Vocabulary and Reading Skills

It is once believed that tomatoes were _______. So, few people ate them.

• poisonous

• furious

• delicious

• curious

We don’t have a lot of money. We are too _______ to buy a new car.

• wealthy

• poor

• modern

• smart

I’m making plans for the _______. After I graduate, I will travel to other countries.

• adventure

• future

• memory

• experience

If you _______ to someone, you say that you are sorry for hurting them or causing them trouble.

• memorize

• recognize

• organize

• apologize

The rocket blasted off to outer _______. People could see a spot of light in the sky.

• space

• field

• lake

• area

If you are _______ with something, you know or understand it very well.

• research

• know

• believe

• familiar

If a person _______ something, he or she creates it.

• invents

• destroys

• breaks

• develops

Scientists are working to create robots that can play sports like _______.

• soccer

• computers

• the piano

• science

In the classroom, the teacher will give _______ on reading strategies. After that, the students might practice them in the passages.

• a board

• an aim

• a lecture

• a purpose

Average robots cannot show _______ of emotion like happiness and sadness.

• shapes

• images

• signs

• areas