AMERICAN JUNIOR COLLEGE 2019

READING WORKSHEET
TEACHER: FRANCISCA MEDEL
FECHA: MARCH 2020 SUBJECT: ENGLISH
GARRIDO
STUDENT’S NAME: GRADE: 7th grade A
INDICADORES DE EVALUACIÓN
I READ THE TEXT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

Text 1: hummingbirds
Have you ever heard the sound of a
hummingbird? They make a buzzing noise
when they fly. They make this noise because
they beat their wings so fast. They beat their
wings up to 80 times a second. All that flapping
makes a lot of noise. That's why we call them
hummingbirds. Hummingbirds fly in a unique
way. They move their wings so fast that they
can hover. This means that they can stay in one
spot in the middle of the air, like a helicopter.
Sometimes they fly or hover upside down. They are the only bird that flies backward.
Hummingbirds are small. One type called the bee hummingbird is the smallest bird
in the world. Bee hummingbirds weigh less than a penny. They are just a little bit
bigger than bees. I guess that's where they get their name. Bee hummingbirds build
tiny nests. They use cobwebs and bits of bark to make their homes. Their homes are
only an inch around. This is big enough for their eggs though. Their eggs are smaller
than peas. People have found these tiny nests on a clothespin. Hummingbirds move
fast. It takes lots of energy to move as fast as they do. This means that they need to
eat a lot of food. Their favorite food is nectar, a sweet liquid inside of some flowers.
They drink more than their own weight in nectar daily. They have to visit hundreds of
flowers to get enough nectar to live. They can only store enough energy to survive
through the night. They live on the edge. Hummingbirds don't use their long beaks
like straws. They have a tongue just like you. They use their tongues for eating. They
flick their tongues in and out of their mouths while inside of flowers. They lap up
nectar. Flowers give them the energy that they need. Hummingbirds help flowers too.
They get pollen on their heads and bills when they feed. Flowers use pollen to make
seeds. Hummingbirds help pollen get from one flower to the next. This helps flowers
make more seeds. More seeds means more flowers. More flowers means more food
for hummingbirds. Isn't it nice how that works out?

ACTIVITies
INSTRUCTIONS: After you read the text answer the following questions.
1. Why are they called hummingbirds?
a. They are very light b. They sing when they fly c. Their wings make a
humming sound d. Their song sounds like humming
2. How do hummingbirds eat?
a. They drink nectar through their beaks like a straw. b. They chew up flower petals
with their beaks. c. They use their heads and bills to eat pollen. d. They lap up
nectar with their tongues.
3. How do hummingbirds help flowers?
a. They drink nectar. b. They eat pollen. c. They bring pollen from one flower to the
next. d. They plant seeds.
4. According to the text, which does the bee hummingbird use to make
nests?
a. straw b. concrete c. bark d. sticks
5. Which best describes the main idea of the fifth paragraph?
a. Hummingbirds move fast. b. Hummingbirds like to eat nectar.
c. Hummingbirds use lots of energy and eat often. d. Hummingbirds drink their own
weight in nectar every day.
6. Which statement about bee hummingbirds is not true?
a. Bee hummingbird eggs are smaller than peas. b. Bee hummingbirds weigh less
than a penny. c. Bee hummingbirds have built nests on clothespins. d. Bee
hummingbirds do not grow larger than bees.
7. What is unique about the way that hummingbirds fly?
a. They can fly faster than any other bird. b. They can fly longer than any other bird.
c. They can fly forward and backward. d. They can only fly for a few seconds at a
time.
8. Which best defines the word hover as used in paragraph two?
a. To stay in one spot in the air b. To clean an area thoroughly c. An animal that
has hooves d. To move your wings very fast
9. Why do flowers need pollen?
a. Flowers eat pollen. b. Pollen attracts hummingbirds. c. Hummingbirds eat pollen.
d. Flowers use pollen to make seeds.
10. Which title best describes the main idea of this text?
a. Bee Hummingbirds: The World's Smallest Bird b. Pollination: How Birds and
Flowers Work Together c. Hummingbirds: Unique and Uniquely Helpful d.
Interesting Facts About Birds
INSTRUCTIONS 2: Answer the following questions, use information from the
text to support your ideas.
• How do flowers and hummingbirds benefit each other? Refer to the
text to support your ideas.

• Why does the hummingbirds have to eat so often? Refer to the text to
support your ideas.

