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Paired Passages: Night Flyer and A Sweet Part of Nature

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STAAR 2018 4th Grade Paired Passage

 Use “Night Flyers” (pp. 12–13) to answer questions 13–16. Then fill in the answers on your answer document. 

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13 The author includes paragraph 2 in the selection most likely to —

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14 According to the selection, why are bats having difficulty finding homes?

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15 Which sentence from the selection expresses an opinion?

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16 Which section from the selection describes ways that bats can help people?

 Use “A Sweet Part of Nature” (pp. 14–15) to answer questions 17–20. Then fill in the answers on your answer document. 

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17 The author’s purpose for including paragraph 5 in the article most likely is to —

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18 What happens when the land where bees live is turned into farmland?

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19 What problem would most likely occur if there were too few honeybees?

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20 What is the best summary of the section titled “How Humans Can Help”?

 Use “Night Flyers” and “A Sweet Part of Nature” to answer questions 21–24. Then fill in the answers on your answer document. 

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21 Based on details in both “Night Flyers” and “A Sweet Part of Nature,” the reader can tell that bats and honeybees are responsible for —

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22 The first photograph in “Night Flyers” and the last photograph in “A Sweet Part of Nature” both show that —

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23 What is one way that the bats in “Night Flyers” and the honeybees in “A Sweet Part of Nature” are different?

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24 Read this sentence from paragraph 2 of “Night Flyers.”

Bats also spread pollen among flowering plants.

Which sentence from “A Sweet Part of Nature” best shows a way that honeybees are similar to bats?