SLEEP
Sleep is a temporary lapse of consciousness. During
sleep, our central nervous system, breath, heart-beat, and muscle-tone are
slowing down.
Human sleep duration varies enormously. Babies sleep 18-20 hours a day,
young children 12-14 hours, adults 7-9 hours, and older 5-7 hours.
Some people nowadays suffer from insomnia. These people can not sleep
easily. Insomnia is not an illness. It is a symptom of a sleeping disorder
which can be caused by anxiety, depression, and excitement. It cannot be cured
without getting rid of the problems which cause it. But temporary, insomnia can
be overcome by drinking chamomile tea.
1. What
does the text tell about?
A. Babies.
B. Young
children.
C. Sleep.
D. Insomnia.
2. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
A. People
cannot sleep.
B. Insomnia can happen to anyone.
C. Drinking chamomile tea has a good effect on us.
D. Some
people nowadays suffer from insomnia.
3. How to overcome insomnia?
A. By
drinking chamomile tea.
B. By
drinking a lot of
water.
C. By
drinking tea.
D. By
drinking milk.
4. “… caused by anxiety, …” (paragraph 3)
The synonym of the underlined word is ….
A. sadness
B. eagerness
C. happiness
D. nervousness
WASPS
All the many kinds of wasps are
close relatives of the ants and bees. Wasps can be told from their relatives by
their slender waists. Like the ants and bees, they go through four stages in
their lives. First they are eggs, then wormlike larva, then pupas, and finally
grown up insects. Like many of their relatives they can sting.
Some wasps live in colonies just as
honeybees do. The wasp in a colony work together. Some do one task and some
another. These wasps are called social wasps. The wasps that do not live in
colonies are called solitary wasps.
Paper wasp and white -faced hornets
build their nest of paper. They make the paper of chewed-up wood. Wasps made
paper long before people did.
Each nest of a paper wasp or a white-faced hornet is the home of a whole colony. In each colony there is a queen that does all the egg-laying. Most of the other wasps in the colony are workers. The story of every wasp colony is very much the same.
1. Which
statement is correct according to text above?
A. Wasps
make their nest out of used paper.
B. There
are two kinds of wasps, social and solitary.
C. We
can find more than one queen in wasps’ nest.
D. Wasps
do not sting.
2. “They make the paper of chewed-up
wood”. (paragraph 3)
The underlined word refers to ….
A. Paper
wasps
B. White-faced
hornets
C. Paper
wasp and white-faced hornets
D. Paper
wasps and their colony
3. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To
entertain the readers about the story of wasps.
B. To
inform the reader how to make a wasps’ nest.
C. To
inform the reader about the origin of wasps.
D. To
gives detail information about wasps in general.
4. How many steps should the wasp go through in
their lives?
A. Four
steps.
B. Three
steps.
C. Two
steps.
D. One
step.
AGLONEMA
Aglonema is a genus of about
40 species of foliage plant in the Araceae family, native to the tropical
swamps and rainforests of south eastern Asia from Bangladesh east to the
Philippines and north to southern China.
No common names are widely used, though they are sometimes called
‘Chinese evergreen’.
They can grow to 20-50 cms
in height. The leaves are alternate on the stems, lanceolate to narrowly oval,
dark to medium green, 10-40 cm long and
4-16 cm broad, depending on the species. The flowers are relaively tinconspicuous, white or
greenish-white spathes that can give way to red berries.
The sap of this plant is
poisonous to health. It causes irritation in skin and if taken orally causes
irritation of mouth, lips, throat and tongue.
1.
Where
can we find Aglonema?
A.
In
tropical rainforests.
B.
In
subtropical areas.
C.
In
southern Asia.
D.
Along
the riverbanks.
2.
What
is the main idea of the second paragraph?
A.
The
habitat of Agonema.
B.
The
definition of Aglonema.
C.
The
characteristics of Aglonema.
D.
The
origin of Aglonema.
3.
What
is the purpose of writing the text?
A.
To
tell the readers how to plant Aglonema.
