Exercise
Direction: Read the following selection comprehensively.
It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself
over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his
favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting
flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he
wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now.
1. The summary of this passage is:
A. It was really hot at the zoo.
B. Peter's favorite animals were the elephants.
C. The camels were swatting flies with their tails.
D. Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.
For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border that had
mostly bright red and green colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had found some curtains
that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue and yellow that she thought would go great with the walls.
And finally, she had picked a carpet that was mostly blue with specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't
wait till she was done decorating her room. It was really going to look awesome.
2. The Summary of this passage is:
A. Jenny likes bright colors.
B. Jenny was going to paint her room.
C. Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.
D. Jenny was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room.
As soon as she arrived at grandmother's house, Jessica ran into her bedroom to look at the blue
quilt. It covered her grandmother's bed and was Jessica's favorite. It had patches of dark blue, medium
blue, and light blue, with pictures of birds and flowers on every other patch. Jessica liked to take naps
with the quilt wrapped around her. She loved the way it felt so soft and warm against her skin. Whenever
she was visiting grandma, just looking at the quilt made Jessica happy.
3. The Summary of this passage is:
A. The quilt was warm.
B. Jessica loved her grandmother's quilt.
C. Jessica's grandmother has a pretty blue quilt.
D. Jessica took naps at her grandmother's house.
Books lay in the middle of his floor. Several broken toys were shoved halfway under the bed, and
dirty clothes were everywhere. Frank's parents kept telling him to clean his room, but it never seemed to
get clean. In fact, if Frank did manage to clean part of it, the rest of the room just got messier. In one
corner of the room was an old peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and an open bag of potato chips was
thrown on the dresser.
4. The Summary of this passage is:
A. Frank liked potato chips.
B. Frank's room was a mess.
C. Frank got in big trouble because his room was not clean.
D. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich was in one corner of the room.
The Elk River flows from the far northern part of the state all the way to the southern tip. All kinds
of animals rely on it for drinking water, people eat the fish they catch in it, and farmers in the state
depend on it for irrigating their crops. Since there is very little rain in this state, the Elk River gives
animals and humans the water they need to stay alive. Even though the river is not nearly the biggest in
the nation, it is very important to the people and animals that live near it.
5. The Summary of this passage is:
A. The Elk River is a small river.
B. People catch fish in the Elk River.
C. The Elk River starts in the northern part of the state.
D. The Elk River is very important to people and animals.
