Dancing Dragons Assessment

What is the central idea of the article?

• Dragon dances are only performed at night.

• Dragons are used to scare people away during Chinese New Year.

• The dragon dance is an important tradition in Chinese culture used to celebrate the new year.

• The dragon is a dangerous creature that must be tamed.

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Which sentence from the article supports the answer in Part A?

• In fairy tales, dragons are ferocious creatures.

• A dragon is created with joints that allow it to bend easily.

• With the dragon’s help, they hope to bring happiness in the year ahead.

• Red symbolizes happiness in Chinese culture.

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What is the best summary of the selection Dancing Dragons?

• The dragon dance is a fun game played by children at parades during Chinese New Year.

• The dragon dance is a Chinese tradition performed to bring good luck for the new year. The dragon is long, colorful, and is danced by several people using poles.

• Dragons are scary creatures that live in fairy tales and are now used in performances.

• During the Spring Festival, people wear costumes and walk in parades to celebrate.

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Paragraphs 1 and 2 are mainly about --

• how to make a dragon using bamboo and cloth.

• how dragons breathe fire and scare people.

• why dragon dances are important and when they are performed.

• the different colors that dragons can be.

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Read these sentences from paragraph 3: “The body of the dragon is made of thin bamboo strips. They are woven into cylinders, or large tubes. Then, the dragon is covered in a giant cloth. It is decorated with scales.” What is the best paraphrase of these sentences?

• The dragon’s body is shaped like a tube made of cloth and decorated to look real.

• The dragon is built using bamboo and cloth, then decorated to look like it has scales.

• The dragon is covered in paper and foam to make it look scary.

• Bamboo tubes and paper are used to make the dragon hard and strong.

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What is the best summary of the section titled “In ancient China, people performed the dragon dance to bring more rain…” (Paragraph 2)?

• Dragons used to be rain gods in fairy tales.

• The dragon dance is performed only when it rains.

• The dragon dance was first used to bring rain but is now used to bring good fortune during the New Year.

• People do the dragon dance every time it rains in China.

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According to the article, what is one way the dragon dance brings joy to people?

• It reminds them of fairy tales.

• It is a celebration that brings communities together in a fun and colorful way.

• It lets people show off their costumes.

• It helps people scare away real dragons.

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Paragraphs 4 and 5 are mainly about --

• the fire dragon and how it is different from other dragons.

• how the dragon is carried and moved during the dance.

• how dragons are built from bamboo.

• how people choose dragon colors.

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Paragraph 5 is important to the selection because it provides information about how --

• dragons are made with real fire and danger.

• fire dragons are lit from within to create a glowing, fiery effect during night parades.

• Chinese people burn paper dragons.

• real fire is used to scare people during the dance.

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The selection Dancing Dragons is mostly about --

• how dragon parades are dangerous.

• how dragons are used in a traditional dance to bring luck and celebrate the New Year.

• how dragons fight in Chinese fairy tales.

• how to build your own dragon at home.

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