ELPAC Reading Practice III

After a long , stressful day at work, Jamila sat down to watch a tv documentary about panda bears that just started. She was exhausted and barely paid any attention to the show, but it was a way to escape a long day. The host was interviewing a scientist who studies panda bears in the wild.

Why does Jamila watch a tv show about panda bears?

• She is thinking about buying a panda bear as a pet

• She needs to study about panda bears for her work

• She is tired and just wants to take her mind off of work.

• She wants to become a tv host

When we reached the summit of the mountain, we were able to look down at the valley below.

Based on the context clues in the sentence above, "summit" probably means....

• the base

• the middle

• the top

• difficulty

After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of bending over backwards to entertain her nieces.

• Cassie was doing very little to entertain her nieces.

• Cassie was making small efforts to entertain her nieces.

• Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces.

• Cassie was not trying at all to entertain her nieces.

Bobby would have been playing ball until the cows came home if it was not for Suzie dragging him home for dinner.

• Bobby was just about to stop playing ball.

• To begin, Bobby did not even want to play ball.

• Bobby prefers nature to athletics.

• Bobby would have continued playing ball for a long time.

Mr. Johnson was very particular about the arrangement of his classroom, so the thing he hated most was when his students caused a ruckus with their wild horseplay.

• Mr. Johnson hated when his students pretended to be animals.

• Mr. Johnson hated when his students played sports.

• Mr. Johnson hated when his students wrestled around with each other.

• Mr. Johnson hated when his students made animal noises.

Eric wanted to fix his cousin’s computer, but he was already having problems setting up his Aunt’s Wi-Fi network and he did not want to open a whole new can of worms.

• Eric was sick of spending his time helping his family.

• Eric wanted to go fishing instead of working on computers.

• Eric was having difficulties untangling the computer wires.

• Eric was not ready to begin working on a complicated new problem.

Read the sentence to help you figure out the meaning of the underlined idiom.

"Well", sighed Jimmy. "I forgot my homework. I guess it's time to tell my teacher and face the music."

• Turn my face to the radio.

• do a sing along with my class.

• accept the consequences of my actions

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Read the sentence to help you figure out the meaning of the underlined idiom.

I want to go to Japan this summer, but it costs an arm and a leg.

• very expensive

• I have to give the airline an arm and a leg

• the airplanes are small so my arm and leg won't fit in the seat.

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Read the sentence to help you figure out the meaning of the underlined idiom.

I studied for the big test so it was a piece of cake.

• easy

• a part of a whole cake

• difficult

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Read the sentence to help you figure out the meaning of the underlined idiom.

My mom looked out the window and said "it's raining cats and dogs."

• cats and dogs are falling from the sky

• cats and dogs are everywhere

• it's raining very hard

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