ABC EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Fourth Quarter Examination

READING 5

Name: _______________________________________ Score: ________


Directions: Read the story and answer the questions that follow.

Ball Games

A ball is really simple, isnt it? Its round, it rolls on the ground, you
can throw it, you can kick it and you can hit it with something. Balls come in
all sizes from a small ping pong ball to a large beach ball. Balls can be hard
objects or soft and balls can be solid like a baseball or hollow like a
basketball. Have you ever thought about how many kinds of balls and ball
games there are?

People have played ball games for centuries. Ancient people devised
ball games but without written language we dont know how those games
were played, who was able to play them or what the rules were. We know
that the Mayan people of Central America invented a ball game 3,000 years
ago because archaeologists have found statues of ball players. Excavations
of Mayan ruins have unearthed the remains of stadium seating like we have
today. From the layout of the stadium we know that two teams played and
fans for each team sat together on one side. From other statues we know
that the athletes wore helmets.

Think about the different kinds of ball games and how they are similar
and different. Hitting games include, for example, tennis and baseball.
Games with goals include basketball, soccer and polo. Are you aware that
theres lots of science in ball games? For example, when you kick a soccer
ball harder, it travels further. This is one of the laws of the science of
physics. If you learn more about physics you could become a better ball
player!

1. Archaeologists have found statues of what people playing ball?
a. Mohawk
b. Mexican
c. Mayan
d. Mudhens

2. Which of the following statements are true?
a. A football stadium is a modern idea.
b. A ball game with two teams is a modern idea.
c. Only modern ball games have rules.
d. None of these statements are true.

3. Which of the following games is not a ball game?
a. Monopoly
b. Tennis
c. Polo
d. Soccer




4. What kind of scientist excavates ancient ruins?
a. Physicist
b. Astronomer
c. Archaeologist
d. Astronaut

5. A person who plays a ball game should understand which science?
a. Botany
b. Physics
c. Chemistry
d. Astronomy


Is Pluto a Planet?

By: National Geographic Kids

Many people are saying that Pluto is no longer a planet. Are they
right? Is Pluto no longer a planet? There's debate in the scientific world
about this issue. National Geographic News says that, according to the
International Astronomical Union, a full-fledged planet is an object that
orbits the sun and is large enough to have become round due to the force of
its own gravity. Because Pluto doesn't meet these standards, the IAU
classifies Pluto as a dwarf planet.

Not everyone agrees that this is a good way to decide, though. Andy
Cheng, a planetary scientist at Johns Hopkins University, says that the new
rules aren't clear enough and asks the question "how round is round? ...I'll
still continue to maintain that Pluto is a planet," he said.

Owen Gingerich is an astronomer and historian at Harvard University
in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and head of the IAU committee proposing the
definition. He favored a special distinction for Pluto. Gingerich supported a
proposal to call the big eight planets classical planetsas opposed to just
plain "planets"and Pluto and the others dwarf planets, so there would be
two classes of planets. He believes that reclassifying Pluto as a dwarf planet
is not "sensitive to the historical and cultural role that Pluto has played."

The argument continues. In the meantime, however, many people are
correctnew textbooks will list Pluto as being a dwarf planet. What do you
think it is? Skill Reading Comprehension

6. According to the IAU, what classifies Pluto as a dwarf planet?
A. It is smaller than the other planets
B. It does not orbit the sun
C. It is not large enough to become round due to the force of its own
gravity
D. Both B and C

7. What does IAU stand for?
A. International Association of the Universe
B. Intergalactic Association Union
C. International Astronomical Union
D. International House of Pancakes




8. What does Andy Cheng think about the IAUs definition of a planet?
1. He thinks the IAU is not clear enough about the roundness of a
planet
2. He thinks that Pluto is not a planet
3. He thinks that Pluto is not round enough to be considered a planet
4. He thinks the IAU gives a clear definition of a planet

