BASIC READING PRE-TEST

Passage 1 Passage 2

A sand dollar is a type of sea urchin. Many are flat, Rainbows are often seen when the sun comes out after
but others that are more rounded are called sea or during a rainstorm. Rainbows are caused when
biscuits. Sand dollars are related to starfish and sea sunlight shines through drops of water in the sky at
cucumbers. Sand dollars are often found together on specific angles. When white sunlight enters a
the ocean floor or seabed. They eat small sea raindrop, it exits the raindrop a different color. When
creatures, algae, and the remains of animals that light exits lots of different raindrops at different
reach the ocean floor. Sand dollars have spines, and angles, it produces the red, orange, yellow, green,
thus, have few natural predators. blue, indigo, and violet that you see in a rainbow.
Together, these colors are known as the spectrum.
In the ocean, sand dollars can be a variety of colors These colors can sometimes be seen in waterfalls and
including brown, green, blue, and purple. People fountains as well.
usually see them when they wash up on the sand. By
this time, they are often broken and bleached white Did you know that there are double rainbows? In a
by the sun. The sand dollar got its name for its double rainbow, light reflects twice inside water
resemblance to a silver dollar when found on the droplets and form two arcs. In most double rainbows,
sand. the colors of the top arc are opposite from those in
the bottom arc. In other words, the order of colors
1. What does the author tell you about sea starts with purple on top and ends with the red on
cucumbers? bottom. In addition, rainbows sometimes appear as
A. They are rounded sand dollars. white arcs at night. These rainbows are called
B. They eat sand dollars. moonbows and are so rare that very few people will
C. They can be brown, green, blue, or purple.
ever see one. Moonbows are caused by moonlight
D. They are related to sand dollars.
(rather than sunlight) shining through drops of water.
2. Which of the following does NOT belong? 6. Rainbows are often seen _________________.
A. sea biscuit A. when it snows
B. sea horse B. before a rainstorm
C. sea cucumber C. after the sun sets at night
D. starfish D. after a rainstorm
E.
3. Why do sand dollars look white when they are
7. Rainbows are produced when ______________.
found on the beach?
A. the sun comes out after a storm.
A. They are cold.
B. the spectrum causes a rainstorm.
B. They have been bleached by the sun.
C. light exits many raindrops at different
C. They look like silver dollars.
angles.
D. They are trying to hide.
D. the sun causes a rainstorm.
4. Which is NOT true about the sand dollar?
A. They are related to sea cucumbers. 8. What color is NOT in a rainbow?
B. They have a lot of predators. A. yellow
C. They are often found together. B. pink
D. They eat algae. C. orange
D. indigo
5. Which of the following is TRUE about the shape
of the sand dollar? 9. Which of the following IS NOT true?
A. All are flat. A. Moonbows are caused by moonlight.
B. None are round. B. Rainbows are usually seen after or during a
C. Some are flat and some are round. storm.
D. None are flat. C. Double rainbows are two rainbows that are
exactly the same.
D. Spectrum colors sometimes appear in
fountains and waterfalls.

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10. What question is answered in the last 14. Which sentence has the same meaning as this
paragraph? sentence:
A. How do double rainbows form? For most kids, the flu comes and goes, but for
B. What colors appear in a rainbow? some, it can be a serious illness.
C. How long do rainbows last? A. For the flu, kids can be a serious illness.
D. Why do waterfalls produce rainbow-like B. For most kids, the flu is a serious illness, but
spectrums? for some it comes and goes.
C. The flu comes and goes for some kids.
11. What would be a good title for this passage? D. While the flu can be a serious illness, most
A. The History of Rainbows kids who get it will recover.
B. The Basics About Rainbows
C. Differences Between Normal Rainbows and 15. Why is the flu most easily spread in the winter?
Double Rainbows A. Because kids are inside in classroom settings
D. Moonbows! B. Because kids are outside playing in the cold
C. Because there is less daylight in winter days
12. The author describes moonbows as "so rare that D. Because kids start washing their hands more
very few people will ever see one." Which of the in the winter
following might also be described as very rare?
A. A pink diamond 16. According to the author....
B. A ruler A. most kids don't even realize they have the
C. A squirrel flu.
D. A fireman B. the flu can't easily spread from one person
to another
13. What color is a moonbow? C. most kids get the flu in winter
A. green D. medicine can helps kill the flu
B. white
C. the passage doesn't say 17. What question is answered in the first
D. yellow paragraph?
A. How do I prevent the flu?
B. How long does the flu last?
Passage 3 C. When does the flu spread?
D. How many people get the flu?
Have you ever had the flu? If you have, you know how
miserable it can make you feel. Most kids will get the 18. What is the best meaning of the word
flue sometime during their school years. When you "symptoms" as used in the following sentence?
have the flu, you usually get a fever (which can be The flu is a type of virus, which means medicine will
high), have a cough, feel very tired, and may have a only help the symptoms such as the cough and
sore throat as well. It can make you feel sick for a fever.
A. viruses
few days or for as long as a week. Sometimes, it can
B. colds
be hard to tell if you have the flu or a cold, but with C. signs
the flu, you’ll usually have a higher fever and feel D. medicines
much worse. The flu is a type of virus, which means
medicine will only help the symptoms such as the 19. What does the author IMPLY in the following
cough or fever. For most kids, the flu comes and goes, sentence?
but for some, it can be a serious illness. The flu is a type of virus, which means medicine will
only help the symptoms such as the cough and
Most kids get the flu in the winter because germs fever.
spread more easily when kids are inside in settings A. Medicine will not help your fever or sore
such as classrooms. The best way to prevent from throat
getting the flu is to wash your hands often, keep your B. Medicine will NOT be able to kill the flu
hands to yourself, and go to your doctor for the flu C. You should not bother taking medicine if you
shot or mist. have the flu
D. The flu is not really a virus

