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English Comprehension

How high can you jump? If you are like most people, you can probably jump one or two feet high.

How high do you think the world's best jumper can jump? A man

named Javier Sotomayor set the world record for the highest jump. He is an Olympic gold medallist. He has jumped over a bar set at a height of 8.04 feet. So far, Javier Sotomayor is the only person who has ever jumped higher than 8 feet. That's pretty amazing. But believe it or not, there are many animals out there that are far better at jumping.

When you think of animals that can jump well, you probably think of kangaroos, rabbits,

or frogs. These animals are all very good at jumping, but they are not the best. When we talk about how good an animal is at jumping, we do not simply mean how high they can jump. Instead, we mean how high they can jump compared to how big they are. For example, a

grasshopper can jump 20 inches. That is not very far for a person, but it is very far for something as small as a grasshopper. A grasshopper is only one-inch long. This means that a grasshopper can jump 20 times its own height. This would be like a person jumping over a ten-story building!

One mammal that can jump very high is called the klipspringer. The klipspringer is a

small antelope that lives in southern Africa. Klipspringers can jump up to 25 feet into the air. This is about 10 times their own height. Because klipspringers live in the mountains, they also need to be good at jumping onto rocks. A klipspringer can easily jump from one very small rock to another. It can do this by using only the very tips of its hooves to jump and land. Some of the rocks they land on are not much bigger than ping pong balls.

Fleas are also very good at jumping. Fleas are tiny bugs that drink animal blood. They need to jump high in order to get their food because they live on animals like dogs or cats. They need to jump up onto the backs of these animals so that they can eat. A flea can jump up to 220 times its own height. This would be like a person jumping over an eighty-story building!

Although grasshoppers, klipspringers, and fleas can all

jump exceptionally well, there is one other animal that outdoes them all: the copepod. Like fleas, copepods are

very small. They're only about twice the width of the tip of a pencil. Because copepods are so small, many different kinds of fish try to eat them. They need to get away from these fish very fast. A copepod's legs help it to move swiftly. Copepods have the strongest leg muscles of all of the animals in the world. A copepod can jump 500 times its own height in under a second. This would be like a person jumping almost half a mile into the sky!

If you want to get very good at jumping, you will need to practice a lot. Who knows—if

you train hard enough, one day you might even break Javier Sotomayor's record. There is one thing for sure, though. No matter how hard you try, you will never be as good of a jumper as a grasshopper, klipspringer, flea, or especially a copepod.

1) According to the passage, a grasshopper can jump

A. 5 times its own height B. 10 times its own height C. 15 times its own height D. 20 times its own height

2) In this passage, the author compares rocks to

A. hooves

B. klipspringers

C. ping pong balls

D. the tip of a pencil

3) According to the passage, why do fleas need to jump high?

A. to avoid predators

B. to get exercise

C. to reach their food

D. no one knows for sure

4) The author mentions the tip of a pencil in order to

A. prove a point B. make a comparison

C. provide an example

D. draw a conclusion

5) As used in paragraph 6, which of the following words has the same meaning as swiftly?

A. loudly

B. bravely

C. quickly

D. slowly

6) Based on the passage, which of these facts about the copepod is true?

I. it can move fast II. it is tiny III. it has very long legs

A. I only

B. I and II

C. II and III

D. I, II, and III

7) The author mentions Javier Sotomayor to

A. illustrate just how good some animals are at jumping

B. admire a world-class athlete at the height of his career

C. juxtapose (contrast and compare) the jumping ability with that of a grasshopper/flea

D. show physical similarities between humans and animals

The Coyote and The Fox

According to Hopi legend, Coyote and Fox have never liked each other. Coyote, who is a famous trickster, will try to get the better of Fox whenever he can—especially if he can also get a free meal while he’s doing it.

One day, Fox managed to catch a rabbit. He said. “This is a fine, fat rabbit. It will make

a tasty dinner!”

Fox got some wood and made a fire. He put the rabbit on a stick and let it roast. “It will

take a while until the meat is done,” he said. “I think I’ll take a little nap while it cooks.”

Now Coyote, who was not very far away, was quite hungry. Suddenly, a wonderful smell came to his nose. He followed the smell until he was outside of Fox’s house.

“Looks like Fox is sleeping,” Coyote said to himself, peering into the window. “I’ll just

be as quiet as I can.” Without making a single sound, Coyote took the rabbit off the stick and

ate up all of the meat, leaving nothing but some bare bones. He then found a little bit of fat left on a bone and smeared it all over Fox’s mouth. Then he snuck out of the house, laughing

to himself.

Fox woke up. He noticed that his mouth was greasy. He looked on his floor and saw a pile of bones. He said: “I must have eaten this rabbit. Funny, I don’t remember doing that.”

He sat down on a log to think. “This is all very perplexing. If I had eaten that rabbit, I

would be full. But I’m still hungry. What in the world has happened?” Suddenly, he jumped

up. “It must have been that trickster Coyote! He has stolen my meal! I will find him and teach

him a lesson!”

Fox followed Coyote’s tracks, but Coyote saw him coming. Coyote said to himself: “Fox

is faster than I am. I will never be able to outrun him.” Then Coyote noticed a giant rock

stuck in the ground right next to him. He thought of a clever plan. He pushed his back up against the rock and pretended to be straining very hard against it.

Fox came running. “Watch out, Coyote!” he said. “I’m coming to get you!”

“Look out!” Coyote cried. “Don’t you see that I’m holding up this rock? If I move, it

will roll away and crush us both to death!”

Fox gasped. He certainly did not want to get crushed by that huge rock! “What should I

do?” he asked Coyote.

“Here, you lean against it for a moment,” Coyote said. “I’ll find a tree trunk to hold it up

and then we can both escape! Lean against it with all of your strength, or it will flatten you!”

Fox rushed over to the rock and pressed his body against it with all of his might. Coyote darted off into the woods.

Fox waited and waited, but Coyote never came back. Fox began to suspect that he had been tricked. He eased himself away from the rock very slowly to see if it would fall on him, but of course, it did not move an inch.

“That miserable Coyote!” Fox said. “One day, I’ll catch him … and then he’d better

watch out!”

1) In this passage, Coyote gets the better of Fox by I. stealing his dinner II. hiding behind a rock III. outrunning him

A. I only

B. I and II only

C. II and III only

D. I, II, and III

2) In paragraph 5, Coyote leaves a pile of bare bones because he

A. is trying to threaten Fox—if Fox does not watch out, he too will be a pile of bones

B. either does not like to eat the bones or cannot actually eat them

C. wants to leave some evidence of the eaten rabbit D. wants to leave a mess that Fox will have to clean up later

3) As used in paragraph 7, the best synonym for perplexing is

A. confusing

B. exciting

C. terrifying

D. depressing

4) Near the end of the passage, the author writes: “[Fox] eased himself away from

the rock very slowly to see if it would fall on him, but of course, it did not move an inch.” Based on the information in the passage, the rock most likely does not move because

A. Fox is moving very slowly

B. Coyote is holding the rock up from the other side

C. it is much heavier than Fox thought it was

D. it is stuck in the ground

5) Based on the example of Coyote in this passage, it can be understood that a "trickster" is a character who

A. uses brute strength to overpower a weaker enemy

B. outsmarts other characters to get what he/she wants

C. plays jokes on other characters just to get a laugh

D. fails at first but wins in the end

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1) A

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5) B

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