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TEST READY® Reading Longer Passages - Book 5
Part One
Reading and Comprehension
LESSON
Here is a travel article about Hawaii. Following the travel article is a science
article about volcanoes. Read both articles. Then do Numbers 1 through 15.
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Hawaii: The Aloha State
Hawaii became the fiftieth state admitted
to the United States on August 21, 1959. Hawaii
is made up entirely of islands in the Pacific Ocean.
There are several main islands, including one
island that is also called Hawaii. The island of
Hawaii is called the Big Island in order to tell
the difference between the island and the state.
Tourists who come to the island of Hawaii
are visiting the most southern place in the
United States.
The word aloha is a Hawaiian word that is
understood by most visitors even before they
arrive on the island. Aloha means “hello,” “love,”
and “goodbye.” Aloha is always a warm greeting
that offers friendship and is said with a smile.
When many people think of Hawaii, they
think of warm tropical breezes, surfing, and
hula dancing. The hula, with its
graceful movements and
peaceful music, is a beautiful
expression of Hawaiian culture.
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State Bird
Hawaiian goose
State Flower
Yellow hibiscus
State Flag
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The hula is an ancient form of storytelling. To dance the hula was once
an honor and a responsibility. The first hula dancers were men. They spent
years training at special schools called ha lau. The dance teachers, or kumu
hula, taught their students about 200 different hulas.
A visit to Hawaii is not complete
without witnessing the hula tradition.
The hula tells a story through hand and
body movements and is accompanied
by music. Before the nineteenth century,
Hawaiians had no written language.
They used the hula to pass down tales
of their ancestors. The hula expresses
Hawaiian history, literature, and religion.
It tells stories of important leaders,
nature, love, and other elements of life
on the islands of Hawaii.
Most travelers are particularly
curious about Hawaii and its volcanoes.
The Hawaiian Islands were actually
created by the eruptions of underwater
volcanoes. Over millions of years, layers
of lava built up on the ocean floor. These layers formed underwater
mountains. Eventually, the mountaintops reached above the surface of the
Pacific Ocean, creating over 100 islands. Most of them have been eroded away
by the ocean and are very small today. The Hawaiian Islands are the only
islands large enough to be inhabited.
Many of the ancient volcanoes are quiet now, but some still spit out lava.
Two volcanoes on the Big Island are still active—Mauna Loa and Kilauea.
Visitors can explore both volcanoes at Volcanoes National Park. Lava from
these volcanoes pours into the Pacific. The ocean water cools the lava.
The lava gets hard and actually makes the island larger. In 1986, on the island
of Hawaii, Mauna Loa erupted. The flowing lava caused millions of dollars
worth of damage.
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Volcanoes
The earth’s crust is split into over twenty huge plates. Each plate is about
25–45 miles thick. These plates move on a layer of melted rock, or magma,
inside the earth. Even though it feels as if the earth is solid and still, you
and your home are moving—less than an inch a year—on one of the earth’s
plates. As the plates move, they push together in some places and pull apart
in others. Where they pull apart, magma rises gently to the surface and spreads.
A volcano is a vent in the earth from which magma and gas erupt. The
magma that erupts from the volcano is called lava. This lava often forms
a hill or mountain around the vent.
In the United States, the eruption of Washington’s Mount Saint Helens in
1980 shocked Americans and scientists. In a sudden blast, explosions blew
the top 1,300 feet off the mountain. A hot cloud of ash and gas raced down
the north slope and flattened forests. About 60 people were killed. The
illustration below shows what the inside of a volcano looks like.
About twenty times each year, a volcano erupts somewhere on land.
One of the worst volcanic eruptions in history was the explosion of Krakatoa,
located in Indonesia. In August of 1883, Krakatoa erupted with four huge
explosions, killing over 30,000 people. The explosions caused a series of huge
waves, called tsunamis, to wash ashore on nearby islands. Most of the deaths
were caused by these waves. The eruption was so powerful that Australians
heard the noise about 3,000 miles away!
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1. The travel article was written mainly to
persuade people to visit Hawaii.
explain Hawaiian traditions.
describe the islands and volcanoes
of Hawaii.
provide information about Hawaii’s
culture and land.
6. Which of these is something a hula dance
might tell about?
when Hawaii’s volcanoes are likely
to erupt
the life of Kamehameha the Great,
a chief who lived long ago
how to find the best attractions
on the main island
why travelers visit the island each year
2. Look at the map on page 11. You can tell
that the state of Hawaii is made up of
eight volcanoes.
eight islands.
one large island.
seven large islands and
one small island.
7. You can tell that many of the islands
of Hawaii
were once all connected.
were once larger than they are today.
are larger today than they were
in the past.
each have at least one active volcano.
3. Which of these is not a meaning
for the word aloha?
“hello”
“goodbye”
“love”
“friendship”
8. The original purpose of the hula may be
compared to the original purpose of
myths.
legends.
folktales.
tall tales.
4. What is also an appropriate title
for the travel article?
“Ancient Storytelling”
“The People of Hawaii”
“The Fiftieth State”
“How Islands Are Created”
9. Magma becomes lava when
the earth plates move.
it erupts from a volcano.
it becomes melted rock.
it forms a pool under a volcano.
5. What is the Big Island?
the state of Hawaii
the many islands of Hawaii
the main island of Hawaii
the volcano Mauna Loa
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10. Which of these is the best meaning
for the word eroded?
“built up”
“destroyed”
“worn away”
“wasted away”
Think about the science article you
have read about volcanoes. Then do
Numbers 13 through 15.
13. Look at the picture on page 13. What is the
name of the main area that magma must
travel through before reaching the surface?
cone
chimney
side vent
main vent
11. You can tell that people who live
in Hawaii actually live
on mountains that lie mostly under
water.
on top of active volcanoes.
on top of small hills.
in the largest of the 50 states.
14. What happens when the plates inside
the earth move?
Four huge explosions occur.
Magma rises to the surface.
Lava forms a hill around the vent.
A hot cloud of gas forms inside the
volcano.
12. The travel article explains that the hula
tells about elements of Hawaiian life. What
definition of the word elements is used
in this sentence?
“weather”
“simple, basic parts of something”
“substances that cannot be split into
different substances”
“wires or coils that heat up when
electricity passes through them”
15. What must happen first before magma
can rise to the surface?
Gas must form in the vent of a volcano.
Earth’s plates must push together.
Earth’s plates must move more
than one inch.
Earth’s plates must pull apart.
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Part Two
Writing
16. Think about the two articles you have read. On the lines below, list several ways that Hawaii
is different from the other 49 states.
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