Reading Comprehension
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Drawing Conclusions
Read
the selection and then choose the statement that is most likely true.
1. Emir rarely rides to school each morning. He could take
the school bus but prefers to walk the two miles from his home to
school. He believes that the walk wakes him up and improves his
learning throughout the day.
a. Emir always rides the bus home at the end of the school day.
b. Emir never rides the bus to school.
c. Emir values learning.
d. Emir is usually late for school.
2. “Remember, Maria,” Mrs. Russo said,
“you’re very allergic to chocolate. Please
don’t eat any chocolate candy at the Halloween
party!”
Three hours later, Maria was home from the party with a terrible
stomach ache. “I promise you, Mom,” Maria groaned,
“I’ll always do what you say from now on.”
a. Maria got into a fight at the party.
b. Maria ate chocolate at the party.
c. Maria ate no chocolate at the party.
d. Maria embarrassed herself by singing at the party.
3. In another week, we’ll be turning our clocks back one
hour. Then it will be almost dark by the time most of us get home from
school. It will seem as if we suddenly have less daylight each day. Of
course, people aren’t actually changing the behavior of
the sun or the earth by messing with their clocks.
a. Our planet has to spin faster when we reset our clocks.
b. It’s clear that turning our clocks back will help prevent
global warming.
c. If according to our clocks, the sun sets an hour earlier, it will
also rise an hour earlier.
d. The earth will actually rotate at a slower rate when we turn back
the clocks.
4. Every time I give my cat a plate of tuna, he ignores it. Every time
I give him a plate of salmon, he quickly eats it all. When I feed him
beef, he eats a little bit of it, but doesn’t seem to love it.
a. Cats prefer salmon over tuna.
b. I give my cat more than one kind of food.
c. My cat likes tuna better than beef.
d. My cat won’t eat fish.
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