Read the text to answer questions 1-3.

The largest meat-eating animal in the world is the brown bear that lives in Alaska.
“Brownie”, as this bear is called, will always keep away from people. But, be careful if it
is wounded with a gun or the mother bear and her cubs are shocked. Some hunters
claim the brown bear can outfight a tiger.
A grown brownie may be up to nine feet tall. It may weigh over 1,600 pounds. But when
the brown bear is born, it weighs less than one pound. If you grew at the same rate, you
would weigh almost 10,000 pounds when you were fully grown!
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1.What does the text mostly tell about?
A. Brown bears.
B. Strong hunters.
C. Fighting tigers.
D. Alaskan people.

2. Which statement is not true according to the text?

A. Brown bear eats meat.
B. Brown bears can beat a tiger.
C. Brownie will keep away when it sees. People.
D. Brown bears are tame animals.

3. But, be careful if it is wounded with a gun or the mother bear and her cubs are
shocked.” (line 6)
What does the underlined word mean?
A. Male bears.
B. Baby bears.
C. Group of bears.
D. Other bears.
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4. Read the text to answer questions 4-5.
A storm is a disturbance of the ordinary conditions of the atmosphere accompanied by
wind, rain, snow, sleet, hail (frozen rain), or thunder and lightning.
Types of storms include the extra tropical cyclone, the common, large-scale storm of
temperate latitudes; the tropical cyclone, or hurricane, which is somewhat smaller in
area than the former and accompanied by high winds and heavy rains; the tornado, or
“twister”, a small but intense storm with very high winds, usually of limited duration; and
the thunderstorm, local in nature and accompanied by brief but heavy rain.
Showers and often by hail. The termstorm is also applied to blizzards, sandstorms, and
dust storm, in which high wind is the dominant meteorological element.
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4. What is the text about?
A. Storms.
B. Thunderstorms.
C. Cyclones.
D. Hurricanes.

5.What is the small storm with high winds happening in a short time called?
A. a cyclone.
B. a twister.
C. a hurricane.
D. a blizzard.

Question for numbers 1-5.

Giraffe

The giraffe is the highest animal in the world. Its height can reach 4.8 to 5.5 meters and
its weight is about 1360 pounds. Giraffe has unique characteristic. They have a very
long necks and two small horns on its head. Giraffes have big brown eyes and are
protected by thick and long eyebrows. Her body is covered with a unique pattern that is
attached by brown spots all over their body.

Just like camels, giraffes can survive without drinking for a long time because giraffes
can rely on the water contained in the leaves they eat. Giraffes are very selective in
choosing food. They always eat young leaves that grow in the tree tops. Their tongue
shaped like a knife help them to cut branches that are very hard.

Female giraffes can start pregnant at the age of five years, with a gestation period of 15
months. Commonly female giraffes bear one baby, but sometimes two babies at once.
Giraffes bear their baby in a standing position. When the baby is about to be born, they
drop it to the ground from a 1.5-meter height. A baby giraffe can stand for about 20
minutes after being born, and begin breastfeeding within an hour of birth.

1. What kind of text is above?

A. Report text

B. Descriptive text

C. Narrative text

D. Spoof

2. The text tells us about?

A. Giraffe's reproduction

B. The strange animals

C. The highest animal

D. Baby giraffe

3. The unique characteristic of a giraffe is?

A. Two horns on its head

B. Their long neck

C. Brown spot

D. Their food

4. The second paragraph mainly discussed?

A. Giraffe's food
B. Giraffe's characteristic

C. Giraffe's life

D. Giraffe's reproduction

5. The word "it" in the third paragraph refers to?

A. Neck

B. Horn

C. Baby giraffe

D. Food
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Question for numbers 6-8.

Ant-eaters are perhaps the most curious-looking animals. Their long head and snout
look like tubes, and they have no teeth.

Their front legs are very strong and armed with heavily curved claws with which they
break open the nets of ants and termites and then, when the insects rush out, use their
long, sticky tongues to lick them up at great speed.

