A. Look at the picture and answer the question!

1. What plant do you see in the picture?

2. Where can you find the plant?

3. Can the plant produce fruit?

4. What is the use of coconut fruit?

5. What is the use of coconut trunk?

B. Read the text carefully and answer the questions correctly.

The text is for questions number 1 to 10.

Coconuts

Coconut is a common name for the fruit of a tree in palm family. It is classified
as Cocos Nucifera. People usually call the tree as coconut palm. Coconut palm trees
grow well in tropical countries. They grow especially on san soil.
The trees can grow up to 30 m high. They have a cylindrical trunk. At the top
of the trunk there is a crown of leaves. The leaves are long, about 3 to 4,5 m long.
The fruit grows in clusters. In one cluster, there about 5 to 20 coconuts. The
fruit is oval and about 30 cm long. It has a thick husk and hard shell. Inside the shell
there white oily fresh. Inside the shell there is also sweet fluid.
Coconut is high in sugar. It also contains a lot of fat, protein and vitamin. The
young coconut water can be very refreshing drink which contains a lot of minerals.
Coconut palm are very useful plants. People can use every single inch of the
tree. They dry the coconut meat into copra. After that, they can get oil from it and
use it for daily cooking or make it into soaps or candles. People also use the trunks
to build houses. For the roof, they dry the leaves. People can also make rope and
doormats from the coconut’s husk.
 Coconuts are usually propagated by seeds. But experts have been trying to
clone coconuts or propagate them by tissue culture.

Answer the following questions based on the text!

1. What is the scientific name for coconut?

2. Where do the coconuts grow well?

3. How long are the coconut’s leaves?

4. What is inside the coconut’s shell?

5. How many coconuts are there in one cluster?

6. What does coconut contain?

7. What is copra?

8. What can people get from copra?

9. What do people use coconut’s trunk for?

10. How are the coconuts propagated?

C. Answer the following questions by choosing a, b, c or d.

The text is for questions number 1 to 5.

A cactus (plural: cacti) is any member of the plant family Cactaceae,

native to the Americas. They are often used as ornamental plants, but some are
also crop plants. Cacti are grown for protection of property from wild animals, as
well as many other uses.
Cacti are part of the plant order Caryophyllales, which also include
members like beets, gypsophila, spinach, amaranth, tumbleweeds, carnations,
rhubarb, buckwheat, plumbago, bougainvillea, chickweed and knotgrass.
Cacti are unusual and distinctive plants, which are adapted to extremely
arid and hot environments, showing a wide range of anatomical and
physiological features which conserve water. Their stems have adapted to
become photosynthetic and succulent, while the leaves have become the spines
for which cacti are well known.
Cacti come in a wide range of shapes and sizes. The tallest is Pachycereus
pringlei, with a maximum recorded height of 19.2 m, and the smallest is
Blossfeldia liliputana, only about 1 cm in diameter at maturity. Cactus flowers
are large, and like the spines and branches arise from areoles. Many cactus
species are night blooming, as they are pollinated by nocturnal insects or small
animals, principally moths and bats. Cacti range in size from small and globular
to tall and columnar.

1. Where can we find cacti mostly?

A. In the jungle.
B. On the beach.
C. On the mountain.
D. In the arid and hot region.

2. Why do cacti mostly bloom at night?

A. Because their flowers are large.
B. Since cacti are unusual and distinctive plants.
C. Since cacti are pollinated by nocturnal insects.
D. As the afternoon period is used for photosynthetic process.

3. What does the first paragraph tell us about?

A. The members of cacti.
B. The use of cacti.
C. The habitat of cacti.
D. Types of cacti.

4. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To give information about American cacti
B. To explain physical feature of cacti
C. To tell cacti’s life
D. To describe cacti in general

5. “Cacti are unusual and distinctive plants, which …”

The synonym of the word “distinctive” is ….
A. Unique
B. Antique
C. Typical
D. Different

The text is for questions number 6 to 7.

 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 robbery’s 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.

6. What animal is being described in the monologue?

A. Octopus
B. Platypus
C. Rhinoceros
D. Mosquitos

7. 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

The text is for questions number 8 to 11.

