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Kangaroo

Kangaroo is an animal found in Australia, although it has smaller relative called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.
Kangaroo 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 a cross 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 five months of life

1. What is the main idea of paragraph 1?
A. Kangaroo has strong back legs
B. Kangaroo are marsupials
C. Kangaroo is animal from Australiaia

2. A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it s born.
The word “tiny” means …
A. big
B. large
C. huge
D. small

3. Which of the statements is correct ?
A. Kangaroo can make long forward jump because of its front legs
B. Kangaroo eats grass because it is a marsupial
C. Baby kangaroo lives in its mother pouch for about five months
D. Kangaroo can be found in tropical forests in the world

WHAT IS AN ICEBERG?

An iceberg is an enormous piece of ice floating in the sea. "Berg" is the German word of mountain. In the coldest part of the earth around the North and South poles, land and sea are both covered by sheets of ice over 300.

Tongue of ice called glaciers; stretch out into the open water of the oceans. The sea water melts from the bottom part of these glaciers, then the top part slides into the water with a mighty roar. The great piece of ice sinks for a short time beneath the surface then it rises again, and floats away as a new iceberg. Some icebergs are miles across to begin with, and travel for thousands of miles and several years before they finally melt. The part of an iceberg which can be seen above the water is only about one – ninth of the total size. The rest is hidden beneath the waves.

One of the world's worst disasters at sea was in 1912 when the liner "TITANIC" collided with an iceberg on her maiden voyage.

4. What is the synonym of the word "enormous" in the text?
A. tiny
B. small
C. mini
D. huge

5. How is the new iceberg formed?
A. The top part of the glacier slides in to the water and rises again and floats away
B. The top part of the glacier slides into water and sinks in the depth of the ocean
C. The bottom part of the glacier melts into the sea
D. The glacier separates into small pieces of ice

6. What does the word "maiden" in the text mean?
A. the first
B. the last
C. the final
D. the closing

Elephants: The Amazing Animals

Elephants are the largest land animals on earth. They have the largest brains of any mammal. Elephants talk to each other. Researchers have discovered more than 50 different types of calls that they use to communicate with each other. Their trunks are strong enough to pick up trees but sensitive enough to pick up a flower. They use them as tools to sweep paths, to scratch themselves, to swat flies, and to draw in the dirt. They are good swimmers and use their trunks like snorkels. They live together in family groups. They help each other when in trouble. They join together to care for and rescue their young.

7. What is its brain like?
A. narrowest
B. large
C. hardest
D. softest

8. these are the function of the trunks as described in the text, except…….
A. to pick up trees
B. to sweep paths
C. to swat flies
D. to swim

9. Which of the following descriptions is not correct?
A. Elephants can’t take flowers.
B. They can communicate well with each other
C. They are cooperative among others.
D. Elephants aren’t thee largest animals in the land

10. They use them as tools to sweep paths,
The underlined word refers to……..
A. trunks
B. flowers
C. trees
D. tools

11. Elephants are the largest land animals on earth. What is the opposite of the underlined word?
A. smallest
B. biggest
C. narrowest
D. longest

Puppets

Puppets have been used for centuries in Indonesia to tell the stories of the ancient epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabarata, as well as ancient myths. Modern stories also utilize this ancient art form for contemporary audiences.
Puppets fall into two major
classifications,wayang kulit theleather or shadow puppet of Central Java, and wayang golek-wooden puppets of West Java. There are several varieties of wooden puppets. Some expatriats enjoy collecting the same character by various artisans, or all the characters in a scene or story, or just characters that strike their fancy. Good guys, bad guys, gods, demons, nobles, giants, clowns, princes and princesses and monkeys, all can be found in traditional puppet forms. Less commonly seen are the Wayang Klitik, a flat wooden puppet.

12. What did the puppets use for centuries
in Indonesia?
A. Used to tell the stories of the ancient epics and myths.
B. Used to tell the stories of ancient art.
C. Used to form a local art.
D. Used to tell the characters of Indonesian people.

13. What are the famous tales of puppets in Indonesia?
A. Wayang kulit and wayang golek.
B. Wayang klitik and wayang orang.
C. Ramayana and Mahabrata.
D. Malin Kundang and Timun Mas.

14. What is wayang kulit also called?
A. Wayang golek.
B. Shadow puppet.
C. Skin puppet.
D. Wooden puppet.

15. Who are enjoying to collect characters of Indonesian puppets?
A. Some tourists.
B. Some rich people.
C. Some elders.
D. Some expatriats.

