Chapter 1

Chapter 12,960 wordsPublic domain

Produced by Joe, Claire, and Seth Longo

Edition 1922

Stanford Achievement Test

By TRUMAN L. KELLEY, GILES M. RUCH, and LEWIS M. TERMAN

ADVANCED EXAMINATION: FORM A

FOR GRADES 4-8

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Name ................................ Grade .......... Boy or girl ........

Age ... When is your next birthday? ....... How old will you be then?......

Name of school ................................... Date ...................

| | Score | Subject | Age | |----------------------------------|-------- Scores | Equivalents | | 1: Reading: Paragraph Meaning | | | (Subject | |----------------------------------|-------| | Ages) | | 2. Reading: Sentence Meaning | | | | |----------------------------------|-------| | | | 3. Reading: Word Meaning | | | | |----------------------------------+-------|---------|-------------------| | TOTAL READING SCORE | | |----------------------------------+-------|---------|-------------------| | 4. Arithmetic: Computation | | | | |----------------------------------|-------|---------| | | 5. Arithmetic: Reasoning | | | | |----------------------------------+-------|---------| | | TOTAL ARITHMETIC SCORE | | | |----------------------------------+-------|---------|-------------------| | 6. Nature Study and Science | | | | |----------------------------------|-------|---------|-------------------| | 7. History and Literature | | | | |----------------------------------|-------|---------|-------------------| | 8. Language Usage | | | | |----------------------------------|-------|---------|-------------------| | 9. Dictation Exercise | | | | |----------------------------------+-------+---------|-------------------| | Composite Score (Sum of Subject Scores ÷ 10) | | |----------------------------------+-------+---------| | | Educational Age | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Adv. Exam.: Form A

TEST 1. READING: PARAGRAPH MEANING

Sample: Dick and Tom were playing ball in the field. Dick was throwing the ball and ............. was trying to catch it.

Write JUST ONE WORD on each dotted line.

1 Fanny has a little red hen. Every day the hen goes to her nest and lays an egg for Fanny to eat. Then she makes a funny noise to tell Fanny to come and get the..............

2 A kitten can climb a tree, but a dog cannot. This is very lucky for Nellie's kitten. Every time Joe's big dog comes along the kitten climbs a tree and the............. cannot follow.

3 Anna had never seen a squirrel in her life, although she had always wanted to very much. One day when she was playing under a tree she heard a funny little noise over her head. She looked up, and what do you think she saw? Up there in the............. was the very thing she had always wanted to see, a..............

4 John and Joe played one day till they were very hungry; so John went into the house and asked his mother for something to.............. When he came out again he had a big apple for himself and another for ..............

5 One day when Jane was sweeping she found a dime on the floor under the bed. They could not find out whose dime it was, so Jane's mother gave it to her. Now, every time Jane............. the floor she looks carefully under the bed for another..............

6 Helen and Kate pulled their sled through the deep snow to the top of the hill and soon were coasting swiftly down again. They did this over and over. The............. was so deep that they found it hard work to drag the............. to the top.

7 Once a black raven wanted to have white feathers like a swan. The raven saw that the swan lived in the water, and thought it was the water that made the swan's feathers so white. So the............. decided to wash his feathers every day to see if it would not make them..............

8 Birds' eggs are almost as different from each other as are the birds themselves. The robin lays four or five blue eggs. The dove lays two white eggs. The sparrow lays six or eight speckled eggs. If we should find a nest with four blue eggs in it, we could be pretty sure that it was the nest of a............. rather than of a............. or dove.

9 Once there lived on a mountain near a village an immense giant whose cruelty kept the people of the village in great terror. However, there was one person in the village who was not afraid of the giant. This was a young soldier who carried a magic sword that a fairy had given him. Once when the............. came down from the............. the soldier attacked him with his magic............. and killed him.

10 Once a hen was so foolish as to go to a fox and ask him to look after her chicks while she went to the barnyard to find some worms for her chicks. The fox was of course quite willing. The hen was gone a long time. When she finally returned, she found that the fox had eaten all her chicks. Since then no............. has employed a as a nurse.

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Adv. Exam.: Form A

TEST 1, CONTINUED

11 When the bear appeared near the hut, Walter was alone. His father had driven to the village, that morning, several miles away. Fortunately he had left his gun hanging on the wall loaded and ready for service. Walter was excited, but he did not hesitate. Quickly seizing the .......................... he............. the..............

12 In a certain village a ton of coal costs just as much as a cord of wood, but it produces twice as much heat. Therefore the poor families in this village should be advised to burn............. rather than ..............

13 "Come on" called Joe, "let's go for a swim down by Jones' Point, where the river is deep." "No," said Pete, "let's swim down by Duggan's. where the water is warmer." "It isn't because the water is warm that you want to go to............., but because you can't swim," said ..............

14 Richard and Miss Cabot quickly found their way alone to the house of Mr. Smith on Craven Street. Miss Cabot left Richard in the carriage, walked quickly to the door, and sending up her card by the servant, requested to see Mr. Smith. The............. soon returned and begged her to come in. As soon as she had done so. Miss Cabot introduced herself to Mr.............. and begged him to come out and talk with ............., who was waiting outside in the carriage.

