Subject Link 1: Summer - Review Test 4

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[1-5] Write the correct word for each sentence.

orbit sunlight get married sunscreen customer

1. The couple fell in love and decided to .

2. Her mother told her to wear at the beach.

3. The at the store was looking for a new book.

4. The moon’s ______________ around the earth takes 27.3 days.

5. The felt nice and warm on his face.

[6-8] Read the following passage and choose the best answers.

Seasons are different because the earth travels around the sun. This is called the
earth’s orbit. As the earth orbits, it is also tilted. That means that the earth doesn’t stand up
straight. So when the earth moves, we get different amounts of sunlight.
Imagine we are in the northern part of the earth. In summer, this part is tilted toward
the sun. So we have more sunlight and hotter days. In winter, this part is tilted away from the
sun. This means that we get less sunlight and our days are colder!

6. In summer, how is the earth tilted?

a. toward the sun b. toward the moon c. away from the sun

7. Why are seasons different?

a. The sun is big.
b. The earth travels around the sun.
c. The days get colder and colder.

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 8. In the first paragraph, what does the word it refer to?
a. the sun
b. the moon
c. the earth

[9-12] Read the following passage and choose the best answers.

Animals in the wild also sweat when they are hot. Most people and animals have colorless sweat.
But one animal, the hippopotamus, has a different kind of sweat: It is red!
In the past, many people thought that hippos were sweating blood. But scientists discovered that
it is not blood. The red liquid is actually just sweat. It protects the hippo’s skin from the sun. It is like a
sunscreen!
The sweat of hippos also has another special purpose. The sweat has an important medicine in it.
Hippos often fight and wound one another. The medicine heals the wounds. It also keeps away bad
infections.

9. What made people believe that the hippo’s sweat was blood?
a. its smell
b. its color
c. its size

10. What does the red sweat do?

a. It protects the hippo’s skin from the sun.
b. It helps the hippo to sleep.
c. It keeps the hippo’s skin soft.

11. In the first paragraph, what does the word It refer to?
a. the hippo’s sweat
b. colorless sweat
c. the hippo’s blood

12. How does the hippo’s sweat keep it healthy?

a. It makes the hippo feel full and sleepy.
b. It fights away infections in the hippo’s wounds.
c. It keeps the hippo warm and happy.

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[13-15] Read the following passage and choose the best answers.

The first cone was introduced at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. There were
many people selling ice cream there. One ice cream seller was a man named Arnold Fornachou. His
ice cream was very delicious. Soon, he ran out of ice cream bowls. More people wanted to buy his
ice cream, but he couldn’t sell it.
Luckily, Ernest Hamwi was there! Hamwi was selling waffles. He rolled up his waffles and
gave them to Fornachou. Fornachou put his ice cream in the waffles and sold them to his
customers. The ice cream cone was invented!

13. What did Arnold Fornachou run out of?

a. ice cream b. bowls c. waffles

14. How did Hamwi help Fornachou invent the ice cream cone?
a. He gave him waffles to put the ice cream in.
b. He helped him make the ice cream.
c. He started the World’s Fair.

15. In the second paragraph, what does the word them refer to?
a. the ice cream bowls
b. the customers
c. the ice cream in the waffles

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