Smarter Balance Practice Test

Soccer is known in some countries as football. It is a popular sport across the world, with over 200 countries playing the sport. It is estimated that over 250 million people, both men and women, play soccer. The sport has been part of the Olympic games from 1900 to 1928 and from 1936 to today.

What is the main idea?

• Soccer is important at the Olympics.

• Soccer is also called football.

• Soccer is a worldwide sport.

• Soccer is played by men and women.

Floods can cause tremendous damage.  They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and cause mudslides. It often leaves mud, sand and debris behind.  It can take months to clean up after a flood.
 What is the main idea?

• Floods can cause a lot of damage.
• Floods cause mudslides.
• Floods damage houses and roads. 

What is the most likely reason the author included the legend in the passage? Pick two choices.

• To make the idea of tasting sap seem fun

• To provide details about the Iroquois way of life

• To explain how people discovered how to make syrup for many years 

• To show sap has been used to make syrup for many years 

• To provide information that shows that sap is a good sweetener for food

What is the student's opinion about identifying different kinds of fruit?

• It is easy to tell if a food is a fruit.

• It is sometimes confusing to tell if a food is a fruit.

• It is impossible to identify any fruit.

• The student has no opinion on identifying fruits.

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Understanding the author

What are some examples of popular fruits mentioned in the text?

• Pears

• Pineapples

• Grapes

• Watermelons

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Main ideas and supporting details

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Different kinds of animals in the wild

• Various types of weather patterns

• Confusion in identifying different kinds of fruit

• Historical events in ancient civilizations

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Main ideas and supporting details

A student is writing a research report about the life stages of insects. He is looking for information about the early stages of an insect's life. Choose two sentences that have information about early life stages of insects.

• New kinds of insects are discovered every year. 

• The form of many insects’ bodies changes with growth. 

• Certain flying insects live in the water before they have wings.

• Many insects are plant eaters, and some are meat eaters. 

• Some insects begin life with no legs and wormlike bodies. 

Read the sentence from the passage.  

Floating in space is a lot like floating in water.  

What does the phrase like floating in water help the reader to understand about this passage? Select all that are correct.  

• One way to relax in space.

• The feeling of being in space is like swimming. 

• Astronauts get very wet when they are in space.

• Things in space are as easy to see as they are in water.

• One way as astronaut pretends to be in space is to be underwater.

What is the most likely reason the author included headings in the passage

• To show the reader why the passage was written.

• To show the reader the main idea of each section.

• To show the reader how astronauts learn to go on spacewalks.

• To show the reader important details about how to become an astronaut.

Choose the sentence that is the best conclusion to the paragraph from the student's report.  

• Cheetahs are usually lonely animals. 

• Cheetahs have been 2 and 4 cubs in a litter. 

• Cheetahs have 2,000 to 3,000 spots on their fur. 

• Cheetahs are amazing animals that may soon be all gone.