RI 4th 4

How does your salad grow? My salad grows in a garden day by day and row by row. My plant starts with a seed. What does the seed need? My plant needs water. My plant needs sun.

To grow, my plant needs _____ .

• care

• boxes

• displays

• parks

Lily helped me stand up. My T-shirt and jeans were covered with dirt and grass. I brushed them off.

I had _____ .

• smiled

• fallen

• grown

• finished

It was hopeless. Chocolate-covered ants were a lot rarer than I thought. Maybe they didn't even exist anymore.

I could not _____ any.

• grab

• make

• find

• eat

But King Priam is not afraid. There is a great stone wall around his city. No one—not even a Greek army—can get into Troy.

King Priam feels _____ .

• big

• safe

• lonely

• old

"Close your eyes," said Ms. Day. "We will pick a name for our new guinea pig." The guinea pig had his eyes closed. He was sleeping under some straw. "How many want Sparky?" asked Ms. Day. Emma raised her hand. "How many want Ringo?" asked Ms. Day. Maxwell raised his hand. "How many want Fluffy?" asked Ms. Day. Everybody else raised a hand.

They had a class _____ .

• dance

• vote

• game

• swing

The children followed Grandfather to the reservations desk. "Hello, I'm James Alden," Grandfather said to the young woman behind the counter. "I've reserved a suite of rooms for the next few days."

Grandfather _____ himself.

• hurried

• introduced

• enjoyed

• released

Our visiting Indian was called Samoset. He spoke some of our language. He told us about an Indian named Squanto who had met many white men and could also speak our language. Several days later, we met Squanto. He became our good friend and helper.

These Indians _____ us.

• avoided

• assisted

• fed

• worried

Mr. Furman was in the office. It was a square room, something like a cage because the sides were built of open metal work. Mr. Furman could see almost all of the first floor counters when he looked out. Some people said he should make the store modern and put in glass walls. But Mr. Furman liked his office the way it was.

He was _____ .

• rude

• brave

• sorry

• content

People say that Cam has a photographic memory. They mean that Cam can remember an entire scene. Her mind takes a picture of it.

Cam remembers what she _____ .

• imagines

• sees

• tastes

• hears

First, people pick the apples from apple trees. The apples go to a factory. Then, a machine peels the apples. It also cores them. That means the machine takes out the apple cores. Next, another machine chops the apples. After that, the apple pieces are cooked and mushed into applesauce.

There are many _____ in the process.

• schools

• answers

• steps

• books