Review 1-Reading info

Multiple Choice

 

Read the paragraph below. What is the paragraph’s main message?

This weekend I got a chance to ride an elephant. It was something everyone should try. People in the U.S. are used to riding horses or ponies, but an elephant ride is unusual. Elephants are much bigger than horses--to get on, I had to climb a ladder. But even though I was up so high, I wasn’t scared at all. The elephant, Mimi, was gentle and moved slowly. Her back was so wide I wasn’t scared of falling off. When she walked, I was able to see a long way from her high back. It was a great experience.

• Elephants are very large.

• Riding an elephant is a great experience.

• The elephant was named Mimi.

• No one should ever ride an elephant.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of an informational text?

• A story about a teenage girl who plans to run a marathon

• A story about human colonists on Venus

• An article about what dogs might say if they could talk

• A magazine article about how to build your own solar oven

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence. What is its implicit message?

Because people are now aware of the importance of caring for the Earth, more people today are recycling than 15 years ago.

• Recycling is not really important.

• People are better than they were 15 years ago.

• In the past, people were less aware of the importance of caring for the Earth.

• More people are recycling today than 15 years ago.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following details would NOT support the message Children should not watch too much TV?

• Children who watch a lot of TV don’t learn how to use their imaginations.

• Children who watch a lot of TV don’t get exercise.

• When they watch a lot of TV, children may see scary shows that give them nightmares.

• Some TV shows help children learn how to

  read and count.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would you NOT expect to find in an informational text?

• descriptions of superheroes battling monsters

• descriptions of real event

• information about real people

• fact

Multiple Choice

Read the paragraph below. What detail helps show how large the elephant was?

This weekend I got a chance to ride an elephant. It was something everyone should try. People in the U.S. are used to riding horses or ponies, but an elephant ride is unusual. Elephants are much bigger than horses; to get on I had to climb a ladder. But even though I was up so high, I wasn’t scared at all. The elephant, Mimi, was gentle and moved slowly. Her back was so wide I wasn’t scared of falling off. When she walked, I was able to see a long way from her high back. It was a great experience.

• “an elephant ride is unusual”

• “Elephants are much bigger than horses”

• “to get on I had to climb a ladder”

• “I wasn’t scared at all”

Multiple Choice

Which of the following details would best support the message, Learning another language makes children smarter?

• Children are better at learning languages than adults are.

• Children who speak two languages are better at solving some kinds of mental puzzles.

• Many children in the U.S. today are bilingual.

• Learning languages is hard and takes a very long time to do.

Multiple Choice

 

If you know that frogs are amphibians, and read that most amphibians lay their eggs in water, you can make the inference that—

• Most frogs lay their eggs in water.

• Frogs are not really amphibians.

• Frogs do not lay eggs.

• Frogs live in water.

Multiple Choice

When you combine what you read with what you know, you are—

• reading fiction

• not reading correctly

• making an inference

• discovering the main message of a paper

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence. What is its explicit message?

Because people are now aware of the importance of caring for the Earth, more people today are recycling than 15 years ago.

• 15 years ago, no one recycled.

• Many people care about the Earth.

• More people are recycling today than 15 years ago.

• It is important for the Earth to recycle.