For many years people believed that the cleverest animals after man were the chimpanzees.

Now, however, there is

a proof that dolphins may be even cleverer than these big apes.
Although a dolphin lives in the sea, it is not a fish. It is a mammal. It is in many ways, therefore, like a human being.
Dolphins have a simple language. They are able to talk to one another. It may be possible for man to learn how to
talk to dolphins. But, this will not be easy because dolphins cannot hear the kind of sounds man can make. If man wants to
talk to dolphins, therefore, he will have to make a third language which both he and the dolphins can understand. Dolphins
are also very friendly toward man. They often follow ships. There are many stories about dolphins guiding ships through
difficult and dangerous waters.

1. The text above is in the form of………….

a. spoof d. procedure
b. report e. narration
c. recount

2. To tell the factual information, the writer mostly uses…………

a. passive voice d. simple present tense
b. simple past tense e. present continuous tense
c. present perfect tense

3. What kind of animal is dolphin?

a. insect b. Fish c. mammal d. bird e. shark

4. Why talking to dolphin is not easy?

a. dolphins cannot hear the kind of man’s sounds d. dolphins feel annoyed by man
b. dolphins cannot think as human e. dolphins want to be free
c. dolphins like playing with man

5. What is the characteristic of dolphin according to the text?

a. fierce b. Friendly c. naughty d. shy e. not responsible

Whales are sea-living mammals. They therefore breathe air but cannot survive or land. Some species are very large
indeed and the blue whale, which can exceed 30 meter length, is the largest animal which lives on earth. Superficially, the
whale looks rather like a fish, but there are important difference in its external structure; its tail consists of a pair of broad,
flat horizontal paddles (the tail of a fish is vertical) and it has a single nostril on top of its breadth, broad head. The skin is
smooth and shiny and beneath it lies a layer of flat (blubber). This is up to 30 meter in thickness and serves to conserve heat
and body fluids.

6. What is the text about?

a. sea-living mammals d. whales
b. the description of mammals e. how whales survive themselves
c. the difference between whales and fish

7. The length of a whale is……..

a. is generally more than 30 meter d. ranges from 30 meter to more than 30 meter
b. may be more than 30 meter e. is 30 meter at the most
c. is less than 30 meter

8. Sentence 1………….
a. tells an orientation d. gives a general classification
b. poses a thesis e. elaborates an explanation
c. shows an abstract

9. What type of text is used by the writer?

a. narrative b. Report c. recount d. news items e. exposition

10. To tell the factual information, the writer uses…….

a. passive voice d. simple past tense
b. direct speech e. simple present tense
c. reported speech
 Fungi used to be considered as a part of the plant kingdom, but they are now though to be quite different.
The main part of the fungus is a mass of tiny thread called mycelium. Fungi live on the other organic matter in the soil. Fungi
are the most important agent in the breakdown of dead plant and animal material, recycling it so that plants can use the
nutrients. Fungi live in damp areas on in water because they have no method of preventing their fragile threads drying out.
They cannot survive dry atmospheres. There are around 50,000 species of fungi and they include yeast, rusts, smuts,
mildews, mould and mushrooms.

1. What is the communicative purpose of the text?

a. To give entertainment or amusement to the readers
b. To describe the way things are, with reference to a range of nature.
c. To persuade the reader with its argument.
d. To present (at least) many different aspects of an issue
e. To describe how something is accomplished

2. The text describes about…

a. species of fungi in the world d. fungi as a quite different plant
b. characteristics of plant kingdom e. importance of fungi
c. area where fungi live

3. Which one of the following sentences is NOT TRUE according to the text?
a. Fungi have a method to survive in dry atmosphere
b. Mycelium is a mass of tiny thread of fungus
c. Fungi can survive only in damp area of water
d. Mushroom is one among the 50,000 species of fungi.
e. Fungi are quite different plant in the plant kingdom

4. “……they have one method of preventing their fragile threads drying out”
The antonym of the underlined word is …..
a. brittle b. sturdy c. breakable d. weak e. delicate

An elephant is the largest and strongest animals. It is a strange looking animal with its thick legs, huge sides and backs, large
hanging ears, a small tail, little eyes, long white tusks and above all it has a long nose, the trunk.
The trunk is elephant’s peculiar feature, and it has various uses. The elephant draws up water by its trunk and can squirt it all
over its body like a shower bath. It can also lift leaves and puts them into its mouth. In fact the trunk serves the elephant as a
long arm and hand. An elephant looks very clumsy and heavy and yet it can move very quickly.
The elephant is a very intelligent animal. Its intelligence combined with its great strength make it a very useful servant to
man and it can be trained to serve in many ways such as carry heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight.

