Reading Inventory 667

Poppy took a deep breath and kicked. Her leap was high and far enough. She landed right on the small rock, but unfortunately its moss was wet and slimy. The moment she hit it, her feet shot out from under her. A quick skid plopped her into and under the water.

She had lost her _____ .

• necklace

• shoes

• balance

• tent

Nelly Stoner looked puzzled. "You know, something odd may be going on. I thought I had two more people on this tour, but I'm not sure which two. We've had so many visitors today, one face started to look like another. I went back to the ticket booth to count the stubs for this tour. There were twenty-two, but only twenty people came off the boat. I'll take you up to the gift shop and then come back to check around."

She was _____ .

• confused

• wishful

• happy

• noisy

"You're right about that," Mr. Reiner said. "More than half of you don't even know what a soccer ball is. More than half of you don't know what you're supposed to do with the thing. You can't decide whether to kick it, throw it, or bite it!"

You need to _____ .

• eat

• talk

• learn

• rest

She was in a rose garden. She pressed the handful of petals into her face and breathed deep. And for the first time she knew the house loved her, had given her a marvelous present.

She found comfort in the _____ .

• kitchen

• flowers

• sunlight

• animals

As he and his mother trudged up the hill, Little Lee glanced behind him. Sure enough, Red Robe was trailing them in the crowded, winding street. He always kept a careful distance. Red Robe slowed down if they slowed down. He hurried when they hurried so that he did not lose sight of them.

Red Robe _____ them.

• helped

• followed

• paid

• blamed

I love both places, but there's just nothing like the Big Apple. It's louder, brighter, faster. It's packed with museums, stores, restaurants, great buildings… and people. In the city you see people from all over the world—rich, poor, and every color, shape, and size. And all of them seem to be rushing somewhere.

The Big Apple is a(n) _____ city.

• pretty

• exciting

• huge

• clean

No one knows all about plants but some people know more than most. They are the botanists, the scientists who study plants. Plant scientists study plants to learn more about how and where they live. They also study ways that plants can be useful to people.

Botanists _____ plants.

• illustrate

• deliver

• cook

• examine

Rita liked everything that was green. She liked mint ice cream and spinach. She always wore green clothes and green shoes. Rita liked green better than any other color in the whole world!

It was her _____ .

• favorite

• idea

• story

• house

The Mayflower was a good, strong sailing ship. She was about ninety feet long—about as long as two big trailer trucks. And she was a clean-smelling ship, not like most ships of that time.

The Mayflower was _____ .

• tiny

• wrecked

• common

• sturdy

I see a small robin in the distance. He hops, skips gently, puts his head close to the ground. He seems to be listening. Then he picks into the soft ground, and out he pulls a worm, then he flies quickly away.

The robin is _____ .

• playing

• hiding

• singing

• hunting