Lesson 25

W E E K LY T E S T S 2 5 . 1
Name Date

Mountains: Surviving
on Mt. Everest
Test Record Form

Possible Criterion Student

TEST RECORD FORM
Score Score Score

Vocabulary: Target Vocabulary, Analogies 10 8

Comprehension: Text and Graphic Features, Selection Test 10 8

Phonics: Suffixes -less, -ness, -able 10 8

Language Arts: What is a Preposition? 10 8

TOTAL 40 32

Total Student Score × 2.5 = %

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 Lesson 25
W E E K LY T E S T S 2 5 . 2
Name Date

Mountains: Surviving
Target Vocabulary, Analogies on Mt. Everest
Vocabulary

Use what you know about the target vocabulary and analogies to answer
questions 1–10. Mark the space for the best answer to each question.

1 What does the word equipment 3 What does the word halt mean
mean in the sentence below? in the sentence below?
Donkeys carried the workers’ The guard told the man to halt
equipment up the mountain. before entering the gates.

Supplies Pay
Games Stop
Children Speak
Clothes Turn

2 What does the word increases 4 What does the word tanks
mean in the sentence below? mean in the sentence below?

If the price of tickets increases, The drinking water is stored

people might not come to the in tanks on the farm.
concert.
New buckets
Goes down Natural pools
Is predicted Round barrels
Is surprising Large containers
Becomes more

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 Lesson 25
W E E K LY T E S T S 2 5 . 3
Name Date

Mountains: Surviving
on Mt. Everest
Vocabulary

5 What does the word 8 Egg is to shell as orange is

approached mean in the to —
sentence below? fruit
The dog looked up when the juice
cat approached. color
peel
Ran past
Sat down
9 Glass is to window as metal is
Came near
to —
Made a sound
floor
ribbon
6 Find is to lose as warm is to — dime
cool branch
heat
fire
10 Tired is to sleepy as reply is
mittens
to —
answer
7 Hat is to head as belt is to — phone
foot letter
waist question
leather
long

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 Lesson 25
W E E K LY T E S T S 2 5 . 4
Name Date

Mountains: Surviving
Text and Graphic Features, on Mt. Everest
Comprehension

Selection Test
Think back to the selection “Mountains: Surviving on Mt. Everest” to answer
questions 1–10. Mark the space for the best answer to each question.

1 Why does the author include a 3 From the picture of Sir

map of the world? Edmund Hillary and Tenzing
To show how tall Norgay the reader can guess
mountains can be that —
To show how big North it was easy for Hillary
America is and Norgay to climb
To show where some large Mount Everest
mountain ranges are the climbing equipment
To show how many oceans used in 1953 is similar to
there are in the world the equipment used now
mountain climbing is a
popular sport all over the
2 Where is Mount Everest?
world
In Asia Hillary and Norgay had
In Australia climbed many mountains
In North America before climbing Mount
In South America Everest

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 Lesson 25
W E E K LY T E S T S 2 5 . 5
Name Date

Mountains: Surviving
on Mt. Everest
Comprehension

4 According to the graphic 6 From the text and graphic

feature “Survival Equipment,” features, the reader learns
how do climbers use trekking that climbers use ladders that
poles? are —
To break up ice made from wood
To stay balanced open and close constantly
To protect against the used only on Mount
cold Everest
To signal to other used to cross cracks in the
climbers ice

5 Which of the following can the 7 Why is it dangerous for

reader learn from the image in climbers to spend more than
the “Camp-to-Camp” section? ten minutes at the top of
Why climbers rest at the Mount Everest?
camps There is not enough food.
Where Base Camp is There is not enough snow.
located There is not enough
When the team reached oxygen.
the summit There is not enough
How long the team had to sunshine.
wait at Camp Three

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 Lesson 25
W E E K LY T E S T S 2 5 . 6
Name Date

Mountains: Surviving
on Mt. Everest
Comprehension

8 What problem is Mount 10 The author includes

Everest facing today? photographs with this
Ice cracks and forms selection to show —
crevasses. that it is about real people
Flooding is causing the and places
snow to melt. how hard it is to breathe
Avalanches are changing without oxygen
the landscape. that climbing mountains
Climbers have left tons of can be dangerous
trash on the mountain. how different kinds of
mountains are formed
9 Which sentence from the
article is an opinion?
Winter was over, but there
had been a series of severe
snowstorms.
Then the climbers headed
out on the great ridge
leading to the summit.
They were climbing to the
top of Mount Everest, the
world’s highest mountain.
If you’ve survived on
Mount Everest, however,
and reached the top, no
goal seems too high!

