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R4R Unit 5

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The article states that pipes are installed near lakes and rivers. This helps to explain —

a)

why we take water for granted.

b)

why we have to pay for our water.

c)

where the cleanest water is found.

d)

where the water we use comes from

2.

How does the information about the water treatment plant relate to ideas presented in the first paragraph?

a)

It explains how water is pumped.

b)

It tells where water goes after it is used.

c)

It shows how water gets to a house.

d)

It warns against using too much water

3.

Why do Narcissus’ parents warn him that beauty is not everything?

a)

They are jealous of Narcissus’ beauty.

b)

They want Narcissus to get a job.

c)

They believe Narcissus should spend time with friends.

d)

They worry that Narcissus focuses too much on his looks.

4.

Why can’t Narcissus stop looking at the face in the pool?

a)

He is enchanted by its beauty.

b)

He wants to please his mother.

c)

He needs a drink of water.

d)

He wants to change how he looks.

5.

Which sentence best expresses a theme of this story?

a)

Nature can heal all ills.

b)

Self-discovery can happen at any age.

c)

Too much self-love can destroy people.

d)

Children can repeat the mistakes of their parents.

6.

How is Narcissus different from his parents? select all that apply

a)

Narcissus was good looking.

b)

Narcissus thought more of himself because of how good he looked.

c)

Narcissus saw himself in the water.

d)

His parents were ugly.

e)

His parents knew beauty is not as important as other things

7.

Which sentence best states the main idea of this article?

a)

It’s nice to take a walk by a canal.

b)

Polluted water can cause many problems for people.

c)

Floating gardens are becoming popular all over China.

d)

A city used science and nature to clean a polluted canal

8.

Which detail from the article supports the idea that the water in the canal had been badly polluted?

a)

It made people sick.

b)

It ran through a large city.

c)

It flowed into a large river.

d)

It was near a fishing community

9.

The roots of plants in the floating garden help get rid of pollution because they —

a)

keep the garden in place.

b)

provide a home for the bacteria.

c)

send air through the ecosystem.

d)

trap garbage and waste.

10.

What did the floating garden most likely mean for the nearby fishing communities?

a)

Their fishing methods changed.

b)

They were able to fish again.

c)

Their way of life was threatened.

d)

They chose to fish in other places.

11.

What did Indra feel when she was a child listening to the traveling merchants?

a)

fear

b)

shame

c)

disgust

d)

excitement

12.

Indra is surprised at the end of the story because at the beginning she —

a)

thought water was scary.

b)

cleaned her face with sand.

c)

wanted to travel to new places.

d)

wanted to help her father buy cloth.

13.

At the beginning of the story, how is Indra different from her father?

a)

She has never seen a rainbow.

b)

She plans to join a caravan.

c)

She cannot ride a camel.

d)

She lives in the desert.

14.

Which sentence best expresses a theme of this story?

a)

Follow your dreams.

b)

Listen to your elders.

c)

Do not always fear the unknown.

d)

Do not seek what is out of reach.

15.

The themes of this story and the Narcissus myth both relate to —

a)

a magical body of water.

b)

a parent who warns a child.

c)

a setting that is unfamiliar to the characters.

d)

a main character who has contact with nature.

16.

How is Margarite different from the townspeople?

a)

She plants trees.

b)

She doesn’t fish.

c)

She writes a history of her town.

d)

She thinks of the future.

17.

Which sentence best expresses a theme of the story?

a)

Trust can be difficult to rebuild.

b)

The forest is a mysterious place.

c)

Natural balance can be restored.

d)

Happiness is in your own backyard.

18.

This story connects with the article “Pollution Solution” because they both —

a)

explain why people harvested too much.

b)

tell how people can affect nature.

c)

explain how forests can be saved.

d)

describe the Earth’s limited resources.

19.

Margarite in “The Lake” and Indra in “Indra and the Rainbow” both —

a)

try to conserve water.

b)

see the beauty in nature.

c)

wish they lived someplace else.

d)

want to change the way people think

20.

Which word belongs in the bubble?

a)

shore

b)

glacier

c)

drought

d)

evaporation

21.

Which word belongs in the bubble?

a)

object

b)

place

c)

course

d)

weather

22.

