North Carolina. Practice. English Language Arts

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1 o m m o n o r e E d i t i o n North arolina Practice 5 English Language rts

2 To the Student Ready North arolina, ommon ore Edition, EL Practice is a review program for North arolina s ommon ore aligned REY EOG assessment. This book has three practice tests. In each practice test, you will answer 65 multiple-choice questions in the key areas of Reading and Language. Your teacher will explain how you will do the practice tests and record your answers. e sure to follow the directions for each practice test. s you complete the practice tests, read the passages and answer the questions carefully. Use the nswer Forms beginning on page 115 to record your answers. Remember to fill in the answer bubbles completely. lso, if you change an answer, you must erase your first answer fully. While you work on the practice tests, use the Testing Tips below. Read these helpful tips carefully. They can make you a better test taker. Testing Tips for nswering Multiple-hoice Questions Read each question carefully before you try to answer it. e sure you know what the question is asking you to do. ross out any answer choices that are not reasonable. Then make your choice from the remaining choices. Read the question again. heck that your answer makes sense. ontents Practice Test Practice Test Practice Test nswer Form Illustration redits: pages 2, 45, and 99: Illustrations by Six Red Marbles page 62: Illustration by Jenny Kelchen Photo redits: page 83: NS and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScl/UR) Passage redits: Jonathan lum, ear merica: Time for ourage from Scholastic ction, March 12, Roberto lemente: merican Legend from Scholastic ction, September 15, Linda rown nderson, How Humpbacks Go Fishing from Highlights, September opyright 2011 by Highlights for hildren, Inc., olumbus, OH. Reprinted with permission. John Reynolds Gardiner, adapted from Stone Fox. dele Thane, excerpts from Tom Sawyer, Pirate: ased on an Episode from Mark Twain s Popular lassic from Play Magazine, pril ll third-party content has been permissioned or is in the process of being permissioned. ISN urriculum ssociates, LL North illerica, M No part of this book may be reproduced by any means without written permission from the publisher. ll Rights Reserved. Printed in US

3 Practice Test 1 Read the article. Then answer the questions that follow. How Humpbacks Go Fishing by Linda rown nderson, Highlights 1 Humpback whales are known for feeding alone or in pairs. Most of the time, they plow through the ocean with their huge mouths open, scooping up thousands of tiny shrimplike creatures called krill. ut humpbacks that live near the west coast of North merica have a surprising and spectacular way of catching fish. When they spot a school of herring, the humpbacks dive into the depths and close in on the fish from below. steady flow of bubbles rises to the surface, forming a circle. 2 Suddenly, all of the whales explode out of the water at once, right in the middle of the bubblecircle. Their huge mouths are open and full of silver, wriggling fish. 3 Scientists wanted to know more about how the whales fed on schools of fish. Using underwater microphones, they listened to humpbacks as they fed. The whales made magnificent trumpetlike sounds as they swept up and ate the fish. 4 The researchers also used the rittercam, a video camera that can be attached harmlessly to the back of a whale. It showed that the whales waved their huge flippers back and forth as they fed. 5 Most researchers thought the humpbacks were fighting over the fish. Whales are known to use bubbles and loud calls when they try to chase away other whales. Maybe they also waved their flippers to shoo one another away. eep Mystery 6 r. Fred Sharpe had a radical idea for the late 1980s, when he began his research. Maybe the whales were working together! 7 r. Sharpe led a team of researchers. They used sonar to see deeper into the water. sonar device sends out sound waves, then catches the echoes of those waves after they bounce off objects, such as whales, fish, and bubbles. Using the echoes, the sonar creates pictures of the objects. 8 The sonar showed that, to a humpback, bubbles are tools. single whale swims below the fish, carefully releasing air from its blowhole to create a wall of bubbles. 9 lso using sonar, the scientists saw other whales moving toward the herring, chasing the fish toward the bubble wall. The herring were reluctant to try to escape through the bubbles. The bubbleblowing whale began to swim in a circle, making the wall of bubbles go all the way around the fish. The fish were trapped in a bubble net! 10 Using an underwater microphone, the research team recorded the sounds of the whales. The whales swam under the herring and began their trumpetlike calls. Then the whales swam upward all at once, waving their flippers, and gulped a large number of fish. Go On North arolina Practice Test 1 5

