Main Idea
Supporting Details
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Vocabulary
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What is the main idea of the paragraph?
a. A hurricane is very dangerous.
b. The middle of a hurricane is called the eye.
b. The middle of a hurricane is called the eye.
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Who are hurricane hunters?
a. They track hurricanes to get information about it.
b. They hunt hurricanes for fun.
a. They track hurricanes to get information about it.
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What is a hurricane? 
A. a light rain
B. a dangerous storm
C. a good weather
B. a dangerous storm
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A _______________is a dangerous storm
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What is the main idea of the paragraph?
A. It is dangerous to fly inside a hurricane.
B. The eye of a hurricane is dangerous.
A. It is dangerous to fly inside a hurricane.
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Why is flying inside a hurricane dangerous?
A. The winds are strong.
B. There is little rain.
C. There are no clouds.
A. The winds are strong.
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What describes the eye of the hurricane?
A. strong winds
B. heavy rains
C. no clouds or wind
C. no clouds or wind
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It's dangerous to go out when there is a ________.
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What is the main idea of the paragraph?
A. The plane can fly inside the hurricane.
B. The plane can carry 6 people.
B. The plane can carry 6 people.
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What do the hurricane hunters use to learn about hurricanes?
A. special instruments
B. television
C. helicopter
A. special instruments
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How many people can the plane carry?
A. 6
B. 5
C. 4
A. 6
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Hurricane hunters fly airplanes __________a storm.
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What is the main idea of the paragraph?
A. Hurricane hunters have other jobs.
B. Hurricane hunters hunt hurricanes everyday.
A. Hurricane hunters have other jobs.
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What does the special instrument do?
A. does not collect information
B. it collects information about the hurricane
C. it keeps the hurricane away
B. it collects information about the hurricane
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Who is the story about?
A. weathermen
B. hurricane hunters
B. hurricane hunters
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The plane ______________knows how to fly a plane inside a storm.
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What is the main idea of the paragraph?
A. The special instrument does not collect anything.
B. The special instrument collects information about the hurricane.
B. The special instrument collects information about the hurricane.
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How do the hurricane hunters help save lives?
A. They rescue people from floods.
B. They give people money.
C. They send information to help warn people to get away from hurricanes.
C. They send information to help warn people to get away from hurricanes.
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Why is flying inside a hurricane dangerous?
A. The winds are strong.
B. There is little rain.
C. There are no clouds.
A. The winds are strong.
500
The hurricane plane can carry six____________.
