Reading Comprehension B

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I want a yellow bedroom. My bedroom is green, but yellow is prettier. I will ask my dad if we can go and buy some _________.

• plants

• food

• toys

• paint

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Sam didn't like being the youngest child in the family. Sam's brothers and sisters always made him go last, no matter what. He couldn't wait until he grew up. At last he would be able to go _________.

• alone

• outside

• first

• also

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The secretary knew that she hadn't done a very good job with the boss's report, and she feared the moment that he would come stomping out of his office door. He had a terrible temper, and was known to scream at other workers at the top of his lungs. Suddenly she heard the door handle of his office turn, and the door flew open. She turned to look at him and knew she had been right; he was certainly ___________.

• friendly

• angry

• patient

• sociable

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Real plants depend on sunlight and water for nourishment to help them live and grow. Their leaves stay green because of a certain chemical called chlorophyll. Artificial plants, on the other hand, can be just as pretty, but they are made of plastic or silk. Since they are not alive, they don't need light or water, and their green leaves have no ______________.

• color

• chlorophyll

• variety

• differences

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The moonlight was casting an eerie glow over the pasture land. The boys could see the outlines of the cows as they grazed, but it was too dark to tell what colors they were. Jim hoped the cows would remain peaceful and uninterested while he and his friend camped in the field. If they did, it promised to be an enjoyable ______________.

• day

• celebration

• night

• afternoon

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The skinny cat walked among the dented, metal garbage cans in the back alley. It was all alone, and was meowing miserably. The hunger pangs tormented his stomach inside. It didn't care that it didn't have a comfortable place to sleep, or anyone to be his friend. All he wanted right now was some ____________.

• rest

• food

• excitement

• warmth

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Sam and Eli's father had been gone on business all week. They missed him most at dinner, because their table seemed incomplete without him. Soon, he would be home, and all the chairs at the table would be __________.

• full

• painted

• dry

• fixed

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Big boxes can be used for a lot of different things. You need them to move things like washing machines and TVs. You can also use them to pack your things in if you have to move to a new house. But you can play with boxes, too, and make neat forts or toy cars. Boxes have a lot of different ____________.

• sides

• colors

• uses

• cardboard

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The bull came charging across the open field. Only the fence kept him from running away. The fence was too strong to break, and too high to jump. It kept the people who were watching safe from the huge ____________.

• rainstorm

• building

• wagon

• animal

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Rose's mother had taught her how to separate the dark clothes and the light clothes when she did her laundry. On most days, she did a very good job keeping them all sorted. But today she must have put something red in with her load of white clothes. All of her white clothes were now _________.

• pink

• shrunk

• torn

• blue