This book will help you to understand how to answer multiple choice questions. Pay attention to the advice that each prompt gives you.
Deer are the only animals with bones sticking out of their heads. Some animals have horns, but horns aren't bones. They're more like fingernails. Deer have true bones. Every year two new bones grow from the top of a deer's head. At first the bones are soft and covered with skin. Later the skin dries up. The deer rubs off the skin. The bones get hard. The deer uses these horns for fighting.
The story mainly tells about---
a. what deer like to use for fighting.
b. how deer grow bones out of their heads.
c. which animals have horns on their heads.
d. why deer have fingernails
Ruth was cutting up vegetables for supper. "Ouch!" she screamed. She had cut her finger to the bone. Grace hurried into the room. "Lie down before you pass out," she said. "Press down hard on the cut with a clean cloth." Later a doctor sewed up the cut. The cut healed after two weeks.
From this story you can tell that---
a. Grace was Ruth's mother
b. Grace knew first aid
c. Ruth passed out three times
d. Ruth likes to cook
Trees need special care. They must be planted in a certain way. The roots need a lot of room in order to grow. The hole for the roots must be very wide and deep. The roots grow deep into the earth. And they spread as wide under the ground as the branches do above the ground.
Which of the following statements is an inference?
a. Trees grow roots underground.
b. A large tree needs a big hole.
c. A tree's roots spread as wide as it's branches.
d. Trees must be planted in a special way.
Most people like football because it is full of action. But the ball is in motion only twenty percent of the game. The rest of the time is expended in things such as huddles and time-outs.
In this paragraph, the word expended means
a. spent
b. kicked
c. wished
d. saved
SECRETS
Space keeps its secrets hidden
It does not tell.
Are black holes time machines?
Where do lost comets go?
Is Pluto moon or planet?
How many, how vast
unknown galaxies beyond us?
Do other creatures
dwell on distant spheres?
Will we ever know?
Space is silent.
It seldom answers.
But we ask.
What was the author's purpose for writing this poem?
a. To inform the reader
b. To create a picture in your mind
c. To make you think about how much we don't know about space
d. The author had no purpose
Testing, Testing
Paige Donahoo is scared and a bit excited as she waits for April to arrive. That's when she and all other third graders in Texas will take their first special reading and math tests. "I don't skip any school because I might miss test practice," says Paige.
Soon every third grader in the U.S. will face such tests. So will older kids. President Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act this month. By 2005, kids in grades three through eight will be taking reading and math tests every year. Each state will decide what students need to learn to pass the tests.
Why More Tests?
Fans of the new law believe testing is the best way to see how well kids--and schools--are doing. The law also gives more money and help to schools in poorer areas.
Some people worry that teachers will spend too much time preparing kids for the tests, leaving less time for other subjects. Last year, Tessa Wooden of Venice, California, and her second-grade classmates had to practice for tests during gym!
State tests will be a fact of life for kids. All you can do is keep calm and try to do the best you can.
Compare your feelings with that of the girl's in this article.