15 Joe made up a game which he called "Jac-alack." One person called Jack must climb a tree and hang by his arms from a low bough. The others stand behind him and say in unison, "Alas, alack, he fell on his back," and while they are saying it, one of them hits Jack with a bean bag. If Jack can see or guess who did it, he may drop down, and the guilty person takes his place. Otherwise he has to............. there for another turn and sing out, "Alas, alack, another whack." It is quite a game and Jack must have strong..............

16 It is well established that the bee, which is commonly supposed to be so industrious, really works only two or three hours a day. The man who works eight or ten hours a day is therefore far more............. than the..............

17 Boys and girls know my name. And mothers and fathers, too. Big folks love me. You do, too. The first letters in the first four sentences of this paragraph spell my name; so write it here..............

18 Energy is a measure of the fullness of life and is indispensable for genius. No energy at all is death. Idiots are feeble and listless. Nearly all the leaders of mankind have been noted for their remarkable ..............

19 Deciduous trees lose their leaves in winter, while evergreens, as their name implies, do not. Therefore, in forests composed of............. trees the ground is less shaded in winter than is the case in forests whose trees are..............

20 Some historians believe that the spread of anti-slavery feeling among the people of the North previous to the Civil War was due less to the moral issue involved than to the fact that they recognized the system of............. as a menace to the industrial system of free labor.

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Adv. Exam.: Form A

TEST 1, CONTINUED

21 If I were writing about the rich, I should be inclined to divide them, according to their attitude toward life, into workers and parasites. The motto of the worker is, "I owe the world a life," and the motto of the.................. is, "The.................. owes me a living."

22 Caution, when not present in excess, is a desirable trait. Often it saves one from disappointment or failure. Occasionally, however, one finds a person so extremely.................. that his will is paralyzed and he is totally unable to set about any new undertaking. Too much.................. is indeed often.................. than too little.

23 A whale is not a fish, even though it does live in water. A fish has no lungs, is cold-blooded, and absorbs oxygen from the water through its gills; but a whale is warm-blooded and has a genuine set of lungs. In consequence, in bodily structure the is.................. like a shark, which is a true fish, than it is like a horse.

24 The brook on our farm has many whims. It ripples over bright and shiny rocks, and falls into a placid little pool so clear that I can see the pebbles on the bottom and can see myself down there, too. As I look straight down, it is hard to tell whether what I see is my nose or a .................., but as I move a little, that which I sec stands still, so I know it is not..................................... Farther on the brook forgets the placid pool and tumbles over roots and rocks. It does, indeed, have many...................

25 To pant for recognition, to yearn to impress one's personality upon one's fellow-men, is the essence of ambition. The ambitious person may think that he merely thirsts to "do something" or "be somebody" but really what he craves is to figure potently in the minds of others, to be greatly loved, admired, or feared. To reap a success which no one .................. does not satisfy the yearnings of the .................. individual.

26 Washington was a very silent man. Of no man in the world's history do we have so few sayings of a personal kind. As for talking about himself, that was something in which he almost never indulged. Yet it would be a great error to interpret his.................. as an indication that he was in any sense cold or unfeeling.

27 As a rule, it is more economical to remember things by associating them clearly and vigorously than by going through many repetitions of them. Thus, a clear understanding of the causes for the Democratic victory in the national election in 1916 will be.................. effective in remembering the fact than a dozen.................. of the statement "Woodrow Wilson was elected in 1916."

28 Fundamentally, education depends upon the capacity of a person to profit by past experiences. Past situations modify present and future adjustments. Education in its broadest sense means acquiring experiences that serve to.................. existing inherited or acquired tendencies of behavior.

29 "Naïve" and "unsophisticated" are frequently confused. The former suggests a type of behavior which is artless, spontaneous, and free from the restraints of custom. The latter implies fully as great lack of knowledge of social usage, and, in addition, conduct which is primitive and perchance inelegant. Thus, the.................. youth was the first to enter the car, and his.................. little sister warmly kissed him in the presence of the king. We may also say that a country boy is.................. with respect to city life and customs.

_Test 1. Number right.......... x 2 = Score.........._

Adv. Exam.: Form A

TEST 2. READING: SENTENCE MEANING

Samples: Can dogs bark? [Yes] No Does a cat have six legs? Yes [No]

Read each question and draw a line under the right answer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

1 Is milk white? Yes No 1 2 Do we sleep in beds? Yes No 2 3 Is the day as dark as night? Yes No 3 4 Is green a color? Yes No 4 5 Is smoke always yellow? Yes No 5

6 Do men and women dress just alike? Yes No 6 7 Do ships sail on the sea? Yes No 7 8 Are all chimneys made of brass? Yes No 8 9 Are rocks hard? Yes No 9 10 Is everybody as huge as a giant? Yes No 10

