Name: ______Date: ______
Context Clues Test I (6)—Third Quarter
Write the letter in front of the number to complete the sentences below:
______1. For thousands of years people told time by the sun in the daytime and by the
stars at night. Later, mechanical devices for telling time were used, but
clocks as we know them have been in use for only about a thousand years.
Watches were not made until much later—about five hundred years ago.
The first watches were large and clumsy, but watches now are often _____ . .
A. less expensive.C. more accurate.
B. quite plain.D. very small.
______2. The hummingbird drinks nectar from flowers. The hummingbird has a long,
slender bill that can reach easily into the flowers to get the nectar. The
goldfinch has a thick, stubby bill that it uses as a nutcracker for opening the
seeds that contain its food. The woodpecker has to cut into wood to find
insects for food, and its bill is unusually ______.
A. straight.C. slender.
B. strong.D. smooth.
______3. When Jim started working in his family’s shop, he suspected that his parents
had given him the job just to please him. He liked the days when he had so
many customers that he did not know whom to wait on first. At those times
he thought that his parents really ______.
A. saw him.C. needed him.
B. liked him.D. were rich.
______4. One person who screams or starts to run at a school fire may frighten others
and make it harder for all to escape. Should this happen, it becomes doubly
important for everyone else to ______.
A. be even calmer.C. show disapproval.
B. call the teacher.D. break ranks and run.
______5. Good health is not the same thing as great physical strength. A very healthy
person may be unable to carry even a small trunk for any distance. Though
one may have perfect health, one may not have well-developed ______.
A. ability.C. muscles.
B. endurance.D. courage.
______6. The two soldiers were happy to see each other again. In the past they had
spent many hours together, fought side by side, and shared their victories
and disappointments. They had spent hours talking of their hopes and fears.
Through their many common experiences, they had become ______.
A. casual acquaintances.C. close friends.
B. bitter enemies.D. jealous rivals.
______7. The tribe’s hunters returned home when they had obtained enough meat
and skins to last them through the winter. They killed only the number of
animals that they ______.
A. saw.C. could skin.
B. could carry.D. needed.
______8. If you scream or yell loudly, you may injure your throat. At such events as
ball games, many persons become hoarse as a result of much yelling and
shouting. Their throats become ______.
A. very healthy.C. red and inflamed.
B. long and narrow.D. filled with food.
______9. In California, there are forests of great redwood trees. The wood is a
reddish brick shade, and this gives the tree its ______.
A. value.C. bark.
B. size.D. name.
______10. For many years the residents of this town have watched motorists go by,
scarcely lifting their eyes from the road as they journey to nearby resorts.
Now these residents are determined to reap for themselves some of the
potential revenue that speeds through their town each year. They are
planning to make it attractive to ______.
A. residents.C. industries.
B. tourists.D. students.
BONUS 1 POINT:
______1. In the northern half of the world, summer comes in June, July, and August
while the southern part of the world is having winter. Then the northern
people have winter in December, January, and February while the southern
half of the world has its ______.
A. spring.C. summer.
B. climate.D. autumn.
ANSWER KEY
1. D
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. C
6. C
7. D
8. C
9. D
10. B
BONUS
1. C