4 11 The whales were working together! 12 How did the whales use their calls and flippers to help catch their food? 13 To find out, r. Sharpe and his team placed a school of herring into an aquarium. Then the researchers pumped in air to make a wall of bubbles. The fish would not swim through the bubbles. 14 When the researchers played a recording of feeding calls by humpbacks, the herring dashed away from the sounds. The sounds make it easier to trap the fish in the bubble net. 15 The scientists also placed a model of a humpback flipper into the aquarium. Like a real humpback flipper, the model was dark on one side and white on the other. s the researchers turned the flipper and flashed the white underside at the school, the fish quickly swam away. Working as a Team 16 Now r. Sharpe understood how humpbacks feed together. One whale forms a wall of bubbles around the fish. Other whales approach from the sides and from below. One of the whales, the leader, makes calls from below that send the fish toward the surface and into the ring of bubbles. s the fish are squeezed into a tighter group, the bubble-blowing whale continues to swim in a circle, closing the net and trapping the fish in a bubble corral. 17 Finally, all of the whales swim up into the feast of fish, making trumpetlike calls and flashing the white sides of their flippers to keep the trapped fish from escaping between them. 18 Over the years, the research group has seen that humpback whales often live and hunt together for years. Each time they go fishing, the same whales play the same roles: bubble blower, first caller, and so on. 19 Thanks to r. Sharpe and his co-workers, we now know something about humpback intelligence. We also know that these famous loners actually can form lifelong relationships with others of their species. 6 Which sentence best supports the ideas that humpbacks work in groups and form lifelong relationships with other whales? Humpback whales are known for feeding alone or in pairs. When they spot a school of herring, the humpbacks dive into the depths and close in on the fish from below. Whales are known to use bubbles and loud calls when they try to chase away other whales. Over the years, the research group has seen that humpback whales often live and hunt together for years. 6 North arolina Practice Test 1

5 7 Which sentence from the article shows why scientists at first thought the whales were fighting each other for food? Most of the time, they plow through the ocean with their huge mouths open, scooping up thousands of tiny shrimplike creatures called krill. Suddenly, all of the whales explode out of the water at once, right in the middle of the bubble-circle. Whales are known to use bubbles and loud calls when they try to chase away other whales. single whale swims below the fish, carefully releasing air from its blowhole to create a wall of bubbles. 8 Which best shows that herring are afraid of light-colored objects? Herring live in the dark depths of the ocean not near the lighter surface. Herring swim away from the white flipper model but not the dark one. Herring will not swim through the bubbles that the whales create. Herring behave differently in light-colored tanks than they do in dark ones. 9 How do herring react to the bubbles the whales blow? They swim toward them. They won t swim through them. They swim parallel to them. They generally ignore them. 10 ccording to paragraph 7, what do sonar devices use to see under water? sound science cameras temperature Go On North arolina Practice Test 1 7

6 Practice Test 2 This is a rough draft of a story. It has some mistakes. Read the story. Then answer the questions that follow. Pioneer Girl I was born in Missouri on May 1, I have four brothers named harlie, en, Joe, and dam. s a child, I had a fondness for adventure. I also liked horses and began to ride at an early age. y the age of ten, I had become an expert rider. few years ago, my family moves from Missouri to Montana. We travelled to Montana with a wagon train. On the way, I spent my days hunting with the men. I was always riding with my brothers whenever there was excitement to be had. y the end of the trip, I had become a fearless rider for a girl of my age. I liked the nights on the trip best of all. We would gather around the campfire af ter dinner to talk and sing songs. My favorite song was Sweet etsy from Pike. We had to deal with dif ficulties along the way. Many times in the mountains, the path dropped away. We had to lower the wagons over ledges by hand with ropes. We also had times when we had to cross fast-flowing streams, and these times were exciting. Many of the streams had boggy places along the banks. Unless we were very careful, we would have lost horses. In other places, streams were swollen 74 North arolina Practice Test 2

7 61 Read this sentence from the story. My favorite song was Sweet etsy from Pike. What is the correct way to write the underlined title? Sweet etsy from Pike Sweet etsy from Pike Sweet etsy from Pike Sweet etsy from Pike 62 Read this sentence from the story. We also had times when we had to cross fast-flowing streams, and these times were exciting. What is the best way to revise this sentence? We also had to cross fast-flowing streams, so these times were exciting. We also had exciting times crossing fast-flowing streams. We also had times, exciting ones, when we had to cross fast-flowing streams. We also had exciting times crossing streams, because these streams were fastflowing. 63 Read this sentence from the story. When this happened the men would select the safest places to cross the streams. Which of the following should replace the underlined part to make the sentence correct? happened: the men happened, the men, happened, the men happened the men, 76 North arolina Practice Test 2

