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Name: _____________________ Nutrition Facts Comprehension Quiz Directions: Compare the nutritional value of the four items & respond to the questions.

Item A - Vegetable Chips

Nutrition Facts Serving Size 1 oz (28g/about 14 chips) Servings Per Container about 8 ______________________________________________________________________

Amount Per Serving ______________________________________________________________________

Calories 150 Calories from Fat 80 ______________________________________________________________________

% Daily Value*______________________________________________________________________

Total Fat 9 g 14% ______________________________________________________________________

Saturated Fat 1 g 5% ______________________________________________________________________

Trans Fat 0 g 0% ______________________________________________________________________

Cholesterol 0 mg 0%______________________________________________________________________

Sodium 150 mg 6% ______________________________________________________________________

Total Carbohydrate 16 g 5% ______________________________________________________________________

Dietary Fiber 3 g 12% ______________________________________________________________________

Sugars 3 g ______________________________________________________________________

Protein 1 g ______________________________________________________________________

Vitamin A 8% Vitamin C 8% Calcium 2% Iron 2% ______________________________________________________________________

Item B - Rice Cakes

Nutrition Facts Serving Size 18 Mini Cakes (30g) Servings Per Container about 6 ______________________________________________________________________



% Daily Value*______________________________________________________________________

Total Fat 5 g 8% ______________________________________________________________________

Saturated Fat 0.5 g 4% ______________________________________________________________________

Trans Fat 0 g 0% ______________________________________________________________________

Cholesterol 0 mg 0%______________________________________________________________________

Sodium 410 mg 17% ______________________________________________________________________


Dietary Fiber 1 g 4% ______________________________________________________________________

Sugars 1 g ______________________________________________________________________

Protein 2 g ______________________________________________________________________


Item C - Fruit & Nut Trail Mix

Nutrition Facts Serving Size 1/3 cup (44g) Servings Per Container about 21 ______________________________________________________________________



% Daily Value*______________________________________________________________________

Total Fat 4.5 g 7% ______________________________________________________________________

Saturated Fat 2 g 11% ______________________________________________________________________

Trans Fat 0 g 0% ______________________________________________________________________

Cholesterol 0 mg 0%______________________________________________________________________

Sodium 30 mg 1% ______________________________________________________________________


Dietary Fiber 2 g 8% ______________________________________________________________________

Sugars 22 g ______________________________________________________________________

Protein 2 g ______________________________________________________________________


Item D – Pretzel Twists

Nutrition Facts Serving Size 1 oz. (About 8 pretzels) Servings Per Container about 10 ______________________________________________________________________



% Daily Value*______________________________________________________________________

Total Fat 1 g 1% ______________________________________________________________________

Saturated Fat 0 g 0% ______________________________________________________________________

Trans Fat 0 g 0% ______________________________________________________________________

Cholesterol 0 mg 0%______________________________________________________________________

Sodium 230 mg 10% ______________________________________________________________________


Dietary Fiber 1 g 4% ______________________________________________________________________

Sugars 3 g ______________________________________________________________________

Protein 2 g ______________________________________________________________________


1. Which item has the most sugars per serving?

a. Vegetable Chips b. Rice Cakes c. Fruit & Nut Trail Mix d. Pretzel Twists 2. Which item has the fewest calories per serving?

a. Vegetable Chips b. Rice Cakes c. Fruit & Nut Trail Mix d. Pretzel Twists 3. Which item has the most total fat per serving?

a. Vegetable Chips b. Rice Cakes c. Fruit & Nut Trail Mix d. Pretzel Twists 4. Which item contains the most iron?

a. Vegetable Chips b. Rice Cakes c. Fruit & Nut Trail Mix d. Pretzel Twists 5. Which item contains the least iron?

a. Vegetable Chips b. Rice Cakes c. Fruit & Nut Trail Mix d. Pretzel Twists 6. Which item has the most saturated fat per serving?

a. Vegetable Chips b. Rice Cakes c. Fruit & Nut Trail Mix d. Pretzel Twists 7. Which item has the most sodium per serving?

