Comparative Reading

Reading Plus. Comparative Reading. 9A. Lesson 1.

Multiple Choice

1. How is the content of the two paragraphs above similar?

• A. they both explain how the body functions naturally

• B. they are both paragraphs

• C. they give information

• D. they have punctuation

Multiple Choice

2. How is the content of the two paragraphs different?

Paragraph 1:

Paragraph 2:

• A. they are about the nervous system

• B. one paragraph says actions are involuntary while the other states that it's voluntary.

• C. there is no evidence

• D. both and b

Open Ended

Read the following paragraphs and answer the questions that follow.

Paragraph 1: Astronomers know more about the sun than they do about any other star because of its closeness to Earth. Like other stars, the sun is composed of extremely hot gases. Deep inside the sun, gas particles are packed together more tightly than the particles of any substance we know on Earth.

Paragraph 2: When compared with Earth’s size, the sun is huge! Measurements of the sun’s visible disk indicate a diameter of approximately 865,000 miles, about 109 times greater than the diameter of Earth. A million globes the size of Earth could fit inside the sun with plenty of room to spare.

Multiple Choice

3. How is the content of the two paragraphs above similar?

• A. Both paragraphs are long.

• B. Both paragraphs are giving information about the sun.

• C. Both paragraphs had 45 words.

• D. Both paragraphs are full of information.

Multiple Choice

4. How is the content of the two paragraphs different?

Paragraph 1:

Paragraph 2:

• A. Paragraph 1 and 2 are the same .

• B. Paragraph 1 mainly gives information bout the sun while paragraph 2 compares the sun to the earth.

• C. Paragraph 2 is more thorough than Paragraph 1

• D. Paragraph 1 talks more about the sun's attributes than paragraph 2