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Meet Stevie (Explain a Central Idea)
By Jovana Menkevich
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Question 1
1.
What is the central idea of the text?
Stevie is one of the only robots that has the same feelings that humans have.
Researchers built Stevie so he could teach people how to dance at sing-alongs.
Stevie is helping researchers understand how robots can be useful for retirement communities.
Researchers created Stevie to answer questions from people who live in retirement communities.
Question 2
2.
Which detail from the text
best
supports the answer 1?
"Researchers are working hard to learn what stuff and residents might want from a robot." (paragraph 3)
"For example, tell Stevie you are sick, and it frown and says 'I'm sorry to hear that'". (paragraph 4)
"Stevie can answer about 100 common questions, such as "How are you?" (paragraph 5)
"Phil led the singing while Stevie's arms circled around, doing its best to copy the dance moves." (paragraph 8)
Question 3
3.
Read the sentence from paragraph 1:
Phil Soriano, age 86,
hosts
fun sing-alongs at his retirement communituy.
What is the meaning of the word
hosts?
plays with
entertains guests
listens to musicians
watches closely
Question 4
4.
What did researchers discover residents wanted Stevie to do?
to roll away from them
to take orders from them
to help them with chores
to keep them company
Question 5
5.
What did Stevie do at the bingo game?
Stevie helped the residents.
Stevie answered questions.
Stevie called out numbers.
Stevie danced and sang.
Question 6
6.
What happened when residents asked Stevie to do chores?
Stevie would do them and not interact.
Stevie would not do them.
Stevie did not understand what was being asked.
Stevie would do them while interacting with the people.
Question 7
7.
What does Stevie do during a sing along?
He doesn't do anything.
A robot version of dancing.
He listens to the music.
He sings along.
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Question 8
8.
Which sentence best supports the idea that a plant is designed to attract specific animals?
This process is called pollination.
The shape and color of the flowers draw these pollinating animals and insects.
Flowers with these signals usually have a darker color pattern at their center.
Some nectar guides reflect light that people cannot see.
Question 9
9.
Why is it important for a plant’s pollen to be spread?
So birds can have food
So bees can find nectar
So plants can reproduce
So plants can send signals
Question 10
10.
Which sentence
best
states the central idea of the selection?
Bees love nectar.
Plants are like lighthouses.
Bees and other animals help pollinate plants.
Flowers that send out signals are dark in the center.
