Reading Comp

1,151 miles of wind, snow, and rugged trail lay ahead, from Anchorage to Nome. Akiak had led the team through seven races and knew the trail better than any dog. She had brought them in fifth, third, and second, but had never won. She was ten years old now. This was her last chance. Akiak was ________________________.

• experienced

• loyal

• afraid

• impatient

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

: A flash of lightning is a form of static electricity. Masses of air rise and fall during thunderstorms. They rub against rain clouds. This causes them to become electrically charged. Lightning will occur when two objects of different charges get close to each other. A spark will fly from a negatively charged cloud to a positively charged cloud. It will also go from a charged cloud to the ground or from the ground to a charged cloud. Lightning occurs when electrical charges are __________________

• moist

• absent

• opposite

• distant

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

The 1-1/2 volt battery used in science classes and the batteries in flashlights are dry cells. A dry cell has three parts: a can of zinc, a wet paste of several materials, and a carbon rod down the center. One post or terminal is attached to the can. A second one is attached to the rod. The zinc reacts with the wet paste picking up electrons from the carbon. Electricity is ready to flow. Wires can be hooked to the posts and the electrons move. Batteries _____________ electricity.

• repel

• refuse

• supply

• waste

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

Money amounts are often written with two digits following the decimal point. The two digits after the decimal point may be read as cents. For example, $1.25 may be read as "one dollar and 25 cents." These digits ____________ the amount of money.

• provide

• spend

• represent

• divide

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Poppy took a deep breath and kicked. Her leap was high and far enough. She landed right on the small rock, but unfortunately its moss was wet and slimy. The moment she hit it, her feet shot out from under her. A quick skid plopped her into and under the water. She had lost her _________________.

• balance

• tent

• necklace

• shoes

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Alexandria is the major seaport of Egypt. Although it was built a long time ago, Alexandria is a modern city. It has colleges, libraries, parks, and office buildings. Alexandria is_________________

• empty

• old

• surrounded

• cold

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

: I love both places, but there's just nothing like the Big Apple. It's louder, brighter, faster. It's packed with museums, stores, restaurants, great buildings… and people. In the city you see people from all over the world—rich, poor, and every color, shape, and size. And all of them seem to be rushing somewhere. The Big Apple is an __________________________ city.

• pretty

• exciting

• clean

• huge

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Cats do it when they feel good. And look, he's kneading his paws!" The lynx's purr had got louder and louder, and he was working his claws in and out of the shirts, with a look of absent, ecstatic satisfaction on his face. The lynx kneads his paws when he's ______________________

• content

• thirsty

• jealous

• hungry

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

What Elizabeth couldn't figure out and was unwilling to ask was how Max Whittaker, who had apparently defied his parents, could afford first-class passage on the Titanic. Had his parents forgiven him for rejecting Harvard and choosing instead to live among the bohemians in Paris? She could imagine the message inserted in the fine linen envelope containing his first-class ticket: "All is forgiven. Come home." Max _______________________his parent's money.

• rejected

• borrowed

• needed

• hoarded

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

The king's taxes actually helped unify the colonies. Until then, the colonies had been divided into thirteen separate governing bodies. Each body was jealous of the others. Now the people's fury over taxation without representation drew the colonists together. Men and women who used to think of themselves as Virginians, New Yorkers, or Pennsylvanians suddenly began to believe they were something different, something new—Americans. Their ______________united them

• anger

• location

• taste

• mistakes

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4