Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Welcome to ACT and Writing!

Hello Juniors!

I am so glad to have you all in my class this year! I know it will be a challenging, yet exciting year for you as you prepare for the ACT exam and think about applying to colleges. I know every one of you will meet your goals!

To start things off, who can be the first person to answer this Reading practice questions?


Surrounded by the ancient city of Rome, Vatican City is an independent nation on the west bank of the Tiber River.

Given that all of the choices are true, which one best supports the sentence’s claim about Vatican City’s status as an independent nation?
A.NO CHANGE
B.with an interesting past.
C.with its own government, banking system, postal service, and army.
D.that has to import most of its supplies, even such necessities as food and water.

34 comments:

  1. The BEST answer would probably have to be C. Since the Vatican City is independent, it can act and survive with its own government, postal service, banking system, and army-the building blocks of a nation.

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  2. Hi Mrs. Rostamian, for some reason when I post a comment my name is random letters and number. I just wanted to clarify you that the comment on top was me, Rozin Tashchyan.
    -Rozin 11B

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  3. The answer should be C because D states that Vatican city is not independent by importing from other regions, rather than being independent is only relying on your own countries or regions natural resources.

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  4. Rozin you click "comment as" right under the comment box and choose google for example go on from there...pizza

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  5. I know, I made this account based on my aim screename. So I commented as AIM, for some reason my name is that. I even went to my member basic information and changed my name to Rozin Tashchyan, its really odd.

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  6. Rozin, I noticed that, don't worry, i think it's some sort of goof from their end...

    But more importantly, why did Onik just mention pizza? lol

    Also, I believe Robert was the first person to sign up so he gets extra credit!

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  7. The answer should be C, obviously because every free country should have the following listed. If Vatican City is free then obviously it should have its own govt. Army postal service, banking system and etc. And shouldnt put its hope on importing food, water, and other resources.

    And thank you for the extra credit Mrs. Rostamian :)

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  8. answer is c, cuz its c.
    -Raffi K

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  9. The answer is C. It shows that Vatican city is independent because it says it has its own government, banking system, postal service, and army.

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  10. The answer is C because it's the one that makes the most sense :DDDD

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  11. I think the best answer is C.
    - Elizabeth Eskidjian

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  12. The best answer that supports the sentence’s claim about Vatican City being an independent nation is letter C. It has better reasoning because if its a independent nation it would just import supplies, food, and water. It would have its own government, banking system, postal service, and army.
    - Anna Petrossian

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  13. C. It's common sense. To be independent you need to have your own government, banking system, postal service, and army. The other answers are so irrelevant lol

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  14. The answer is C because an independent nation should have its own government, banking system, postal service, and army.

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  15. [quote] Surrounded by the ancient city of Rome, Vatican City is an independent nation on the west bank of the Tiber River.

    Given that all of the choices are true, which one best supports the sentence’s claim about Vatican City’s status as an independent nation?
    A.NO CHANGE
    B.with an interesting past.
    C.with its own government, banking system, postal service, and army.
    D.that has to import most of its supplies, even such necessities as food and water. [/quote]

    i do not understand why people continue to "explain" why they chose their answer, it is completely useless to do this because the instructions state [quote] Given that all of the choices are true, which one best supports the sentence’s claim about Vatican City’s status as an independent nation?[/quote] and nowhere does it state to explain your reasoning. Please students answer with one letter answers D:

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  16. the answer is C because it provides evidence to support the statement

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  17. The answer is C because if its already an independent nation then it should already have its own banking system,postal service,army, and government.

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  18. the answer is C because if your an independent nation you shouldn't need to import supplies in from other states.

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  19. In my honest opinion, i strongly believe that the answer is C.

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  20. I think the answer is C because an independent nation need these things in order to survive.

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  21. I know the answer is C, because an independent nation will have it's own government,banking system,postal service,and army. Other answers are completely irrelevant.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
    THE IRAQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    -Garen M.

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  23. The answer should be C
    -sarin c

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  24. I believe the best answer is C,because Vatican City used to control the entirety of Europe so it could do what it wanted. Now I think it is considered a dependent state of Italy, but it is still a nation.

    -Tina Izakelian

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  25. The answer is C, because it gives reasons why Vatican City would be independent.

    -Christine Kasmajian

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  26. The answer should be C,
    this is like my 5th time trying to answer it's not going through.
    -Anna Kendirian

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  27. its C because its talking about how Vatican is independent

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  28. the numbers and letters is Alisa btw =)

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  29. I think the best answer is C.
    -Elizabeth Mkroyan

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  30. I think C is the best option because it shows us why Vatican City is independent because it gives us information about the city.
    -Arax

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  31. I personally beleive in my honest opinion that the correct answer is C.

    Arthur Shushanyan(your best student)

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  32. I think the best answer would be C

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  33. the answer is C
    Sosseh Kurdian
    sorry for the tardiness, I'm posting this just in case I can get at least some credit <:)

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  34. I believe the best answer would be C, because it makes sense that if your independent, you will have your own government, banking system, postal service and army.

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