Reading Comprehension Passage:
Favorite Things To Do at Disney World
[excerpt from: https://www.insider.com/favorite-things-to-do-at-disney-world-in-spring-2022-3]
Spring is such a lovely time to visit the Disney parks. The weather is usually beautiful in Florida because it's not ungodly humid and hot yet. And aside from a few weeks of spring break, it's also considered a "slower" season in terms of crowds.
Typhoon Lagoon is my favorite water park at Disney — I always have the best time there. Spring is the best time to go because it's usually pretty warm, but the summer crowds haven't blown in yet, so the wait times are shorter. The water park is home to the biggest wave pool I've ever been in, and I could spend my entire day there. But it also has a wide variety of tube slides, body slides, family raft rides, and a lazy river.
Disney's Fantasia Gardens mini-golf course is open year-round, but I really enjoy going in the spring. I think spring brings the perfect weather to Florida, but since it's not usually too crowded, you can leisurely play your 18 holes. It's also pretty affordable at $14 for adults and $12 for kids, so it's a nice option if you're looking for a morning, afternoon, or evening away from the theme parks.
In Florida, February is considered spring, and each year, I like to kick off the season at Epcot's Festival of the Arts. Similar to the other festivals, there are food booths sprinkled throughout the World Showcase. My favorite is the Deconstructed booth, which offers artfully plated dishes separated into their individual components. This year, I tried the deconstructed french-onion soup. The festival also includes art booths showing off sculptures, prints, chalk drawings, paintings, clothes, and more. Depending on the day, you can even chat with the artists at their booth as they create their masterpieces. If you're in the artistic mood, you can take an animation class at the American pavilion, where you learn how to draw beloved Disney characters. There's also a massive paint-by-numbers mural in Future World that you can work on.
Reading Comprehension Questions on Theme:
- What are the key ideas of this passage?
A. Florida is home to Typhoon Lagoon, Fantasia Grdens, and World Showcase.
B. The Disney parks in the spring get too crowded and the weather is ungodly humid.
C. The Florida spring season starts early in February and is full of festivities.
D. Disney parks are best visited and enjoyed in the spring when the crowds are less and the weather is nice. (answer)
The answer is D. because the author mentions the season and its weather numerous times throughout the text: spring is "considered a 'slower' season in terms of crowds," "Spring is the best time to go," "spring brings the perfect weather to Florida," "it's not usually crowded," and "In Florida, February is considered spring." Answer choice A. is not correct because it simply lists the parks mentioned in the text and those parks are not key ideas of the passage. Answer choice B. is not correct because the text states the opposite of this answer, what is written here isn't even in the passage. Answer choice C. is not correct because the statement regarding February is too fine a detail and not a theme found throughout the passage, and only festival is mentioned in the passage.
- What is the central theme of this passage?
A. The weather in Florida is beautiful.
B. Spring is the season to visit Disney parks. (answer)
C. February is the new spring in Florida.
D. Disney has many different parks to visit.
The answer is B. because the text continuously connects the season of Spring to visiting Disney parks. Answer choice A. is not correct because it is pulled from the singular, broader statement of "The weather is usually beautiful in Florida," which is not an exact match to the answer choice and is not the sole theme of the entire text. Answer choice C. is not mentioned at all in the text nor can it be concluded from the text. Answer D. is merely an observation that different parks were mentioned in the text.