. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter that presents the best summary in each of the
following paragraphs. (15 points/3 points every item)
1. When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open rangeherding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with
large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east
Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large
coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of
southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife.
A. There are a lot of cows in Texas.
B. There are many different, varied parts of Texas.
C. Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.
D. There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.
2. Which of the following statements in SUMMARIZING is true?
A. The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage.
B. The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
C. The Summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage.
D. The Summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage.
3. Right now, Jason was playing right field. He really wanted to play third base. Earlier this
year, coach had put him in left field and second base in a game, but never at third base.
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Once in practice, coach let him play third base, but he kept missing ground balls. When
he did stop one, he made a bad throw to first base. Maybe if he kept practicing, Jason
would be good enough to play third base. That was his dream.
A. Jason really wanted to play third base.
B. Jason was the best player on his team.
C. Jason had trouble catching ground balls.
D. Jason was too lazy to practice.
4. The first book Chris read in fifth grade was about a lost kitten. Then he read a book
about a family of bears, and then he read about a wild kangaroo in Australia. It seems
every book Chris reads about animals. Last week he found a good book about snakes
and reptiles, and another book about elephants. Today Chris went to the library, and he
checked out a book about dolphins, whales and other animals that live in the sea.
A. Chris likes kangaroos.
B. Chris is in the fifth grade.
C. Chris reads a lot of books about animals.
D. Dolphins and whales live in the sea.
5. It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged
himself over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the
elephants were his favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the
camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having
fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest.
Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now.
A. Peter's favorite animals were the elephants.
B. The camels were swatting flies with their tails.
C. It was really hot at the zoo.
D. Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.