Diagnostic Example
Diagnostic Example
Diagnostic Example
A.
glow
C.
slow
B.
blow
D.
flow
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Phonics
Questions 110. Read each sentence. Choose the word that best fits in the blank.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
C. comb
B. camp
D. call
H. wheat
G. cheat
J. greet
We stood on the _____ and waved as Casey sailed across the lake.
A. sure
C. shower
B. share
D. shore
H. ware
G. wear
J. were
Members of the band ran onto the _____ and began to play a song.
A. stake
C. stack
B. stage
D. staff
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6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
H. cared
G. careless
J.
careful
C. pleased
B. pleated
D. planted
H. neighbor
G. operator
J.
quickly
Jack opened the back of the TV cabinet and _____ the VCR.
A. connecting
C. connection
B. disconnected
D. unconnected
H. pier
G. peer
J. pare
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Vocabulary
Questions 1125. Choose the word that best fits in each sentence.
11.
Cal gave me his computer but did not _____ that it was broken.
A. paddle
C. mention
B. flutter
D. attend
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13.
14.
Mom put the plants on the _____ so they would get some sun.
F. shepherd
H. symbol
G. waterproof
J. windowsill
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16.
17.
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19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
Police _____ the robber for several miles before they caught him.
F. furnished
H. devoted
G. pursued
J. interfered
25.
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Comprehension
Questions 2650. Read each passage and answer the questions. Choose the best
answer to each question.
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sighed. Youll have to watch these clothes for a few minutes, he said, while I
go check on the animals.
Now Coyote had just been out with the horses and had started a stampede to
get Mr. Hanks attention. When he saw Mr. Hank leave the house, Coyote called
into the bedroom window. Oh, Sarah, youd better hand me those clothes. That
clever thief might steal them while Im gone.
Mrs. Hank thought it was her husband calling to her, so she handed the
clothes out the window. Coyote grabbed them, and that is how the clever
Coyote earned his dinner for the rest of his life.
26.
27.
G. on a ranch
H. in a desert
J.
in a city
28.
In this story, Mr. Hank made a bargain with Coyote. A bargain is a ____.
F.
friendship
G. check
H. deal
J.
stampede
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29.
30.
How did Mr. Hank probably feel when he got back to the house?
32.
31.
A. upset
B. excited
C. pleased
D. clever
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Goobers
Most people like peanuts, especially in a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Peanuts only grow in certain parts of the world, though. Luckily, the United
States is one place where peanuts thrive.
The peanut plant hasnt always grown here. Peanuts probably grew first in
what are now Brazil and Peru. Scientists in those places have found pictures of
peanuts on bowls made as long ago as 1,500 B.C.!
Much later, peanuts were grown in the southern United States. The Souths
warm weather, sandy soil, and rain help peanuts grow well. Peanut vines bear
small yellow flowers. When the flowers fall to the ground, pegs on the flowers
root into the earth and start the nuts growth. The peanuts grow underground.
Peanuts have grown in this country for more than 300 years, but people
didnt eat them at first. Farmers grew them as food for farm animalsespecially
pigsuntil the Civil War. Food for people was scarce in the South at that time,
so people began to eat peanuts. Peanuts have lots of protein, so they fuel the
body well. The soldiers called the peanuts goobers or goober peas. They
even sang songs about eating them.
By the time the war ended, peanuts had become a favorite food in the South.
Then, traveling circuses began selling bags of them, spreading their popularity
beyond the South. Later, they became a popular food at baseball games, too. In
the 1920s and 1930s, Dr. George Washington Carver experimented with more
than 300 uses for peanuts, such as in shaving cream, face powder, and grease.
Most people, however, prefer to do just one thing with peanutseat them!
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34.
35.
The passage says, The United States is one place where peanuts thrive.
The word thrive means _____.
36.
C. have problems
D. cost a lot
F.
38.
B. grow well
37.
A. taste good
F. museums
G. baseball games
H. zoos
J.
movie theaters
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Ant Watching
Reth liked to study ants. He could sit for hours watching thin lines of tiny ants
march back and forth. He kept a notebook, pencil, and magnifying glass with
him so he could watch the ants closely and keep notes.
The magnifying glass was a great tool. With it, Reth could see the ants antennae wave as they marched along. He did not keep the glass on the ants for too
long, though. It focused the sunlight and could burn the ants. Reth took a quick
look through the glass. Then he scribbled notes. He wrote down what the ants
looked like and what they did.
