READING COMPREHENSION TEST 1

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I. Several hundred years ago, an English king, Henry V, fought and won almost  half of France. He died trying to win even more of France, and his brother took up where Henry V left off. However, the brother was not successful in war, as Henry V had been. The reason for his lack of success was a peasant maiden who was the head of the French army. Her name lives in history as Joan of Arc. The king of France had put Joan in charge of his army because he believed her when she told him that God wanted her to save France.

A. This story is mainly about -

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I. Several hundred years ago, an English king, Henry V, fought and won almost  half of France. He died trying to win even more of France, and his brother took up where Henry V left off. However, the brother was not successful in war, as Henry V had been. The reason for his lack of success was a peasant maiden who was the head of the French army. Her name lives in history as Joan of Arc. The king of France had put Joan in charge of his army because he believed her when she told him that God wanted her to save France.

B. The king of France -

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I. Several hundred years ago, an English king, Henry V, fought and won almost  half of France. He died trying to win even more of France, and his brother took up where Henry V left off. However, the brother was not successful in war, as Henry V had been. The reason for his lack of success was a peasant maiden who was the head of the French army. Her name lives in history as Joan of Arc. The king of France had put Joan in charge of his army because he believed her when she told him that God wanted her to save France.

C. Henry V -

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I. Several hundred years ago, an English king, Henry V, fought and won almost  half of France. He died trying to win even more of France, and his brother took up where Henry V left off. However, the brother was not successful in war, as Henry V had been. The reason for his lack of success was a peasant maiden who was the head of the French army. Her name lives in history as Joan of Arc. The king of France had put Joan in charge of his army because he believed her when she told him that God wanted her to save France.

D. Joan of Arc was successful because -

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II. At one time not very long ago, Italy was made up of little states under different rulers. Northern Italy was ruled by Austria. A fisherman's son named Joseph Garibaldi wanted Italy to be one nation. He, along with an army of men, fought the Austrians and won. Then, he and his men got all the little states in Italy to join so that Italy became one nation. They made King Victor Emmanuel their leader. Garibaldi's courage and enthusiasm had a lot to do with making Italy one nation.

A. This story is mainly about - 

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II. At one time not very long ago, Italy was made up of little states under different rulers. Northern Italy was ruled by Austria. A fisherman's son named Joseph Garibaldi wanted Italy to be one nation. He, along with an army of men, fought the Austrians and won. Then, he and his men got all the little states in Italy to join so that Italy became one nation. They made King Victor Emmanuel their leader. Garibaldi's courage and enthusiasm had a lot to do with making Italy one nation.

B. Garibaldi was -

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II. At one time not very long ago, Italy was made up of little states under different rulers. Northern Italy was ruled by Austria. A fisherman's son named Joseph Garibaldi wanted Italy to be one nation. He, along with an army of men, fought the Austrians and won. Then, he and his men got all the little states in Italy to join so that Italy became one nation. They made King Victor Emmanuel their leader. Garibaldi's courage and enthusiasm had a lot to do with making Italy one nation.

C. When Garibaldi started out, Italy was -

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II. At one time not very long ago, Italy was made up of little states under different rulers. Northern Italy was ruled by Austria. A fisherman's son named Joseph Garibaldi wanted Italy to be one nation. He, along with an army of men, fought the Austrians and won. Then, he and his men got all the little states in Italy to join so that Italy became one nation. They made King Victor Emmanuel their leader. Garibaldi's courage and enthusiasm had a lot to do with making Italy one nation.

D. Garibaldi is mostly known for -

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III. Just about everyone now knows that the earth travels in a great circle around the sun (actually, a circle slightly flattened). We say that it takes a "year" for the earth to travel around this circle once. While it is travelling, what are the other planets doing? One, Mercury, that is much closer to the sun, travels around the sun more than four times while we are going around it only once. Neptune, on the other hand, takes 165 of our years to go once around the sun.

A. Neptune takes -

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III. Just about everyone now knows that the earth travels in a great circle around the sun (actually, a circle slightly flattened). We say that it takes a "year" for the earth to travel around this circle once. While it is travelling, what are the other planets doing? One, Mercury, that is much closer to the sun, travels around the sun more than four times while we are going around it only once. Neptune, on the other hand, takes 165 of our years to go once around the sun.

