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Test: Common Core: 5th Grade English Language Arts
| 1. | Adapted from Aesop’s The Ants & the Grasshopper (620-560 BCE) One bright day in late autumn, a family of Ants were bustling about in the warm sunshine, drying out the grain they had stored up during the summer, when a starving Grasshopper, his fiddle under his arm, came up and humbly begged for a bite to eat. "What!" cried the Ants in surprise, "haven't you stored anything away for the winter? What in the world were you doing all last summer?" "I didn't have time to store up any food," whined the Grasshopper; "I was so busy making music that before I knew it, the summer was gone." The Ants shrugged their shoulders in disgust. "Making music, were you?" they cried. "Very well; now dance!" And they turned their backs on the Grasshopper and went on with their work. When comparing the Grasshopper and the Ants, there is a contrast in their behavior and attitudes. How could the Grasshopper and Ants be described? |
The Grasshopper is well-prepared, and the Ants are lazy.
The Grasshopper is greedy, and the Ants are generous.
The Grasshopper is irresponsible, and the Ants are hard-workers.
The Grasshopper is cruel, and the Ants are kind.
