This story is mainly about -. a) the great rivers of North America.

a) the great rivers of North America.

b) the importance of shapes.

c) the shape of North America.

d) the sources of rivers in North America.

The St. Lawrence River is full of water from -

a) the Hudson Bay.

b) the Atlantic Ocean.

c) the Great Lakes.

d) the Arctic Ocean.

Water that flows into the Great Lakes flows on into the -

a) Atlantic Ocean.

b) Hudson Bay.

c) Gulf of Mexico.

d) Pacific Ocean.

17. Which one of these is not a shape?

a) box

b) cone

c) flow

d) globe

Text B. Many mountains and hills in the West are dead volcanoes. In Arizona there are thousands of them, separated from one another on the otherwise flat land. There are also volcanoes in the West that are not dead but are sleeping. Who knows when one might blow apart or shoot rock and ashes into the air? Not long ago, the entire side of Mount Saint Helens was blown away - rock and soil were thrown into the air, and forests were blown flat.

This story is mostly about -

a) Mount Saint Helens.

b) volcanoes.

c) volcanoes in the West.

d) dead volcanoes.

A sleeping volcano -

a) rumbles while it sleeps.

b) might wake up some day.

c) will always sleep.

d)will surely awaken.

20. "Dead" in this story means -

a) is sleeping.

b) makes no sound or movement.

c) is cold.

d) will never blow up again.

Before it was blown apart, Mount Saint Helens was -

a) a dead volcano.

b) a hill in Arizona.

c) a sleeping volcano.

d) a mountain in Arizona.

22. Which statement is most true?

a) The explosion of a volcano can cause a wind.

b) Volcanoes are always found among mountains.

c) Mount Saint Helens is not in the West.

d) All volcanoes explode through a hole in the top.

Text C. In New Mexico and Arizona lived the Pueblo Indians. The word "Pueblo" comes from the Spanish word "pueblo," meaning town or village. The Spaniards found these Indians living in apartment houses, some of them on the side of a cliff so that they could be reached only by ladders. When attacked by Apaches, the Pueblos would pull up the ladders. They grew corn, which they watered with water flowing down in ditches. They wove cloth, made wonderful baskets, and created jars and pots out of clay.

The Pueblo Indians were afraid of -

a) cliff dwelling.

b) Apache Indians.

c) apartment houses.

d) water flowing down in ditches.

24. The Spaniards called these Indians "Pueblos" because they -

a) were close to the Apaches.

b) lived together in a town or village.

c) farmed and brought down water in ditches.

d) pulled up their ladders when attacked.

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