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CONTENTSTo the StudentSTAAR Ready—Reading Test Practice

is a review program for the STAAR Reading test. This book has three practice tests. In each practice test, you will read selections and answer 44 multiple-choice comprehension questions. The practice selections and questions are similar to those you will find on the STAAR Reading test. Becoming familiar with the STAAR format will help you succeed on the STAAR Reading test.

Your teacher will explain how you will do the practice tests and record your answers. Be sure to follow the directions for each practice test. As you complete the practice tests, read the selections and answer the questions carefully. Use the Answer Forms beginning on page 87 to record your answers. Remember to fill in the answer bubbles completely. Also, if you change an answer, you must erase your first answer fully.

While you work on the practice tests, use the Testing Tips below. Read these helpful tips carefully. They can make you a better test taker.

Testing Tips for Answering Multiple-Choice Questions

• Read each question carefully before you try to answer it.

• Be sure you know what the question is asking you to do.

• Cross out any answer choices that are not reasonable. Then make your choice from the remaining choices.

• Read the question again. Check that your answer makes sense.

Practice Test 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Practice Test 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Practice Test 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Answer Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Illustration Credits:Pat Lucas: pages 1, 2, 6, 7, 13, 28, 30, 34, 36, 41, 46Jenny Nutting Kelchen: pages 20, 25, 53Susan Hawk: 56, 73, 77

Photo Credits:pages 11, 12: NASApage 35: Courtesy of NOAA Photo Librarypage 40: Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Librarypage 62: Courtesy of National Archivespage 63: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-2420page 65: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USF34-T01-001784-Cpage 76: Courtesy of USDApage 82: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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Practice Test 3

Read this selection. Then answer the questions that follow it.

The Great River  1  TexasisthesecondlargeststateintheUnitedStates.Texaslies

betweentheAtlanticandPacificOceans.Manyofthestate’sbordersareshapedbywater,includingmilesofcoastline.Withinitsborders,Texashashundredsof lakes. It alsohasmanymajor rivers.ThemostfamousmajorriverinTexasistheRioGrande.

  2  Spanishfor“greatriver,”theRioGrandeformsanaturalborderbetweenTexasandMexico.Thisnaturalborderisover1,200mileslong.TheRioGrandeisoneofthelongestriversinNorthAmerica.The Rio Grande begins high up in the mountains of Colorado. Itflowsfor1,900milesfromthesnowymountains,acrossNewMexico,anddowntheTexas-MexicoborderbeforeitemptiesintotheGulfofMexico.

Colorado

New Mexico

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Gulf of Mexico

MEXICO

RIO GRANDE

  3  Meltingsnowfromthemountainsfeedsthewatersofthegreatriver.Sodospringandsummerthunderstorms.TheRioGrandeisanimportantsourceofwaterforlandandcrops.FromColoradotoMexico,theriverwaterscropsofalfalfa,cotton,pecans,vegetables,andcitrusfruits.

  4  ThelandaroundtheRioGrandeisrugged.Insomeplaces,sheerwallsofcanyonsflanktheriver.Theriverhasmanyhazards.Some

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Practice Test 3

41 Accordingtothearticleandmap,theRioGrandebeginsinColoradoandemptiesintothe—

A AtlanticOcean

B PacificOcean

C GulfofMexico

D ColoradoRiver

42 Whatdoesthewordprehistoricmeaninparagraph6?

F important

G ancient

H modern

J creative

43 Theauthorprobablywrotethisarticleto—

A explainwhytheRioGrandeneedstobeprotected

B describethehazardsoftheruggedlandscapealongtheRioGrande

C teachthereaderaboutthemanymajorriversinTexas

D tellaboutmanyofthefeaturesoftheRioGrande

44 Whatareparagraphs4and5mostlyabout?

F HowtheRioGrandeformsanaturalborderbetweenTexasandMexico

G ThewildanimalsthatliveinthedesertsandmountainsalongtheRioGrande

H WhyitistoodangeroustoraftorkayakontheRioGrande

J HowthelandscapealongtheRioGrandeisbothruggedandbeautiful

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