a. Vegetable Chips b. Rice Cakes c. Fruit & Nut Trail Mix d. Pretzel Twists 8. Which item has the most Vitamin C per serving?

a. Vegetable Chips b. Rice Cakes c. Fruit & Nut Trail Mix d. Pretzel Twists 9. Which item has the most fiber per serving?

a. Vegetable Chips b. Rice Cakes c. Fruit & Nut Trail Mix d. Pretzel Twists 10. Which item has the greatest amount of Calories from Fat per serving?

a. Vegetable Chips b. Rice Cakes c. Fruit & Nut Trail Mix d. Pretzel Twists 11. How many grams of carbohydrates are in a serving of item C, the Fruit & Nut Trail Mix?

a. 30 b. 23 c. 3 d. 31 12. How many calories from fat are in a serving of item B, the Rice Cakes?

a. 140 b. 80 c. 40 d. 45 13. What percent of the recommended daily allowance of total fat is in a serving of item B, Rice Cakes?

a. 5 b. 8 c. 0.5 d. 4 14. Which item contains 230 mg of sodium in each serving?

a. Vegetable Chips b. Rice Cakes c. Fruit & Nut Trail Mix d. Pretzel Twists 15. How many grams of carbohydrates make up 7% of the recommended daily allowance?

a. 16 b. 7 c. 21 d. 31

Name: ______________________________________ Homophones Worksheet 1 Return of the Ninjas! Part One: Choose the correct word. 1. "I can't believe this class is one hour / our long," said John.

2. "I know, that's a long thyme / time , right?" I replied.

3. John is my best friend and I'll never meat / meet a better friend than him.

4. Our teacher was giving us a lessen / lesson on homophones. 5. It was still pretty early in the morning / mourning.

6. That was when those ninjas jumped threw / through the window.

7. I was worried because ninjas are masters of the marshal / martial arts.

8. I could feel their cold stairs / stares on me.

9. "John, they are here to steal / steel our teacher's answer keys," I said.

10. John didn't seam / seem that worried.

11. I exclaimed, "We can knot / not let that happen, John!"

12. John said, "I just don't sea / see why we should put ourselves in danger for more homework."

13. I stood up and said, "Because it's the right / write thing to do, John."

14. Some of these ninjas were twice my sighs / size so I had to be smart.

15. I grabbed the answer keys and ran toward the principal's / principle's office.

16. The ninjas were chasing me so I dropped a banana peal / peel on the ground.

17. One of the ninjas slipped and fell into the garbage chute / shoot face first.

18. I said, "What a waist / waste ," as I heard him fall into the dumpster with a crash.

19. The ninjas were still chasing me so I lead / led them downstairs.

20. I grabbed a handful of tacks / tax from a bulletin board and tossed them on the floor.

21. Then I hid in a supply closet as the ninjas ran passed / past me.

22. I knew / new when they ran over my trap because several ninjas started howling.

23. Those ninjas must have been in a lot of pain / pane because they left the school after that.

24. I returned to class with the answer keys and everyone rose / rows and cheered for me.

25. Except for John, he was to / too / two mad at me to celebrate. Part Two: Write two sentences for each of the word pairs. Correctly use each word in a sentence.

A. their / there

B. than / then

C. which / witch

Name: _______________________________ Idioms Test 1

Directions: Determine the meaning of the bolded expression. Choose the best answer.

Idiom: A common expression understood figuratively, as the literal definition makes no sense.

1. After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of bending over backwards to entertain her nieces.

a. Cassie was doing very little to entertain her nieces. b. Cassie was making small efforts to entertain her nieces. c. Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces. d. Cassie was not trying at all to entertain her nieces. 2. Bobby would have been playing ball until the cows came home if it hadn’t been for Suzie dragging him home for dinner.

a. Bobby was just about to stop playing ball. b. Bobby didn’t even want to play ball to begin with. c. Bobby prefers nature to athletics. d. Bobby would have continued playing ball for a long time. 3. Mr. Johnson was very particular about the arrangement of his classroom, so the thing he hated most was when his students caused a ruckus with their wild horseplay.

