Placement Test B Date WonderSkills Reading Name Choose the correct answers. (1-9) 1. My little brother is _________ of the spider in his room. ⓐ special ⓑ brave ⓒ scared 2. He used his hands to _________ his eyes from the sun. ⓐ rise ⓑ cover ⓒ grow 3. It is rude to _________ in front of others. ⓐ whisper ⓑ arrive ⓒ cooperate 4. The box is too big to _________ into that small space. ⓐ hang ⓑ discover ⓒ squeeze 5. I was lucky to have the _________ to travel. ⓐ famine ⓑ opportunity ⓒ disaster 6. It is impossible to _________ flour from sugar after mixing them. ⓐ separate ⓑ frown ⓒ afford 7. You _________ a vacation after working so hard. ⓐ prevent ⓑ deserve ⓒ choke 8. Governments should help people in need without _________. ⓐ safety ⓑ generosity ⓒ discrimination 9. It is natural for the brothers to _________ each other. ⓐ resemble ⓑ invade ⓒ immigrate Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education. Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use. Read and choose the correct answers. (10-11) Animals give us good things to eat and use. Eggs come from chickens. We eat eggs and use them to make cakes and cookies. Some good foods come from cow’s milk. We can put butter on our bread. We can enjoy a bowl of yogurt with fruit salad. How about a nice sandwich with cheese for lunch? We use the wool from sheep to knit sweaters and make rugs. They keep us warm. Animals also give us meat and fish. Eating meat and fish help children grow tall and strong. 10. What can we make from cow’s milk? ⓐ We can make eggs and rugs. ⓑ We can make butter and cheese. ⓒ We can make yogurt and sweaters. 11. Why are meat and fish important for children? ⓐ They keep children warm. ⓑ They give us things to play with. ⓒ They help children grow tall and strong. Read and choose the correct answers. (12-13) There is a snowstorm, and it is freezing outside. The next day, Carl and Emma see a blanket of snow over everything. Some friends from their street are outside throwing snowballs. As Carl watches, he has an idea. “Let’s have a snowman contest,” he says. He wants his mom to be the judge. They work in teams and build the snowmen, but the snowplow arrives to clear the street. It scoops up snow and drops it on the snowmen. The children are sad, but Mom makes them hot chocolate as a prize. 12. What does Carl want to have the next day? ⓐ He wants to throw snowballs. ⓑ He wants to have a snowman contest. ⓒ He wants to make the children hot chocolate. 13. Which is NOT true about the snowman contest? ⓐ Mom has a prize for everyone. ⓑ They work in teams and build the snowmen. ⓒ Carl wants the snowplow driver to be the judge. Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education. Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use. Read and choose the correct answers. (14-15) All dollar bills go on a journey. It starts when the government prints them and sends them to a big bank. Then the bills are sent to a small bank. People get the bills from the small bank and buy things with them. The bills keep traveling when stores give them to people for change. When the bills get old and torn, people exchange them for new bills at the small bank. The bills are sent back to the big bank and cut into pieces. Then the government prints a new bill, and it starts to travel, too. 14. Where do people get the newly-printed bills at first? ⓐ People get them from the bank. ⓑ People get them from a journey. ⓒ People get them from the government. 15. What do people do when the bills get old and torn? ⓐ People send them to the government. ⓑ People cut them into pieces in a small bank. ⓒ People exchange them for new bills at a bank. Read and choose the correct answers. (16-17) People vote to pick new leaders. However, many Americans don’t vote. They think it is too hard or it takes a long time. A group called Kids Voting USA wants to change that and convince more people to vote. This group teaches kids about voting. They learn how to elect good leaders. They also read about the candidates. This way, they can vote for those who share their ideas. Kids Voting USA wants kids to start to learn to vote now. This will get them used to it. They will want to vote when they grow up. 16. Which is true according to the passage? ⓐ Many Americans think voting is not hard. ⓑ The laws that we choose will pick new leaders. ⓒ Reading about candidates can help people decide who to vote for. 17. Which is NOT true about Kids Voting USA? ⓐ It wants to convince more people to vote. ⓑ It wants kids to start to learn to vote when they grow up. ⓒ It teaches kids about voting and how to elect good leaders. Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education. Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use. Read and choose the correct answers. (18-19) Apple grew fast, and at first, Jobs was happy. But then things started to change. People at the company disagreed with some of his ideas. They argued with him, and Jobs left Apple in 1985. Jobs started a new computer and software company called NeXT. Then he bought Pixar. This company used computers to make animated movies like Toy Story and Finding Nemo. They were a big success. Meanwhile, Apple was in trouble. Its sales were poor. It needed new and creative products that people would like. In 1997, Apple asked Jobs to return. 18. Which is NOT true according to the passage? ⓐ Jobs enjoyed a calm life after leaving Apple. ⓑ Apple experienced poor sales after Jobs left. ⓒ Apple asked Jobs to return to help them recover from hard times. 