STAAR Review 1
While humans tend to shy away from people that don't quite fit into their PERCEPTION of "normal", animals are different. Time and time again we hear all about alliances being formed between the most unusual species. In this paragraph PERCEPTION most likely means:
A. sense of humor
B. mental image
C. ability to see
B. mental image
While most people don't need an excuse to devour one or even a few scoops of ice cream, it is always nice to have one. What if you could fulfill your duties as United States citizen by gorging on hot fudge and ice cream? This is exactly what United States citizens do in July whey they eat ice cream because July is designated at "National Ice Cream Month".
According to this paragraph, an effect of eating ice cream in July is:
A. gaining weight.
B. devouring a tasty treat.
C. being a good citizen.
C. being a good citizen.
Kids are watching more TV than ever, says a recent study of 6,700 young people. The study, conducted by Nielsen Company, finds that kids from ages 2 to 11 are watching the tube for a total of more than one day a week. TV's youngest viewers, children from 2 to 5, watch, on average, more than 32 hours a week. Kids 6 to 11, watch more than 28 hours. The number of viewing hours is at an eight-year high.
A good summary for this paragraph would be:
A. All children are watching more TV than ever before with kids ages 2-5 watching the most.
B. Nielson Company is worried that children are watching so much TV that they will become inactive.
C. A study has shown that the younger a child is, the more TV they are watching.
a. All children are watching more TV than ever before with kids ages 2-5 watching the most.
The reason the bats decided to call Austin home was because:
A. Bats love live music.
B. It is a warmer climate.
C. The newly designed bridge was perfect for bats.
C. The newly designed bridge was perfect for bats.
An Egyptian man is inspiring millions of people around the world with his ping pong prowess. However, it is not just his top-notch skills they are admiring, but also the way he plays the game. He holds the paddle with his mouth because Ibrahim Hamato happens to have no arms! Hamato says that when he lost his arms in an accident at the age of 10, he had no choice but to find another way to play his favorite sport.
According to the text, prowess means:
A. knowledge
B. mastery
C. secrets
B. mastery
Teenage rapper Astro stars and Tuck, a curious young filmaker in the movie Earth to Echo. The sci-fi movie is about a group of friends who use their phones and cameras to record their discovery of an alien named Echo, whom they resolve to help return home. The film gives you the feel of E.T. the classic 1980's alien movie.
Based on the information in this paragraph, a reader could infer that:
A. The movie is scarier than E.T.
B. The movie is based on the story of E.T.
C. The friends become friendly with Echo.
C. The friends become friendly with Echo.
Facebook is considered one of the most popular social media sites in the world. I communicated with my family and friends on a daily basis while allowing others to keep track of my life by following my daily posts. There is no need to buy a real diary these days as between Facebook and my other social media site, Twitter; I am able to keep a "virtual diary" of my life.
This paragraph is written in :
A. 1st person point of view
B. 3rd person point of view
C. 2nd person point of view
A. 1st person point of view.
My biggest purpose in life is to try and get people to stop thinking of food in terms like weird and gross or not gross, what we eat or what other people eat, but to get everyone to a place where people are excited about having that conversation, and they are interested in learning about the wonderful differences in foods.
A reader could conclude that the author of this paragraph is a:
A. food magazine writer.
B. waitress.
C. restaurant owner.
a. food magazine writer
The fact that dogs and cats dislike each other is no secret; but now their owners may be battling as well. A new study shows that cat owners are generally smarter than dog owners! The study surveyed 600 children and asked the children to identify themselves as dog or cat lovers and describe what they liked most about their choice of animal. The survey also included questions that helped the researcher assess their academic abilities. The professor came away with the conclusion that cat people were intellectually superior to dog people.
The results of this study showed evidence that:
A. Cats are more intelligent than dogs.
B. Cat owners are more intelligent than dog owners.
C. Dog owners don't do well in school.
B. Cat owners are more intelligent than dog owners.
The U.S. government passed a law in 1830 called the Indian Removal Act. This allowed the government the right to force Indian tribes to vacate their land and move to reservation lands, geographical areas the government had put aside for their use. Most Indian tribes did not want to leave their land. It was their spiritual and physical home. But the government sent in the army to force the tribes to move.
Indian tribes were forced to leave their homes because:
A. They sold their land.
B. They wanted a fresh start.
C. The Indian Removal Act was passed.
C. The Indian Removal Act was passed.
Tara was reading her science assignment in her science textbook and come upon the word "recessive" in bold print. She had no idea what the word meant; but she knew it was important. She decided to find the __________ in her textbook and find out what the word means.
Which of the following would provide the definition for Tara?
A. Index
B. Table of Contents
C. Glossary
C. Glossary
Worlds collide with the video game, "Disney Infinity". The new game platform allows users to place real-world toys on a digital playground. Plug a Disney figurine into the Infinity Base to transport characters onscreen. Characters from Cars, Monsters Inc., Pirates of the Caribbean, and the Lone Ranger will appear in their natural habitat, where there are endless opportunities for action and adventure.
The main idea of the video game "Disney Infinity" is that:
A. Characters appear in their natural habitat.
B. Players can use real-world toys on a digital playground.
C. The adventures are endless.
B. Players can use real-world toys on a digital playground.
Josh decided to write is first book on children's movies from the 1980's. He wanted to write about the mysteries, cartoons, and comedies. He needed to divide this book into sections.
Which of the following should Josh add to his book to divide it into topics?