a. Mr. Johnson hated when his students pretended to be animals. b. Mr. Johnson hated when his students played sports. c. Mr. Johnson hated when his students wrestled around with each other. d. Mr. Johnson hated when his students made animal noises. 4. Eric wanted to fix his cousin’s computer, but he was already having problems setting up his Aunt’s Wi-Fi network and he didn’t want to open a whole new can of worms.

a. Eric was sick of spending his time helping his family. b. Eric wanted to go fishing instead of working on computers. c. Eric was having difficulties untangling the computer wires. d. Eric was not ready to begin working on a complicated new problem. 5. Even though Candace already had a new job, she submitted her two week notice and conducted herself in a professional way at her old job because she didn’t want to burn bridges.

a. Candace didn’t want to ruin her positive relationship with her old employer. b. Candace wasn’t ready to start her new job. c. Candace was really going to miss her old job. d. Candace was waiting until her last day to rub it in everyone’s face that she was leaving. 6. World renowned country western super group The Mountain Boys can sell out an arena at the drop of a hat.

a. The Mountain Boys may be able to sell out an arena, but it will take a long time. b. The Mountain Boys can sell out an arena very quickly. c. The Mountain Boys are always willing to perform at charity events. d. The Mountain Boys enforce a dress code at all of their shows. 7. Vivian expected Craig to sob uncontrollably when she broke up with him; however, Craig kept a stiff upper lip.

a. Craig cried even more than Vivian had expected. b. Craig cried about as much as Vivian had expected. c. Craig cried a little less than Vivian had expected. d. Craig did not cry.

8. Mrs. Robinson expects Cassie and my presentation to be good, but we have been working on it every night for the last week, so we are really going to knock her socks off.

a. Cassie and the speaker are not prepared to give a good presentation. b. Cassie and the speaker intend on hitting Mrs. Robinson rather than presenting. c. Cassie and the speaker’s presentation will far exceed Mrs. Robinson’s expectations. d. Cassie and the speaker’s presentation will meet Mrs. Robison’s expectations. 9. Over the summer Brian was really excited about being placed in the advanced math class, but after getting his syllabus on the first day and seeing the workload, he was ready to jump ship.

a. Brian was even more excited about the math class than he was over the summer. b. Brian wanted to start working on his math assignments right away. c. Brian did not want to be in the advance math class anymore. d. Brian wanted to cause some trouble in the advanced math class. 10. Jose had a hard time comparing the iPhone to the Samsung phone because to him they were apples and oranges.

a. Jose can hardly tell the difference between the two phones because they are so similar. b. Jose believes that the phones are so different from one another that they cannot be compared. c. Jose doesn’t know anything about phones so he may as well be thinking about fruits. d. Jose is too hungry to think about phones at this time. 11. When Brian felt pretty good about getting the a pair of roller-skates for his birthday, until he saw his twin brother Ryan open up his GameBox X-9000, and then Brian felt like he got the short end of the stick. a. Brian felt like Ryan received a better gift than he. b. Brian was quite pleased with his roller skates. c. Brian wanted a long stick that he could use to support himself on hikes. d. Brian feels bad for Ryan because Ryan wanted roller-skates. 12. After Ms. Smith caught Darnisha chewing gum for the third time, Ms. Smith scheduled a parent teacher conference with Darnisha’s mother. When Darnisha’s mother came into Ms. Smith’s classroom, she was chewing gum. Ms. Smith thought to herself, “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”

a. Ms. Smith thinks that Darnisha dresses like her mother. b. Ms. Smith thinks that Darnisha acts a lot like her mother. c. Ms. Smith is surprised to see that Darnisha’s mother came. d. Ms. Smith thinks that Darnisha’s mother lives very close to the school. 13. Brad was accusing us of stealing his phone until he found it, and now he’s trying to sweep it under the rug.

a. Brad thinks that his phone will be safer if he hides it under the rug. b. Brad wants to do something to make up for his mistake. c. Brad is trying to locate a signal for his phone so that he can use it. d. Brad wants to pretend that the incident never happened. 14. Keisha got up a started yelling at Ronnie and threatening him but Ronnie didn’t even flinch because he knew that her bark was worse than her bite.

