Chapter 4 Titanic Vocab
This means growing steadily or in stages.
A. Arrogant
B. Lull
C. Cumulative
C. Cumulative
This is a place where a ship docks at a harbor.
A. Corridor
B. Berth
C. Muffle
B. Berth
Mrs. Smith was doing a unit on healthy living with her students. All week she taught her students about eating the correct foods like fruits and vegetables. Over the weekend, some of Mrs. Smith's students were at the mall and saw her eating pizza, a milkshake, and candy. Mrs. Smith's student Molly was going to order a salad but now decided to order junk food too. What is the theme?
A. Actions speak louder than words
B. Never eat pizza at the mall
C. Vegetables are good for you
A. Actions speak louder than words
Synonym for HUGE:
A. Small
B. Gigantic
B. Gigantic
This can be something that is considered a prime concern of a person.
A. Cumulative
B. Priority
C. Lull
B. Priority
This is a long, narrow hallway in a building.
A. Corridor
B. Recede
C. Berth
A. Corridor
Julia wanted to have a great job for as long as she could remember. In college when her friends were out at the mall or going out with friends, Julia spent all of her time studying. At graduation, Julia graduated with high honors and was offered a job shortly after. What is the theme?
A. Studying is important.
B. It is important to go to college.
C. Hard work pays off.
C. Hard work pays off.
Antonym for STRONG:
A. Powerful
B. Weak
B. Weak
Complete the sentence:
Smoke __________ the air and made the sky appear hazy.
A. Permeated
B. Lulled
C. Arrogant
A. Permeated
Complete this sentence:
You can ________ your voice if you don't want to be heard.
A. berth
B. recede
C. muffle
C. muffle
Growing up, Sally was always in the shadow of her older sister Mary. Mary always got better grades and was better at sports. Sally spent a lot of time in the family's garden feeling sorry for herself. Then one day Mary needed help on a science project about plants. Due to all of her time in the garden, Sally knew a lot about plants and was able to help Mary with the project. Sally was shocked that she was better at something than her sister. What is the theme?
A. Accept yourself for who you are.
B. Sports are not important
C. You can learn a lot from plants.
A. Accept yourself for who you are.
I had to find a clean, shiny FLEEBERT to use. I had just poured myself a large bowl of cereal. I was really hungry. I was disappointed when I opened the drawer to find they were gone. How am I supposed to eat my bowl of Fruity Pebbles? I was desperate, so I opened the dishwasher and found all of them were in there, nice and clean. Now I can eat my bowl of cereal. The word FLEEBERT means?
SPOON
_________ has the same meaning as arrogant.
A. Practical
B. Conceited
C. Humble
B. Conceited
Complete the sentence:
Glaciers do not recede because of ______.
A. warmer temperatures
B. cooler temperatures
B. cooler temperatures
The Monkey and the Cookies
A monkey put his hand into the jar of cookies. He grasped as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the cookie jar. Unwilling to lose the cookies, and yet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into tears and cried bitterly. What is the theme?
A. Eating cookies can be dangerous.
B. If you are greedy, you might get nothing.
C. Don't put your hand in a jar.
B. If you are greedy, you might get nothing.
"Achoo!" Patti sneezed. She sneezed again and then a third time. She felt very warm and her head hurt. She dragged herself out of bed and called her boss. She told her boss she wouldn't be going to work. What can we INFER about Patti?
She is sick.
A synonym for lull is ______.
A. rouse
B. stir
C. soothe
C. soothe
TRUE or FALSE
Antonyms for recede include advance and approach
TRUE
A donkey and a fox decided to team up to find food together. They were traveling in the forest when they crossed paths with a lion. They were both scared. But the fox hoped to save himself. He approached the lion and offered to help him get the donkey if the lion would let him escape unharmed. The lion agreed. So the fox and the donkey walked on, with the lion trailing behind them. The fox led the donkey to a hidden pit, left by some long‐ago hunter as a trap for wild animals, and the donkey fell in. As soon as the donkey was in the pit, the lion came out of hiding and ate the fox. Then he ate the donkey.
A. Be prepared.
B. Betraying a friend can also hurt you.
C. Revenge hurts the avenger.
B. Betraying a friend can also hurt you.
When the first English settlers arrived in America, they were amazed at the foods they found. The Indians had developed techniques for growing corn, squash, watermelons, and other crops. The settlers also found blueberries, cranberries, wild rice, and pumpkin. They learned to eat lobster and crab as well as cod and striped bass. Still, other foods included nuts such as cashews, black walnuts, hickory nuts, and pecans. Wild turkeys were also a first for the settlers. What is the MAIN IDEA of this paragraph?
A. Local foods found by English settlers.
B. A variety of new nuts to eat.
C. How Indians developed techniques for growing food.
A. Local foods found by English settlers