READING COMPREHENSION TEST 2

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I. Can we SEE that the earth is a globe? Yes, we can, when we watch a ship that 

sails out to sea. If we watch closely, we see the ship begin to disappear. The 

bottom of the ship disappears first, and then the ship seems to sink lower and 

lower, until we can only see the top of the ship, and then we see nothing at 

all. What is hiding the ship from us? It is the earth. Stick a pin most of the 

way into an orange, and slowly turn the orange away from you. You will see the 

pin disappear, just as a ship does on the earth.

A. This story is mainly about -

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I. Can we SEE that the earth is a globe? Yes, we can, when we watch a ship that 

sails out to sea. If we watch closely, we see the ship begin to disappear. The 

bottom of the ship disappears first, and then the ship seems to sink lower and 

lower, until we can only see the top of the ship, and then we see nothing at 

all. What is hiding the ship from us? It is the earth. Stick a pin most of the 

way into an orange, and slowly turn the orange away from you. You will see the 

pin disappear, just as a ship does on the earth.

B. The ship in this story -

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I. Can we SEE that the earth is a globe? Yes, we can, when we watch a ship that 

sails out to sea. If we watch closely, we see the ship begin to disappear. The 

bottom of the ship disappears first, and then the ship seems to sink lower and 

lower, until we can only see the top of the ship, and then we see nothing at 

all. What is hiding the ship from us? It is the earth. Stick a pin most of the 

way into an orange, and slowly turn the orange away from you. You will see the 

pin disappear, just as a ship does on the earth.

C. A globe is shaped like -

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I. Can we SEE that the earth is a globe? Yes, we can, when we watch a ship that 

sails out to sea. If we watch closely, we see the ship begin to disappear. The 

bottom of the ship disappears first, and then the ship seems to sink lower and 

lower, until we can only see the top of the ship, and then we see nothing at 

all. What is hiding the ship from us? It is the earth. Stick a pin most of the 

way into an orange, and slowly turn the orange away from you. You will see the 

pin disappear, just as a ship does on the earth.

D. The pin on the orange is most like -

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II. At the bottom of the sea there are creatures that do not know what light 

means. They have neither eyes nor ears, and they can only feel. For them there 

is no day or night. There are no seasons, no sun, no moon, and no stars. It is 

as if a child spent its life in darkness in bed, with nothing to see or hear.

How different our own life is! Sight shows us the ground beneath our feet and 

the heavens above us - the sun, moon, and stars, shooting stars, lightning, and 

the sunset. It shows us day and night. We hear voices, the sound of the sea, and 

music. We feel, we taste, we smell. How fortunate we are!

A. This story is mainly about -

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II. At the bottom of the sea there are creatures that do not know what light 

means. They have neither eyes nor ears, and they can only feel. For them there 

is no day or night. There are no seasons, no sun, no moon, and no stars. It is 

as if a child spent its life in darkness in bed, with nothing to see or hear.

How different our own life is! Sight shows us the ground beneath our feet and 

the heavens above us - the sun, moon, and stars, shooting stars, lightning, and 

the sunset. It shows us day and night. We hear voices, the sound of the sea, and 

music. We feel, we taste, we smell. How fortunate we are!

B. The sea creatures in the story -

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II. At the bottom of the sea there are creatures that do not know what light 

means. They have neither eyes nor ears, and they can only feel. For them there 

is no day or night. There are no seasons, no sun, no moon, and no stars. It is 

as if a child spent its life in darkness in bed, with nothing to see or hear.

How different our own life is! Sight shows us the ground beneath our feet and 

the heavens above us - the sun, moon, and stars, shooting stars, lightning, and 

the sunset. It shows us day and night. We hear voices, the sound of the sea, and 

music. We feel, we taste, we smell. How fortunate we are!

C. A child in darkness in bed is like -

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II. At the bottom of the sea there are creatures that do not know what light 

means. They have neither eyes nor ears, and they can only feel. For them there 

is no day or night. There are no seasons, no sun, no moon, and no stars. It is 

as if a child spent its life in darkness in bed, with nothing to see or hear.

How different our own life is! Sight shows us the ground beneath our feet and 

the heavens above us - the sun, moon, and stars, shooting stars, lightning, and 

the sunset. It shows us day and night. We hear voices, the sound of the sea, and 

music. We feel, we taste, we smell. How fortunate we are!

D. The "heavens" in this story are -

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III. After months of colder weather, the days get longer, the buds come out in 

the trees, birds sing, and the world puts on a green dress. Spring passes into 

summer. Everyone knows that summer will not last. The power of all the wisest 

men and women in the world cannot keep it for us. The corn becomes ripe, the 

leaves turn brown and then drop to the ground, and the world changes its green 

dress for a dress of autumn colors.

