Reading Exam

3rd grade

2nd trimester

I- Choose the best option and write it to complete the story. (10 pts)

Neighbors / rudest / notice / autumn /stingy

Mr. Garcia lived alone in a small, wooden house with a big front yard.
There weren’t any flowers, but there was one beautiful apple tree.
It was as tall as his house. Mr. Garcia spent hours looking after his
tree every day.

“What a beautiful tree!” he said to himself. “This is the most valuable tree
in town!”
Mr. Garcia didn’t talk to his (1)__________“Morning,” they called as they
passed his front yard, but he never replied. They all thought he was the
(2)____________man in the neighborhood.

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The local children were scared of Mr. Garcia. When they were playing in
the street he shouted “Be quiet!” at them angrily.
Charlie Bracket wasn’t as scared as the other children. He always stopped
to sayhello. Sometimes Mr. Garcia looked up, but he usually didn’t (3)_____
____ Charlie He was too busy with his tree. Charlie wondered why he spent
so much time underthe tree.

“It must be very boring spending all day, every day, under there”,
he thought.
One (4)_________day, Charlie was passing Mr. Garcia’s house when he
heard a noise. Mr. Garcia was kneeling under the tree and he was crying
and shouting.
“What’s the problem?” asked Charlie. “My money! Look, the rats ate
my money! Those pesky rats!”
Charlie looked at the ground. There were lots of tiny pieces of paper.
“Why didn’t you keep your money in the bank? It’s safer there.” “I don’t like
banks, kid. But, oh, what a disaster!” Mr. Garcia looked very sad.

“So the rats ate your money,” said Charlie. “But the situation isn’t as bad as
you think. Tell me this. What did you do with that money?”
“Um… nothing. I just guarded it and worried about it.”
“Then what was it good for?”
“Nothing, I suppose. I never used it,” said Mr. Garcia.
“You were rich, but you were (5)____________and unhappy. So your money
was worthless. But now things are different. Maybe you can be happy. Go
od luck!”
Mr. Garcia sat under his tree for a long time, thinking.The next morning, Mr.
Garcia was in his front yard as usual.
A neighbor walked past his house.“Good morning! What a lovely day!” said
Mr. Garcia. “Would you like an apple from my tree?”“Thank you!” said his
neighbor, surprised.
“That kid was right,” thought Mr. Garcia. “Now I’m poor, but I’m generous.
And I’m happy!”

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II- Write True or False according to the reading (10 pts)

a)- Mr Garcia had a lot of trees in his garden_____________

b)- The local children were scared of Mr. Garcia_______________

c)- Charlie Garcia was very scared and never say hello to Mr
Garcia___________

d)- The rats ate the money of Mr. Garcia_________

e)- At the end Mr. Garcia changed and he becomes a happy

person____________

III- Write the correct word (10 pts)

For thousands of years, people 1 ______________(barter/bartering/

bartered) things. Bartering was a system of trading. People like the
Ancient Egyptians traded things they had for something they needed.
They 2________________ ( changed/ exchanged / bought) things like
animals, food, clothes and tools.

In China, some people used small pieces of metal shaped like knives or
spades to buy things. Eventually, the metal objects became circular in
shape.

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Metal money was a good idea. But there was a problem—the more
money you had, the 3_______________( heavier/ bigger/ more
expensive) it was! So Chinese merchants often left their pieces of metal
in a safe place and took paper 4________________(certificates /clips/
coins) for the same amount. They had fewer problems with this paper
money, but it sometimes flew away on a windy day, so it was known as
“flying money”!

King Alyattes of Lydia (now in Turkey) started a system of gold and silver
coins. They were probably the world’s first real coins because
the 5_____________ ( bank / King / government) made them. Gold
was a popular metal for coins, but it was hard to find because almost all
of it was deep in the center of the earth!

IV- According to the Reading draw a timeline with the information that is
presented (10 pts)

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 V- Complete the text with the words presented. (10 pts)

get out / give up /carry on / fell into / exhausted

A group of rabbits were hopping through the woods. They were chatting
and jumping ina carefree, rabbity way. Suddenly, two of the rabbits 1______
________a deep hole hidden in the long grass. It was an old well with walls of
stone, so it was impossible to dig their way out. “Help!” yelled the two
rabbits. “We can’t 2__________________!”The other rabbits hopped to the
edge of the well and looked down. They wanted to help their friends, but
the well was too deep. They sat and thought about the problem. Then they
decided that there was no hope. “Sorry,” they called sadly. “There’s no
way out. We can’t help you.”