True ant-eaters are found in the swamps and forests of Central and South America.
Scaly ant-eaters, or pangolins, are found in Africa and tropical Asia.

Various other insect-eating animals are sometimes called ant-eaters, although they
really belong to other groups of animals.

One of them is the ant-bear, which lives on the plains of South and Central Africa. This
has long, erect ears but short blunt claws, an almost hairless tail, yellow-brown in color.
Unlike the true ant-eaters, it has small teeth.

6. The text tells us ...

A. the story of ant-eaters.

B. the report of ant-eaters.

C. the discussion of ant-eaters.

D. the description of ant-eaters.

7. From the passage above, we can conclude that ...

A. all ants are friends of other insects.

B. ants live in disgusting places.

C. ants are classified as predators.

D. ants belong to the insect group.

8. What is the ant-bear?

A. The animal has long, erect ears and small teeth.

B. The animal looks like a pangolin.

C. The animal has no sticky tongue

D. The animal does not like to eat ants.

The following test is for questions 9 to 12.

This day the people of Pangkal Pinang can enjoy an iconic theme park like those in
other big cities, such as Bandung and Jakarta. This new theme park is known as
Bhayangkara Park of Pangkal Pinang Bangka Belitung or Babel Bhay Park.

Babel Bhay Park is located near the administration office complex of Bangka Belitung
Province. To be precise, it sits beside the Police Force headquarters of Bangka Belitung
region. The area of the park is only rented for a year and the contract will possibly be
extended for public needs. This park makes the office complex become more attractive
and beautiful.

This park has several places to relax and take pictures for your social media with
several unique themes. Those themes are named based on the divisions in Polda
Kepulauan Bangka Belitung. They are Traffic Park from Dirlantas Polda Babel, Hobbit
House from Sarpras Polda Babel, Bird Park from Brimob Polda Babel, Outdoor
Playground from Ditreskrimsus Polda Babel, and many other parks.

There are also a jogging track around the lake, unique photo spots, and a cafe made of
containers as decorations. Visitors may have several activities there. This park can be
an educational place for children. They can play and learn about traffic regulations
there.

9. People will be interested to visit the place because of ...

A. the letters of Babel Bhay Park.

B. the education place for children.

C. the unique theme park.

D. the decoration of the cafe.

10. The theme park gets their names from ...

A. the attractions the parks have.

B. the location near the police headquarter.

C. the social media voting.

D. the names of the police divisions.

Read the text and answer questions 1-2!

The platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to East to North Australia,

including Tasmania. It is one of the five extreme species of mono-dreams.

The only mammal that lays eggs instead of giving birth to live young. The body
and the broad flat tail of these animals are covered with dense brown fur, that
traps a lay including ear to keep the animals warm.
It uses its tail for story joy. It has webbed feet and a large robberys net. These
are species that are closer to those of ducks, then to any known mammals.

Weight varies considerably from 0.7 to 2.4 kg with males being larger than
females. And male average 50 cm total length while the female major
approximately 45 cm.

The platypus has an average temperature of 32 degrees Celsius rather than 37

degrees Celsius that is typical of the placental mammals.

1. What animal is being described in the monologue?

A. Octopus

B. Platypus

C. Rhinoceros

D. Mosquitos

2. How much does the Platypus weigh?

A. 0.7 to 2.6 kg

B. 0.7 to 2.5 kg

C. 0.7 to 2.4 kg

D. 0.7 to 2.7 kg

Read the text and answer questions 3-5!

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 tall, little
eyes, long white tusks and above all it has a long noise, the trunk.

The trunk is the 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 am 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 makes it a very useful servant to man and it can be trained to serve in
various ways such as carry heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight.

3. The text tells us about ...

A. The Elephant's peculiar feature.

B. Useful servant.

C. Strange looking animal.

D. An elephant.

4. The third paragraph is mainly about the fact that ...

A. Elephants are strong.

B. Elephants can lift logs.

C. Elephants are servants.

D. Elephant are very useful.

5. The most distinguishing characteristic of an elephant is ...

A. Its clumsiness.

B. Its thick legs.

C. Its large body.

D. Its long nose.

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