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WorksheetsPanama Canal
Total questions: 6
Worksheet time: 3mins
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Class
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1.
What is the main purpose of the question in paragraph 3?
a)
to lead in to the next topic
b)
to reveal the author's opinion
c)
to highlight the workers' skills
d)
to explain how the canal was built
2.
Which of the following statements is best supported by the information in the section "Little Insects, Big Problems"?
a)
Yellow fever is a more serious illness than malaria.
b)
Dr. Gorgas had to convince engineers to prevent illness.
c)
Dr. Gorgas had previously studied the habits of mosquitoes.
d)
Yellow fever and malaria are carried by different types of mosquitoes.
3.
Read the following sentence from paragraph 9.
It would be a bit like climbing steps, crossing a field and going down another set of steps on the other side.
What is the main purpose of this sentence?
It would be a bit like climbing steps, crossing a field and going down another set of steps on the other side.
What is the main purpose of this sentence?
a)
to describe how the "lake and lock" design works
b)
to demonstrate a weakness in the "lake and lock" design
c)
to compare the "lake and lock" design to other canal designs
d)
to show how the "lake and lock" design reduces the length of the canal
4.
What is the most likely purpose of the text box at the end of the article?
a)
to explain the history of the canal
b)
to give interesting facts about the canal
c)
to show how much it costs to use the canal
d)
to explain the types of ships that use the canal
5.
Based on paragraph 1, what does the word formidable mean?
a)
wild
b)
difficult
c)
unfamiliar
d)
unexplored
6.
Read the following sentences from paragraph 6.
His team first attacked the mosquito that carries yellow fever. It likes to live near humans, so Dr. Gorgas targeted Panama City.
In the sentences, what does the pronoun "it" refer to?
His team first attacked the mosquito that carries yellow fever. It likes to live near humans, so Dr. Gorgas targeted Panama City.
In the sentences, what does the pronoun "it" refer to?
a)
team
b)
mosquito
c)
yellow fever
d)
humans
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