5.The third paragraph is mainly about the fact that …..

a.elephants are strong d.elephants are very useful
b.elephants can lift logs e.elephants must be trained
c.elephants are servant

6.Which of the following is NOT part of the elephant described in the first paragraph?
a.It looks strange b.It is heavy c.It is wild d.It has trunk e. It has small tail

7.It is stated in the text that the elephant uses the trunk to do the following, EXCEPT ……
a.to eat b.to push c.to drink d.to carry things e.to squirt water over the body

8.“The trunk is elephant’s peculiar feature, …..” (Paragraph 2)

The underlined word is close in meaning to …..
a.strange c.tough e.long
b.large d.smooth

Birds belong to a class of warm blooded vertebrate animals with feather covered bodies. Next to the mammals, birds are the
most important group of land-living vertebrates. All birds have feathers, although in some types, particularly those that can
not fly, the normal structure of the feathers may be much modified and be downy, woolly, or straw like. The forelimbs of
birds are modified into wings. The bony part of the tail, except in the very earliest fossil birds, is very short, and the visible tail
is composed of feathers only. The teeth are absent except in some fossil forms. As in mammals-the only other group of warm
blooded animal-the circulation is highly perfected so that there is no mixing of arterial and venous blood, but the
arrangement of veins and arteries by which this is accomplished, is different in the two groups. Birds have keen hearing,
although they have no external ears. The sense of sight also is very keen, but the sense of smell is weak or lacking, except in a
small few vultures and other birds.

9.The passage is about the …… of birds.

a.Species b.Definition c.Clarification d.Classification e.characteristics

10.From the text we can conclude that both birds and mammals have …….
a.Backbones b.keen sights c.Keen hearing d.downy feathers e.weak sense of smell
Birds belong to a class of warm blooded vertebrate animals with feather covered bodies. Next to the mammals, birds are the
most important group of land-living vertebrates. All birds have feathers, although in some types, particularly those that can
not fly, the normal structure of the feathers may be much modified and be downy, woolly, or straw like. The forelimbs of
birds are modified into wings. The bony part of the tail, except in the very earliest fossil birds, is very short, and the visible tail
is composed of feathers only. The teeth are absent except in some fossil forms. As in mammals-the only other group of warm
blooded animal-the circulation is highly perfected so that there is no mixing of arterial and venous blood, but the
arrangement of veins and arteries by which this is accomplished, is different in the two groups. Birds have keen hearing,
although they have no external ears. The sense of sight also is very keen, but the sense of smell is weak or lacking, except in a
small few vultures and other birds.
1.Which of the following is NOT possessed by bird?
a.Feathers b.Wings c.Teeth d.Tails e.ears
2. “Birds have keen hearing, although they have no external ears”
The underlined word is synonymous with ……
a. Thick b. Weak c.soft d.Long e.sharp

A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia, although it has a smaller relative, called wallaby, which lives 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 Kangaroo and the Red Kangaroo. Adults grow to a length of 1.60 meters and
weigh over 90 kilos.
Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has an external pouch on the front of her body. A
baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born, and it crawls at once into this pouch where it spends its first five months of life.
3. Kangaroo’s smaller relative is found …..
a. not only in Australia island c. only in Australian island e. only in Tasmania
b. only in Australia d. only in Irian island
4. “ Kangaroos are marsupials” (paragraph-4)
The word ’marsupials’ means …..
a. an animal which can make forward jump d. an animal which has an external pouch in front
b. an animal which has front and back legs to jump e. an animal which spends its first five months of life
c. an animal which eats grass and plants

5. “A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born, and it crawls at once into this pouch where it spends…” (paragraph-4)
The word ‘pouch’ means…
a. a small bag carried in the pocket d. a pocket of bag on a wallaby
b. a pocket carried by a kangaroo e. a bag like pocket of skin on kangaroo
c. a bag like pocket carried by animal

6. “These they use for sitting up on and for jumping.” (Paragraph 2).
The underlined word refers to ……
a. legs b. Kangoroos c. plants d. marsupials e. fences

Spiders are not insects. They are arachnids. Arachnids have four pairs of legs but only two body parts. Insects have three
pairs of legs and three body parts. Spiders have two to four pairs of eyes. They can see extremely well.
Spiders eat small insects such as flies and mosquitoes, and sometime bit people. When a spider bites insect, it does not kill
the insect immediately. Instead a special poison passes through its fangs, and this poison paralyzed the body to the unlucky
insects.
Most spiders make their own homes. They do this with a special substance produced by their bodies. In the corner of some
rooms it is possible to find a spider’s web where the spider is waiting for its next dinner guest.

7. The spider has special teeth called …..

a. poison b. fangs c. arachnids d. quest e. substance

8. The statement that is TRUE according to the text is…..

a. Spiders are special insects that have three pair of legs
b. Arachnids have three pairs of legs and two body parts
c. Spiders are not insects but arachnids that can see quite well
d. Spiders do not like other small insects as their food
e. Spiders are not in their web to wait for the small insects to eat

9. What is NOT the difference between spider and insect?

a. Insects have three pairs of legs d. Insects have three body parts
b. Spiders have four pairs of legs e. Spiders have two body parts
c. Insects’ home are like spiders’

10. This word “web” in paragraph three means….

a. a spider’s poison c. a spider’s leg e. a spider’s house
b. spider’s eyes d. spider’s dinner
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1. B
2. D
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. D
7. B
8. D
9. B
10. E

1. B 11. E
2. D 12. E
3. A 13. A
4. C 14. D
5. D 15. E
6. C 16. A
7. B 17. B
8. A 18. C
9. D 19. C
10. D 20. E