ABOUT INSECTS OR ANIMALS
Spiders are predatory invertebrate animals. They are not classified in the class of insect. A spider has eight legs while an insect never has more than six legs.
Spiders have a body with two main divisions, four pairs of walking legs and two other pairs of abdominal spinnerets for spinning threads of silk. This silk can be used to aid in climbing build egg sacs and catch prey.
Spiders kill so many insects, but they never do the least harm to man’s belongings. Spiders are busy for a least half of the year killing insects. It is impossible to find out how many insects they kill, since they are hungry creatures which cannot be content with only three meals a day.
1. Why can’t spiders be classified in the class of insect?
a. Because spiders have more than six legs.
b. Because spiders’ bodies have two main divisions.
c. Because they have walking legs.
d. because spiders kill many insects.
2. which sentence describes the behavior of spiders?
a. A spider has eight legs.
b. A spider has a body with two main divisions.
c. A spider has four pairs of walking legs and two pairs of abdominal spinnerets.
d. A spider kills so many insects.
3. The following sentences are true about spiders, except …..
a. they belong to insect.
b. they have eight legs.
c. they eat many insects.
d. they are not dangerous for people.
4. “ They never do the least harm to man’s belongings “
They underlined word has almost the same meaning as the word …..
a. Useless c. bothering
b. Damage d. intervention
Elephants are the biggest animals that live on land. ( Some whales are bigger than elephants but whales live in the sea ). When born a baby elephant weighs about 91 kilograms. That is the weight of a grown man. It is about 91 centimeters high. When it reaches the age of six years, it is about 183 centimeters high. When it reaches the age of twelve years, it does not grow any more. It may then be 320 centimeters high. African elephants are bigger than Indian elephants. African elephants have much bigger ears.
Elephants have very long noses which we call ‘trunks’. No other animals have trunks as long as elephants. The elephant can use its trunk to smell things and it can also pick up things with the tip of its trunk. The tip of its trunk can be used like a hand. Can you pick up something with the tip of your nose ?
The elephant uses its trunk to feed itself. It likes to eat leaves, young juicy branches of trees, and fruit. It picks these with its trunk and puts the food into its mouth. When it wants a drink, it puts the tip of its trunk into some water. It fills its trunk and then blows the water into its mouth. The elephant washes itself in the same way. It fills its trunk with water and then blows the water over itself.
5.The text above . . . .
a. tells about the story of elephants on the land
b. informs us about elephants.
c. describes what elephants did in the past time
d. tells why elephants can live on land.
6.In what paragraph can you find the functions of elephants’ noses ?
a. Paragraph one
b. Paragraph two only
c. Paragraph one and two
d. Paragraph two and three
7. . . . It picks these with its trunk and puts the food into its mouth. ( paragraph 3 )
What does the word these in the sentence refer to ?
a. elephants
b. leaves
c. young juicy branches of trees
d. leaves, young juicy branches of trees and fruit
8.How heavy is a baby elephant when it’s born ?
a. ninety kilograms
b. nineteen kilograms
c. ninety one kilograms
d. one hundred and eighty kilograms
LIONS
Lions are animals from cat gen. Lions are carnivores, so they usually eat meat. Lions have strong body like tiger and fur in their tail. Male lions and female lions are different. The difference is in their heads. The male lions have fur in their head and the female lions haven’t. The weight of male lion is about 225 kilograms and the weight of female lion is about 150 kilograms. They live in a forest or grassland.
Lions can be found in South Africa, Timor Leste and India. Because of the hunters, the populations of lion drop drastically. The lions are famous in South Africa especially in savannah land. They are known as “King of Savannah” because of their bold and bravery. They own the Savannah as their own land. Their numbers in Savannah are many too. They usually live in group. In that group, male lions are larger than the female lions because the male lions are the strongest and they are needed to protect the female and their cubs. The lions have their own territory. They always hunt in group. They hunt zebras, deer, and the other herbivore animals. They have rival . It is hyena. Hyenas live in group too, but they only act at night.
9…. Because of the hunters, the populations of lion drop drastically.
The underlined word has the same meaning with ….