When Reth had enough notes, he went home and looked in his encyclopedia.
It told about all kinds of ants, from army ants to fire ants. He compared his notes
with the descriptions of ants in the text. Since Reth lived in a suburb, he mostly
saw common garden ants. Sometimes he saw carpenter ants. He hoped to travel to
the jungle one day so he could see giant Amazon ants, farmer ants, and army ants.
One afternoon Reth found a boy named Henry near the anthill. Henry was
poking at the ants with a long stick.
Why are you doing that? Reth asked.
I like to watch them scurry around, Henry replied.
If you disturb the ants, Reth said, they wont be able to get the food they
need to their nest.
So what? Henry asked.
Reth explained to Henry that ants collected food for their young and the
queen, who were unable to leave the nest. He also let Henry look through his
magnifying glass. Then he let Henry read his notes.
Ants are like little people! Henry exclaimed. Reth took Henry to his house
and showed him the encyclopedia.
These army ants sound really cool, Henry said. He and Reth talked about
going to the jungle to see different kinds of ants. From that day on, Reth and
Henry watched the ants together, and Henry had a new respect for the hardworking insects.
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39.
40.
B. shy
C. curious
D. fearful
41.
A. cruel
Henry says, I like to watch them scurry around. The word scurry
means _____.
F. look carefully
G. run quickly
H. work hard
J.
walk slowly
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43.
How did Henry change from the beginning to the end of the story?
F.
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A Modern Pioneer
You may not have heard of Grace Murray Hopper (19061992), but her work
affects your life every day. Grace Hopper was a pioneer in the world of computers. Like the pioneers who traveled west into unknown lands, she explored a
world no one had ever seen before.
As a child, Grace loved math and figuring things out. She also loved gadgets.
When she was seven years old, she took apart a clock to see how it worked.
Then she could not get it back together. So she got another clock and took that
one apart. By the time her mother saw what she was doing, Grace had dismantled seven different clocks!
When World War II began, Grace Hopper was a college math teacher. She
decided to join the Navy. She was 34 years old at the time and was too small to
meet the Navys size requirements. Grace was determined, though. She convinced the Navy to accept her anyway. Because of her math skills, the Navy put
her to work on the first large-scale digital computer ever built. It was called the
Mark I. This computer was a little different from computers we have today. For
one thing, it was 51 feet long and eight feet high!
One summer day during the war, the Mark I computer suddenly stopped.
Grace Hopper soon figured out that a moth had flown inside the machine and
got stuck. She removed the bug and got the computer started again. Today, a
problem in a computer is called a computer bug. Fixing the problem is
called debugging.
During her years with the Navy, Grace Hopper became known as Amazing
Grace for her skill with computers. She believed that computers should be
easy to understand so that anyone could use them. She worked hard to make
sure that this happened. By 1955, she had invented a system for programming
computers. Her work led to the language called COBOL, which is widely used
in business.
Grace Hopper spent 43 years working for the Navy. In 1985, Grace Hopper
was appointed Rear Admiral by President Reagan. She was one of the highest
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ranking women in the military. In 1986 when she retired, she was the oldest
active military officer in the nation. In 1991, Grace Hopper was awarded the
National Medal of Technology by President George Bush. She was the first person ever to receive that medal.
45.
46.
The passage says, Grace had dismantled seven different clocks. The
word dismantled means _____.
47.
G. built
H. taken apart
J.
studied
How was the Mark I computer different from most computers of today?
48.
F. It got overheated.
G. Grace Hopper took it apart.
H. Grace turned it off.
J.
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49.
50.
F.
the only person in the Navy who understood the Mark I computer
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PHONICS
VOCABULARY
Sample:
A
COMPREHENSION
11. A
26. F
12. F
27. A
13. A
28. F
1. A
14. F
29. A
2. F
15. A
30. F
3. A
16. F
31. A
4. F
17. A
32. F
5. A
18. F
33. A
6. F
19. A
34. F
7. A
20. F
35. A
8. F
21. A
36. F
9. A
22. F
37. A
10. F
23. A
38. F
24. F
39. A
25. A
40. F
41. A
42. F
43. A
44. F
45. A
46. F
47. A
48. F
49. A
50. F
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