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1. Pizza is a favorite food in the United States. Pizza is from Italy in the late 1800s. It became popular in the United States after World War II. People like to add toppings. Some toppings are pepperoni, sausage, and vegetables. These toppings give pizza more flavor. Pepperoni is America’s favorite topping.

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Pizza is made from flour.

• Pizza was first made in Italy.

• You should eat the delicious pizza.

• Pizza is a popular meal in the United States.

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2. . Living things are organisms with certain characteristics. They need water, food, and air to survive. They grow and change, and they move on their own. Living things reproduce, or make more of themselves. For example, plants and animals are living things. Plants make their own food and animals eat plants or other animals for food.

What is the main idea of the passage?

• There are four characteristics of living things.

• Animals make their own food.

• All living things need sunlight

• Plants eat other plants.

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3. Have you ever seen a giraffe at the zoo? Giraffes are the tallest animals in the world. The average height of a giraffe is 16-18 feet tall. This animal has a very long neck and legs. Giraffes eat the leaves from tall trees. Other animals cannot reach that high. Male giraffes are even taller than female giraffes.

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Giraffes are extremely tall animals.

• Giraffes don’t sleep very much.

• Giraffes are unique animals.

• Giraffes eat leaves.

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4. Hurricanes are large storms. They begin over the ocean. They gather heat and energy from the water. Hurricanes move slowly to land as they grow stronger. Hurricanes are dangerous because of their size. They are also dangerous because of high winds and big waves. Hurricanes can bring flooding, power outages, and tornadoes.

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Hurricanes are summer storms.

• Hurricanes are one type of storm

• Hurricanes are large, dangerous storms.

• Hurricanes are just like tornadoes and floods.

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5. One way to stay healthy is to exercise. Exercise helps you feel better, lose weight, and grow stronger.Taking a walk is a form of exercise. It helps you go outside and get fresh air. Playing a sport is another form of exercise. This is a fun way to be active. Taking classes at a gym is a way to be healthy and fit. There are many types of exercise you can do to improve your health.

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Choose a fun way to exercise.

• There are many types of exercise.

• If you are not happy, exercise will fix it.

• There are many ways to make yourself feel better.

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6. Native people in early North America liked to play games. Their favorite games were played with a stick and a ball, like lacrosse. In lacrosse the rule is that you can't touch the ball with your hands. You catch the ball in a net on the end of a stick and use the stick to throw the ball.

What's the Main Idea?

• Their favorite games were played with a stick and a ball, like lacrosse.

• Native people in early North America liked to play games.

• You catch the ball in a net on the end of a stick and use the stick to throw the ball.

• In lacrosse the rule is that you can't touch the ball with your hands.

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7. Not all plants grow in the same way. Some plants grow and reproduce in one year and are called annuals. Some plants grow and reproduce in two years and are called biennials. Other plants grow and reproduce for many years and are called perennials.

What's the Main Idea?

• Other plants grow and reproduce for many years and are called perennials.

• Some plants grow and reproduce in two years and are called biennials.

• Not all plants grow in the same way.

• Some plants grow and reproduce in one year and are called annuals.

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8. Teeth can tell you what kinds of food a mammal eats. Plant eaters (herbivores) like deer have large, flat molars for grinding plants. Animals that eat both plants and meat (omnivores) have strong canines and molars for tearing and grinding foods. Animals that are meat eaters (carnivores) have canine teeth for cutting and tearing.

What's the Main Idea?

• Animals that are meat eaters (carnivores) have canine teeth for cutting and tearing.

• Plant eaters (herbivores) like deer have large, flat molars for grinding plants.

• Animals that eat both plants and meat (omnivores) have strong canines and molars for tearing and grinding foods.

• Teeth can tell you what kinds of food a mammal eats.

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9. People in early North America ate only wild foods that they could hunt or gather. Inuit people ate a lot of fish and seal meat, and gathered seaweed. Pueblo people ate cactus fruit and pine nuts, and hunted rabbits and birds. Cree people ate fish with wild rice that they gathered in the wetlands around the Great Lakes.

What's the Main Idea?

• Cree people ate fish with wild rice that they gathered in the wetlands around the Great Lakes.

• People in early North America ate only wild foods that they could hunt or gather.

• Inuit people ate a lot of fish and seal meat, and gathered seaweed.

• Pueblo people ate cactus fruit and pine nuts, and hunted rabbits and birds.

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10. Is it an ant, you wonder, or a termite? Ants resemble termites, but they are quite different and can be easily distinguished. In contrast to termites, ants are usually dark in color, are hard bodied, and have constriction between the thorax and abdomen. Also, ants and termites belong to different orders.

What's the main idea?

• Is it an ant, you wonder, or a termite?

• Ants resemble termites, but they are quite different and can be easily distinguished.

• Also, ants and termites belong to different orders.

• Ants are usually dark in color and hard bodied,

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