ELA 7 Reading Objective CDB 1 2020-2021 Part 1 1 1 of 4
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Read this sentence from the selection.
I believe that patience is bitter, but its fruit is
sweet.
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The author begins and ends the selection with this idea
in order to emphasize that -
O A. finding an interesting hobby may take many
years
seea packets grabbed my attention, cemarang tatt
purchase them. I bought many packets: morning
glories, foxgloves, geraniums, daffodils, and even
some moonflowers.
When I got home, my mother forewarned me that, if I
was going to plant these flowers, it would have to be
on my own. Not discouraged, I planted the different
seeds in different pots, and placed them outside on
the porch in a neat little row. Every day, I watered
those tiny pots hoping that the next day, a little green
stem would pop out to say "hello." But each day, I
became glum when I saw that my flowers hadn't
grown. After about three weeks, when I was ready to
give up on them, my mom said to me, in that oh-I-
want-to-gloat voice, "Patience is a virtue."
I did wait and one sunny afternoon as I came home
from school balancing the mail in my arms, walking up
to the house, I took a quick glance at the pots, really
not expecting to see that anything had grown. To my
amazement, there was a long green stem in one of
the planted pots. A twitch of a smile graced my face
and I put the mail down to get a better peek at the
morning glory vine that had suddenly spurted while I
had been at school,
In the past few years, I've learned that mothers are
usually right, and they're usually proud of that fact.
B. positive results take time but are worth the
wait
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C. many people focus on what they want in the
present
D. compleng a long-term goal is difficult for most
people
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