A. Index
B. Introduction
C. Table of Contents
C. Table of Contents
When the eruption of a volcano on November of 2013 resulted in a brand new island about a thousand kilometers south of Japan's capital Tokyo; experts were hesitant to declare that a permanent new landmass had been born. That's because these kinds of volcanic island have a tendency to disappear almost as rapidly as they appear. However, the newly born island ended up rising a mere 60-80 feet above the ocean, tripled in size, and has still shown no signs of disappearing.
The main conflict in this passage is:
A. The island was expected to disappear.
B. A volcano erupted.
C. Experts were wrong about the volcano.
A. The island was expected to disappear.
One of the Bill of Rights states if you're arrested, you have the right to have your trial quickly and the government can't keep you in jail without trying you. The trial has to be public, so everyone knows what is happening. The case has to be decided by a jury of ordinary people from your area. You have the right to know what you are accused of, to see and hear the people who are witnesses against you, to have the government help you get witnesses on your side, and you have the right to a lawyer to help you.
A good summary for this paragraph would be:
A. All judges are fair.
B. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty in a fair trial.
C. Everyone has the right to a lawyer.
B. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty in a fair trial.
Grass doesn't cry when you cut it, flowers don't scream when they're picked. But as is often the case, our human view of the world misses quite a lot. Plants talk to each other all the time. Over the years, scientists have reported that different types of plants, from tress to tomatoes, release compounds into the air to help neighboring plants.
In this paragraph, the author compares the characteristics of plants to the characteristics of:
A. people
B. animals
C. scientists
A. People
On December 14, 1911, Norwegian explorer Ronald Amundsen and his four-man team became the first people to reach the South Pole, where they raised the Norwegian flag in victory. Born in 1872, Amundsen is also known as the first to explore the Northwest Passage from 1903-1906. He disappeared in June of 1928 while taking part in a rescue mission to the Antarctic and was never found.
According to the paragraph, the reader could infer that:
A. Amundsen only liked exploring cold climates.
B. Amundsen is the only explorer to reach the South Pole.
C. Amundsen died at the age of 55.
C. Amundsen died at the age of 55.
Cady, an 11-year-old orphan, has a special talent for baking cakes. When she moves into a mysterious new home, she meets an exceptional group of people who are connected to her in surprising ways. There are the siblings who are trying to find their talents, a woman who can't speak, and a man whose talent is stealing other people's talents.
Using the context clues provided, exceptional must mean:
A. troubled
B. rare
C. hard working
B. rare
As Esmeralda was finishing her math homework, she struggled with a problem in ratios. She wondered if her sister's math textbook had anything about ratios in it.
In order for Esmeralda to find out if her sister's textbook included information on ratios, she needed to check the textbook's:
A. Table of Contents
B. Index
C. Glossary
A team of scientists led by University of Texas, Austin astronomer Ivan Ramirez have identified a star that they believe is one of many siblings our sun has floating around the Universe. Formed 4.5 billion years ago from the same large interstellar cloud that gave birth to our sun, it is 15% larger and lies 110 light-years away in the constellation Hercules. Though not visible with the unaided eye, it can be easily viewed with low-power binoculars.
In this paragraph, unaided means:
A. high performing
B. healthy
C. regular
C. regular
Have you ever dropped food on the floor, picked it up, and ate it, while declaring, "Five-second rule!" The old adage says that food dropped on the floor for five seconds or less is still likely to be clean. But is that true?
Students at Ashton University tested the rule and found it to have some scientific basis. The study's results show that food dropped for five seconds is less likely to contain bacteria than if it sits there for a longer period of time.
The main conflict in this paragraph is:
A. Ashton University students often drop food on the floor.
B. Bacteria can grow on food.
C. People needed to know the truth as to whether the "five-second rule" was true or not.
C. People needed to know the truth as to whether the "five-second rule" was true or not.
After a six-year court battle, the American Council for the Blind landed a big victory. A federal court ruled in a 2-to-1 decision, that the U.S. currency system discriminates against the blind. The court found that since every paper bill more or less feels the same, blind people are unable to distinguish between different denominations. The ACB claims that this denies the blind the right- under the federal Rehabilitation Act- to fully participate in society.
According to the text, a reader could infer that denomination means:
A. words
B. amounts
C. Presidential faces
b. amounts
Ben was doing a report on snakes for his 5th grade science report. He went to the library to look for resources.
Ben would probably find the information he needs in the library for his report by looking in the _________________ section.
A. Biography
B. Encyclopedia
C. Thesaurus
B. Encyclopedia
Joey "Jaws" Chestnut has dominated hot dog eating competitions for the last seven years. The 6-foot tall competitive eater demolished 61 franks in the allotted ten minutes in his last contest. While that was good enough to take home the total prize purse of $40,000, it fell short of the 69 hot dogs and buns he had managed to devour in 2013.
After reading this passage, a reader could conclude that:
A. Joey Chestnut can't eat like he used to.
B. Joey Chestnut loves hot dogs.
C. Joey Chestnut grew up eating hot dogs.
A. Joey Chestnut can't eat like he used to.
Head injuries are really bad news. According to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, "About 900 people, including more than 200 children, are killed annually in bicycle-related incidents, and about 60 percent of these deaths involve a head injury." Thank goodness then, for bicycle helmets. Like your favorite candy, they're hard on the outside and squishy in the middle. That two-layer design helps them absorb impact and can save your life.
The main conflict in this paragraph would be:
A. Bicycle riders have a high risk for head injuries.
B. Helmets are too hard.
C. More deaths are from bicycles than car accidents.
A. Bicycle riders have a high risk for head injuries.