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ExtraComprehensionQuestions
Reading1A:AMysteriousVisitor
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VOCABULARY
ThewordsurprisinginparagraphA,line6isclosestinmeaningto______.
unexpected
beautiful
familiar
DETAIL
Whatdoestheauthorcompare‘Oumuamuato?
avegetable
aweapon
astar
DETAIL
Scientistsdefinitelyknowthat______.
‘Oumuamuaissimplyalargerock
‘Oumuamuacamefromfaraway
‘Oumuamuaisaspaceship
VOCABULARY
ThewordalieninparagraphC,line2isclosestinmeaningto______.
fromanothercountry
unidentified
fromanotherplanet
DETAIL
InparagraphD,theauthorindicatesthat______.
‘Oumuamuaisnolongervisible
Scientistsarenolongerstudying‘Oumuamua
‘Oumuamuaisnolongeramystery
ReadingExplorerFoundations,ThirdEdition
ExtraComprehensionQuestions
Reading1B:TheLostCityofAtlantis
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VOCABULARY
ThewordrealizedinparagraphC,line4isclosestinmeaningto______.
understood
denied
responded
COHESION
Inwhichposition—[1],[2],or[3]—shouldthissentencebeaddedtothissectionofparagraphB?
AccordingtoPlato,thisdestructionallhappened“inadayandanight.”
Butthepeoplebecamegreedy—theyhadmanythings,buttheystillwantedmore.[1]Sothegodsbecameangry.[2]Earthquakesandlargewavesbegantostriketheisland.Finally,Atlantissankintothesea.[3]
[1]
[2]
[3]
DETAIL
PlatodidNOTsaythatAtlantiswasdestroyedby______.
aninvasion
tidalwaves
earthquakes
DETAIL
Accordingtotheinformationinthepassage,modernscientistshaveNOTsuggestedthatAtlantiswas______.
inMorocco
intheAtlanticOcean
nearCyprus
INFERENCE
Theauthorwouldprobablyagreewithwhichofthesestatements?
PlatodidnotbelievethatAtlantisreallyexisted.
SomedaysoonthemysteryofAtlantiswillbesolved.
It’simpossibletosaywhetherAtlantiseverexisted.
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