Reading Skills Review

Read the selection. Then, answer the questions that follow.

[1] The tasks of television meteorologists involve much more than standing in front of cameras and forecasting the weather. [2] These professionals must collect and digest vast amounts of data, or information, sent to the studio from several sources, including data from weather satellites high above Earth. [3] They take this highly technical data and translate it into intelligible language that viewers can understand and use in their daily lives.

1. Which word from sentence 1 best helps you understand the meaning of the word meteorologists?

• standing

• weather

• tasks

• cameras

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

[1] The tasks of television meteorologists involve much more than standing in front of cameras and forecasting the weather. [2] These professionals must collect and digest vast amounts of data, or information, sent to the studio from several sources, including data from weather satellites high above Earth. [3] They take this highly technical data and translate it into intelligible language that viewers can understand and use in their daily lives.

Question 2: Which type of context clue do the words or information in sentence 2 provide for the word data?

• an opposite

• a restatement

• a contrast

• an example

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

[1] The tasks of television meteorologists involve much more than standing in front of cameras and forecasting the weather. [2] These professionals must collect and digest vast amounts of data, or information, sent to the studio from several sources, including data from weather satellites high above Earth. [3] They take this highly technical data and translate it into intelligible language that viewers can understand and use in their daily lives.

Question 3: Based on word position and function, choose the most relevant meaning of the word digest in sentence 2.

• take into the body and break down

• believe

• say out loud

• think over and absorb

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

[1] The tasks of television meteorologists involve much more than standing in front of cameras and forecasting the weather. [2] These professionals must collect and digest vast amounts of data, or information, sent to the studio from several sources, including data from weather satellites high above Earth. [3] They take this highly technical data and translate it into intelligible language that viewers can understand and use in their daily lives.

Question 4: Using the context clues in sentence 3, what is the most likely meaning for the word intelligible?

• technical

• neutral

• understandable

• clever

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Read the selection. Then, answer the questions that follow.

(1) The most catastrophic natural disaster in the United States was a Category 4, or extreme, hurricane that struck Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900. (2) A 15-foot storm surge killed more than 8,000 people on the low-lying island. (3) In an effort to prevent a similar disaster in the future, the island’s elevation was raised farther above sea level. (4) Workers also constructed a sea wall to try to protect the city.

Question 5: Which sentence gives the central idea of the selection?

• sentence 1

• sentence 2

• sentence 3

• sentence 4

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

(1) The most catastrophic natural disaster in the United States was a Category 4, or extreme, hurricane that struck Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900. (2) A 15-foot storm surge killed more than 8,000 people on the low-lying island. (3) In an effort to prevent a similar disaster in the future, the island’s elevation was raised farther above sea level. (4) Workers also constructed a sea wall to try to protect the city.

Question 6: Which sentence most closely supports the central idea with important details?

• sentence 1

• sentence 2

• sentence 3

• sentence 4

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which of the following answer choices is the best definition of narrative writing?

• It tells a story.

• It explains a concept.

• It describes characters.

• It summarizes a story.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

What point of view would be used in an autobiographical narrative?

• third person omniscient

• third person limited

• first person

• third person objective

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which of the following distinguishes fiction from nonfiction?

• Fiction is narrated by a real person; nonfiction is told by a narrator.

• Fiction includes made-up characters; nonfiction focuses on real people.

• Fiction takes place only in real settings; nonfiction takes place in made-up settings.

• A. Fiction only describes actual events; nonfiction has made-up events.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following describes a nonfiction selection?

• an explanation of the scientific principles behind gene splicing

• a narrative that portrays the life of a famous time-traveler

• a story about a horse that can fly

• a diary written from the perspective of an ant

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10