A. increase
B. decrease
C. extinct
D. disappear
10.Why are the lion in South Africa called King of Savannah? Because ….
A. They are bold and bravery.
B. Their numbers in savannah are many.
C. They usually live in group in Savannah.
D. They live in savannah of South Africa.
11. The difference is in their heads …. (paragraph 1).
The word “their” in this sentence refers to ….
A. male lions
B. female lions
C. carnivores
D. male and female lions
12. What is the communicative purpose of this text?
a. To tell about the habitat of the lion
- To inform about the life of the lion
- To describe about the lion in general
- To explain to the reader about how is the lion
Text for number 37-42
| Sharks are the most fearsome predatory fish of the seas. There are 375 species of sharks. They live mostly in warm seas. Their torpedo – shaped bodies make them .They are very fast swimmers. Sharks have a skeleton made of rubbery cartilage. Most other kinds of fish have bony skeletons. The world’s biggest fish is whale shark. It can grow well to over 12 meters long. Unlike other sharks, the whale shark mostly eat plankton aren’t completely harmful. Shark’s main weapons are its teeth. They are powerful enough to bite through steel plate. The killing machine of shark world is the great white shark. This shark is responsible for most attacks on humans. Up to 20 people die from recorder shark attacks each year. So, be careful when you swim in the sea. |
13. Why are Whales sharks harmless? Because …
A. They are the biggest fish in the world
B. They are very fast swimmers
C. They live in warm seas
D. They eat plankton
14. What is paragraph 2 about ?
A. The description of shark
B. The weapons of shark
C. The lives of sharks
D. The threat of shark
15. The social function of this text is to …
A. tell people to be careful when swimming in the sea
B. ask people to stay away from warm sea
C. persuade people not to hunt sharks
D. describe about sharks generally
16. What is the writer’s suggestion if the visitors want to swim? The visitors should be.....
A. responsible
B. powerful
C. harmful
D. careful
17. The word “this” in “This shark is responsible...” refers to ....
a. killing machine
b.great white
c.killing
d.white
18. They are very fast swimmers.
The word “ fast ” has the closest meaning with ....
a. responsible
b. powerful
c. quick
d. most
The text is for numbers 19-21
KOMODO DRAGON
Do you know what is the largest lizard? This lizard is called Komodo. It lives in the scrub and woodland of a few Indonesian islands.
Komodo dragon is the world’s heaviest lizard, weighing 150 pounds or more. The largest Komodo ever measures was more than 10 feet (3 meters) long and weighed 366 pounds (166 kg) but average size of Komodo in the wild is about 8 feed (2.5 meters) long and (91 kg).
Komodo has grey scaly skin, a pointed snout, powerful limbs and muscular tail. They use their keen sense of smell to locate decaying animal remain from several miles away. They also hunt other lizard as well as large mammals and are some times cannibalistic.
Komodo dragon’s teeth are almost completely covered by its gums. When it feeds, the gums bleed, creating an ideal culture for virulent bacteria.
The bacteria that live in the Komodo Dragon’s saliva causes septicemia, or blood poisoning, in its victims. A dragon will bite its prey then follow in until the animal is too weak to carry on.
This lizard species is threatened by hunting, loss of prey species and habitat loss.
19. Where does Komodo live?
A. In the scrub and woodland of a few Indonesian island
B. In the teakwood and all forests in Indonesia
C. In the smallest Indonesian island
D. In the dense forest of Africa
20.. How is the komodo’s sense of smelling?
A. It is very bad C. It is very good
B. It is terrible D. It is broken
21. They also hunt other lizard as well as large mammal. What does the
Word They refer to?
A. power limbs C. scaly skin
B. mammal D. Komodo
22. What is the purpose of the text?
A. to describe komodo in specific C. to entertain the readers
B. to describe komodo in general D. to tell the past event.
A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia, although it has smaller relative, called a wallaby, which live on the Australian Island of Tasmania. And, also in New Guinea.
Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have short front legs, but very long and very strong back legs and a tail. These they use for sitting up on and for jumping. Kangaroos have been known to make forward jumps of over eight meters, and leap across fences more than three meters high. They can also run at speeds of over 45 kilometers per hour.
