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Reading
Comprehension
Volume 5, Number 1, September 7, 1999
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Read
the selection without stopping to choose the correct missing words.
Then read it again, pausing to underline the correct words. Finally,
read the selection again to see if it makes sense.
The Idea
Andy
Wasnick loved the idea. Mary Arthur __1__ it. Kurt Mendez
didn’t think it was any big deal. Mr. El thought it was a
brilliant idea. After all, it was __2__ idea.
“It’s
only fair,” Mr. El explained to his new fourth graders as
they stood in line waiting for the lunch bell to ring, “that
we turn things around. Every year you guys line up in alphabetical
__3__. Alphabetical order to go to lunch, to go to gym, to go home, and
so on. This __4__ we’re using reverse alphabetical
order.”
Mindy
Vale put her hand down as Mr. El pointed to her.
“I’ve always had to stand at the __5__ of the line,
ever since __6__! Now I’m near the front. Thank you, thank
you!”
The
teacher smiled. Then he called on Christopher Cash, a serious and
thoughtful young man. “Mr. El, I think you should reconsider
this policy. This is very drastic and __7__. This could confuse our
fragile young minds!”
“Put
a lid on it, Chris!” shouted David Tyler.
“We
won’t have any outbursts like that, David!” Mr. El
said firmly. He turned toward Christopher. “Don’t
__8__, Christopher. We only have strong minds in this class.”
“How
many of you think this is a good idea?” Mr. El asked. As you
would probably __9__, most of the hands that went up were in the __10__
half of the line.
1. |
heard |
liked |
needed |
hated |
3. |
letters |
soup |
order |
index |
5. |
back |
beginning |
center |
winner |
6. |
breakfast |
kindergarten |
yesterday |
tomorrow |
7. |
useful |
thoughtful |
unnecessary |
smart |
8. |
move |
worry |
scream |
speak |
9. |
expect |
doubt |
forget |
review |
10. |
dumb |
bright |
angry |
front |
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