Read the selection about prehistoric art below. Then answer the

questions that follow.

Prehistoric Art

1 Many people think that prehistoric people spent all their time trying to

survive. Yet cave art proves that some of them took time to draw. Carvings

from this time show that ancient people were also skilled with different types

of art.

2 Experts say that this art might have been used in rituals. Or maybe it was

used to convey messages. Perhaps these early people made art because they

enjoyed it. No one knows for sure.

3 One discovery that leaves many people wondering is a group of statues

found in a European country, the Czech Republic. The statues are about 26,000

years old. Most carvings done around this time are made of bone, soft stone,

or ivory. Some heads made of ivory were found here too. But what surprised

everyone were the terra cotta figures. These were fashioned by people who

knew how to make ceramic art by heating soft clay.

4 Scientists did not think that early humans knew how to use fire to make

pottery. They thought that pottery was not invented until 15,000 years later.

These statues proved them wrong.

5 Scientists began to dig at this site. They found more than seven thousand

pieces of fired clay. They even found two kilns. These are ovens for firing clay.

They also dug up more than two thousand balls of burnt clay. Many of the other

things they found are only bits. Some pieces look like people or animals.

6 One person who studied the pieces said that the clay had lime added to it.

The lime might have come from the ashes of oak trees. Lime had to be mixed

into the clay first. Then people could fire the clay at low temperatures. That

way they could harden it in a small open fire of dry plants or tree branches. The

heat made the clay hard. This turned it into terra cotta, a shiny brown pottery. This also made the clay black in certain places.

7 These early humans might have discovered how to do this by accident. But the

statues they made took much talent. One of them is a woman, and it is only four and a

half inches tall.

8 There are also animals. A bear, a lion, a fox, an owl, a rhino, and even a

mammoth were found. The artists who made them must have known what all

these animals looked like. They also knew how to fire the clay to harden it.

Firing the clay preserved the sculptures. It is amazing to think that they have

lasted for more than twenty thousand years.





What is differet about what scientists thought before the statues were found and after the statues were discovered?

Read the selection about prehistoric art below. Then answer the

questions that follow.

Prehistoric Art

1 Many people think that prehistoric people spent all their time trying to

survive. Yet cave art proves that some of them took time to draw. Carvings

from this time show that ancient people were also skilled with different types

of art.

2 Experts say that this art might have been used in rituals. Or maybe it was

used to convey messages. Perhaps these early people made art because they

enjoyed it. No one knows for sure.

3 One discovery that leaves many people wondering is a group of statues

found in a European country, the Czech Republic. The statues are about 26,000

years old. Most carvings done around this time are made of bone, soft stone,

or ivory. Some heads made of ivory were found here too. But what surprised

everyone were the terra cotta figures. These were fashioned by people who

knew how to make ceramic art by heating soft clay.

4 Scientists did not think that early humans knew how to use fire to make

pottery. They thought that pottery was not invented until 15,000 years later.

These statues proved them wrong.

5 Scientists began to dig at this site. They found more than seven thousand

pieces of fired clay. They even found two kilns. These are ovens for firing clay.

They also dug up more than two thousand balls of burnt clay. Many of the other

things they found are only bits. Some pieces look like people or animals.

6 One person who studied the pieces said that the clay had lime added to it.

The lime might have come from the ashes of oak trees. Lime had to be mixed

into the clay first. Then people could fire the clay at low temperatures. That

way they could harden it in a small open fire of dry plants or tree branches. The

heat made the clay hard. This turned it into terra cotta, a shiny brown pottery. This also made the clay black in certain places.

7 These early humans might have discovered how to do this by accident. But the

statues they made took much talent. One of them is a woman, and it is only four and a

half inches tall.

8 There are also animals. A bear, a lion, a fox, an owl, a rhino, and even a

mammoth were found. The artists who made them must have known what all

these animals looked like. They also knew how to fire the clay to harden it.

Firing the clay preserved the sculptures. It is amazing to think that they have

lasted for more than twenty thousand years.



Which of these would help the reader understand paragraph 5?

Read the selection about prehistoric art below. Then answer the

questions that follow.

Prehistoric Art

1 Many people think that prehistoric people spent all their time trying to

survive. Yet cave art proves that some of them took time to draw. Carvings

from this time show that ancient people were also skilled with different types

of art.

2 Experts say that this art might have been used in rituals. Or maybe it was

used to convey messages. Perhaps these early people made art because they

enjoyed it. No one knows for sure.

3 One discovery that leaves many people wondering is a group of statues

found in a European country, the Czech Republic. The statues are about 26,000

years old. Most carvings done around this time are made of bone, soft stone,

or ivory. Some heads made of ivory were found here too. But what surprised

everyone were the terra cotta figures. These were fashioned by people who

knew how to make ceramic art by heating soft clay.

4 Scientists did not think that early humans knew how to use fire to make

pottery. They thought that pottery was not invented until 15,000 years later.

These statues proved them wrong.

5 Scientists began to dig at this site. They found more than seven thousand

pieces of fired clay. They even found two kilns. These are ovens for firing clay.