The largest kangaroos are the great grey kangaroos and the red kangaroos. Adults grow to a length of 1, 60 meters and weight over 90 kilos.
Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has an external pouch on front of her body. A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born and it crawls at once into pouch where it spends its first five months of life.
23.. What is kind of the text above?
A. Narrative
B. Recount
C. Procedure
D. Report
24. Which is not the characteristic of a kangaroo?
- Kangaroos eat grass and trees
- Kangaroos have four long legs.
- Kangaroos can jump high.
- Kangaroos can run fast.
25. When do the baby kangaroos get out from the pouch?
- After five months
- Before five months
- After six months
- During six months
KUNCI
1.A- 6.D 11.D 16.D 21.D
2.D 7.D 12.C 17.B 22.B
3.A 8.A 13.D 18.C 23.C
4.B 9.B 14.A 19.A 24.B
5.B 10.A 15.D 20.C 25.A
26. “A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born….” (paragraph 4)
The underlined word is the opposite of ….
- Huge
- Small
- Fat
- Thin
Camouflage
Mantids are stick insects which live on vegetation. Each has developed an appearance which blends perfectly with its surroundings. Mantids are usually colored green or brown to match the colour of surrounding foliage.
Some are long and slender like twigs and others have a rough appearance to resemble the barks of trees. They can keep still for long periods so it is difficult to detect them.
One particular species, the flower mantid, is able to camouflage well. It bears an amazing resemblance to the pink flower of the plant on which it lives. It matches the colour perfectly and the flattened extension from its legs look like the petals.
The mantid also has the duo advantages of being able to trap insects such as butterflies. Also, it remains inconspicuous and this protects it from its enemies. In the same way, the other camouflaged mantids are able to pounce on suspecting insects that wander by without having to move to hunt them.
Stick insects and leaf insects camouflage themselves to hide from their enemies. However, their ability to avoid being seen is comparable to the mantids. The stick insect has an elongated body and thin legs that make it look exactly like a twig when it is resting. Thus it is difficult to detect it unless it moves.
27. What is so unique about the appearance of mantids, stick insects and leaf insects ?
a). They are green. c). They blend well with their surroundings.
b). They feed on vegetation. d). They are well shaped.
28. Why is it difficult to detect these insects ?
a). They look like their environment. c). They are thin and small.
b). They hardly move. d). They have a rough appearance.
29. What are the two advantages of being able to camouflage ?
a). They look like their surroundings and they can easily catch their prey.
b). They are not noticeable and they can protect themselves.
c). They can protect themselves and they can catch their prey without having to move an inch.
d). They look exactly like flowers and can attract butterflies.
30. How does camouflage help the stick insects and leaf insects ?
a). It makes them resemble their surroundings.
b). It allows them to blend with their habitat.
c). It allows them to hunt for their food without moving.
d). It makes them difficult to detect.
31. The word ‘comparable’ used in the passage means …
a). alike c). unlike
b). related d). equal
Bison
Bison have not always lived in North America; they are relatively new comers.
They belong to the Bovidae family, like domestic cattle and the wild buffalo of Africa and Asia. The oldest known bison fossils have been found in China and the Himalayan foothills, where an animal with all the essential feature of the genus lived a million years ago. They evolved rapidly and spread over most of the Nothern Hemisphere in Europe and Siberia. During one of ice ages, the sea level dropped, exposing a land bridge across the Bering Strait, allowing the faunas of Asia and North America to intermingle. Very early, the steppe bison moved eastward to the North American continent.
32. What is the topic of the paragraph ?
a. Places in the world where bison lived.
b. The spread of bison from China and Himalayas to North America.
c. Type of bisons belonging to Bovidae family.
d. The rapid evolution of bison.
33. What is the main idea of the text ?
a. Bisons are relatively newcomers in North America because they have lived in
other part of the world.
b. Bisons belong to the Bovidae family, like domestic cattle and the wild buffalo
of Africa and Asia.
c. From Asia bisons spread over most of the North America through the Bering
Strait.
d. Bison came to North America when the faunas of Asia and North America
intermingled.
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