30.05.22 Gr.5 HW Reading Comprehension

30.05.22 Gr.5 HW Reading Comprehension

By Iuliia gorbunova

Multiple Choice

Read the paragraph from the text.

Over time, some of the fertilizers seep through the soil and end up in our water sources. Fertilizers can promote the growth of tiny plants and bacteria that use up most of the oxygen in the water. Fish and other creatures die because they cannot breathe. This situation is heartbreaking and unacceptable.

How does the information in this paragraph support the author’s point of view?

• by giving examples of types of fertilizers

• by explaining that fertilizers help crops grow

• by describing how fertilizers work in soil

• by showing how fertilizers harm the environment

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence from the text.

For example, they could use thermal imaging cameras, which take aerial photographs of crops as they ripen.

The word aerial is based on the Greek root aer, meaning “air.”

What does aerial mean?

• from a position above

• a type of cloud

• reaching for

• able to see through

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence from the text.

Chemical pesticides often kill beneficial insects—insects that prey on the harmful insects.

The word beneficial is based on the Greek root bene, meaning “good.”

What does this information suggest about the “beneficial insects” described

in the sentence?

• They are not affected by chemical pesticides.

• They help the crops by eating harmful insects.

• They eat weeds that harm the crops.

• They remove rocks and other objects in soil.

Fill in the Blank

Complete the statement about the author’s point of view using the options from the box.

The author wants farmers to _______________ the use of fertilizers by using cameras to determine whether crops are healthy or diseased.

Fill in the Blank

Complete the statement about the author’s point of view using the options from the box.

The author believes pests should be controlled by growing plants that pests ______________.

Fill in the Blank

Complete the statement about the author’s point of view using the options from the box.

The author does not like how intensive farming tends to _______ our water and soil.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence from the text best expresses the author’s point of view about intensive farming?

• “Modern machines are used on enormous farms that produce large amounts of food, both quickly and cheaply.”

• “Yet, it is not worth the harm that intensive farming is doing to our environment.”

• “Fish and other creatures die because they cannot breathe.”

• “To prevent this, farmers might use other scientific advances.”