a. Ronnie thinks that Keisha will get in trouble for yelling. b. Ronnie thinks that Keisha has bad breath. c. Ronnie thinks that Keisha is loud but not dangerous. d. Ronnie thinks that Keisha has a crush on him. 15. You might think that Billy Parker is the kid who has everything, but if you saw the list of chores his parents give him, I guarantee that you wouldn’t want to be in his shoes.

a. You wouldn’t want your shoes to get as dirty as Billy’s when he’s doing his chores. b. If you have to do as many chores as Billy, you’ll want a pair of comfortable shoes. c. Billy shoes are so uncomfortable that doing his chores is really unpleasant. d. Billy has so many chores to do that it is unpleasant to imagine doing them all.

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NameHomework & Practice 13-1Equivalence with Customary Units of Length

Be precise and use the correct units.

For 1–6, convert each unit.

The longest squid recorded by scientists was 141

3 yards long. In 2006, a 24-foot squid was captured. How many feet longer was the longest squid than the captured squid?

Convert the length of the longest squid to feet. There are 3 feet in 1 yard.

1413 × 3 = (14 × 3) + (1

3 × 3) = 42 + 3

3 = 42 + 1

= 43

1413 yards = 43 feet

Find the difference to compare.

43

313

-2 419

The longest squid was 19 feet longer than the captured squid.

For 7–8, complete each table.

1. 25 feet = inches

3. 4 miles = yards

5. 12 yard = inches

7.

2. 3 miles = feet

4. 57 yards = inches

6. 223 yards = feet

8. Miles Feet

112

212

312

412

512

612

Yards Inches

113

213

313

413

513

613

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1 yd3 ft

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9. MP.6 Be Precise How many times wider are the handlebars of the bike than the width of the tire?

10. What is the length of the bike in inches?

11. MP.6 Be Precise How many more inches is the length of the bike than the height of the bike?

12. MP.1 Make Sense and Persevere Harriet rode her bike 21

4 miles to the mall. She then rode 34 mile to the grocery store. She came back the way she went. How many miles did Harriet ride in all? Explain.

13. Higher Order Thinking Use the number line. What fraction of 1 foot is 3 inches? What fraction of 1 yard is 3 inches? Explain.

14. Draw lines to match each measure on the left with its equivalent measure on the right.

15. Three students measured the width of the whiteboard. Reggie got 2, Jackson got 72, and Pete got 6. The teacher said they were all correct. Draw lines to match each student with the unit he was using.

Length of bike: 5 ft

Width of tire: 2 in

Width of handlebars: 2 ft

Height of bike: 21

2 ft

For 9–11, use the picture at the right.

113 yards 34 inches

4 miles 48 inches

256 feet 26 feet

823 yard 21,120 feet

Reggie Inches

Jackson Feet

Pete Yards

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Vocabulary

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1. When you use multiplication, you join equal groups. When converting from a larger unit, such as feet, to a smaller unit, such as inches, you multiply to find the total number of smaller units.

How many inches are in 6 feet?

There are 12 inches in 1 foot. To find how many inches are in 6 feet, multiply 6 by 12.

1 feet = 12 inches 6 feet = ? inches

6 × =

There are inches in 6 feet.

2. How many feet are in 15 yards?

1 yard = feet

15 yards = ? feet

15 × =

There are feet in 15 yards.

3. How many inches are in 812 feet?

1 foot = inches

812 × 12 = (8 + 1

2) × 12

= (8 × ) + (12 × )

= +

=

There are inches in 812 feet.

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4. James ran 3 miles. How many yards did James run? How many feet did James run?

Customary Units of Length

1 foot (ft) = 12 inches (in.)

1 yard (yd) = 3 ft = 36 in.

1 mile (mi) = 1,760 yd = 5,280 ft

Number of yards

Feet per yard

Break apart 812.

Use the Distributive Property.

Multiply.

Add.

