Benchmark3Prep

1. What is the meaning of the word spectacles as it is used in paragraph 20?

Paragraph 20: "You know, Dr.," said the horse, "that vet over the hill knows nothing at all. He has been treating me six weeks now for spavins. What I need is SPECTACLES. I am going blind in one eye."

2. Read the sentence from paragraph 23.

-Then John Dolittle got a fine, big pair of green spectacles; and the plow-horse "could see as well as ever"

-What does it mean that the plow-horse "could see as well as ever"?

3. Read the sentence from paragraph 15.

-"But animals don't always speak with their mouths," said the parrot in a high voice, raising her eyebrows.

-What does the parrot mean by the sentence?

4. Read the sentence from paragraph 5 of "What is Earth?"

-Mapmakers use the line to divide Earth into two halves.

-What is the meaning of the word divide as it is used in the sentence?

5. Read the sentence from paragraph 3 of Planet Earth.

-The middle of the planet is called the core. It is very, very hot there. Around the core is the mantle. The rocks here are so hot that they are slightly squishy. The mantle is covered with a thin layer of rock, called the crust."

-What is the meaning of crust as it is used in the sentence?

6. Read the sentences from paragraph 9.

-"How can anything hard like those antlers grow? And if those are new ones, where are the old ones? Show me the old ones, and perhaps I'll believe that these are new ones."

-Which sentence describes how Peter feels when he speaks the sentences?

7. Read the sentences from paragraph 1.

-Peter Rabbit was puzzled. He stared at Lightfoot the Deer a wee bit suspiciously.

-What does puzzled mean as it is used in the sentence?

Part A

8. Read the sentence from paragraph 5.

-Peter was sitting up very straight, with his eyes fixed on Lightfoot's antlers as though he never had seen them before.

-What does fixed mean as it is used in the sentence?

Part B

9. Which phrase from the sentence supports your answer to Part A?

- Peter was sitting up very straight, with his eyes fixed on Lightfoot's antlers as though he never had seen them before.

10. Read the sentence from paragraph 9.

- "What kind of a story are you trying to fill me up with?"

- What does Peter Rabbit mean when he says "fill me up with?"?

11. Read the sentence from paragraph 1.

-Egyptian hieroglyphs made a handsome background behind the queen.

-What does the word handsome mean as it is used in the sentence?

Part A

12. Read the sentence from paragraph 3.

-Papyrus is an amazing plant...In ancient Egypt, the people made boats, sails, candles, cloth, mats, and more with it.

- What is the meaning of the word ancient as it is used in the sentence?

Part B

13. Which quotation from paragraph 5 supports the answer to Part A?

Part A.

14. Read the sentence from paragraph 6.

-Today, Dr. Ragab's family continues the tradition of making papyrus "paper"

What is the meaning of the word tradition as it is used in the sentence?

Part B

15. Which word from the sentence helps the reader understand the meaning of the word tradition?

-Today, Dr. Ragab's family continues the tradition of making papyrus "paper".

16. Read the sentence from paragraph 6.

-In 1965, an Egyptian scientist named Dr. Hassan Ragab began to grow papyrus and make papyrus sheets, just like his ancestors had done thousands of years ago.

- Which word could replace ancestors as it is used in the sentence?