Which word belongs in the bubble?

a)

represent

b)

imagine

c)

ignore

d)

view

23.

Which word belongs in the bubble?

a)

dry

b)

clear

c)

dark

d)

fresh

24.

Choose the word that best completes the analogy.


nervous : confident as worried : ________

a)

wise

b)

calm

c)

scarce

d)

uneasy

25.

Choose the word that best completes the analogy.


study : investigate as convert : ________

a)

change

b)

explore

c)

finish

d)

leave

26.

Choose the word that best completes the sentence correctly.


The _______________of the well is large enough for the whole community

a)

capacity

b)

shortage

c)

watershed

d)

precipitation

27.

Choose the word that best completes the sentence correctly.


The village ________________ a new water pump.

a)

absorbed

b)

acquired

c)

depleted

d)

channeled

28.

Choose the word that best completes the sentence correctly.


I wipe off the ___________ from the car windows in the morning.

a)

aquifer

b)

atmosphere

c)

evaporation

d)

condensation

29.

Choose the word that best completes the sentence correctly.


The canal stretches along a wide ____________ .

a)

symbol

b)

gourd

c)

region

d)

runoff

30.

Choose the answer that goes in Blank 1

a)

my

b)

his

c)

her

d)

your

31.

Choose the answer that goes in Blank 2

a)

it

b)

its

c)

its'

d)

it's

32.

Choose the answer that goes in Blank 3

a)

students

b)

student's

c)

students'

d)

students's

33.

Choose the answer that goes in Blank 4

a)

lower

b)

lowerer

c)

most low

d)

more low

34.

Choose the answer that goes in Blank 5

a)

years

b)

year's

c)

years'

d)

years's

35.

Choose the answer that goes in Blank 6

a)

Good I felt about

b)

I good felt about

c)

I felt about good

d)

I felt good about

36.

What is the correct way to write sentence 1?

a)

Imagine your running along a hot sandy beach.

b)

Imagine you are running along a beach hot sandy.

c)

Imagine you are running along a hot, sandy beach.

d)

Correct as is

37.

What is the correct way to write sentence 5?

a)

Many communities on every coast is finding that salt water is creeping into their drinking water source.

b)

Many communities on every coast are finding that salt water is creep into their drinking water source.

c)

Many communities on every coast are finding that salt water is creeping into its drinking water source.

d)

Correct as is

38.

What is the correct way to write sentence 7?

a)

For example, there is a Mexican valley with salty groundwater due to irrigation pumping.

b)

For example, there is a mexican valley with groundwater salty due to irrigation pumping.

c)

For example, there is a mexican valley with salty groundwaters due to irrigation pumping.

d)

Correct as is

39.

What is the correct way to write sentence 9?

a)

About two thirds of the worlds larger cities are near a coast, and their inhabitants may have trouble finding drinkable water in the future.

b)

About two thirds of the world’s largest cities are near a coast, and their inhabitants may have trouble finding drinkable water in the future.

c)

About two thirds of the worlds largest cities are near a coast, and your inhabitants may have trouble finding drinkable water in the future.

d)

Correct as is

40.

What corrections are required for sentence 3?

a)

Change 'places' to 'place'.

b)

Change 'This' to 'These'

c)

Add an apostrophe ( ' ) in changing favorites to favorite's

d)

No corrections are required

41.

What corrections are required for sentence 4?

a)

Capitalize the f in florida (corrected is: Florida)

b)

Remove the comma after warm.

c)

Add a period after warm.

d)

No corrections are required

42.

What corrections are required for sentence 5?

a)

Change 'more good' to 'most good'

b)

Change 'more good' to 'better'

c)

Change 'more good' to 'Best'.

d)

No corrections are required

43.

What corrections are required for sentence 6?

a)

Change lakes to lake.

b)

Change lakes to lakes'.

c)

Change lakes to lake's.

d)

No corrections are required

44.

What corrections are required for sentence 7?

a)

Change "most" to "more"

b)

Change "than" to "in"

c)

Capitalize ocean (corrected: Ocean)

d)

No corrections are required

45.

What corrections are required for sentence 9?

a)

Change "have" to "has"

b)

remove the word "such"

c)

Change "their" to "our"

d)

No corrections are required