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English
Reading

Directions: In this section of the test, you will show how well you can understand
written English. There are several selections and some questions about each one. For
each question, mark the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.

Bananas

Millions of people around the world love bananas. They are the world’s best selling
fruit. People enjoy bananas as snacks, for dessert, or as an important part of a meal.

People started eating bananas thousands of years ago. Scientists who study plants
think this fruit first grew in Asia. The very first bananas weren’t like the ones we have
today. They were probably tough* and difficult to eat.

Many people think bananas grow on trees, but this isn’t true. Banana plants look like
trees because they are so tall, but they aren’t trees because they don’t have woody trunks
or branches. Bananas grow on large plants, not trees. They are in the same family as the
beautiful orchid flower.

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1 What is the main idea of the selection? l
4 The very first bananas were probably
A fruits A hard to eat.
B trees B sweet and juicy.
C orchids C beautiful.
D bananas D much larger than today’s bananas.

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2 The author mentions Asia because
A bananas do not grow in Asia.
B many different fruits grow in Asia.
C scientists believe the first bananas
probably grew in Asia.
D scientists have studied bananas in Asia.

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3 What do bananas grow on?
A trees
B plants
C orchids
D branches

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5 What is this chart mostly about?
A newspapers
B recycling
C buying food
D saving money

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6 What does the chart say about batteries?
A You should find out where to recycle
them.
B They can be used to make steel.
C They can be used to make tiles.
D You can put them in any trash can.

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7 The chart says, “rechargeable batteries
are a better choice.” What does the word
rechargeable mean?
A can be used again
B can be thrown away
C does not cost very much
D does not take up much space

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Directions: In this section of the test, you will show how well you understand how to
write in English. For each question, mark the letter of the correct answer on your
answer sheet.

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8 Choose
blank.
the word that belongs in the

The boy walked ______ the store after

school.

A to
B at
C of
D on

For questions 1-2, choose the words that belong in each blank.

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Jorge loves all kinds of movies. ______________ because they make him happy.
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But he also ______________ horror movies, science fiction, and adventure movies. If
you go to a movie, you’ll probably see Jorge there!

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A He gets up early A can’t believe
B He also studies hard B likes to watch
C Comedies are his favorite C always forgets
D He likes English and Math more D wasn’t sure about

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 Answer Key
5th Grade- English

1. E53.3, The student can identify the main idea.

A Incorrect. Paragraph 3 does not talk about why bananas are nutritious.

B Incorrect. Paragraph 3 does not talk about why bananas are a popular fruit.

C Incorrect. Paragraph 3 does not explain how to grow bananas.

D Correct. Paragraph 3 talks mainly about the type of plant bananas grow on.

2. E53.1, The student can identify and recall details.

A Incorrect. Scientists believe the first bananas grew in Asia. Therefore, bananas
DO grow in Asia.

B Incorrect. The passage does NOT mention other types of fruit that grow in Asia.

C Correct. Paragraph 2 states that scientists believe the first bananas probably
grew in Asia.

D Incorrect. The passage does NOT mention that scientists studied bananas in Asia.

3. E53.1, The student can identify and recall details.

A Incorrect. The passage does NOT state that bananas grow on trees.

B Correct. The passage states that bananas DO grow on plants.

C Incorrect. The passage states that banana plants are in the orchid family but do not
grow on orchid plants.

D Incorrect. The passage mentions branches in paragraph 3 but it is NOT what

bananas grow on.
4. E53.5, The student can draw meaning from context.

A Correct. The passage states that the very first bananas were probably tough,
meaning they would have been hard to eat.

B Incorrect. If bananas were tough, then they would not have been sweet and
juicy.

C Incorrect. How tough the first bananas were does not determine their physical
beauty.

D Incorrect. The toughness of the first bananas would not have anything to do with
today’s bananas.

5. E53.3, The student can identify the main idea.

A Incorrect. The passage mentions newspapers, but this is NOT the main idea.

B Correct. The main idea of the passage is recycling.

C Incorrect. The passage does NOT mention buying food.

D Incorrect. The passage does NOT mention saving money.

6. E53.1, The student can identify and recall details.

A Correct. The passage states that you should call to found out how to
recycle batteries where you live.

B Incorrect. The passage does NOT mention they should be used to make steel.

C Incorrect. The passage does NOT mention they should be used to make tiles.

D Incorrect. The passage doe NOT mention to put them in any trash can.
7. E53.5, The student can draw meaning from context.

A Correct. The passage states that if a battery can be used more than once,
then it is rechargeable. Therefore, “can be used again” is the correct answer.

B Incorrect. The passage does NOT state that rechargeable batteries can be thrown
away.

C Incorrect. The passage does NOT state that rechargeable batteries do not cost
much.

D Incorrect. The passage does NOT state that rechargeable batteries do not take up
much space.

8. E52.1, The student can make decisions involved in constructing a complete

sentence.

A Correct. The word “to” correctly completes the sentence.

B Incorrect. The word “at” does NOT make sense in the sentence.

C Incorrect. The word “of” does NOT make sense in the sentence.

D Incorrect. The word “on” does NOT make sense in the sentence.

9. E52.2, The student can make decisions involved in writing 4 descriptive

sentences.

A Incorrect. “He gets up early” does NOT make sense in this passage.

B Incorrect. “He also studies hard” does NOT make sense in this passage.

C Correct. Comedies are funny movies, therefore it makes sense that they make
him happy.

D Incorrect. “He likes English and Math more” does NOT make sense in this
passage.
10. E52.2, The student can make decisions involved in writing 4 descriptive
sentences.

A Incorrect. The words “can’t believe” do NOT make sense in this passage.

B Correct. Horror, science fiction, and adventure are all types of movies,
therefore it makes sense that he “likes to watch” them.

C Incorrect. The phrase “always forgets” does NOT make sense in this sentence.

D Incorrect. The phrase “wasn’t sure about” does NOT make sense in this sentence.