Text Structures: Problem and Solution

Vocabulary: Choose the word that has about the same meaning as comeback.

Tim is hoping the garden will make a comeback.

• return to health

• decrease in insects

• damaged by chemicals

• harmed by the sun's rays

Vocabulary: Choose the word that has about the same meaning as native.

We saw all the native plants at the nature reserve.

• real

• foreign

• carefully arranged

• belonging naturally

Vocabulary: Choose the word that has about the same meaning as migrating.

Monarch butterflies are migrating to Mexico now.

• staying behind

• permanently moving

• moving with the seasons

• having trouble surviving

Vocabulary: Choose the word that has about the same meaning as restore.

Rangers are trying to restore the elk population.

• return to original condition

• carefully burn some forest areas

• move from one place to another

• permanently decrease the number of

Vocabulary: Choose the word that has about the same meaning as fungus.

I just learned that the mushrooms I love to eat are a kind of fungus.

• pest that gets nutrition from crops

• plants that get nutrition from insects

• seedling that gets nutrition from soil

• organism that gets nutrition from decaying matter

Use the story Protecting "The Ice" to answer the question:

What evidence from the selection shows that a decreasing krill population is a problem?

• These tiny animals are found in all the oceans of the world.

• About 500 million tons of krill live there.

• These shrimp-like creatures are food not only for other fish, but also for penguins, whales, and seals.

• Fewer krill would affect the entire ecosystem of the region.

Use Protecting "The Ice" to answer the question:

One solution the author offers for the problem of overfishing is-

• banning fishing entirely from the Antarctic region.

• allowing only a certain number of whales in the area

• making fishermen buy a license that allows them to catch certain fish

• forming protective areas where fishing ships are not allowed

Use Protecting "The Ice" to answer the question:

The author presented the information about krill in paragraph 3 in order to--

• show how tiny animals can affect an entire ecosystem

• express an opinion on why fishing is causing krill and fish disappear

• discuss the importance of scientific research and conserving resources

• describe what fishing in Antarctica is like and why there is a shortage of fish

Use Protecting "The Ice" to answer the question:

Why did the author write Protecting "The Ice"?

• to inform

• to entertain

• to describe

• to explain

Use "The Future is Now" to answer the question:

According to the passage, a hybrid car is one that uses-

• more gasoline than a regular car

• a battery until the charge runs out

• two forms of power to make it run

• a battery all the time to make it run