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News Scoop April 17, 2009



This Issue:
Table of Contents
Cover Story
Cover Story - Spanish Version
Mini-Lesson
Comprehension Quiz
Teacher's Guide and Worksheets

Comprehension Quiz

A Thirsty World

Directions:

  1. Print the student quiz with the ten questions below.

  2. Customize this quiz by changing questions 9 and 10.

  3. Find the answer key to the quiz in this week's Teachers' Guide. Look under the ANSWERS section on page 2.

  • Article: "Water Worries" (Identify Main Idea)


    1. This story is mostly about

    1. how people in Las Vegas, Nevada, are watching their water use.
    2. why we need to use less water and how some people already are.
    3. what people around the world are doing to celebrate Earth Day.

  • Article: "Water Worries" (Identify Cause and Effect)


    2. It is becoming even more important to use water wisely because

    1. the number of people in the world is getting bigger.
    2. some areas of the world are drying up.
    3. Both A and B

  • Article: "Water Worries" (Recall Facts and Details)


    3. How much of Earth's water is available for us to drink or use?

    1. less than 1% of it
    2. about half of it
    3. all of it

  • Article: "Water Worries" (Make Inferences)


    4. You can tell from reading paragraphs 5 and 6 that

    1. four inches of rain per year is not very much.
    2. four inches of rain per year is a lot.
    3. None of the above

  • Article: "Water Worries" (Recall Facts and Details)


    5. People in Las Vegas, Nevada, use

    1. more water now than they did in 2002.
    2. less water now than they did in 2002.
    3. the same amount of water now as they did in 2002.

  • Article: "A Quake Rocks Italy" (Recall Facts and Details)


    6. What type of natural disaster hit Italy last week?

    1. a hurricane
    2. a tornado
    3. an earthquake

  • Article: "A Quake Rocks Italy" (Recall Facts and Details)


    7. Which city in Italy was hit hardest?

    1. Rome
    2. L'Aquila
    3. Naples

  • Article: "Obama's Secret Stop" (Sequence Events)


    8. What did President Obama do first?

    1. He took a weeklong trip to Europe.
    2. He visited Iraq.
    3. He returned to the United States.

  • Article: "Water Wise" (Read a Pie Chart)


    9. More than half of a family's water is used in the

    1. kitchen.
    2. laundry room.
    3. bathroom.

  • Article: "Water Worries" (Drawing Conclusions)


    10. Why is it important for people to watch their water use?

Customize questions 9 and 10

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