LJISD BOY S44 Reading Inventory Practice #1

Monday, he had to wear socks that didn't match. Tuesday, everyone wore T-shirts that came from a vacation. Wednesday, yesterday, had been hat day. Today, everyone had to wear clothes with holes.

Each day they _________ differently.

• painted

• talked

• dressed

• marched

Dan's getting tired. Tired and hot. He's working in boots, overalls, and a T-shirt. His face is hot and wet. His back is wet. So is his T-shirt. It's sticking to his back.

Dan needs to _______.

• hide

• sing

• rest

• run

Lions belong to the Felidae family. A family is a group of animals with similar features. People call members of this family big cats. Tigers are the only big cats larger than lions.

Lions and tigers are _______.

• related

• mean

• ugly

• slow

This place is packed today. Three thousand fans. No empty seats. They are here to see David Strong do his thing. But they are also here to see this Panther team. Many think this team can go all the way.

This crowd is ______.

• hopeful

• angry

• afraid

• safe

Rosa sat alone at the cracked table, thinking. The children were asleep, twisted like pretzels in the one big bed. Their one room migrant cabin was quiet, at last. This is the right time, she thought. I must talk with Juan tonight.

Rosa had _______.

• decided

• walked

• cooked

• painted

"The big roar' they call it. We are lucky to get to see it. Once a month that tide rolls up the river from the Atlantic Ocean," Marco said. "It makes a wave fifteen feet high!"

The tide is _______.

• useful

• forceful

• common

• troubling

The three-mile track seemed ten miles long this time. They rounded Corner 1, Corner 2---and raced on to Corner 9. At last, they came down the Finishing Straight. Moss was still ahead. Wheels flying, he roared across the finish line. He had won! The crowd went wild. Just two seconds later, Fangio crossed the line.

The race was _____.

• lucky

• exciting

• terrible

• slow

During summer in the Arctic, some of the ice on the tundra melts. Plants grow, insects hatch and lemmings come out of their burrows. This means there is suddenly plenty of food, both for animals which have spent all winter on the tundra, and for those which arrive just for the summer. They can even feed all night because in the Arctic the sun never sets in summer.

Food is _______in the summer.

• abundant

• bitter

• fragrant

• unreliable

More than two weeks later, I was sitting alone after school at the table in the classroom, finishing my plans for the next day, when I was overcome with the sensation of being watched. I looked up, around, but saw nothing. Back I went to my work, but the sensation, powerful and unshakable, persisted. I glanced up at the clock. It was 4:15, so all the children were long gone and most of the other teachers would be down in the teacher's lounge. At last, I rose and went to the door to look out in the hallway.

I was ________.

• drowsy

• overjoyed

• uneasy

• comfortable

A train runs across this track. Red caboose at the back. Orange tank car next. Yellow hopper car. Green cattle car. Blue gondola car. Purple box car.

This train has many _______.

• colors

• sounds

• doors

• friends