WorksheetsSpiral May 5th
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 4hrs 10mins
Jonas Salk and Polio
Polio is a viral disease that produces flu-like symptoms and may occasionally cause muscle weakness or paralysis. Throughout the first half of the twentieth century, the disease was common, and parents feared that their children would lose the ability to move their arms or legs. In 1947, Dr. Jonas Salk began studying polio at the University of Pittsburgh in search of an answer. He discovered three basic types of polio viruses and began to develop a vaccine that would protect against all three. Testing began in 1952, with vaccinations eventually given to about two million children. The vaccine was shown to be effective and was put into general use in 1955. Jonas Salk became a hero and received an award from President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
What is the main idea of the passage?
Jonas Salk discovered that there were three different viruses that caused the disease called polio.
Jonas Salk developed a vaccine that provided protection against the feared disease polio.
Jonas Salk's vaccine for polio was tested in the early 1950s and put into general use in 1955.
Résumé or CV?
When applying for a new job, you may be asked to submit a résumé or a CV. Both documents serve as an introduction and provide information that is useful to employers. The word résumé is French and means "summary." A résumé presents an overview of your employment history and education. CV is short for the Latin phrase curriculum vitae, which translates to "the course of my life." Like a résumé, a CV provides a review of your work history and education, though it often goes into more detail about work history. In addition, a CV includes special skills, noteworthy accomplishments, and any personal traits that make you especially suited for the job.
What is the main idea of the passage?
Résumés and CVs are similar, but a CV provides a more in-depth look at a person's credentials for a job.
The words résumé and curriculum vitae both come from foreign languages.
Résumés and CVs both provide information about job seekers to prospective employers.
Read the text.
Among American Robins, the female does most of the nest-building. She starts by selecting a good site. Usually, this is a place protected from rain, wind, and sun, often on tree branches hidden by leaves. Then, using grasses and small twigs, she forms a cup-shaped nest. After forming this cup, the robin adds mud to reinforce it and cement it to its location on the tree branch or other base. Finally, she lines the nest with soft grasses and hairs. All this usually takes about five or six days, and it results in a fine home, about six to eight inches across and three to six inches high.
Which organizational structure does this text primarily use?
problem-solution
compare-contrast
sequential
cause-effect
Midwestern Cheeses
A majority of the cheesemaking plants in the United States are located in the Midwest; Wisconsin alone boasts more than one hundred creameries. Some cheese experts claim the best cheese made in America comes from this region. Why are Midwestern cheeses so good? One reason is that grass grows well there, so cows can graze year-round. The milk of grass-fed cows has a distinctive, earthy flavor. In addition, limestone rock is prevalent in the Midwest. When water flows through limestone, the limestone filters iron out of the water, resulting in a sweeter taste. Cows drink this water and eat grass nourished by the water, so they produce sweeter milk.
What is the main idea of the passage?
Because grass grows well in the Midwest, cows' milk from the region has a distinctive taste.
Because of conditions in the Midwest, cheeses produced there have a distinctive, sweet taste.
When water is filtered through limestone, it takes on a sweet taste.
The main idea of the passage is Chimpanzees and humans have surprisingly similar DNA.How does the detail in bold develop the main idea?
Humans and chimpanzees descended from a common ancestor, a gorilla-like creature that lived millions of years ago. Even in light of this fact, it is astonishing to learn just how similar humans and chimpanzees are when it comes to their genes. In fact, the two species' DNA differs by only 1.2 percent. A laboratory comparison of chimp and human chromosomes—strands of DNA each containing approximately 1,100 genes—reveals a strikingly similar pattern. Perhaps surprisingly, chimpanzees are genetically closer to humans than to gorillas. Admittedly, the apparently small 1.2 percent variation between chimps and humans still corresponds to forty million differences in DNA base pairs. Still, the tremendous genetic similarity indicates that the chimpanzee (along with the bonobo, another ape) is our closest living relative.
It specifies the extent of the genetic similarity.
It suggests the initial reason why scientists pursued research on DNA similarity.
It offers an alternative interpretation of DNA research.
Berlin Wall Tunnel
After Germany was defeated in World War II, it was divided into two sectors. The western part became West Germany, and the eastern part became the Soviet-controlled German Democratic Republic (GDR), or East Germany. Although Berlin was entirely inside East Germany, the city was also divided, with East Berlin becoming the capital of East Germany and West Berlin becoming part of West Germany. In 1961, East Germany built a wall between East and West Berlin to prevent residents from defecting, or escaping, from East Germany's oppressive communist regime. Concerned about family and friends stuck in East Berlin, a group of West Berlin students came up with a plan. After setting up camp in an abandoned bakery, they spent five months excavating a secret tunnel that wound its way under the wall to an East Berlin apartment building. The students instructed their loved ones in East Berlin to come to the apartment building and gain entrance with a special code word. The rescuers crawled through the tunnel, met the escapees, and guided them to freedom.
What is the main idea of the passage?
In order to rescue loved ones trapped in East Berlin, a group of West Berliners dug an underground passage.
To escape from the GDR, many East Berliners crawled through a tunnel that led to freedom in West Berlin.
To prevent East Germans from fleeing to West Germany, the GDR constructed a wall between East and West Berlin.
What is a denotation?
the wrong definition of a word
a type of figurative language
a feeling that a word invokes with it's literal meaning
the literal meaning of a word
What is a connotation?
A type of figurative language
The literal meaning of a word
The wrong definition of a word
A feeling that a word invokes with its literal meaning
What's the climax?
The most exciting part!
It comes right after the exposition.
It's the end.
The main character faces the big problem here.
An exaggeration for dramatic effect.
metaphor
simile
allusion
hyperbole
"Life is a journey" is an example of what?
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Alliteration
The main message or overall idea expressed by the poem/book
metaphor
simile
theme
none of the above
A group of lines in a poem set off by blank lines
paragraph
stanza
block
A figure of speech in which an animal, object, or idea is given human characteristics
irony
onomatopoeia
metaphor
personification
The use of words or phrases whose sounds suggest their meanings. (Ex: "squeak")
imagery
onomatopoeia
alliteration
hyperbole
The exposition involves what?
the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story
the conflict in the story
the main characters in a story
What does the rising action in a story provide?
the end of the story
all of the events that lead to the eventual climax
the main issue in a story
The narrator is the ....
main character in the story
the person that is telling the story; especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem.
the enemy in the story
Passages that are based on facts, give information, inform, and teach the reader are. . .
Fiction
Non-fiction
Passages that are made up from the author's imagination and are about non-real people and events are . . .
Fiction
Non-Fiction
The end of the story is called the ______.
Exposition
Resolution
Falling Action
Climax
What happens right after the climax?
Conflict
Resolution
Falling Action
None of the Above
Jumbo shrimp, deafening silence.
Oxymoron
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Idiom
Silly sally sold sea shells by the sea shore.
Methaphor
Idiom
Personification
Alliteration
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch means
Not performing a task or duty correctly in order to save time or money
Making a choice between two unpleasant choices
To make a bad situation even worse
Not to count on something happening until after it’s already happened
If you are over the moon,
you become serious about something
you are very pleased about something
you are very angry with someone
