For two months, I have been trying to decide who makes the best ice cream. I have narrowed it
down to my four favorite manufacturers: Randolph Farms, Goodies, Disco, and Twinkle.
Let’s start with Randolph Farms. Randolph Farms makes very good ice cream. They have lots of
different flavors, but this doesn’t really matter to me. That’s because I always get coffee flavor. They make
the best coffee ice cream in the world. I’ve never had hot coffee (the drink) but people tell me that
Randolph Farms coffee ice cream tastes just like the real thing. Also, Randolph Farms uses all natural
ingredients to make their ice cream. This is a good idea, I think.
Second, we have Goodies. Goodies makes excellent ice cream. Like Randolph Farms, Goodies
uses all natural ingredients. They only make three different flavors—strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate—
but they make them very well. The strawberry is amazing. Every bite of it reminds me of the strawberries
that I used to pick behind my old house. The vanilla is wonderful. It is very smooth and has a refreshing,
creamy taste. The chocolate is outstanding. It is made with real cocoa beans from Bolivia. I didn’t know
where Bolivia is so I decided to look for it on a map. After hunting awhile, I discovered that it is in South
America! That’s a long way to go to get cocoa, so it must be good. I would say that the only drawback to
Goodies ice cream is that they only make three different flavors.
Third, we have Disco. Disco ice cream is okay. They don’t have many good flavors. Actually, the
only Disco flavor I like is Bubblegum. It is vanilla ice cream with little chunks of bubblegum in it. After you
eat the ice cream, you can blow bubbles with the gum. That’s pretty fun.
Finally, there is Twinkle. Twinkle ice cream is mediocre. The only good thing about Twinkle is that
it is relatively inexpensive. You can buy a whole carton of twinkle ice cream for $4.50. That’s only two
weeks’ allowance for me.
Solve the Quiz based on Reading Text
#1. According to the passage, the author likes Randolph Farms ice cream because it
#2. According to the passage, the author likes Disco ice cream because it
#3. How much money does the author receive in his or her weekly allowance?
#4. Given the information included in the passage, which of the following statements would the author most likely agree with?
#5. According to the passage, how is Randolph Farms ice cream different than Goodies?
#6. In paragraph 3 the author writes, “That’s a long way to go to get cocoa, so it must be good.” Using this information, we can understand that the author believes that
#7. An adjective is a word that is used to describe a thing. For example, in the sentence, “The car is fast,” the word “fast” is an adjective. Using this information, which of the following are adjectives used in paragraph 3?
#8. According to the author, what is the only drawback to Goodies ice cream?
#9. How many weeks would it take for the author to save enough money to buy two cartons of Twinkle ice cream?
#10. If the author did decide that one manufacturer is best, which one would he or she probably choose?
#11. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
#12. If the author wanted to get a scoop of coffee ice cream, where would he or she probably go?
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