El Contexto Y El Diagnóstico De La Zona Escolar

READING AND VOCABULARY EXAM

THIRD GRADE

Name_______________________________________________________L.N.______

Date_______________________________________________________Group_____

Read the following paragraph and answer the questions below.

THE EMPEROR PENGUIN

Emperors are the largest of all penguins each penguin is about 45 inches (115 centimeters) tall. These flightless animals live on the Antarctic ice.

They have special feathers and fat in their bodies to keep them warm, Emperor penguins spend the long winter on the open ice, where everything is frozen and they even breed during this cold season. Mothers lay just one single egg and the father takes care of it. Then mothers leave the rookery and go on a two months trip! They need to travel some 50 miles (80 kilometers) just to reach the open ocean, where they will eat fish, squid, and krill.

Penguin fathers keep the new laid eggs warm, during this two-months fathers don´t eat anything and wait until mothers return, after many days babies peck and hit the egg until they break it and hatch.

When female penguins return to the rooker , they bring a belly full of food that they regurgitate for the new chicks. Meanwhile, male emperors go the sea in search of food for themselves, penguins don’t have wings they have flippers to help them swim.

Mothers care for their young chicks and protect them they cuddle and preen them to keep them warm. In December, Antarctic summer, the pack ice begins to break up and open water appears near the breeding site, just as young emperor penguins are ready to swim and fish on their own.

1.Where does the Emperor penguin live?

2.Which are the largest penguins?

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3.What do penguins eat?

4. How long do mothers travel looking for food?

5.What do penguins use for swimming?

II.Write the correct meaning on the line using the underlined words form the paragraph.

1.To come out of an egg.__________________________

2.To arrange the feathers._________________________

3.Strikes with a beak._____________________________

4.Flat body parts used for swimming._________________

5.Covered with ice._______________________________

6.Group of birds taking care of their babies.____________

7.Lies close and comfortably._______________________

I. Choose a word from the box and write it on the correct line.

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1. The _________________ made a beautiful table made of wood.

2. We wash our clothes in the ________________ room.

3. The miners found some gold _________________ .

4. Nickels, dimes and quarters are _________________ .

5. My mom used a _______________ to make eggs.

II. Match the columns and write the correct letter on the line.

1. a period of time ______ a. pick

2. a tool with a heavy metal bar pointed

at one or both ends._______ b. boom

3. having a rapid growth ______ c. spell

4. a person who makes carpets _______ d. knowledge

5. what you know ______ e. carpetmaker

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