WorksheetsReading Bank 8
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 42mins
Based on the information in Passage 1, how did water most benefit New Orleans?
It helped the city fight off unwanted settlers.
It made the city rich because ships could go in and out.
It helped water crops and made the city a major farming area.
It led to the city’s growth because people wanted drinking water.
According to Passage 1, which group of people lived in the New Orleans area first?
the French
the Spanish
the Americans
the Chitimacha
Read this sentence from Passage 1. “It had a lot of successful trade, but that wasn’t all.” (paragraph 6) What is the meaning of trade in this sentence?
hard work
discovery
making new things
buying and selling
Which detail from Passage 1 supports the idea that New Orleans culture has affected other parts of the United States?
However, some ways of life remained French.
The Senegalese brought with them the culture of their own homeland.
Its music and art flowed upriver and on to the rest of the country.
It was, and is, a city like no other, built on a great highway of water.
Which detail from Passage 1 best explains the meaning of the sentence “For years, the Mississippi and the rivers that flow into it were the highways of America”?
Before trains, cars, and planes, people often used water to travel or to send goods a long way.
That made the cities that ships could sail to and from important.
In the early 1700s, French settlers came to the area where the Mississippi joins the Gulf.
Ships could sail into New Orleans from all over Europe and Africa.
This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B. Part A: In Passage 2, what is the next step after getting your soil ready?
add sand
get long stilts
build the house
use waterproof materials
Part B: What sentence in Passage 2 supports your answer in Part A?
“First, check the soil where you want to build.” (paragraph 2)
“So, once you know that your soil is firm, you need to get stilts.” (paragraph 4)
“Finally, you build the house itself on top of the stilts.” (paragraph 6)
“If a material can rot, like carpeting, do not use it.” (paragraph 6)
According to Passage 2, what is a reason that stilts need to be long?
so they will not rot
so they can go deep into the soil
so they will make your house waterproof
so they can reach the bottom of the swamp
Select one sentence from Passage 2 that explains how stilts help keep a swamp house dry.
Stilts will raise your house above the highest level of the water.
Yes, stilts!
It rises and falls.
Building your house on stilts, or long posts, is very important.
Water in a swamp is not always at the same level.
How does the author’s point of view in Passage 1 compare to the author’s point of view in Passage 2?
The author of Passage 1 wants to describe a place. The author of Passage 2 wants to convince readers to agree with an opinion.
The author of Passage 1 wants to convince readers to agree with an opinion. The author of Passage 2 wants to describe a place.
The author of Passage 1 wants to share information about a topic. The author of Passage 2 wants to explain how to do something.
The author of Passage 1 wants to explain how to do something. The author of Passage 2 wants to share information about a topic.
11.Fill in a circle in each row to show if the sentence tells about Passage 1 or Passage 2. You will fill in four circles.
It tells about water levels going up and down.
Passage 1
Passage 2
12.Fill in a circle in each row to show if the sentence tells about Passage 1 or Passage 2. You will fill in four circles.
It tells about water flowing from one place to another.
Passage 1
Passage 2
13.Fill in a circle in each row to show if the sentence tells about Passage 1 or Passage 2. You will fill in four circles.
It tells about water making something easier.
Passage 1
Passage 2
14.Fill in a circle in each row to show if the sentence tells about Passage 1 or Passage 2. You will fill in four circles.
It tells about water making something more difficult.
Passage 1
Passage 2
