11.19.20 Main Idea

11.19.20 Main Idea

Open Ended

Write about the best dog you have ever met.

Open Ended

Based on the title, what do you think this selection will be about?

Multiple Choice

Which statement below best expresses the main

idea of the entire article?

• Animals have the right amount of intelligence

  to learn what they need to know to survive.

• Many animals are smarter than dogs.

• Dogs enjoy the company of people because

  they are not very smart

• No one really knows how intelligent

  animals are.

Multiple Choice

The purpose of paragraph 1-2 is mainly to -

• assert that humans are the most intelligent

  animals of all

• claim that the larger the animal the more

  intelligent it is

• introduce the topic of animal intelligence

• explain why some people consider dogs to

  be dumb

Multiple Choice

Paragraph 3 is mostly about —

• how dogs like to fetch their leashes when they

  go out

• why dogs bark at vaccum cleaners

• why kids shouldn’t eat Play-Doh

• whether or not a dog is smart

Multiple Choice

Which sentence below best expresses the main

idea of paragraph 4?

• The hardest part is coming up with the

  right test.

• A dog can’t sit down with a No. 2 pencil and

  take a multiple choice exam.

• So the test has to be something the dog can

  learn to do: select a block by nudging it with a

  nose or a paw, for example

• The test also has to be something the dog

  wants to do: a dog might stare at that

  block all day long without budging—until

  she figures out that there’s a treat hidden

  underneath.

Multiple Choice

The details in paragraphs 6–7 mainly support the

point that —

• monkeys are smarter than dogs

• Milgram’s test is unfair to dogs

• monkeys tend to be curious while dogs are

  more cautious about approaching new things

• an accurate test has to measure the

  intelligence of one animal against another

Multiple Choice

According to paragraph 11, what is the main

reason people think that dogs are smart?

• Dogs learn to do what people want them

  to do.

• Dogs can fetch the newspaper.

• Dogs like to perform tricks.

• Chasing and retrieving are carry-over

  behaviors from hunting.