Bent Tree School 4 : Reading MT 1 S 1

Name : _______________________
Read each paragraph and circle a, b, c, or d for the correct answer.
1. Butterflies are amazing insects. The word butterfly was first used to describe the
Brimstone butterfly that has wings the same color as butter! Butterfly wings are made
of tiny, tissue covered tubes with colorful scales. Their bright wings help them hide
from predators, attract a mate and even make them look poisonous.
a. Butterflies have tiny wings.
b. Butterflies are amazing insects.
c. Butterfly wings have scales.
d. Wings help butterflies hide from predators.
2. A fawn is a baby deer. Fawns are born with white spots all over their backs. They
stand up and walk within twenty minutes after they are born. The mother deer, called
a doe, licks the fawn clean so that predators cannot smell the new baby deer. The doe
will leave the fawn to graze. Fawns stay with their mothers for at least a year.
a. Fawns stay with their new mom for a year.
b. Predators can smell a new baby deer.
c. Fawns walk soon after they are born.
d. A fawn is a baby deer.
3. One way to stay healthy is to exercise. Exercise helps you feel better, lose weight, and
grow stronger. Taking a walk is a form of exercise. It helps you go outside and get
fresh air. Playing a sport is another form of exercise. This is a fun way to be active.
Taking classes at a gym is a way to be healthy and fit. There are many types of
exercise you can do to improve your health.
a. Choose a fun way to exercise
b. There are many types of exercise.
c. If you are not happy, exercise will fix it.
d. There are many ways to make yourself feel better.
4. Hurricanes are large storms. They begin over the ocean. They gather heat and energy
from the water. Hurricanes move slowly to land as they grow stronger. Hurricanes are
dangerous because of their size. They are also dangerous because of high winds and
big waves. Hurricanes can bring flooding, power outages, and tornadoes.
a. Hurricanes are summer storms.
b. Hurricanes are one type of storm.
c. Hurricanes are large, dangerous storms.
 d. Hurricanes are just like tornadoes and floods.
5. Sandy sings in the church choir. She sings a solo every week. Everyone looks forward
to hearing her sing. Last Sunday Mrs. Smith said, “Sandy has the voice of an angel.”
We all agreed with her. I think she will be famous one day.
a. The church has a choir.
b. Sandy goes to church.
c. Sandy is a great singer.
d. Sandy sang a solo each week.
6. Tommy ran down the street chasing his dog. “Bobby! Bobby!” he yelled. He knew he
should have checked the gate before letting Bobby into the back yard. His mother has
told him a hundred times. How had he forgotten? If he had closed it, Bobby would
still be in the back yard.
a. Bobby ran away.
b. Tommy forgot to make sure the gate was closed.
c. Tommy was forgetful.
d. Tommy’s mother was bossy.
7. Although many people think a koala is a bear, it is not. The koala is a type of mammal
called a marsupial. A kangaroo is also a marsupial. These mammals carry their babies
in a pouch. The kangaroo’s pouch is on her stomach, but the koala’s pouch is on her
back. Both feed their babies milk and keep them secure in their pouch until they are
strong enough to survive on their own.
a. The koala is not a bear.
b. The kangaroo is nothing like the koala.
c. The kangaroo and koala are mostly alike but have some differences.
d. The kangaroo and koala are exactly alike.
8. There are many fun things to do at the beach. Swimming is one thing that can be done
at the beach. Snorkeling is another thing that can be enjoyed. Playing beach volleyball
can be a lot of fun. It is also fun to look for shells. Some people simply like to
sunbathe.
a. There are many fun things to do at the beach.
b. It is also fun to look for shells.
c. Some people simply like to sunbathe.
d. Going to the beach to swim can be fun.
9. Patty loves to play games. Her favorite game is chess because it requires a great deal
of thought. Patty also likes to play less demanding board games that are based mostly
 on luck. She prefers Monopoly because it requires luck and skill. If she's alone, Patty
likes to play action video games as long as they aren't too violent.
a. Patty loves to play games.
b. Patty likes games that require luck.
c. Patty loves to play monopoly the most.
d. Patty likes action videos as long as they aren't too violent.
10. Do you want to do something interesting? Go to a museum this weekend. If you go to
a museum, you will learn something from the treasures of the past. Walk up and down
and look at the pictures and the statues. You will begin to understand how people
throughout history have thought and felt. Forget what modern life is like and stand
among the exhibits, you will be in the middle of history and feel what it was like to
live in another time.
a. History is not like the modern world.
b. Museums help us understand people in the past.
c. It is interesting to go to museum on the weekends.
d. Look at the treasures from the past, the painting, and statues.
11. Sloths are the slowest mammals on earth. It takes a full minute for a sloth to move 6
feet across the ground. You probably couldn’t move that slowly if you tried! The
sloth’s body is about 2 feet long. It has long legs, and curved claws that are 3 to 4
inches long. Their claws and their long legs help them climb trees and hang from tree
branches. They spend almost their entire lives hanging from tree branches. The life of
a sloth is not very exciting.
A. Sloths are the slowest mammals on earth.
B. It takes a full minute for a sloth to move 6 feet across the ground.
C. The sloth’s body is about 2 feet long.
D. The life of a sloth is not very exciting.
12. Sloths have a round head, small ears, a stubby tail, and sad-looking eyes set in a dark-
colored “mask.” The shape of a sloth’s mouth makes it look like it is always smiling.
It has extra bones in its neck that make it possible for it to turn its head almost all the
way around. Sloths are very cute to look at, but they don’t put on much of a show.
A. Sloths have a round head, small ears, and sad-looking eyes.
B. The shape of a sloth’s mouth make it look like it is always smiling.
C. A sloth can turn its head almost all the way around.
D. Sloths are very cute to look at.
 13. Sloths are home to other plants and creatures. Tiny plants grow on the sloth’s fur,
making the animals appear to be green. This green color makes the sloths almost
invisible against the green leaves of the trees they live in. Moths and insects also live
in the sloth’s fur. Maybe the sloths move so little and so seldom that the small
creatures that live on them don’t even know they are animals.
A. Sloths are home to other plants and creatures.
B. Tiny plants grow on the sloth’s fur.
C. The plants that grow on the sloth make the sloth green.
D. Moths and insects live in the sloth’s fur.
14. Giant sloths the size of elephants once lived in many places on earth, including North
America. Today, sloths can be found in the tropical forests of Central and South
America. They eat leaves and berries. A sloth can stick its tongue out 12 inches.
Maybe they developed this skill so they wouldn’t have to move to reach the tasty
leaves and berries around their resting spot. Their main enemies are jaguars, eagles,
and snakes. Many tropical forests are disappearing, along with the sloths that live
there. It would be a sad thing if these fascinating little animals became extinct.
A. Sloths the size of elephants once lived on earth.
B. Today, sloths live in the tropical forests of Central and South America.
C. A sloth can stick its tongue out 12 inches.
D. It would be sad if sloths became extinct.