9. What did Owen Gingerich support?
1. A proposal to call the eight planets planets
2. A proposal to call the eight planets dwarf planets
3. A proposal to call the eight planets classical planets
4. A proposal to call Pluto a classical planet

10. What is the Authors Purpose of this article?
1. To inform the reader
2. To tell a story
3. To persuade the reader
4. To expose the beliefs of the author

Whats Wild About African Wild Dogs?
By: Catherine Clarke Fox

Whats the difference between African wild dogs and the dogs we know
as pets? For one thing, African wild dogs, which live in Africa, south of the
Sahara desert, only have four toes, while domestic dogs and wolves have
five. But you wouldnt want to count for yourself, because these are truly
wild animals.

Wild dogs are not somebody's domestic dogs that ran away and didn't
come back, although some people used to think that," explains Dr. "Tico"
McNutt, who studies these animals at Wild Dog Research Camp in the
African country of Botswana. "They are actually Africa's wolf, and just like
wolves, they do not make good pets. They need to be out in the wild doing
what they are supposed to be doing - ranging many miles every day and
hunting to find the food they need to survive and feed pups."

In fact, they travel so far that researchers use radio collars to keep
track of them. The collars send out radio signals that tell people where the
dogs are. African wild dogs are a separate species from domestic dogs:
Lycaon pictus, which means painted, wolf-like animal. No two wild dogs have
the same pattern to their coats, so it is easy to tell them apart.

Roaming through grasslands, savannas, and wooded areas, they hunt
gazelles and other antelopes, baby wildebeests, warthogs, birds, and rats.
Incredible hunters, they can run up to 35 miles per hour (56 kilometers per
hour). Skill Reading Comprehension

African wild dogs are smart and sociable, like pet dogs. They enjoy
each others' company and live in packs of about six to 20 animals. Both
males and females look out for young dogs and make sure they have food.
Dr. McNutt was surprised to learn that they like pups so much; they will
even take care of orphans that dont belong to them.

African wild dogs talk to each other with two common types of calls,
says Dr. McNutt. "The 'hoo' call is a call that they make when lost or when a
pack member is missing. It sounds almost like an owl." The dogs can hear
the call two or three miles away and easily find each other.

On the other hand, says Dr. McNutt, "The twitter calls are intended to
carry only very short distances, and are used to wake up the pack members
and rally them to go hunting. They are very high pitched and sound almost
like songbird calls."

There's one huge difference between domestic or pet dogs and African
wild dogs. Millions of domestic dogs live on the planet, but there are
probably fewer than 6,000 African wild dogs left.

Lions and hyenas eat them, but most of all, African wild dogs are
threatened by people. Humans hunt them, and ranchers and farmers who
dont want them going after cows and sheep poison them. Humans are also
destroying the wild, natural habitat they need to survive.

Researchers like Dr. McNutt are working to help people understand
how rare and special these animals are. Today more ranchers are finding
other ways to protect their cows and sheep from African wild dogs instead of
killing the rare and special animals.

11. In the sentence, Wild dogs are not somebody's domestic dogs that
ran away and didn't come back, what does the word, domestic
mean?
A. Wild
B. Circus
C. Home
D. Hot

12. How do researchers keep track of how far wild dogs travel?
A. They hunt them
B. They use radio collars
C. They use infrared goggles
D. They live with them

13. Lycaon pictus is the scientific name for the African wild dog, which
means:
A. The spotted bearded lady
B. The queen of the hunt
C. Painted, wolf-like animal
D. The queen thought the princess looked tired

14. What is the purpose of the twitter call?
A. To wake up the pack to go hunting
B. To chat online with 140 characters or less
C. When they are lost or a dog is missing
D. Something bad is about to happen

15. Other than lions and hyenas, what is the biggest threat to African wild
dogs?
A. Starvation
B. Not getting enough sleep
C. Tigers, Leopards, and Wolves
D. Humans and habitat destruction









Louisa May Alcott
by Kimberly M. Hutmacher

Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29,1832. She was one of five
children. Louisa spent most of her childhood in Concord, Massachusetts. She
and her sisters spent lots of their free time acting out plays that Louisa had
written. Many remarkable people lived in Concord during this time. Henry
David Thoreau taught Louisa to love the natural world around her, and Ralph
Waldo Emerson introduced Louisa to books.