19. Which is true about Steve Jobs according to the passage? ⓐ He was asked to return to Pixar in 1997. ⓑ Disagreement with people made him leave NeXT. ⓒ He bought a company that made animated movies. Read and choose the correct answers. (20-21) As they were about to land, there was a problem. The surface was very uneven with huge rocks everywhere. It was too dangerous to land. Armstrong flew off quickly to find a smoother area. He only had 60 seconds to do so. Armstrong stayed calm under pressure. With seconds to go, he brought the lunar module down safely onto the moon’s surface. Armstrong went out first. As he took a step, he said, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” His hard work _________. He was the first person to walk on the moon! 20. Choose the phrase that best completes the blank. ⓐ ran out ⓑ paid off ⓒ turned down 21. Which is true according to the passage? ⓐ Armstrong took the first step on the moon. ⓑ The lunar module landed on the Earth’s surface. ⓒ They completed the mission without any problems. Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education. Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use. Read and choose the correct answers. (22-24) Aesop is known because of his stories called “fables.” Fables are short stories that end with a moral. The characters are often animals that speak and solve problems like humans. You may know some of Aesop’s fables, such as The Dog and His Reflection. It is about a dog with a bone. The dog sees his reflection in the water. He thinks it is another dog with a bigger bone. He wants this bone, too, and he barks. But as he barks, the bone falls from his mouth. He ends up with nothing. The moral of this story is to appreciate what you have and not be too _________. 22. Choose the word or words that best complete the blank. ⓐ startled ⓑ greedy ⓒ responsible 23. What happens to the dog with the bone in the fable? ⓐ He appreciates what he has. ⓑ He drops his bone into the water. ⓒ He gets a bigger bone from another dog. 24. Which is NOT true about fables? ⓐ The characters have adventures in fables. ⓑ They are short stories that end with a moral. ⓒ The characters in the fables are often animals. Read and choose the correct answers. (25-27) The word comet comes from a Greek word meaning “wearing long hair.” People used to think that comets looked like stars with hair. They _________ those long streaks of light. They thought they might bring war or sickness to the Earth. Today, we no longer fear comets because we know that they are a mixture of rock, dust, ice, and frozen gases. Have you ever seen shooting stars? They are not really stars. They are usually meteors, which are pieces of rock that enter the Earth’s atmosphere. When the Earth passes through an area with lots of pieces of rock, we may see hundreds of shooting stars in the sky. 25. Choose the word that best completes the blank. ⓐ feared ⓑ admired ⓒ arrested Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education. Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use. 26. Which is NOT true about comets according to the passage? ⓐ They are a mixture of rock, dust, ice, and frozen gases. ⓑ People fear comets today because they cause war or sickness. ⓒ People used to think that comets would cause bad things to happen. 27. Which is true about meteors according to the passage? ⓐ They are pieces of rock in space. ⓑ They pass through the sky with the Earth. ⓒ They are pieces of rock that enter the Earth’s atmosphere. Read and choose the correct answers. (28-30) Anne wanted her diary to be a book after the war. With this in mind, she described her hopes and fears, as well as life in the hiding place. She told about the risks friends took to sneak in food, and that there was never enough. They always had to be quiet in case someone heard them. Through it all, Anne longed for the world outside. Life was hard, but Anne remained _________. “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart,” she wrote. In 1944, someone betrayed the families. They were arrested, and the diary stopped. We know Anne was sent to a prison camp. She died just before the war ended in 1945. She was fifteen. 28. Choose the word that best completes the blank. ⓐ greedy ⓑ hopeful ⓒ miserable 29. Which is NOT something that Anne wrote about in her diary? ⓐ She wrote about the world outside. ⓑ She wrote about her hopes and fears. ⓒ She wrote about the risks friends took. 30. Which is NOT true according to the passage? ⓐ All of Anne’s family died before the war ended in 1945. ⓑ The diary stopped when Anne was sent to a prison camp. ⓒ Anne’s family got arrested because someone betrayed them. Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education. Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use. Each correct answer is worth 2 marks. Scoring Guide Score Recommended Level of WonderSkills Reading 0-6 WonderSkills Reading Intermediate 1 7 - 12 WonderSkills Reading Intermediate 2 13 - 18 WonderSkills Reading Intermediate 3 19 - 24 WonderSkills Reading Advanced 1 25 - 30 WonderSkills Reading Advanced 2 31 - 36 WonderSkills Reading Advanced 3 37 - 44 WonderSkills Reading Master 1 45 - 52 WonderSkills Reading Master 2 53 - 60 WonderSkills Reading Master 3 Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education. 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