CBEST CBEST - California Basic Educational Skills Reading: Vocabulary and Text Structure

Question 1

Read the sentence: "The teacher's demeanor was stern but fair, earning the respect of all her students." What does 'demeanor' most likely mean?

Accepted Answer

Manner or behavior

Answer

'Demeanor' refers to a person's outward behavior or manner.

Question 2

A passage opens with a general claim, then provides three supporting examples, and closes with a restatement. This text structure is called:

Accepted Answer

Main idea with supporting details

Answer

A general claim supported by examples and restated at the end follows a main-idea-with-details structure.

Question 3

The prefix 'mis-' in 'mislead' means:

Accepted Answer

Wrongly

Answer

The prefix 'mis-' means wrongly or incorrectly, as in to lead someone in the wrong direction.

Question 4

A passage describes how drought leads to crop failure, which then leads to food shortages. This is an example of which text structure?

Accepted Answer

Cause and effect

Answer

When one event directly results in another, the text uses a cause-and-effect structure.

Question 5

Which context clue strategy is used when a sentence defines an unfamiliar word right after a comma or dash?

Accepted Answer

Appositive or definition clue

Answer

An appositive or definition clue restates the meaning of the word directly within the sentence.

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