A. During which season does the world put on a green dress?

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III. After months of colder weather, the days get longer, the buds come out in 

the trees, birds sing, and the world puts on a green dress. Spring passes into 

summer. Everyone knows that summer will not last. The power of all the wisest 

men and women in the world cannot keep it for us. The corn becomes ripe, the 

leaves turn brown and then drop to the ground, and the world changes its green 

dress for a dress of autumn colors.

B. This story is mainly about - 

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III. After months of colder weather, the days get longer, the buds come out in 

the trees, birds sing, and the world puts on a green dress. Spring passes into 

summer. Everyone knows that summer will not last. The power of all the wisest 

men and women in the world cannot keep it for us. The corn becomes ripe, the 

leaves turn brown and then drop to the ground, and the world changes its green 

dress for a dress of autumn colors.

C. What is the season described at the end of the story?

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III. After months of colder weather, the days get longer, the buds come out in 

the trees, birds sing, and the world puts on a green dress. Spring passes into 

summer. Everyone knows that summer will not last. The power of all the wisest 

men and women in the world cannot keep it for us. The corn becomes ripe, the 

leaves turn brown and then drop to the ground, and the world changes its green 

dress for a dress of autumn colors.

D. What is it that the world cannot keep for us?

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IV. North America has four great slopes - one slope that rivers flow down toward 

the Atlantic Ocean, one slope that rivers flow down toward the Hudson Bay and 

Arctic Ocean, one slope that rivers flow down toward the Gulf of Mexico, and one 

slope that rivers flow down toward the Pacific Ocean. Land also slopes toward 

the Great Lakes, but water there empties into the St. Lawrence River and goes on 

into the Atlantic Ocean.

A. This story is mainly about -

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IV. North America has four great slopes - one slope that rivers flow down toward 

the Atlantic Ocean, one slope that rivers flow down toward the Hudson Bay and 

Arctic Ocean, one slope that rivers flow down toward the Gulf of Mexico, and one 

slope that rivers flow down toward the Pacific Ocean. Land also slopes toward 

the Great Lakes, but water there empties into the St. Lawrence River and goes on 

into the Atlantic Ocean.

B. The St. Lawrence River is full of water from -

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IV. North America has four great slopes - one slope that rivers flow down toward 

the Atlantic Ocean, one slope that rivers flow down toward the Hudson Bay and 

Arctic Ocean, one slope that rivers flow down toward the Gulf of Mexico, and one 

slope that rivers flow down toward the Pacific Ocean. Land also slopes toward 

the Great Lakes, but water there empties into the St. Lawrence River and goes on 

into the Atlantic Ocean.

C. Water that flows into the Great Lakes flows on into the -

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IV. North America has four great slopes - one slope that rivers flow down toward 

the Atlantic Ocean, one slope that rivers flow down toward the Hudson Bay and 

Arctic Ocean, one slope that rivers flow down toward the Gulf of Mexico, and one 

slope that rivers flow down toward the Pacific Ocean. Land also slopes toward 

the Great Lakes, but water there empties into the St. Lawrence River and goes on 

into the Atlantic Ocean.

D. Which one of these is not a shape?

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V. Millions of years ago, water covered much of what is now North America. As 

creatures and plants in the water died, their remains settled to the bottom of 

the water and piled up, sometimes many feet thick. These thick piles have been 

dug up. Some of the piles in Alaska are made of plants that grow only in warm 

places. In this way we learn that parts of Alaska were warm, millions of years 

ago.

A. This story is mainly about -

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V. Millions of years ago, water covered much of what is now North America. As 

creatures and plants in the water died, their remains settled to the bottom of 

the water and piled up, sometimes many feet thick. These thick piles have been 

dug up. Some of the piles in Alaska are made of plants that grow only in warm 

places. In this way we learn that parts of Alaska were warm, millions of years 

ago.

B. Piles were dug up by -

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V. Millions of years ago, water covered much of what is now North America. As 

creatures and plants in the water died, their remains settled to the bottom of 

the water and piled up, sometimes many feet thick. These thick piles have been 

dug up. Some of the piles in Alaska are made of plants that grow only in warm 

places. In this way we learn that parts of Alaska were warm, millions of years 

ago.

C. The piles are made up of -

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V. Millions of years ago, water covered much of what is now North America. As 

creatures and plants in the water died, their remains settled to the bottom of 

the water and piled up, sometimes many feet thick. These thick piles have been 

dug up. Some of the piles in Alaska are made of plants that grow only in warm 

places. In this way we learn that parts of Alaska were warm, millions of years 

ago.

D. We learned that Alaska was once warm from -