Louisa's first stories were published when she was just 16 years old.
She published her first book at the age of 22. Louisa spent some time
working as a nurse in a soldiers' hospital during the Civil War. She wrote and
published a book about this experience titled, Hospital Sketches. This book
became her first well known work. However, her most well known work was
written in 1868 and 1869. Little Women was based on Louisa's childhood in
Concord with her sisters. Louisa was Jo, the heroine of the story. Little
Women became so popular that it became part of a series. Louisa went on to
write Little Men, Jo's Boys and many other works.

Louisa May Alcott died on March 6, 1888. Over 100 years later, her
books remain a childhood favorite.

16. What is Louisa May Alcott most famous for?
a. working as a nurse during the civil war
b. writing the book, Little Women
c. writing the book, Hospital sketches
d. writing plays that were acted out by her sisters

17. Place these events in sequential order.
Label each sentence 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th.

__________ Louisa worked as a nurse.
__________ Louisa wrote Little Men and Jo's Boys.
__________ Louisa wrote plays and acted them out with her sisters.
__________ Louisa May Alcott was born.
__________ Louisa wrote her most famous book, Little Women.
__________ Louisa's first book was published.

18. How old was Louisa May Alcott when she died?
a. 45 c. 55
b. 65 d. over 100












ABC EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Fourth Quarter Examination

SPEECH 5

Name: _______________________________________ Score: ________


The Coliseum
by Edgar Allan Poe

Type of the _________ Rome! Rich _________
Of lofty _____________ left to Time
By buried __________ of pomp and power!
At length- at length- after so many days
Of weary __________ and burning thirst,
(Thirst for the springs of lore that in thee lie,)
I kneel, an _________ and a humble man,
Amid thy shadows, and so drink within
My very soul thy __________, gloom, and glory!

Vastness! and Age! and __________ of Eld!
Silence! and __________! and dim Night!
I feel ye now- I feel ye in your strength-
O spells more sure than e'er _________ king
Taught in the ________ of Gethsemane!
O charms more potent than the rapt _________
Ever drew down from out the quiet stars!

Here, where a hero fell, a ______ falls!
Here, where the ________ eagle glared in gold,
A midnight _________ holds the swarthy bat!
Here, where the _________ of Rome their gilded hair
Waved to the wind, now wave the reed and ________!
Here, where on golden throne the ________ lolled,
Glides, _____________, unto his marble home,
Lit by the wan light of the _________ moon,
The swift and silent _______ of the stones!

But stay! these walls- these _________ arcades-
These _________ plinths- these sad and __________ shafts-
These vague ___________- this crumbling frieze-
These shattered _________- this wreck- this ruin-
These stones- alas! these ______ stones- are they all-
All of the famed, and the colossal left
By the __________ Hours to Fate and me?

"Not all"- the _________ answer me- "not all!
__________ sounds and loud, arise forever
From us, and from all Ruin, unto the wise,
As ________ from Memnon to the Sun.
We rule the hearts of ________ men- we rule
With a _________ sway all giant minds.
We are not ________- we pallid stones.
Not all our power is gone- not all our fame-
Not all the ________ of our high renown-
Not all the wonder that __________ us-
Not all the _________ that in us lie-
Not all the _________ that hang upon
And _________ around about us as a garment,
Clothing us in a __________ of more than glory."





















Answer Key

Bal games
1. c
2. d.
3. a.
4. c
5. b

Is Pluto a planet
1. d
2. c
3. a
4. c
5. a

African
1. c
2. b
3. c
4. a
5. d
Louisa May Alcott
1. b
2. 4,6,2,1,5,3
3. b