11 Do pupils always have excellent memories? Yes No 11 12 Are brooms used to sweep bedrooms? Yes No 12 13 Are machines ever useful? Yes No 13 14 Are sugar and salt sold in stores? Yes No 14 15 Are geese generally clad in bonnets? Yes No 15

16 Do lambs roar? Yes No 16 17 Does crime always bring happiness? Yes No 17 18 Does justice sometimes seem cruel? Yes No 18 19 Could one cradle hold eighty infants? Yes No 19 20 Is a beetle very different from a mole? Yes No 20

21 Does the friendship of a cheerful person make us unhappy? Yes No 21 22 Is a dime less than a nickel? Yes No 22 23 Is the guilty thief always located? Yes No 23 24 Is it ever important to hurry? Yes No 24 25 Might a prisoner feel sorrow at the ruin he has caused? Yes No 25

26 Are all antique benches made of bamboo? Yes No 26 27 Are battleships dedicated to warfare? Yes No 27 28 Can we discern things clearly in a dense fog? Yes No 28 29 Might a person suffer confusion during an examination? Yes No 29 30 Are marmalade and gruel made of milkweed? Yes No 30

31 Could delicious chocolate be served at a festival? Yes No 31 32 Do all university professors give instruction in science? Yes No 32 33 Does it take courage to perform a very dangerous task? Yes No 33 34 Should one always be censured for playing a flute by the fireplace? Yes No 34 35 Are homely people always loathed and disliked? Yes No 35

36 Is it deemed delightful to suffer a bloody defeat? Yes No 36 37 Would a man be fortunate if he could flee from a famine? Yes No 37 38 May careful observation be of considerable help in decreasing mistakes? Yes No 38 39 Does speaking with brevity necessarily mean that one is peevish? Yes No 39 40 Are chimes ever played in a cathedral? Yes No 40

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Adv. Exam.: Form A

TEST 2, CONTINUED

41 Do repealed interruptions sometimes exasperate us? Yes No 41 42 Should thieves be encouraged by giving them magnificent rewards? Yes No 42 43 Are locusts and gnats generally believed to enjoy immortality? Yes No 43 44 Might an accidental outbreak cause anxiety? Yes No 44 45 May shortages often be prevented by foresight? Yes No 45

46 Is an annual appeal made once a week? Yes No 46 47 May occasional opposition awaken us to greater endeavor? Yes No 47 48 Is every earl destined to become a genius or a conqueror? Yes No 48 49 Might a person show unfeigned enjoyment of a symphony? Yes No 49 50 Are we irresistibly led to confide in every near-by idler? Yes No 50

51 Do any considerable percentage of motorists use headlights? Yes No 51 52 Does an auctioneer boost prices with earnestness? Yes No 52 53 Is it advisable to use dynamite as a lubricant? Yes No 53 54 Is a person in a frenzy likely to make wild gestures? Yes No 54 55 Should the captain of a yacht consider the weather forecast? Yes No 55

56 Would it take a considerable income to provide a sumptuous wardrobe? Yes No 56 57 Is it disgraceful to teach a defenseless person decimals? Yes No 57 58 Is the idea of burial usually attractive? Yes No 58 59 May allies make exertion to enter into a federation? Yes No 59 60 Should enthusiastic homage make a man indignant? Yes No 60

61 Could the imperious actions of a lordly person become notorious? Yes No 61 62 Is all adventurous activity to be deplored? Yes No 62 63 Should a person be advised to sacrifice a good opportunity? Yes No 63 64 Is a harmonious alliance sometimes expedient? Yes No 64 65 Could an eloquent lawmaker do anything heinous? Yes No 65

66 Is boric acid a chemical made of graphite? Yes No 66 67 Are all festivities characterized by extravagance? Yes No 67 68 May imposition upon others become habitual? Yes No 68 69 Is a scarecrow a kind of inoffensive imitation? Yes No 69 70 Does bliss always befall desperate people? Yes No 70

71 Could congressional action cause the people to be dissatisfied? Yes No 71 72 May seeing a person drunk decrease one's admiration for him? Yes No 72 73 Could an inexperienced person be jovial and fascinating? Yes No 73 74 Is one often assaulted by a boon companion? Yes No 74 75 Ought accursed liars to be suppressed? Yes No 75

76 Might an involuntary impulse impel one to be malicious? Yes No 76 77 Is one necessarily inhospitable who dislikes an obnoxious guest? Yes No 77 78 Does extreme audacity sometimes make us stand aghast? Yes No 78 79 Is humanity subject to joyous emotions? Yes No 79 80 Might a hysterical person given to rashness be intolerable? Yes No 80

_Number right .........._ _Number wrong .........._ _Test 2. Score (subtract).........._

Adv. Exam.: Form A

TEST 3. READING: WORD MEANING

Samples: Bread is something to catch drink EAT throw wear A robin is a BIRD cat dog girl horse In each sentence draw a line under the word that makes the sentence true. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

1 March is the name of a day food month week year 1 2 A fat person is always bad blue cold heavy little 2 3 A thing that is perfect is always close early hard little right 3 4 A farmer often raises bears corn gold paper pictures 4 5 Cotton is cool dark heavy soft sweet 5