6th GRADE TOEFL JUNIOR READING TEST 1 (13th March)

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Part 1 Read an article from a school’s online newspaper. Answer questions 1-6. 1. What would be the most appropriate headline for the article? How “Green Week” can help save polar bears. Become a conservationist. The Green group wants to save a polar bear. Polar bears are beautiful animals 2. In line 3, the word conservationist refers to _. a person who travels to cold places a person who works to protect the environment a person who lives in a traditional part of the country a person who visits schools to talk to students 3. In line 15, the word endangered is closest in meaning to _. in danger of being seen in danger of being eaten in danger of getting too hot in danger of extinction 4. According to the article, what do the students need to do to help the animals? look after polar bears take photos of the changes in the Arctic think of ideas for “Green Week” think of ways that polar bears can survive 5. In line 22, they refer to _. the ideas students in the Green Group students in the school polar bears 6. According to the article, we CAN NOT assume that _. Nearly half of the sea ice will melt in 5 years’ time. Polar bears will change their hunting habits. There’s no hope to save the Arctic ice and the polar bears. Saving and recycling routines of humans are not enough to slow down global warming. Part 2 Read the story. Answer questions 7-12. Callie’s ChoiceCallie heard a soft knock and pulled to open the front door. Her favourite neighbour, Mrs. Baker, stood on the porch.“I need your help, Callie,” Mrs. Baker said. “Do you know the empty lot down the street?” Callie nodded. “The place is a mess, covered with trash. The city letting us use the lot for a community garden,” she explained. “We need help cleaning up the lot on Saturday.”“Sure, Mrs. Baker!” Callie said cheerfully. “I will be happy to help!”Mrs. Baker looked pleased. “Thanks, Callie. We want to get the garden planted before summer.”At school the next morning, Callie’s friend Tamara was waiting for her by their classroom. Tamara had a surprise for her best friend. “Tamara!” Callie called. “Have you heard about Saturday?” Tamara looked confused. “How did you find out about Saturday?” she asked.“My neighbour Mrs. Baker told me,” Callie explained. “She needs help cleaning up the empty lot.”“Oh, that’s not what I am talking about,” Tamara said. “My mom bought tickets to go to Fun World this Saturday. She has an extra one for you!” The girls had been waiting for months for the new amusement park to open. Callie’s heart dropped. “But Mrs. Baker is counting on me to help,” she said.Tamara looked impatient. “Can’t someone else do it? I want you to go to Fun World with me! We’ve been waiting a long time to go.”Callie sighed and worried about her problem for the rest of the day. Her mother noticed her mood when she arrived home.“Did something go wrong at school?” her mother asked.Callie explained her problem. “What should I do, Mom?” Callie asked when she was finished.“I know you want to go with Tamara and also help Mrs. Baker. Think carefully about your choices.You need to make your own decisions, but I know you will do what is best,” her mother answered.Callie spent the rest of the evening thinking about her decision. She wanted to go to Fun World, but in the end, she decided her promise to her neighbour was more important.The next day at school, Callie told Tamara that she would not be able to go to Fun World.Tamara tried to understand, but Callie could tell she was disappointed. The girls hardly spoke for the rest of the week.On Saturday, Callie met Mrs. Baker at the vacant lot. “Hi, Callie,” her neighbour said. “Your mother said you made a tough choice. Thank you for helping us today.”“You’ re welcome,” Callie said. Callie smiled as she walked across the lot with a large trash bag.“Do you need any help?” a voice behind her asked. Callie turned, surprised to see Tamara. She smiled at her friend.“I know you made a promise to clean up the lot, and I wanted to come help you. My mom said she can take us to Fun World next weekend.” 7. Based on paragraphs 1 and 2 (yellow highlighted), Callie probably agrees to clean up the lot because she_. enjoys the outdoors thinks Fun World is closed likes her neighbour knows Tamara will help 8. Read the underlined sentence from paragraph 9.“But Mrs. Baker is counting on me to help,” she said.Another word for counting as it is used in this sentence is _. waiting calling checking depending 9. Based on paragraph 11-14 (green highlighted), which sentence is probably true about Callie’s mother? She thinks Mrs. Baker is an excellent neighbor. She agrees that the girls should go to Fun World. She believes Callie can solve her own problems. She knows that neighborhood gardens are useful. 10. Read the synonyms of the word ‘tough’.tough 1. Strong. 2. Difficult. 3. Healthy. 4. Firm. Which meaning of tough is used in paragraph 17 (underlined)? Strong Difficult Healthy Firm 11. Why does Mrs. Baker need Callie’s help? The neighborhood wants to start a garden in an empty lot filled with trash. The neighbors do not have time to clean the lot. The other children will not help because Fun World is opening. The city is asking people to clear the empty lots near their homes. 12. Tamara most likely goes to the empty lot because she _. fears she will lose Callie’s friendship if she does not help with the clean-up wants to help Callie keep her promise to clean up the area wants to help plant her mom’s garden and needs an opinion from Mrs. Baker thinks Callie will be able to leave sooner if she has more help DON'T FORGET TO 'SAVE' AND CLICK 'HAND IN WORK' BUTTON!