Unit 2 Reading 3 Test Preparation

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"Cows don’t look alike to themselves. But they do look similar to us. How do you think ranchers tell their cows apart? They put brands on them! A brand is a special mark ranchers put on their animals to identify them. Brands show which ranchers own which cows. Today, ranchers brand their cows by putting tattoos on them."

1. Why are brands used for cows?

• A So ranchers can easily herd them

• B So ranchers know how old they are

• C So ranchers know how many they have

• D So ranchers can easily identify them

2. Where does a rancher work? ​ ​ (a)  

• Ranch, farm, or countryside
• F In an office
• G In a factory
• J In Spain

"1 Cows don’t look alike to themselves. But they do look similar to us."3. In paragraph 1, what does the word similar mean?​ (a)  

• D Almost the same as
• B Interesting
• C Unlike
• A Different from

"2 The designs that ranchers use are interesting. Each rancher has his or her own brand. Some of the brands have been in the ranchers’ families for a long time. Hernando Cortés brought branding from Spain to the Americas in 1541."

4. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?

• F How ranchers brand their cattle

• G The travels of Hernando Cortés

• H Information about branding designs

• J Imports from Spain to the Americas

The main topic sentence.

What is the main idea?

• A why cities have buildings with dark roofs.

• B why cities have fewer plants.

• C why the countryside isn’t as hot as cities.

• D why there is more sun in the city.

"...Also, cities have many parking lots, roads, and buildings with dark roofs. These dark objects take in the heat of the sun. At the end of the day, the heat goes out of these objects slowly. The air gets hotter. This means that the biggest differences in temperature between the city and the countryside happen at night."

2. Why is there a bigger difference in temperature at night?

• F The Countryside has fewer plants.

• G There’s more sunshine in the city.

• H Nights are longer in the countryside.

• J Cities have more objects that release heat until the night time

3. What might help keep cities from being hotter?

• A Taller buildings

• B More plants

• C Bigger parking lots

• D Darker roofs

4. In this paragraph, “these objects” refers to...

• F plants in the city.

• G dark parking lots, roads, and roofs.

• H plants in the countryside.

• J temperatures.