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Summative #1 Reading Test Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What would you see cheerleaders using at a football game in high school?

a)

megaphones

b)

saxaphones

c)

gramophones

d)

phonics

2.

If you hear a terrible sound and you immediately want to plug your ears, what are you hearing?

a)

cacophony

b)

euphonic

c)

phonology

d)

gramophones

3.

what is commonly used to make voices sound louder in large rooms?

a)

Saxophone

b)

microphone

c)

gramophone

d)

phonology

4.

the sounds that letters make and the letters that are used to

represent sounds

a)

phonics

b)

gramophone

c)

cacophony

d)

saxophone

5.

During the pep rally, the high school student yelled loudly in the ________________________, which hurt my ears.

a)

megaphone

b)

microphone

c)

phonics

d)

phonology

e)

homophones

6.

The singer sang into the _________________________ so loud that my ears hurt after the concert.

a)

megaphone

b)

microphone

c)

phonics

d)

phonology

e)

homophones

7.

Which word is often printed on products telling you that it's not harmful?

a)

nondairy

b)

nonhuman

c)

nontoxic

d)

nonsense

8.

Which word describes a product that does not contain any fat?

a)

nonprofit

b)

nondairy

c)

nonfat

d)

nonverbal

9.

Which word describes books that are factual and true?

a)

nontoxic

b)

nonverbal

c)

nonprofit

d)

nonfiction

10.

What is nonsense?

a)

Spoken or written words that have no meaning.

b)

Something that makes sense.

c)

Spoken or written words that have meaning.

d)

Get up in the middle of the night to play a game.

11.

Preheat means

a)

to heat before

b)

to heat again

c)

to heat after

d)

not to heat

12.

Preview means

a)

to view after

b)

to view again

c)

to not view

d)

to view before

13.

prepaid means

a)

to pay again

b)

to pay before

c)

to pay after

d)

to not pay

14.

to move to a new place

a)

allocate

b)

relocate

c)

vacate

d)

dislocate

15.

Choose the word that uses the Latin root 'flex' to mean 'to bend':

a)

Flexibility

b)

Flexor

c)

Flexagon

d)

Flexitarian

16.

the bending of a person’s voice so it does not sound boring or monotone; making the voice go up and down

a)

inflection

b)

retroflex

c)

deflect

d)

circumflex

17.

to circle back again; to reuse a substance or make it available for reuse

a)

cyclone

b)

circumvent

c)

circumference

d)

recycle

18.

a book which teaches the whole circle of knowledge; a book that contains information on all subjects

a)

encyclopedia

b)

recycle

c)

circumference

d)

circumvent

19.

one who rides a bike with circular wheels

a)

Cyclops

b)

cyclist

c)

motorcycle

d)

circumnavigate

20.

When identifying the main idea, what 2 questions must you ask yourself?

a)

What is most interesting to you in the text? What is it mostly about?

b)

What is the text mostly about? What is the most important idea?

c)

What is the text mostly about? What is most interesting?

21.
The Navajo Indians have greatly increased in numbers in the last one hundred years.  One hundred years ago there were about six thousand Navajo.  Today there are fifteen times that many Navajo Indians - ninety thousand.  Today the Navajo is the biggest Indian tribe.  What is the main idea?
a)
What the life of Navajo Indians is like
b)
Why there are so few Indians
c)
How much the Navajo tribe has grown
22.

When we think of seaweed, we usually picture brown or green plants a foot or so in length. Seaweeds are also of other colors. Some are red. Some kinds grow to lengths of a hundred feet! These form giant seaweed forests, where many kinds of fish take shelter. What is the main idea?

a)

Why some seaweed grows so large

b)

What seaweed is like

c)

Why seaweed is red

d)

Fish live in seaweed

23.
An octopus isn't fast enough to swim after a fish. The octopus must wait for a fish to swim by.  When the fish comes within reach, the octopus whips out his long arm to grasp it.  Then the octopus has a tasty meal.  What is the main idea?
a)
How much fish an octopus eats
b)
Why the octopus likes to eat
c)
How an octopus gets its food
24.
It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now. 
The Summary of this passage is:
a)
Peter's favorite animals were the elephants.
b)
The camels were swatting flies with their tails.
c)
 It was really hot at the zoo.
d)
Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.
25.
Right now Jason was playing right field. He really wanted to play third base. Earlier this year, coach had put him in left field and second base in a game, but never at third base. Once in practice, coach let him play third base, but he kept missing ground balls. When he did stop one, he made a bad throw to first base. Maybe if he kept practicing, Jason would be good enough to play third base. That was his dream.
The Summary of this passage is:
a)
Jason really wanted to play third base.
b)
Jason was the best player on his team.
c)
Jason had trouble catching ground balls.
d)
Jason was too lazy to practice.
26.
For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border that had mostly bright red and green colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had found some curtains that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue and yellow that she thought would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet that was mostly blue with specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was done decorating her room. It was really going to look awesome.
 The Summary of this passage is:
a)
Jenny likes bright colors.
b)
Jenny was going to paint her room.
c)
Jenny was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room.
d)
Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.