8 Practice Test 3 Read the passage. Then answer the questions that follow. Tom Sawyer, Pirate by dele Thane based on an episode from the novel by Mark Twain haracters TOM SWYER, a 12-year-old boy SI SWYER, Tom s brother UNT POLLY, Tom s elderly guardian SENE 1 1 TIME: n afternoon in spring, SETTING: unt Polly s backyard. Rear of house is at left; it is enclosed by white fence with gate down left. arrel and wooden stool are center. t right is Thatcher garden, enclosed by fence with gate down right. elow Thatcher gate is vine-covered arbor. 3 T RISE: UNT POLLY is on stool, paring potatoes. SI SWYER enters up left, carrying schoolbooks in strap. 4 SI: Hello, unty. 5 UNT POLLY (Looking up): Why, Sid! Is school out already? 6 SI: It s after four o clock. 7 UNT POLLY (Rising and shaking out her apron): Land sakes! I d better get these potatoes on to boil right away. 8 SI (With pride): I got one hundred in arithmetic today, unty. 9 UNT POLLY (Impressed): My! You don t say! (hanging tone) What did Tom get? 10 SI: He wasn t there. 11 UNT POLLY: He wasn t? (SI shakes his head.) Where was he? 12 SI: I don t know, unty. He wasn t in school all afternoon. 13 UNT POLLY: Humph! Playin hooky, like as not. Oh, that child! Wait till I lay my hands on him! (TOM is heard whistling offstage.) 78 North arolina Practice Test 3

9 14 SI (Gleefully): Here he comes now! (TOM enters jauntily. He is barefoot and wears buttoned jacket.) 15 TOM: Hello, unt Polly. (She looks at him severely, and he stops whistling, casting a suspicious glance at SI. Suddenly he reaches for pan of potato peelings.) I ll throw away the peelings for you, unty. 16 UNT POLLY (hecking him): Just a minute, Tom Sawyer. It was powerful warm in school, wasn t it? 17 TOM (Warily): Yes m. 18 UNT POLLY: idn t you want to go swimmin? 19 TOM (Uneasily): No m well, not very much. 20 UNT POLLY (Feeling front of TOM s coat): ut you re not too warm now. 21 TOM: Some of us pumped water on our heads. Mine s damp yet. (Leaning toward UNT POLLY) See? 22 UNT POLLY: Tom, you didn t have to undo your shirt collar where I sewed it, to pump water on your head, did you? Unbutton your jacket. (TOM calmly opens his jacket. His shirt collar is securely sewn.) other! I was sure you d played hooky and been a-swimmin. 23 SI (With feigned innocence): Well, now, unt, I thought you sewed his collar with white thread this mornin. That thread is black. 24 UNT POLLY: Why, I did sew it with white! (TOM runs off. UNT POLLY calls after him.) Tom Sawyer! I never did see the like of that boy! Well, I ll just have to put him to work sawin wood to punish him. He hates work more n anythin else. (She gathers up pans of potatoes and peelings.) ome on, Siddy. You can get the fire started for me. (They exit through gate, into house. TOM comes back and crouches by barrel, looking after them.) 25 TOM (Muttering): She d never have noticed if it hadn t been for Sid. (He examines two large needles thrust into his jacket lining. One needle has white thread; the other, black.) onfound it! Sometimes she sews it with white and sometimes with black. I wish she d stick to one or the other. I can t keep track of em Which text from the play tells you that Tom suspects that Sid has told unt Polly about Tom playing hooky? I don t know, unty. He wasn t in school all afternoon.... he stops whistling, casting a suspicious glance at SI. I thought you sewed his collar with white thread this mornin. She d never have noticed if it hadn t been for Sid. Go On North arolina Practice Test 3 79

10 2 How are Tom and Sid different? Sid helps his unt Polly, but Tom does not. Sid likes going to school, but Tom does not. Sid does not like swimming, but Tom does. Sid loves his unt Polly, but Tom does not. 3 Which word best describes Tom and Sid s relationship? rude respectful difficult loyal 4 What do the conversations unt Polly has with each boy show about her feelings toward Sid and Tom? They show that she trusts Sid more than she does Tom. They show that she expects Sid to work less than she does Tom. They show that she worries more about Sid than she does Tom. They show that she cares about both boys but does not under stand them. 5 How would the play be different if the author did not include Tom s final lines? The audience would not know how hard Tom works to outwit unt Polly. The audience might believe that Tom really dislikes his brother Sid. The audience would not under stand that unt Polly knew Tom tricked her. The audience might still have doubts about whether Tom really played hooky. 80 North arolina Practice Test 3