Snakes are reptiles (cold-blooded creatures). They belong to the same
group as lizards (the scaled group, Squamata) but from a sub-group of their
own (Serpentes). Snakes have two legs but a long time ago they had claws to
help them slither along. Snakes are not slimy. They are covered in scales which
are just bumps on the skin. Their skin is hard and glossy to reduce friction as
the snake slithers along the ground.
Snakes often sun bathe on rocks in the warm weather. This is because
snakes are cold-blooded; they need the sun’s warmth to heat their bodies up.
Most snakes live in the country. Some types of snakes live in trees, some live in
water, but most live on the ground in deserted rabbit burrows, in thick, long
grass and in old logs.
A snake’s diet usually consists of frogs, lizards, mice and other snakes.
The Anaconda can eat small crocodiles and even bears. Many snakes protect
themselves with their fangs. Some snakes are protected by scaring their
enemies away like the Cobra. The flying snakes glide away from danger. Their
ribs spread apart and the skin stretches out. Its technique is just like the sugar
gliders.
8. We know from the text that snakes....
A. Do not have claws
B. Do not like sunlight
C. Have two legs and claws
D. Use their claws to slither along the ground

9. Since the snakes are cold-blooded, they....

A. Require the sun’s warmth to heat their bodies
B. Avoid sun-bathing to their skins
C. Never sunbathe in the warm weather
D. Like sucking the cool blood

10. How do flying snakes protect themselves?

A. They fly away
B. They eat the other animals
C. Sunbathe on rocks
D. They stretch out their skin

11. Some types of snakes live in trees, some live in water, but most live on
the ground in deserted rabbit burrows,… (paragraph 4).The word “burrows “
has the similar meaning with....
A. Nurture
B. Dig
C. Plough
D. Foster

The text is for questions number 12 to 18.

An elephant is the largest and strongest animal. 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 put 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 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.
12. The text tells us about....
A. Useful servant
B. The Elephant’s peculiar feature
C. An elephant
D. Strange looking animal

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

A. Its clumsiness
B. Its large ears
C. Its large body
D. Its long nose

14. The elephant draws up water by its trunk and can squirt it all over its
body like a shower bath (paragraph 2). The word “it” refers to....
A. Elephant’s trunk
B. Elephant’s body
C. A shower
D. A shower bath

15. The trunk is the elephant’s peculiar feature... (Paragraph2). The word
“peculiar” is close in meaning to ….
A. Tough
B. Strange
C. Large
D. Smooth

16. Which of the following is NOT part of the elephant described in the first
paragraph?
A. It is wild
B. It is heavy
C. It looks strange
D. It has a trunk

17. It is stated in the text that the elephant uses the trunk to do the
following, EXCEPT ….
A. To squirt water over the body
B. To carry things
C. To drink
D. To push
18. The third paragraph is mainly about the fact that….
A. Elephants are strong
B. Elephant are very useful
C. Elephant must be trained
D. Elephants can lift logs

The text is for questions number 19 to 20.

Paddlefish is the common name for the ray-finned fish. It is characterised
by an elongated, paddle-like snout with minute barbels, a large mouth with
minute teeth and along gill rakers.
There are only two modern species of these fish, i.e. the plankton-feeding
American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) and the piscivorous Chinese
paddlefish (Psephurus gladius).
Paddlefish are not closely related to sharks. However, they have several
body parts that resemble those of sharks such as their skeletons and deeply
forked heterocercal tail fins.
Paddlefish provide important economic, ecological and aesthetic values.
During the last century, paddlefish and sturgeon have been commercially
exploited for their eggs (roe) called caviar. Paddlefish and sturgeon are two of
the most important fish for freshwater caviar. Their unique shapes and large
sizes also add to the joy of nature for humans, including sport fishing. However,
exploitation and habitat changes, among other factors, have significantly
reduced the population of paddlefish.

19. After reading the text, it is expected that the readers....

A. Consume paddlefish
B. Sell and buy paddlefish
C. Preserve paddlefish from extinction
D. Breed paddlefish in aquariums

20. Why does the population of paddlefish decrease?

A. They are predators
B. People commercially exploit them
C. People destroy their habitats
D. They are difficult to bread