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Reading Comprehension
Volume 2, Number 1, February 10, 1997
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Homophones:

     After reading only two pages, Laura knew that her new book was
going to be almost too exciting for her to stand. The story was about
four cows who decided to leave their herd and move on down the road.
There was no turning back. They didn’t know what would happen but
they were off to see the world. Perhaps they would even cross a stormy
sea.
     Laura had never heard of such a thing. “I’m sure they’re going to be
eaten by wolves or something!” she thought.
     She threw back the covers on her bed and made herself
comfortable. This was her favorite place to be as her mind traveled
through a world created by a book. This is where she could be safe as
she rode along with those crazy cows.

1.  How many pages had Laura already read?

2.  What is a group of cows called?

3.  What word in the story is the past tense of “hear”?

4.  What word in the story means “belonging to them”?

5.  What word in the story is a synonym of “ocean”?

6.  What word in the story is a synonym of “tossed”?

7.  What word in the story means “to be aware of”?

8.  What word in the story is a contraction of “they are”?

9.  What word in the story is an antonym of “old”?

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