Reading Test (2-3-23)

1. Which word is a synonym for produce in paragraph 1?

• Consume

• Demand

• Create

• Vegetables

The diagram at the end of the article best helps the reader---

• picture historic windmills used by German settlers in Texas

• understand how the parts of a wind turbine make electricity

• design their own wind turbine

• visualize two types of renewable energy

What types of renewable energy mentioned in paragraph 4 are shown in the diagram?

• biodiesel and solar

• fusion and tidal

• wind and geothermal

• solar and wind

Which selection of the article would be most useful for someone who wonders when the first windmills were used in Texas?

• Power from the wind

• A Texas Tradition

• Electricity from the Air

• The diagram

Which sentence shows that wind energy is an important part of Texas' energy mix?

• In 2016, wind power made over 12% of Texas' energy

• The first German and Dutch settlers in the 1840 used windmills to grind grain.

• Most power in Texas comes from fossil fuels, like coal and gas.

• The first large tower (80 meters high!) was built in Big Spring in 1999.

What is the section titled A Texas Tradition mainly about?

• How a turbine makes electricity

• How Texans have used wind

• How a turbine grinds grain

• The parts of wind turbine

In paragraph 6, the word miserly means---

• weak and unhealthy

• elegant, fashionable

• stingy, unwilling to share

• generous, unselfish

What is one theme presented in this folktale?

• Wealth unshared makes one poor in spirit.

• You can't please everyone.

• Great wealth leads to great misfortune.

• The finest houses shelter the finest people.

Look at this chart (The Beggar and the Miser)

What detail from the story belongs in the empty box?

• The beggar knocks at the door of a wealthy man.

• The beggar asks the rich man for grain or bread.

• The beggar kneels and bows low to the ground.

• The rich man gave the beggar some bread.

Read this sentence from paragraph 2 in the story.

"Surely such a rich home belongs to a generous man,"

This sentence shows that the old man believes that---

• the richest houses have the greediest owners

• the rich and poor are equal

• he is better than the richest of men

• rich people have much and are probably happy to share