthcare system is up to the task of taking care of the sick while we combat this disease and bring it to its knees.” Americans are the key to keep the swine flu from spreading. Health officials advised that the swine flu was a raging fire that could be stopped if more Americans would keep their hands washed, cover their mouths while coughing, and stay home from work or school if they were sick. 18. What does the President mean by the simile "like closing the barn door after the horses are out"?
19. Which of these is an example of a metaphor?
Passage 13 Negative Self-Talk “If you can change your thoughts,” Dr. Hargrave said, “you can change your world.” “I just don’t believe that’s true,” Rory replied. “I’ve been coming to your office for nearly six months, and I’ve changed plenty of thoughts, and I don’t see one thing that’s changed.” Dr. Hargrave pondered his patient’s words before she replied. “Rory, I just don’t agree. You’ve changed quite a few things. First of all, you’ve lost nearly 30 pounds.” “And I’m still fat!” “Now there’s a thought you could change,” the doctor replied. “What are you talking about, what thought?” “As long as you think of yourself as still fat, it won’t matter how much weight you lose. Thirty pounds is a significant amount of weight to lose in six months. I have patients that would give up a month’s salary to lose that much weight. Try saying this to yourself when you look at yourself in the mirror, I am a likable person no matter how much I weigh.” “Oh doc, I can’t say that; it’s not true.” “There’s another thought you could change: that you don’t like yourself.” “Well, I don’t,” Rory retorted. “I’m still overweight. I feel so unattractive, like the mirror may break every time I look in it!” “For goodness sake, Rory, you can’t talk to yourself like that and expect to be happy,” Dr. Hargrave said. “If you said that kind of thing to other people, you wouldn’t have any friends.” 20. Based on the passage, which of these choices sounds like something Rory would most likely say?
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