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20. Which of the following WOULD NOT help you 22. Which of the following is probably NOT part
in preventing the flu? of a cricket's typical diet?
A. Getting a flu shot or flu mist A. Plant material
B. Washing your hands often B. Wood
C. Keeping your hands to yourself C. Other Crickets
D. Shaking the hands of your classmates D. Insects

23. What determines how fast a cricket "chirps"?

A. food supply
Passage 4 B. the number of females around
C. temperature
The adult House Cricket is about two centimeters in D. the number of predators around
length. The body is usually light brown with black
markings about the head and thorax. The female is 24. Which of the following is NOT true?
told from the male by the presence of an ovipositor, A. Crickets have two sets of wings.
a long extension attached to the end of the abdomen, B. Crickets can reproduce after 12 weeks.
used for depositing eggs in the soil. House crickets C. Some crickets survive during the cold months.
have conspicuous jumping legs and have two pairs of D. Males and females have ovipositors.
wings, of which, only the black pair are used for flight.
25. Which of the following shows the cricket's correct
House Crickets can be found in a variety of habitats life cycle?
including woodlands, suburbs, urban areas, buildings, A. egg -> adult -> nymph
ducts, siding, restaurants, and anywhere else there B. adult -> nymph -> egg
happens to be a food supply and warm air. Although C. egg -> nymph -> adult
many crickets die off in the colder months, those that D. nymph -> adult -> egg
manage to find their way indoors can stay alive year
round. 26. Where would you probably NOT find a cricket?
A. Ocean
Crickets reach sexual maturity between eight and B. Restaurant
twelve weeks after birth. Males attract mates by C. Woodlands
rubbing their wings together to produce a noise D. House
sometimes referred to as “chirping”. Technically, this
process is called stirdulation. Interestingly enough, 27. Which of the following do you think is about the
the rate in which a cricket “chirps” is determined by size of a cricket (2 centimeters)?
the temperature outside. When it is warmer, crickets A. A match
chirp faster. Scientists can actually tell the exact B. A dragonfly
outdoor temperature by timing the rate of cricket C. A hot dog
“chirpings”. After the male mates with female, the D. A flea
female will lay between 50 and 100 eggs in the
ground or another soft surface. The eggs hatch in 28. What organ is used for depositing eggs into
about two weeks. The life cycle for a House Cricket the soil?
starts from the hatching of the egg. Afterwards, it A. Thorax
will transform into a nymph and then become an B. Legs
adult cricket. House Crickets will just eat about C. Ovipositor
anything including soft plant matter, insects, young D. Head
crickets, and decomposing matter.
29. What do male crickets rub together to make their
21. How long does it take cricket eggs to hatch? "chirping" noise?
A. 4 days A. legs
B. 7 days B. wings
C. 14 days C. spiracles
D. 21 days D. antennae

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30. In which of the following months would it be
unlikely to see a cricket outdoors?
A. July
B. September 8. SHOE: Where is your shoe?
C. January A. The person who looks after you
D. May B. The thing you keep your money in
C. The thing you use for writing
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reading.html 9. STANDARD: Her standards are very high.
A. The bits at the back under her shoes
VOCABULARY B. The marks she gets in school
Circle the letter with the closest meaning to the C. The money she asks for
key word in the question. D. The levels she reaches in everything

1. SEE: They saw it.

A. Cut 10. ROVE: He couldn’t stop roving.
B. Waited for A. Getting drunk
C. Looked at B. Travelling around
D. Started C. Making a musical sound through closed lips
D. Working hard
2. TIME: They have a lot of time.
A. Money
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D. Friends

3. PERIOD: It was a difficult period.

A. Question
B. Time
C. Thing to do
D. Book

4. FIGURE: Is it the right figure?

A. Answer
B. Place
C. Time
D. Number

5. POOR: We are poor.

A. Have no money
B. Feel happy
C. Are very interested
D. Do not like to work hard

6. DRIVE: He drives fast.

A. Swims
B. Learns
C. Throws balls
D. Uses a car

7. JUMP: She tried to jump.

A. Lie on top of the water
B. Get off the ground suddenly
C. Stop the car at the edge of the road
D. Move very fast.
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