Write three things would belong into each category below.

Flowers Cities in Indonesia Musical Instrumenta

Asian Countries Wild animals Seasons

Singer President of Indonesia Continent

Cross out the words that doesn’t belong.
e.g :
1. monkey cat giraffe crocodile
2. asia europe india america
3. nurse hospital dentist vet
4. ruby emerald seed diamond
5. pancake syrup honey butter
6. shy cry happy angry

Match with their meanings. Write the letter.

a. Squirt c. significant e. telescope g. historic
b. Gravity d. cannon f. astronaut h. license
1. ____ an official document that gives you permission to own, do, or use something.
2. ____ Important or likely to be important in history.
3. ____ A person who has been trained for travelling in space.
4. ____ Important or noticeable.
5. ____ A large, powerful gun fixed onto a structure on land.
6. ____ The force that makes things fall to the ground.
7. ____ To quickly force a liquid out of something, or of liquid to flow through a
narrow opening.
8. ____ Cylindrical device that you look through to make object that are far away look
nearer and bigger.

Match with their meanings. Write the letter.

a. orbit c. commander e. pioneer g. mankind
b. brief d. contribute f. sturdy

9. ____ Lasting only a short time or containing few words.

10. ____ Physically strong and solid or thick, and therefore unlikely to break or be hurt.
11. ____ To give something, especially money, in order to provide or achieve
something together with other people.
12. ____ The whole of the human race, including both men and women.
13. ____ A person who is the first people to do something.
14. ____ An officer who is in charge of a military operation, or an officer of a particular
rank in many countries’ naval force.
 15. ____ To follow a curved path around a planet or star
Write the words for their meanings.
1. L__________________ : an official document that gives you permission to own,
do, or use something.
2. H__________________ : Important or likely to be important in history.
3. A__________________ :A person who has been trained for travelling in space.
4. S__________________ : Important or noticeable.
5. C__________________ : A large, powerful gun fixed onto a structure on land.
6. G__________________ : The force that makes things fall to the ground.
7. S__________________ : To quickly force a liquid out of something, or of liquid
to flow through a narrow opening.
8. T__________________ : Cylindrical device that you look through to make
object that are far away look nearer and bigger.
9. B__________________ : Lasting only a short time or containing few words.
10. S__________________ : Physically strong and solid or thick, and therefore
unlikely to break or be hurt.
11. C__________________ : To give something, especially money, in order to
provide or achieve something together with other people.
12. M__________________ : The whole of the human race, including both men and
women.
13. P__________________ : A person who is the first people to do something.
14. C__________________ : An officer who is in charge of a military operation, or
an officer of a particular rank in many countries’ naval force.
15. O__________________ : To follow a curved path around a planet or star.

Write category for the words in each row.

1. tulip, daffodil, daisy : ________________________________
2. plum, orange, apple : ________________________________
3. spring, summer, winter : ________________________________
4. Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya : ________________________________
5. carrot, turnip, cabbage : ________________________________
6. trout, salmon, cod : ________________________________
7. Bent Tree, Universal, Kidea : ________________________________
8. English, German, Korean : ________________________________
9. Asia, Europe, America : ________________________________
 10. spinach, lettuce, broccoli : ________________________________
Cloze passage.
Fill in the blanks by using the words in the box.
on achieve famousspace
corps aircraft passion at

Neil Armstrong was an American astronaut who was 1) _______________ for being
the first person to walk 2) _____________ the Moon. He was born on 5th August 1930, in
the USA. His 3) _______________ for flying began 4) ______________ a young age. When
he was two years old, his parents took him to Cleveland Air Race which was where he saw
his first ever 5) ______________. At the age of six, Neil was taken by his dad for a ride in an
aeroplane. He worked hard to 6) ______________ his dream of being a pilot: Armstrong was
only 16 years old when he received his first pilot’s licence, before he could even drive a car!
In September 1962, Neil Armstrong was accepted to the NASA astronaut 7)
______________, where he knew he might one day go in to 8) ________________.
Amazingly, during his career he flew over two hundred different aircraft!

Cluster Ideas
Please write the details (5) of the main topic below.

My Vacation
Favourite toys