The Butterflies' Long Trip

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Every fall, millions of monarch butterflies fly south to Mexico. Some start in Canada and fly more than 4,000 kilometers. They spend the winter in the forests of Michoacán and the State of Mexico.

1. Where do the butterflies spend the winter?

  1. AIn forests in Mexico
  2. BIn Canada
  3. CIn the desert
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A. In forests in Mexico

They spend the winter in forests in Michoacán and the State of Mexico.

La prueba en el texto: They spend the winter in the forests of Michoacán and the State of Mexico

In the forest, they rest close together on the trees. So many butterflies sit on one branch that it can bend under their weight. For about four months, they hardly eat and barely move.

2. True or false? The butterflies rest for most of the winter.

  1. ATrue (Verdadero)
  2. BFalse (Falso)
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A. True (Verdadero)

For about four months, they hardly eat and barely move.

La prueba en el texto: they hardly eat and barely move

In spring, they fly north again. But none of them finishes the trip. On the way, they lay eggs and die. Their children continue north, and so do their grandchildren.

3. Who finishes the trip north?

  1. AThe same butterflies
  2. BNo butterflies at all
  3. CTheir children and grandchildren
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C. Their children and grandchildren

Their children and grandchildren continue the trip north.

La prueba en el texto: Their children continue north, and so do their grandchildren

Then, in late summer, a special generation is born. These butterflies live about eight months, not a few weeks. They fly all the way to Mexico, to forests they have never seen.

4. What is amazing about this special generation?

  1. AThey never leave Canada
  2. BThey fly to forests they have never seen
  3. CThey live only a few days
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B. They fly to forests they have never seen

They fly all the way to forests they have never seen.

La prueba en el texto: to forests they have never seen

Vocabulario en español

InglésEspañolSignificado en inglés
branchramaa part of a tree that grows out from the trunk
weightpesohow heavy something is
hardlycasi noalmost not
barelyapenasonly a very little
lay eggsponer huevosto make eggs come out of the body

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