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NameHomework & Practice 13-2Equivalence with Customary Units of Capacity

Use the correct units as you solve measurement problems.


Lance has an 8-gallon aquarium. How many 2-quart containers will it take to fill the aquarium?

Convert 8 gallons to quarts.

8 gallons = 32 quarts

Divide 32 quarts by 2.

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12- 12

0

It takes 16 of the 2-quart containers to fill the tank.


1. 9 pints = fluid ounces

3. 2 gallons = pints

5. 114 gallons = pints

7.

2. 16 quarts = cups

4. 112 quarts = cups

6. 512 pints = fluid ounces

8. Quarts Fluid

Ounces

112

212

312

412

512

612

Gallons Pints

112

212

312

412

512

612

Gallons Quarts

2 8

4 16

6 24

8 32

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1 cup (c) = 8 fluid ounces (fl oz)

1 pint (pt) = 2 c = 16 fl oz

1 quart (qt) = 2 pt = 4 c

1 gallon (gal) = 4 qt = 8 pt




9. Number Sense Lauren hiked 16,900 feet in the morning and 14,850 feet in the afternoon. Estimate the total number of miles Lauren hiked that day. Explain.

10. How many minutes are in 3 hours? There are 60 minutes in one hour. Complete the table.

11. Math and Science How many pounds of eroded material does the Verde River carry past a given point each hour?

12. How many pounds of eroded material does the Verde River carry past a given point in 14 of a day?

13. A car with a 20-gallon gas tank can go 25 miles on 1 gallon of gas. If the tank is full at the beginning of a 725-mile trip, how many times does the driver have to refill the gas tank?

14. Higher Order Thinking Janice needs 3 gallons of lemonade for a party. She has 4 quarts, 6 pints, and 4 cups of lemonade already made. How many cups of lemonade does Janice need? How many more cups does she need?

The Verde River in Arizona carries an average of 141

3 pounds of eroded material past a given point each minute.

Part B

How many 1-pint containers does it take to fill the birdbath? Explain.

15. Edgar has a birdbath that holds 2 gallons of water. He only wants to fill it 34 full.

Part A

How much water, in gallons, should Edgar put in the birdbath? Explain.

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1. Capacity is the amount of liquid a container can hold. Capacity can be measured using gallons, quarts, pints, cups, and fluid ounces.

Complete the conversion table.

2. How many cups are in 2 quarts? Multiply when converting a larger unit to a smaller unit.

1 quart = cups

2 quarts = ? cups

2 × = cups

There are cups in 2 quarts.

3. How many pints are in 312 quarts?

1 quart = pints

312 × 2 = (3 + 1

2) × 2

= (3 × ) + (12 × )

= +

=

There are pints in 312 quarts.

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4. How many 1-quart containers will it take to fill a 10-gallon bucket?

Customary Units of Capacity

1 cup (c) = 8 fluid ounces (fl oz)

1 pint (pt) = c = 16 fl oz

1 quart (qt) = pt = c

1 gallon (gal) = qt = pt

Number of quarts

Cups per quart

Break apart 312.


Multiply.

Add.

1qt 1qt 1qt 1qt1gal

1 c 1 c 1 c 1 c 1 c 1 c 1 c 1 c 1 c 1 c 1 c 1 c 1 c 1 c 1 c 1 c1pt 1pt 1pt 1pt 1pt 1pt 1pt 1pt

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NameHomework & Practice 13-3Equivalence with Customary Units of Weight

There are 2,000 pounds

in a ton.


The world’s largest horse weighed almost 112 tons.

An average mature male horse weighs about 1,200 pounds. How much more did the largest horse weigh than an average horse?

Convert the weight of the world’s largest horse to pounds.

112 tons = 3,000 pounds

Find the difference.

3,000 - 1,200 = d d = 1,800

The world’s largest horse weighed 1,800 pounds more than an average male horse.


1. 21 pounds = ounces


5. 6 tons = pounds

7.