They also dug up more than two thousand balls of burnt clay. Many of the other

things they found are only bits. Some pieces look like people or animals.

6 One person who studied the pieces said that the clay had lime added to it.

The lime might have come from the ashes of oak trees. Lime had to be mixed

into the clay first. Then people could fire the clay at low temperatures. That

way they could harden it in a small open fire of dry plants or tree branches. The

heat made the clay hard. This turned it into terra cotta, a shiny brown pottery. This also made the clay black in certain places.

7 These early humans might have discovered how to do this by accident. But the

statues they made took much talent. One of them is a woman, and it is only four and a

half inches tall.

8 There are also animals. A bear, a lion, a fox, an owl, a rhino, and even a

mammoth were found. The artists who made them must have known what all

these animals looked like. They also knew how to fire the clay to harden it.

Firing the clay preserved the sculptures. It is amazing to think that they have

lasted for more than twenty thousand years.



What is the most surprising thing mentioned in this passage?

Read the selection about prehistoric art below. Then answer the

questions that follow.

Prehistoric Art

1 Many people think that prehistoric people spent all their time trying to

survive. Yet cave art proves that some of them took time to draw. Carvings

from this time show that ancient people were also skilled with different types

of art.

2 Experts say that this art might have been used in rituals. Or maybe it was

used to convey messages. Perhaps these early people made art because they

enjoyed it. No one knows for sure.

3 One discovery that leaves many people wondering is a group of statues

found in a European country, the Czech Republic. The statues are about 26,000

years old. Most carvings done around this time are made of bone, soft stone,

or ivory. Some heads made of ivory were found here too. But what surprised

everyone were the terra cotta figures. These were fashioned by people who

knew how to make ceramic art by heating soft clay.

4 Scientists did not think that early humans knew how to use fire to make

pottery. They thought that pottery was not invented until 15,000 years later.

These statues proved them wrong.

5 Scientists began to dig at this site. They found more than seven thousand

pieces of fired clay. They even found two kilns. These are ovens for firing clay.

They also dug up more than two thousand balls of burnt clay. Many of the other

things they found are only bits. Some pieces look like people or animals.

6 One person who studied the pieces said that the clay had lime added to it.

The lime might have come from the ashes of oak trees. Lime had to be mixed

into the clay first. Then people could fire the clay at low temperatures. That

way they could harden it in a small open fire of dry plants or tree branches. The

heat made the clay hard. This turned it into terra cotta, a shiny brown pottery. This also made the clay black in certain places.

7 These early humans might have discovered how to do this by accident. But the

statues they made took much talent. One of them is a woman, and it is only four and a

half inches tall.

8 There are also animals. A bear, a lion, a fox, an owl, a rhino, and even a

mammoth were found. The artists who made them must have known what all

these animals looked like. They also knew how to fire the clay to harden it.

Firing the clay preserved the sculptures. It is amazing to think that they have

lasted for more than twenty thousand years.



In which of these would someone most likely find information about the prehistoric terra cotta statues?

Read the selection about prehistoric art below. Then answer the

questions that follow.

Prehistoric Art

1 Many people think that prehistoric people spent all their time trying to

survive. Yet cave art proves that some of them took time to draw. Carvings

from this time show that ancient people were also skilled with different types

of art.

2 Experts say that this art might have been used in rituals. Or maybe it was

used to convey messages. Perhaps these early people made art because they

enjoyed it. No one knows for sure.

3 One discovery that leaves many people wondering is a group of statues

found in a European country, the Czech Republic. The statues are about 26,000

years old. Most carvings done around this time are made of bone, soft stone,

or ivory. Some heads made of ivory were found here too. But what surprised

everyone were the terra cotta figures. These were fashioned by people who

knew how to make ceramic art by heating soft clay.

4 Scientists did not think that early humans knew how to use fire to make

pottery. They thought that pottery was not invented until 15,000 years later.

These statues proved them wrong.

5 Scientists began to dig at this site. They found more than seven thousand

pieces of fired clay. They even found two kilns. These are ovens for firing clay.

They also dug up more than two thousand balls of burnt clay. Many of the other

things they found are only bits. Some pieces look like people or animals.

6 One person who studied the pieces said that the clay had lime added to it.

The lime might have come from the ashes of oak trees. Lime had to be mixed

into the clay first. Then people could fire the clay at low temperatures. That

way they could harden it in a small open fire of dry plants or tree branches. The

heat made the clay hard. This turned it into terra cotta, a shiny brown pottery. This also made the clay black in certain places.

7 These early humans might have discovered how to do this by accident. But the

statues they made took much talent. One of them is a woman, and it is only four and a

half inches tall.

8 There are also animals. A bear, a lion, a fox, an owl, a rhino, and even a

mammoth were found. The artists who made them must have known what all

these animals looked like. They also knew how to fire the clay to harden it.

Firing the clay preserved the sculptures. It is amazing to think that they have

lasted for more than twenty thousand years.



What is the purpose of hte first sentence in the passage?