Grade 4 -- Wordly Wise Lesson 4

Sucheng's parents were unable to send her to school until she was eight. Their _____ income did not permit spending on her education.

• contracted

• active

• exposed

• modest

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Polio was once greatly feared. People _____ to the disease became ill and often lost the use of their limbs.

• cherished

• recitals

• exposed

• attended

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Her illness greatly affected Sucheng's life. Once she had been a very _____ child, but now she was forced to spend all of her time in bed.

• active

• recitals

• parallel

• attended

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Sucheng's world became smaller when her illness forced her to stay in bed. She felt that her world had _____ to the size of her bedroom.

• gracefully

• contracted

• response

• pessimistic

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Sucheng supported herself by holding onto the backs of chairs, but using _____ bars like those in gymnastics would have made it easier for her to practice walking.

• parallel

• modest

• imposed

• astounded

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

The brave little girl fell many times while supporting herself against the chairs. She was so _____ to walk again that she put up with the pain.

• parallel

• gracefully

• response

• eager

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Sucheng's parents could not have imagined her later success. They would have been _____ to know that she would become a history professor in the United States.

• astounded

• paralysis

• recitals

• active

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

An important year in China's history was 1948. That was when communist rule was _____ on the country.

• gracefully

• imposed

• response

• eager

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Sucheng's parents did not welcome the communist takeover of China. They were _____ about what this would mean for the country.

• parallel

• cherished

• pessimistic

• exposed

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Because they _____ freedom too much to want to live under communist rule, Sucheng's parents thought often about leaving China.

• recitals

• contracted

• eager

• cherished

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1