Where the Wild Things Hide

In 2003, the famous British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) paid for one of the most exhaustive searches ever.

Which phrases best gives the meaning of exhaustive as it is used in the passage?

• trying again and again

• wasting a lot of effort

• covering every detail

• spending a lot of money

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which sentence from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

• "For example, dozens of serious, very scientific searches have been undertaken over the years to find the Loch Ness Monster." ( paragraph 9)

• "They also argue that conducting hugh, expensive searches based on such information is folly." (paragraph 8)

• "Great effort does not always lead to great success in the search for hidden animals." ( paragraph 9)

• "Scientists used 600 sonar beams ( a type of sound wave and satellite tracking to explore every bit of the lake." ( paragraph 9)

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Part A

Which best describes why the author tells about the discovery of the mountain gorilla?

• to describe how a gorilla might look to someone with no scientific training

• to tell how scientists gather evidence when searching for new kinds of animals

• to show how much legends about the gorilla were llike stories told today

• to explain why why explorers took so long to prove that mountain gorillas are real

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Part B

Which sentence from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

• "The creatures were said to be large, hairy, and extremely powerful." (paragraph 1)

• "Scientists at the time dismissed the stories as a myth of local tribes."( paragraph1)

• "In many ways, the tales told about mountain gorillas were not so different from the ones told more recently about Bigfoot." ( paragraph 2)

• "In the late 1800s, European explorers in central Africa heard many tales of a race of giant human-like creatures living in the mountains." ( paragraph1)

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

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CCSS.RL.5.2

Part A

Put a check mark by one of the claims in the list below.

• Listening to the stories of local people is the best way to find information about new animalsa

• Stories about "Bigfoot" are likely to be proven true based on similar discoveries made in the past.

• An animal can be real even if there is no scientific proof yet that it actually exists.