B. Mercury takes - 

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III. Just about everyone now knows that the earth travels in a great circle around the sun (actually, a circle slightly flattened). We say that it takes a "year" for the earth to travel around this circle once. While it is travelling, what are the other planets doing? One, Mercury, that is much closer to the sun, travels around the sun more than four times while we are going around it only once. Neptune, on the other hand, takes 165 of our years to go once around the sun.

C. The earth travels around the sun - 

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III. Just about everyone now knows that the earth travels in a great circle around the sun (actually, a circle slightly flattened). We say that it takes a "year" for the earth to travel around this circle once. While it is travelling, what are the other planets doing? One, Mercury, that is much closer to the sun, travels around the sun more than four times while we are going around it only once. Neptune, on the other hand, takes 165 of our years to go once around the sun.

D. Planets - 

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IV. When you see a flash of light in the sky, it might be a meteor, which circles the sun, just as we do. When the earth cuts across the path of a meteor, the meteor heats up, and its light can be seen. Meteors can be as big as a grain of sand, a bullet, a pebble, a ball, or something even larger. Sometimes, when meteors do not completely burn up, they fall to earth and can be picked up. Some are found in museums.

A. A flash of light in the sky might be - 

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IV. When you see a flash of light in the sky, it might be a meteor, which circles the sun, just as we do. When the earth cuts across the path of a meteor, the meteor heats up, and its light can be seen. Meteors can be as big as a grain of sand, a bullet, a pebble, a ball, or something even larger. Sometimes, when meteors do not completely burn up, they fall to earth and can be picked up. Some are found in museums.

B. We can see a meteor because -

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IV. When you see a flash of light in the sky, it might be a meteor, which circles the sun, just as we do. When the earth cuts across the path of a meteor, the meteor heats up, and its light can be seen. Meteors can be as big as a grain of sand, a bullet, a pebble, a ball, or something even larger. Sometimes, when meteors do not completely burn up, they fall to earth and can be picked up. Some are found in museums.

C. Meteors found in museums -

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IV. When you see a flash of light in the sky, it might be a meteor, which circles the sun, just as we do. When the earth cuts across the path of a meteor, the meteor heats up, and its light can be seen. Meteors can be as big as a grain of sand, a bullet, a pebble, a ball, or something even larger. Sometimes, when meteors do not completely burn up, they fall to earth and can be picked up. Some are found in museums.

D. A meteor heats up because -

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V. There is a metal that runs downhill, just as water does. Like water, it is a liquid. Its name is mercury. It is much heavier than water. If you put mercury on a towel, it will not be absorbed by the towel, as water would be. The tiniest parts of mercury - atoms - hold fast together. Push at a puddle of mercury, and it will separate into smaller puddles, but it will not be absorbed by the towel.

A. We know that something is a liquid because -

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V. There is a metal that runs downhill, just as water does. Like water, it is a liquid. Its name is mercury. It is much heavier than water. If you put mercury on a towel, it will not be absorbed by the towel, as water would be. The tiniest parts of mercury - atoms - hold fast together. Push at a puddle of mercury, and it will separate into smaller puddles, but it will not be absorbed by the towel.

B. The atoms of mercury -

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V. There is a metal that runs downhill, just as water does. Like water, it is a liquid. Its name is mercury. It is much heavier than water. If you put mercury on a towel, it will not be absorbed by the towel, as water would be. The tiniest parts of mercury - atoms - hold fast together. Push at a puddle of mercury, and it will separate into smaller puddles, but it will not be absorbed by the towel.

C. Mercury will not be absorbed by a towel because -

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V. There is a metal that runs downhill, just as water does. Like water, it is a liquid. Its name is mercury. It is much heavier than water. If you put mercury on a towel, it will not be absorbed by the towel, as water would be. The tiniest parts of mercury - atoms - hold fast together. Push at a puddle of mercury, and it will separate into smaller puddles, but it will not be absorbed by the towel.

D. This story is mainly about -