• Why is the ability to hover useful to a hummingbird? Refer to the text

to support your ideas.
 Text 2: WORST GAME EVER?
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a video game that came out for the Atari 2600 game
system in 1982. It was based on a very popular film of the same name. It cost over
125 million dollars to make. Star programmer Howard Scott Warshaw created it with
consultation from Steven Spielberg. And it is widely considered to be one of the worst
video games ever created. The massive failure of E.T. and its effects on Atari is an
often-mentioned reason for the video game industry crash of 1983. It was July 27th,
1982. Howard Scott Warshaw was hot off the success of his most recent game,
Raiders of the Lost Ark. He received a call from Atari C.E.O. Ray Kassar. Atari had
bought the rights to make a video game version of Spielberg's movie, E.T. the Extra-
Terrestrial, which had just been released in June. Kassar told Warshaw that
Spielberg had specifically asked for Warshaw to make the game. Warshaw was
honored, but there was one huge problem. Atari needed the game finished by
September 1st in order to start selling it during the Christmas season. It had taken
Warshaw six months to create Raiders of the Lost Ark. The game he made prior to
that took him seven months. He was expected to create E.T. in around five weeks.
Warshaw just did not have enough time to program the game properly, but he
accepted the challenge anyway and production began. Spielberg wanted Warshaw
to create a simple maze game, similar to Pac-Man, but Warshaw had a bigger vision.
He wanted players to explore different environments in a 3D world. Warshaw
followed his vision. Atari anticipated that the game would be a huge success. Usually
companies like Atari have people test games before releasing them. If there is
something that testers really dislike, programmers can fix it before the public gets a
chance to play. Atari decided to skip testing due to time limitations. They wanted the
game released during the holiday season. It was: E.T. was released in December of
1982. The game sold very well at first. It was a hot holiday item. Unfortunately, Atari
overestimated how many they would sell. They made 5 million copies and they only
sold 1.5 million. Most people who played the game hated it. The graphics were bad.
Game play was awkward. Players got stuck in holes that they couldn't escape. A
short time limit made the game difficult to explore and frustrating to play. Some
people who stuck with the game grew to like it, but it wasn't the mainstream success
that Atari had hoped it would be. Too many copies of the game sat on store shelves.
One employee remembers the game being discounted five times, from $49.95 to less
than a dollar. Many people returned the game. Atari was left with millions of unsold
copies. In September of 1983, a newspaper in New Mexico reported that between 10
and 20 semitrailer truckloads of Atari products were crushed and buried at a landfill
in Alamogordo. Perhaps a million or more copies of E.T. were buried in the desert.
When word got out, the drop site had to be covered with cement to prevent
scavenging. Atari lost over $100 million on E.T. The game was so bad that it was
said to have affected Atari's reputation. The video game industry soon fell into a deep
depression. In 1983 the industry made $3.2 billion. By 1985 profit fell to just over
$100 million. This was almost a 97% drop. Many critics believe that Atari's blunder
on E.T. was one of the causes leading to this depression. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
will long be remembered as one of the worst video games ever made, if not one of
the causes of the decline of the entire video game industry.

ACTIVITY
1. Which of the following is not a reason for the failure of E.T. the Extra-
Terrestrial?
a. The programmer was not given enough time to finish the game properly.
b. Atari did not test the game before its release.
c. Atari made too many copies of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
d. The game was released on a new system that only a small number of people
owned.
2. Which of the following were effects of the failure of E.T the Extra-Terrestrial?
a. Perhaps a million or more copies of the game were buried in the desert.
b. Atari lost over $100 million.
c. The video game industry sunk into a deep depression.
d. All of the above
3. Which of the following was not listed as a reason why E.T. the Extra-
Terrestrial was considered one of the worst games ever?
a. The soundtrack was annoying.
b. The graphics were bad.
c. A short time limit made the game frustrating.
d. Players would get stuck in holes.
4. Which of the following events happened first?
a. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial video game was released to the public.
b. The entire video game industry sank into a deep decline.
c. Steven Spielberg suggested that the E.T. video game should be like Pac-Man.
d. Atari buried millions of cartridges and game consoles in the New Mexico desert.
5. Who programmed E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
a. Steven Spielberg b. Ray Kassar
c. Howard Scott Warshaw d. Elliot Thomas
6. Why did Atari decide to skip testing E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
a. Testing was too expensive.
b. Spielberg would not allow testing.
c. They were in a hurry to release the game for the holiday season.
d. Testing video games was not common until after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was
released.
7. When was the game E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial released?
a. June 1982 b. September 1982
c. December 1982 d. September 1983
8. According to the text, which group of people would like playing E.T.?
a. People who really enjoyed watching the movie
b. People who liked playing fast, fun games
c. People who stuck with the game despite its flaws
d. People who enjoyed playing Raiders of the Lost Ark
9. Which of the following statements is true?
a. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was one of the worst selling games of all time.
b. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial sold a lot fewer copies than Atari was hoping it would.
c. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was one of the best selling video games of all time despite
its flaws.
d. Every copy of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ever sold was eventually returned.
10. Which is not a reason cited in the article why E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
should have been successful?
a. It was based on an extremely popular movie. b. The gameplay was smooth and
enjoyable.
c. Atari spent over $125 million on its production. d. Howard Scott Warshaw
programmed the game.
 GLOSSARY
In the following box write all the unknown words for you. In a dictionary look
it up for a synonym or their meanings.