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Grade 5 Practice Passages A
fresh fish
hamburgers
tuna fish sandwiches
peanut butter and jelly
sandwiches
a. informational
b. narrative
c.
persuasive
d. being alone
c.
d. crazy
d. disliked
d. modest
d. non-fiction
a. realistic fiction
b. myth
c. biography
d. Poking along
a. expensive
b. made in just the right size
c. made to be thrown away
d. made in small pieces
For over a century, climbing Mount Everest was a great challenge. Early
attempts at reaching the top of the mountain brought climbers to about
28,000 feet. But the mountain was just too high. The physical effects of
high altitudes and the limitations of available equipment made attempts
to reach the top impossible. In 1924, British climbers Andrew "Sandy"
Irvine and George Mallory climbed past 28,000 feet. They were once
seen nearing the top of the mountain but disappeared soon after.
Whether or not Mallory and Irvine reached the top remains a mystery.
Since their climb, many expeditions have gathered clues and tried to
determine for certain whether the two reached the top, but none have
succeeded so far. The top of Mount Everest was finally reached by
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953.
What made early attempts to reach the
top of Mount Everest impossible?
a. the mountain was very high
b. the physical effects of high
altitudes and problems with
equipment
c. the climbers fear and lack of
experience
d. some climbers disappeared while
climbing
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Scientists say what makes geckos stick isn't tacky glue or suction, it's geometry. "We've solved the puzzle of
how geckos use millions of tiny foot hairs to adhere to even smooth surfaces such as polished glass," says
scientist Kellar Autumn.
Gecko feet are covered with millions of tiny hairs called setae (see-tee), which split into hundreds of even tinier
branches. Each gecko foot has as many as 1 billion of these split ends. Researchers found that the angle the toe
hairs make with a surface allows them to stick.
As scientists watched films of geckos in action, they noticed that geckos curl and uncurl their toes to get them
to stick to surfaces. "The gecko has this really unique way of taking its feet off the wall--it peels its toes like
tape," says Autumn.
Why the big interest in gecko "glue"? Researchers believe that a man-made version would be an ideal dry
adhesive that could be useful underwater or in space. This August, researchers announced that they had made
artificial hair tips that stick almost as well as the geckos' own. "Now we've got to make billions of them to get
significant adhesive force," says engineer Ron Fearing.
One thing is certain, it'll be a super glue: A million tiny setae, covering an area the size of a dime, would be
strong enough to lift a 45-pound child!
What is the main idea of this
passage?
a. Gecko feet have millions of
setae, or tiny hairs.
b. One millions setae could lift a
45-pound child.
c. Scientists are studying geckos
to see how they keep from
falling.
d. Scientists found a way to make
a strong kind of glue.
Inference
Aboulaye leaned back in his chair and grinned. He had just completed a new comic strip for publication in the Internet
magazine where he volunteered after school. The young artist worked every day on this website for young people. He
didn't get paid for his work, but the chance to create and learn was worth more to him than any amount of money right
now.
Drawing had always been Aboulaye's passion. Aboulaye was practically born with a sketchbook in his hand. For as long
as he could remember, he was drawing comic-book heroes and making up characters of his own. Aboulaye would even
draw in class while his teachers thought he was taking notes.
Now he had the chance to draw for a website and learn web design. Aboulaye was sure that this was just the beginning.
There was no limit to his dreams.
This passage comes from what type of
story?
a. fantasy
b. historical fiction
c. poetry
a.
b.
c.
d.
d. realistic fiction
a. to persuade
b. to inform
c. to entertain
d. to express
d. a guide to rail systems
rove
female deer
valor
swift stream
torrents
roam
Rhapsody
I am glad daylong for the gift of song,
For time and change and sorrow;
For the sunset wings and the world-end things
Which hang on the edge of to-morrow.
I am glad for my heart whose gates apart
Are the entrance-place of wonders,
Where dreams come in from the rush and din
Like sheep from the rains and thunders.
What would be an
alternate title for this
poem?
a. All the Wonderful
Things
b. Today and Tomorrow
c. Its Raining
d. For My Heart
of
Before the fishermen went out for the day's catch, their wives carried the
men on their shoulders from the docks to the boats. This way, the men wouldn't get wet before they faced a long day at
sea.
While the men fished for haddock, the second job of the fishwives, as they were called, was to prepare hundreds of hooks
for the next trip. The women and their daughters would bait the hooks while a previous catch was being prepared. The
haddock were prepared by a process called smoking. The fish were hung on poles across pits that were dug into the
beaches or the sides of cliffs. The women built fires in the pits and placed empty sacks over the pits to capture the smoke.
Sometimes, the smoke from the pits would guide the fishermen home from sea.
Often, the wives sold the smoked fish at markets. They had to get to the markets on foot, sometimes walking as many as
twenty miles. When the fishing was done and the men had followed the trail of smoke home, the wives would show their
appreciation for the new catch by meeting the boats and carrying their husbands back to shore.
How do you know this is a nonfiction
text?
a. The characters are too
extraordinary to be actual.
b. The passage has the qualities of a
legend.
c. Scottish fishing villages are
fictional.
d. Actual places, practices, and
people are described.
readily available. Imagine what life would be like if we had only hand-copied versions of books! The printing press made
putting type on a page much faster and easier than it had ever been before. Thanks to Johannes Gutenberg, you can read
as much as you like!
This passage can be described as
_______.
a. Nonfiction; about an important
invention
b. A set of instructions about how to
make a printing press
c. A description of current events in
book publishing
d. A fictional story about a young boy
named Johannes