Reading Comprehension - Mount Everest

What is the passage mostly about?

• The first people who climbed on Mount Everest.

• The location of Mount Everest.

• The first climbers to reach the top of Mount Everest.

• The first time Queen Elizabeth climbed Mount Everest.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

How many years ago did the story take place?

• 47 years ago

• 1953

• 67 years ago

• 2020

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Read the following sentence from the article and choose the meaning for the underlined word. Use the context clues strategy if you don't know the answer.

[ They hoped that their climbers would reach the top before the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.]

• birth

• special feast held by a king or queen

• birthday celebration

• ceremony for crowning a king or queen

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Where is Mount Everest Located?

• in Asia

• in Western Europe

• in North America

• in South America

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

Which sentence is an opinion?

• On May 29, 1953, two climbers reached the summit of Mount Everest.

• For many years, climbers had tried to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

• Mount Everest is part of the great Himalayan Mountain range.

• Edmund P. Hillary and Tenzig Norgay accomplished one of the greatest climbing feats ever.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What is the name of the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest?

• Edmund P. Hillary

• Tenzig Norgay

• We do not know the name of the first person to reach the top.

• Both men reached together as a team.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Fill in the word from the reading: Top of a mountain. [ __ U ___ ___ I ___ ]

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

Journey on foot [ ___ R ___ ____ ]

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

Country in South Asia [ N ___ p ___ ___ ]

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

Crowning of a queen or king. [ C ___ ___ O ___ A ____ ___ ___ N ]

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A