Making Burgers BiggerMany Americans love to eat hamburgers. Fast food places have burgers of all sizes. Burger King has the Whopper. Wendy’s has the Classic Triple. The largest burgers are not just at fast food diners. Restaurants have now joined the challenge to make the biggest burgers. Last week, the Bear Barrel Belly Buster burger was made. A restaurant made the Belly Buster. Before this, the biggest burger weighed about 12 pounds. The Belly Buster weighs 15 pounds! That is more than your backpack weighs!What goes into such a big burger? The Belly Buster has 10.5 pounds of ground beef. It has 25 cheese slices. It uses two onions and three tomatoes. It uses a whole head of lettuce. It also has one and a half cups of ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, relish, and peppers. It takes two hands just to lift the burger. That is without the sauces! Most people need forks, knives, and bibs to eat it. No one has been able to eat the whole thing. People are still trying to create an even bigger burger!1.What is this passage mostly about?A. People eat really big burgers with forks and knives. B. Restaurants are trying to make bigger hamburgers. C. The Belly Buster burger uses a head of lettuce. D. Fast food places have the biggest hamburgers.2. Which statement supports the idea that restaurants are now making bigger burgers?A. Fast food places have some very big hamburgers. B. The Belly Buster has 10.5 pounds of ground beefC. The Whopper is Burger King's largest hamburger. D. Most Americans really like to eat hamburgers. HibernationAnimals have many ways to deal with cold weather. Humans use heaters in the homes and wear jackets. Birds fly south to find warmer winter weather. Some animals dig in and wait for spring. To protect themselves, they go into a kind of sleep. That sleep is called hibernation. It keeps the animals from starving in the winter. One animal that hibernates is the bear. During the winter, the bear goes into a caveto sleep. While it sleeps, the bear’s breathing and heartbeat slow down. This lets the bear save energy. The bear can go without food for the whole hibernation. The bear does not grow during hibernation. When spring comes, the bear wakes up and goes on with its normal life.3. This passage is mostly aboutA. why animals need to keep warm in the winter. B. how the weather changes throughout the year. C. why birds fly south to find warmer weather. D. how humans and some animals adapt tothe winter.4. Which statement supportsthe main idea of the passage?A. Birds fly south to find warmer weather. B. Humans use heaters in their homes and wear jackets. C. The bear can go without food for the whole hibernation. D. All the above.
Turn OffYour TV!How much television do you watch a week? Maybe you watch five hours a week. Maybe you watch five a day. That is over 30 hours of TV a week! What would your life be like without TV? One organization wants you to find out!In 1995, TV Turnoff Network started an event. It is called TV Turnoff Week. The goal is to get people off of their couches. People can use that week to get active. They can draw, ride a bike, or play a game. TV Turnoff Week usually happens the last week in April. When the event started, only a few thousand people were involved. Last year, over 7.6 million people joined. The group asks people to “Turn offTV, and turn on life.”The TV Turnoff Network started this event because of kids. Kids spend more time watching TV than they do at school. Watching too much TV leads to bad health. People who watch too much TV do not eat well and do not exercise as much. So turn offyour TV for a week. You never know what might happen!5. What is this article mainly about?A. TV Turnoff Week is an event that happens the last week of April. B. TV Turnoff Week wants people to be active instead of watch TV. C. People who watch TV eat more junk food than people who don’t. D. Kids in the U. S. watch sometimes up to five hours of TV a day.6. TV Turnoff Week was started to get kids to watch less TV. What statement from the passage best supports this idea?A. Last year, over 7.6 million people joined. B. The goal is to get people off their couches. C. TV Turnoff Week usually happens the last week in April. D. That is over 30 hours of television a week!