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Reading My View Unit 5.2

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Abundant means

a)

Salty

b)

Plentiful

c)

Scarce

d)

Frozen

2.

Another word for substance is

a)

Solid

b)

Gas

c)

Material

d)

Cycle

3.

Altitude means

a)

Height

b)

Heat

c)

Gravity

d)

Speed

4.

Trickles means

a)

Bursts

b)

Dribbles

c)

Floods

d)

Gushes

5.

What does condenses mean?

a)

Falls from the sky

b)

Spreads apart in oceans

c)

Becomes more compact

d)

Gives water molecules energy to escape

6.

Divide vaporize into correct syllables -

a)

Va/po/rize

b)

Vap/o/rize

c)

Vapo/rize

d)

Va/por/ize

7.

Divide bicycle into correct syllables -

a)

Bi/cy/cle

b)

Bi/cycle

c)

Bic/y/cle

d)

Bic/yc/le

8.

Divide economy into correct syllables -

a)

Eco/no/my

b)

E/con/omy

c)

Ec/onom/y

d)

E/con/o/my

9.

Divide elevator into correct syllables -

a)

E/lev/at/or

b)

El/evat/or

c)

El/e/va/tor

d)

El/eva/t/or

10.

Divide national into correct syllables -

a)

Nati/onal

b)

Na/tion/al

c)

Nat/ional

d)

Na/ti/on/al

11.

Read the paragraph below and answer the question that follows.


Halloween isn't only about candy. It's about tricks and pranks, too. If you pull a prank on someone, it will usually give only use pranks that are funny and not destructive or dangerous. If someone gets hurt, it's just not funny anymore.


What is the main theme of the paragraph?

a)

Don't be afraid to pull pranks.

b)

Halloween is mostly about candy, not joking.

c)

There are many kinds of pranks to use on people.

d)

Pranks can be fun, but be sure you are careful.

12.

Read the lines from a poem titled "Something New."


5 I said , "I'm scared to try, but I surely must. I'll regret it if I don't."

10 I said, "I'm terrified and trembling. I won't know unless I try."


The poet uses these lines mainly to show that the speaker -

a)

does not want anyone to help him.

b)

is excited about the new thing he is trying.

c)

knows he will be upset with himself if he doesn't try.

d)

is confused about which activity to try first.

13.

I wish I would have been a better friend,

Maybe Jane would still be around.

I wish I had treated her right,

If only I could go back in time.

I wish, I wish, I wish.


What is emphasized by the repetition of the words "I wish" in the poem?

a)

the regret the speakers has about not being a better companion

b)

how mad her mom is at her

c)

the speaker's reason for not being nicer

d)

how much she wishes she wouldn't have hit her friend

14.

Which answer choice is a synonym for amusing in the paragraph below?

Mary loved unicorns, and she loved to make up fairy tales about them. Everyone in class thought it was amusing. Each day, they gathered around to hear the stories.

a)

annoying

b)

humorous

c)

uninteresting

d)

boring

15.

Which words from the paragraph below help the reader know the meaning of distinguish?


Everyone told Sandra and her mother that they looked just alike. From afar, it was hard to distinguish if it was Sandra or her mother coming.

a)

make special in some way

b)

tell the difference between

c)

see a picture

d)

confuse

16.
All story plots follow a natural order, which is known as the elements of plot. Which answer has the elements labeled in the correct order?
a)
Title, introductory paragraph, body
paragraph, and conclusion paragraph
b)
Resolution, climax, rising action, conflict,
falling action, exposition
c)
C. Exposition, conflict, rising action, climax,
falling action, resolution
d)
fiction, nonfiction, drama, poetry
17.
What luck, I finally have a day off from work and the weather is perfect. It is sunny and cool with a mild breeze blowing. I have been waiting for a day like this for a long time.
Make an inference for the above situation.
a)
It's a great time to get some house work done
b)
There is a good chance it is going to rain
c)
School will probably be cancelled
d)
This will be great day to do something outside.
18.
Crayons have been used by people for many years. The idea to combine wax with color goes back thousands of years. The Egyptians used beeswax combined with color to paint on stones. They then used heat to melt the wax so it would stay in place. This method was used by many people around the world in the 17th and 18th centuries, in fact, it is still used today. While this may not be the easiest way to complete an art project, it is still an interesting way to add color to an object.
Which is the best main idea for this passage?
a)
Crayons are cool
b)
Crayons have only been around for a few years.
c)
Though different from today, Crayons have been used by people for
hundreds of years.
d)
Not all crayons are the same
19.
Conversation between two characters is called...
a)
A monologue
b)
A discussion
c)
A dialogue
d)
A quotation
20.
Person telling the story.
a)
Narrator
b)
Authors
c)
Monologue
d)
Dialogue
21.
When should I take breaks during STAAR test?
a)
Only when I need water and restroom break.
b)
After every passage and questions that go with the passage.
c)
After every question.
d)
NEVER!
22.
To infer is to
a)
just make any guess
b)
prove an answer with experience and text.
c)
guessing based on personal experience
23.

Which genre is about a perons life?

a)

Nonfiction

b)

Realistic Fiction

c)

Persasive

d)

Biography

24.

What does the word convey mean?

a)

What the author is trying to tell me

b)

the ending

c)

How the passage is organized

d)

main idea

25.
to show how things are different
a)
contrast
b)
differ
c)
enable
d)
imply
26.
to note how things are the same
a)
convey
b)
differ
c)
compare
d)
enable
27.

A _________ retells the main events of a story in a shorter version.

a)

theme

b)

summary

c)

solution

d)

point of view

28.
Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin.
The Summary of this passage is:
a)
Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.
b)
 Jill loves Mexican food.
c)
The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.
d)
 Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.
29.
A summary does what?
a)
nothing
b)
tells an opinion
c)
makes an educated guess
d)
is a shorter way to explain a text with important information or key points
30.
When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife.
The Summary of this passage is:
a)
There are a lot of cows in Texas.
b)
There are many different, varied parts of Texas.
c)
 Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.
d)
 There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.