2. 8 tons = pounds



8. Tons Pounds

1

2

3

4

5

Pounds Ounces

1

2

3

4

5

Tons Pounds

12 1,000

1 2,000

112 3,000

d1,200 lb

3,000 lb




9. MP.6 Be Precise What is the total weight in ounces of Heidi’s 2 guinea pigs?

10. MP.6 Be Precise What is the total weight in ounces of the food for Heidi’s guinea pigs?

11. Higher Order Thinking A pound of guinea pig pellets is about 3 cups of food. Each guinea pig eats 14 cup of pellets a day. How many days will the pellets last? Explain.

12. MP.2 Reasoning Which product is greater, 9 × 15 or 9 × 17? Explain how you can tell without finding the products.

13. MP.1 Make Sense and Persevere What two 1-digit factors could you multiply to get a product between and including 40 and 50?

15. Each stone in Ally’s collection weighs about 4 ounces. Her collection weighs about 24 pounds in all. About how many stones are in Ally’s collection?

𝖠 3 stones

𝖡 4 stones

𝖢 36 stones

𝖣 96 stones

14. Which is most likely to weigh 4 tons?

𝖠 A watermelon

𝖡 A man

𝖢 A clothes dryer

𝖣 A helicopter

Heidi’s 2 guinea pigs each weigh 21

2 pounds.

For 9–11, use the table and art shown at the right.

Food for Heidi’s Guinea Pigs

Food Weight

Grass or hay 212 pounds

Vegetables 15 ounces

Pellets 5 pounds

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1. Weight is how heavy an object is. Weight can be measured using ounces, pounds, and tons.

How many ounces are in 5 pounds?

One pound is equal to 16 ounces. To find how many ounces are in 5 pounds, multiply 5 by 16.

1 pound = 16 ounces 5 pounds = ? ounces

5 × =

There are ounces in 5 pounds.

2. How many pounds are in 6 tons?

1 ton = pounds

6 tons = ? pounds

6 × = pounds

There are pounds in 6 tons.

3. How many ounces are in 1012 pounds?

1 pound = ounces

1012 × 16 = (10 + 1

2) × 16

= (10 × ) + (12 × )

= +

=

There are ounces in 1012 pounds.

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4. Olivia’s birth weight was 6 pounds 6 ounces. Write Olivia’s birth weight in ounces.

Customary Units of Weight

1 pound (lb) = 16 ounces (oz)

1 ton (T) = 2,000 lb

Number of tons

Pounds per ton

Break apart 1012.


Multiply.

Add.

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Name:_________________________________________ Date:__________________The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The sun shone down for nearly a week on the secret garden. The Secret Garden was what Mary called it when she was thinking of it. She liked the name, and she liked still more the feeling that when its beautiful old walls shut her in no one knew where she was. It seemed almost like being shut out of the world in some fairy place. The few books she had read and liked had been fairy-story books, and she had read of secret gardens in some of the stories. Sometimes people went to sleep in them for a hundred years, which she had thought was rather foolish. She had no intention of going to sleep, and, in fact, she was becoming wider awake every day which passed at Misselthwaite. She was beginning to like to be out of doors; she no longer hated the wind, but enjoyed it. She could run faster, and longer, and she could skip up to a hundred. The bulbs in the secret garden must have been much astonished. Such nice clear places were made round them that they had all the breathing space they wanted, and really, if Mistress Mary had known it, they began to cheer up under the dark earth and work tremendously. The sun could get at them and warm them, and when the rain came down it could reach them at once, so they began to feel very much alive.

Mary was an odd, determined little person, and now she had something interesting to be deter-mined about, she was very much absorbed, indeed. She worked and dug and pulled up weeds steadily, only becoming more pleased with her work every hour instead of tiring of it. It seemed to her like a fascinating sort of play. She found many more of the sprouting pale green points than she had ever hoped to find. They seemed to be starting up everywhere and each day she was sure she found tiny new ones, some so tiny that they barely peeped above the earth. There were so many that she remembered what Martha had said about the "snowdrops by the thou-sands," and about bulbs spreading and making new ones. These had been left to themselves for ten years and perhaps they had spread, like the snowdrops, into thousands. She wondered how long it would be before they showed that they were flowers. Sometimes she stopped digging to look at the garden and try to imagine what it would be like when it was covered with thousands of lovely things in bloom.