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 Lesson 25
W E E K LY T E S T S 2 5 . 7
Name Date

Mountains: Surviving
Suffixes -less, -ness, -able on Mt. Everest
Phonics

Use what you know about the suffixes -less, -ness, and -able to answer
questions 1–10. Mark the space for the best answer to each question.

1 What does the word spotless 3 What does the word happiness
mean in the sentence below? mean in the sentence below?
The table was spotless when The team was filled with
Andy was done cleaning it. happiness when they won the
game.
Full of spots
Without spots Being happy again
Able to have spots Never being happy
State of having spots State of being happy
Without being happy

2 What does the word enjoyable

mean in the sentence below? 4 What does the word likeable
mean in the sentence below?
Everyone was happy after
seeing the enjoyable movie. That new student is very
likeable.
Able to be enjoyed
Before being enjoyed Never liked
Being enjoyed already Always liked
Without being enjoyed Able to be liked
Without being liked

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W E E K LY T E S T S 2 5 . 8
Name Date

Mountains: Surviving
on Mt. Everest
Phonics

5 What does the word darkness 7 What does the word thickness
mean in the sentence below? mean in the sentence below?
The owl can see in the Mr. Miller used a ruler to
darkness of the forest. check the thickness of the
board.
Dark again
Before dark Too thick
Without dark Getting thicker
State of being dark State of being thick
Without being thick

6 What does the word fearless

mean in the sentence below? 8 What does the word endless
mean in the sentence below?
The fearless swimmer dove
into the water right away. The movie was so long that it
seemed endless.
Without fear
Too much fear Without end
Able to feel fear Ending again
State of feeling fear Ready to end
Ending too soon

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W E E K LY T E S T S 2 5 . 9
Name Date

Mountains: Surviving
on Mt. Everest
Phonics

9 What does the word washable 10 What does the word cloudless
mean in the sentence below? mean in the sentence below?
The jacket is washable, so it The sky is cloudless, so it
does not matter if it gets dirty. probably will not rain today.

Able to be washed Full of clouds

Never been washed Without clouds
State of being washed Able to have clouds
Should not be washed State of having clouds

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W E E K LY T E S T S 2 5 . 1 0
Name Date

Mountains: Surviving
What is a Preposition? on Mt. Everest
Language Arts

Use what you know about prepositions and prepositional phrases to answer
questions 1–10. Mark the space for the best answer to each question.

1 Which word in the sentence 3 Which word in the sentence

below is a PREPOSITION? below is a PREPOSITION?
The kitten is hiding behind Wash your hands before the
the green chair. paint dries.

is before
behind your
green paint
chair dries

2 Which word in the sentence 4 Which word in the sentence

below is a PREPOSITION? below is a PREPOSITION?
The players waited until the Randy is running to the bus
rain had ended. stop.

players is
waited running
until to
ended the

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W E E K LY T E S T S 2 5 . 1 1
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Mountains: Surviving
on Mt. Everest
Language Arts

5 Which word in the sentence 7 Which phrase in the sentence

below is a PREPOSITION? below is a PREPOSITIONAL
Please do not talk during the PHRASE?
children’s concert. Sam was glad that the race
started before the pie eating
not
contest.
during
the Sam was glad that
children’s that the race started
the race started before
before the pie eating
6 Which phrase in the sentence
contest
below is a PREPOSITIONAL
PHRASE?
The strange sound is coming 8 Which phrase in the sentence
from the attic. below is a PREPOSITIONAL
PHRASE?
the attic
Vera has been happier and
from the attic
more friendly since last
is coming from
summer.
The strange sound
Vera has been
has been happier
since last summer
happier and more friendly

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W E E K LY T E S T S 2 5 . 1 2
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Mountains: Surviving
on Mt. Everest
Language Arts

9 Which phrase in the sentence 10 Which phrase in the sentence

below is a PREPOSITIONAL below is a PREPOSITIONAL
PHRASE? PHRASE?
Greg found the book he had The grass does not grow very
lost between the wall and the well under the tree.
couch.
under the tree
he had lost between grow very well
the book he had lost very well under the tree
Greg found the book does not grow very well
between the wall and the
couch

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