The two rabbits in the well were very upset, but they jumped as high as they
could. They tried again and again to escape. The other rabbits waved and
called out all kinds of advice and opinions. “This is what happens when you
don’t pay attention,” shouted one. “We were careful, but you weren’t”
called another. “3_______________now. It’s no use,” cried a third.
The rabbits jumped and jumped and then jumped again. As a result, they
soon got tired. Finally, one of them said, “They’re right. We can’t get out.”
So he lay down on the floor and gave up. But the second rabbit carried on
trying to escape. Once more, the crowd at the top yelled at him, “What are
you doing? You can’t get out.”The poor rabbit jumped harder and harder.
Just then, he landed on a loose stone that was halfway up the well, and
it fell out, leaving a hole.

The rabbitjumped up to the hole and then, with one huge jump, he
escaped from thewell.

The other rabbits cheered. But they were amazed. “Why didn’t you stop
jumping when we told you it was impossible?” they asked the rabbit. He
read their lips carefully. “I’m deaf,” he explained. “I can’t hear anything. I
saw you shouting and waving, and I thought you were telling us not to
give up. Thanks to you, I was inspired to 4______________!” The other rabbits
were shocked. They realized that their friend had only survived because he
was deaf.
One of the rabbits had an idea. They made a rabbit chain and rescued the
others.
5________________rabbit from the well. He looked at his friends. “Thank you,”
he said.“All’s well that ends well.”

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VI- Read the text. Then complete the text with the correct word (10 pts)

Seatbelt / travel /past /device /machine / button / lever / future /

robot

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“I hate summer vacation, Jody,” Kurt complained to his sister. “There’s nothi
ng to do.”
“I don’t want to just sit around, either,” Jody replied. “Luckily, I have an
amazing idea: let’s go traveling in time!”
“Time travel?” said Kurt. “Can we really do that?”
“Definitely!” said Jody. “We just need a time 1________. And I think we’ll fin
d all we need to build one right here in the garage.”
Before long, Kurt and Jody were standing back to admire their finished ma
chine. Just then, they heard their mother call, “It’s almost dinnertime!”

“We shouldn’t be late for dinner,” said Kurt. “Mom won’t be happy!”
“Don’t worry, we have a time machine now,” Jody said. “We’ll 2_______
in time and be back by dinner!”

Jody turned the dial on the time machine and said, “Step inside for a ride
to…the future! Fasten your 3___________, Kurt, and hold on tight!” Jody
pressed the red button. Suddenly, the time machine started to
rumble and shake.

It spun and turned in the air. Finally, it screeched to a halt.

Kurt and Jody eagerly stepped out—onto hot, desert sand!
They couldn’t believe their eyes. There were ancient Egyptian pyramids in
front of them, and one of them was still under construction!
“Oops! I guess I turned the dial the wrong way,” said Jody in surprise.“We’re
in the past, not the future. Let’s try again!”
“OK,” said Kurt. “I can’t wait to see what the future is like!”
“Let’s find out,” said Jody. She turned the dial and pressed the red button
again.
“Will there be flying cars?” asked Kurt as they sped through the
years. “Will we make friends with a 4______________?”
“I don’t know!” shouted Jody over the roar of the time machine.
“Here we are: the year 3000,” said Jody as the time machine
bumped to a stop.
“Wow, look at those flying cars!” said Kurt, as he climbed out of the time
machine to explore the city.
“Uh-oh, Kurt. What’s that?” said Jody. Something enormous and metal was
racing toward them.
“It’s a robot,” said Kurt, “but I don’t think he’ll be our friend…”
“ATTENTION,” said the robot loudly, “TIME MACHINES ARE NOT ALLOWED

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IN THIS AREA. I WILL TAKE YOU TO THE POLICE STATION. YOU WILL PAY
A FINE OR GO TO PRISON.”
Jody grabbed Kurt’s arm and pulled him back inside the time machine. She
quickly turned the dial and pressed the red 5_______________. Soon they
crashed back into the present.
“Whew!” said Jody. “That was close!”
Then they heard their mother call, “Jody, Kurt, dinnertime!” They took a
deep breath and grinned at each other. They were home just in time.

VII- Make a drawing about what you understand about the reading. (5 pts)

Good Luck, you can do it

Total ______/65 pts