B.
To
retell about the past experience.
C.
To
amuse the readers about the origin of Aglonema.
D.
To
describe about the characteristics of Aglonema.
4. “It causes
irritation in skin and if taken orally....” (paragraph 3)
What does the word
‘it’ refer to?
A.
the
poison
B.
the
sap
C.
the
plant
D.
the
flower
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Tyrannosaurus
Rex, sometimes just called T-rex, is believed to be the largest and most
fearsome predator on Earth’s land ever to
have existed. This dinosaur once roamed the Earth in the Crestaceaous
period approximately 68 to 65 million years ago.
As a carnivorous
dinosaur, this giant predator most likely ambushed its preys, and devoured
them with jaws full of sharp teeth.
With its ability to run at an astonishing speed 0f 32 mph (50 km per hour), a perfect slim and stiff tail that gave
it an excellent balance and allowed it to make quick turns, equipped this
gigantic predator and made it even more deadly, like a killing machine.
1.
What does the
text mainly discuss?
A.
Carnivores.
B.
A killing
machine.
C.
A Crestaceaous
period.
D.
Tyrannosaurus
Rex.
2.
“...With
its ability to run at an
astonishing speed
of 32 mph....” (paragraph 2)
The underlined word can be
replaced with ....
A.
frightening
B.
amazing
C.
deadly
D.
stiff
3.
From the text
above we know that T-rex ....
A.
roamed the
Earth for about three million years
B.
was a omnivorous
dinosaur
C.
swallowed its
prey and digested it later
D.
could run more
than 50 miles per hour
4.
“...and devoured them with jaws full of sharp teeth.” (paragraph 2)
The
underlined word refers to ....
A.
Tyrannosaurus
Rex
B.
T-rex’s preys
C.
dinosaurs
D.
teet
Green
sea turtles are rarely seen on land.They are endangered species with a drastically reduced population.
Despite its name, a green sea turtle’s
shell is not always green. The shell can be a blend of different colours including
brown, dark olive, grey or black. The shell is also smooth and heart-shaped.
Green sea turtles actually received their colourful name from the colour of
their subdermal (underneath the skin) body fat.
Green sea turtles are really big. They can
grow to 91-122 cm in length. They are very dense and heavy animals. Despite
their size, they are still not the world’s largest sea turtles.
Adult green sea turtles are herbivores. The
jaw is serrated to help the turtle easily chew their primary food source –
sea grasses and algae. Meanwhile, juvenile green sea turtles are omnivores. They
eat a wide variety of plant and animal life, including insects, crustaceans,
sea grasses and worms.
Green sea turtles have ocean water habitats
and nesting habitats. Once a green sea turtle hatches and heads into the
oceans, it rarely returns to land. Instead, it feeds on off-shore plant blooms
around islands and beaches.
1.
Which
of the following is NOT the characteristic of green sea turtles?
A.
They
are big, dense and heavy.
B.
Adult
and juvenile ones consume different food.
C.
Their
shells are heart-shaped and not rough.
D.
Their
shells are always green.
2.
“The
shell can be a blend of different colours ...” (Paragraph 2)
What is
the similar meaning of the underlined word?
A.
Mixture. C.
Example.
B.
Similarity. D.
Relation.
3.
Green
sea turtles have ocean water habitats and nesting habitats. Once a green sea
turtle hatches and heads into the ocean it rarely returns to land. What do
those sentences imply?
A.
A
green sea turtle likes to stay on land.
B.
A
green sea turtle hatches its eggs in the ocean.
C.
A
green sea turtle really cares about its hatches.
D.
A
green sea turtle leaves its hatches on land to survive by themselves.
4.
Green
sea turtles are endangered species. One of the reasons is that the green
turtles leave their hatches on land. What can we probably do to protect them
from extinction?
A.
Keep
all green sea turtles at zoos.
B.
Fetch
green sea turtles from the ocean.
C.
Take
green sea turtles’ shells for ornaments.
D.
Save
the hatches of green sea turtles from predators.
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