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