English 2nd Semester Exam 10th Grade
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adapt
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change or adjust
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awareness
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having knowledge
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evolve
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develop through gradual change
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insight
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clear idea about the true nature of something
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modified
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changed or altered slightly
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revise
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reconsider and modify
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empathy
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state of sharing in another person's feelings
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enlighten
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make clear through knowledge
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ignorance
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lack of knowledge or education
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influence
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power of people to affect others
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express uncertainty about; ask
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reflect
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think seriously about something
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understanding
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power to recognize and comprehend
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ambient
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surrounding; on all sides
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arduously
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with great difficulty
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detractors
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those who discredit someone's accomplishments
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parameters
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boundaries or limits
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Identify at least two challenges that high altitude presents to the climbers?
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freezing temperatures and low levels of oxygen
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According to the author in "Touch the Top of the World", in what ways is the main character's blindness a benefit in meeting challenges that climbers face?
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He doesn't have to worry about his goggles fogging up, and so he can wear a large mask that keeps his face from freezing up.
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How do some critics respond to Weihenmayer's success in reaching the summit of Everest?
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They say that his teammates pulled him up the mountain or that he was foolish to try.
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How could Weihenmeyer's knowledge and experience help change other people's lives?
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Acts such as Weihenmayer's help everyone see that people with different abilities are not limited by other's ideas about them.
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What is the author's point of view regarding his critics?
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The author dismisses them as cynical and perhaps beneath him.