Reading Comprehension: The Secret Garden

1. Name two or more things that Mary enjoysabout the outdoors.

Match each word to its meaning.

2. Complete the analogy.snowdrops : flowers : : ___________ :______________

A. a cold winter wind : a warm summer breezeB. grains of sand on the beach : stars in the skyC. raindrops : budding plants

astonished

determined

intention

bulb

fascinating

sprouting

a flower organ, like a seed

surprised

growing

plan

resolved or purposeful

interesting

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Nonfiction Reading Test

Metal Detectors

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Refer to

the text to check your answers when appropriate.

Have you ever been to the beach? Did you

see a man with a headset pointing a long pole

at the ground? If so you might have seen a

person using a metal detector. People use

these devices to find metal.

Metal detectors make magnetic waves. These

waves go through the ground. The waves

change when they hit metal. Then the device

beeps. This lets the person with the device

know that metal is close.

The first metal detectors were meant to help

miners. They were big. They cost a lot of

money. They used a lot of power. And worst

of all, they didn't work well. People kept

trying to make them better.

Metal detectors got smaller. Now they are

light and cheap. They also work better. That

is why people bring them to the beach. They

can look for rings in the water. They can

look for phones in the sand. Metal detectors

help them find these things. They usually just

find junk though.

Metal detectors also protect people. They

help to keep guns out of some places. They

are in airports. They are in courthouses.

Some schools use them. They help guards

look for weapons. Guards use special wands

to find metal on a person.

These devices save lives in other ways too.

During wars, people plant bombs in the

ground. When the war ends, they don't clean

up their messes. This is unsafe for the people

who live in those places. Others use metal

detectors to find bombs. They remove them

and help the people.

These devices also make clothes safer. It

sounds funny, but it's true. Most clothes are

made in big factories. There are lots of

needles in these places. Needles break from

time to time. They get stuck in the clothes.

They would poke people trying them on.

They don't though. That's because our

clothes are scanned for metal. Isn't that nice?

Let's hear it for metal detectors. They make

the world a safer place.

1. Which was not one of the problems with the first metal detectors?

a. They were too big. b. They were too expensive.

c. They didn't work well. d. They were unsafe.

2. Which best describes the main idea of the second paragraph?

a. It describes the sounds of a metal detector. b. It explains how metal detectors work.

c. It warns about the effects of metal detectors. d. It explains how magnetic waves move.

3. How do metal detectors make clothing safer?

a. Metal detectors make sure factory machines are working the right way.

b. Metal detectors make sure workers don't bring weapons into factories.

c. Metal detectors make sure that broken needles don't get into clothing.

d. Metal detectors help people recover lost clothing at the beach.

4. Why were metal detectors first used?

a. To help miners b. To help security guards

c. To help doctors d. To help soldiers

5. According to the text, metal detectors have been used in all of the following except which?

a. schools b. churches

c. courthouses d. airports

6. How do metal detectors help soldiers?

a. They warn soldiers when bullets are coming. b. They help soldiers find hidden bombs.

c. They find weaknesses in their armor. d. They create a relaxing beeping noise.

7. Why do people bring metal detectors to the beach?

a. Metal detectors help people keep the sand clean and safe.

b. Metal detectors look cool.

c. Metal detectors help people find valuable items.

d. Metal detectors help guards keep weapons away from the beach.

8. Which happens first?

a. The metal detector beeps alarmingly.

b. The magnetic waves hit metal and change.

c. The magnetic waves go through the ground.

d. The metal detector creates magnetic waves.

9. How did metal detectors get better over time?

a. They became cheaper. b. They became lighter.

c. They began working better d. All of these

10. Which title would best describe the purpose of this text?

a. A Day at the Beach: Using Your Metal Detector to Find Things

b. Metal Detectors: a Complete the Story of Their Invention

c. Magnetism and More: How a Metal Detector Works

d. Metal Detectors: What They Do and How We Use Them

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