16. What can we found in traditional puppet forms?
A. Nature, animals, people.
B. Nature, kingdom, people.
C. Animals, people, demons.
D. Demons, nature, animals.

Percussion Instruments

Percussion means striking. All percussion instruments make musical sounds when struck by the hands, by the fi ngers, or by some suitable implement.
Bells and gongs, bars of wood or metal, and even bowls and thin stones
make fi ne percussion instruments. The orchestras of Eastern people sometimes have a wonderful variety of these and other kinds of percussion instruments, including drums of every size and shape. But in Western symphony orchestra percussion instruments are not very numerous. The bowl-shaped kettledrums, or timpani, are .almost always present. They give a clear, defi nite note and a sonorous tone that can be as soft or as loud as the player wishes. Other types of drums may also be used.
Cymbals are brass plates that are
clashed or jangled together. The triangle is a metal rod left open at the corner. The xylophone is a row of wooden bars. The glockenspiel has metal bars that sound ringing and enchanting. It is often played by a keyboard, called a celesta. Only the kettledrums are regular percussion sections of the orchestra in Western music.

17. Which one of the following musical instruments is not a percussion?
A. Bell. .
B. Gong.
C. Harmonica
D. Cymbal.

18. What does percussion mean?
A. Pressing.
B. Striking.
C. Twanging.
D. Blowing.

19. Bell is a hollow, metal vessel, usually …….., which makes a ringing sound when struck with a hammer.
A. rectangular
B. flat like a fl oor
C. round like a ball
D. round like a cup

20. What is a gong? It’s a saucer-shaped bell made of metal, struck to give a ………
A. signal
B. mark
C. warning
D. Message

21. How are percussion instruments in Eastern orchestras? They are ……
A. numerous
B. not numerous
C. quite numerous
D. not very numerous

22. What kind of percussion instruments are always played in Western symphony orchestra?
A. Bongo drums.
B. Triangle.
C. Glockenspiel.
D. Kettledrums.

23. Cymbals are brass plates. What is brass?
A. Plates that are clashed.
B. Plates that are clashed or jangled.
C. Plates that is jangled.
D. Plates that are clashed or jangled together.

24. Timpani when struck can give a soft or loud tone. Why? Because it depends on what tone the player ………...
A. plans
B. wishes
C. needs
D. Decides

Polar Bear

The polar bears, which are usually called white bears, are found on the sea ice of the Arctic Circle throughout the North Polar basin. They are classified as Ursus maritimus. They live for about 25 to 30 years. They are now endangered because of habitat destruction.
Polar bears have white fur which may yellow in the summer. Their bodies are longer than other bears and streamlined for aquatic life. The females grow up to 1.8 m (6 ft) long; males grow up to 2 m (7 ft) long. Most male polar bears weigh an average of about 350 kg (about 880 lb), and most females weigh about 250 kg (550 lb). They have the plantigrade feet (heel and sole touching the ground, with five sharp, curved claws on each foot for grasping the ice and holding its prey. Long hair between the pads protects the bear's feet from the cold and provides grip on the ice. Stiff hairs on the forelegs, and very broad front feet, help the bear swim.
Polar bears have a strong navigational sense and an extremely good sense of smell, and they are unusually clever at solving problems in order to obtain food. Since they are carnivores; they eat primarily ringed seals, and occasionally bearded seals, walruses, or white whales. They also feed on berries, sedges, mussels, and kelp.
They live in pack ice where water is accessible. They can be found throughout Arctic regions.
Except during the breeding season, male polar bears are solitary and roam over vast expanses of sea ice while hunting. During the breeding season (May to June), the males fight furiously over females. Both the male and female may mate with other individuals as well. The female typically gives birth to two cubs after a four- to fivemonth gestation period. Cubs remain with the mother for about 28 months, often nursing the entire time. The young are very small when born: about 1 kg (about 2 lb).
Their eyes remain closed for about 40 days and they must nurse every few hours. The
mother holds them close to keep them warm.

25. What is the text about?
A. Grizzly bears.
B. Honey bears.
C. Arctic.
D. White bears.

26. How long can a polar bear live?
A. Up to two and a half years.
B. Up to twenty years.
C. Up to fourteen years.
D. Up to forty years.

27. The following is true about polar bears, EXCEPT ….
A. It has five sharp claws
B. It has a nine-month-gestation period
C. It has two cubs at a time
D. It is the longest type of bear

28. What is the meaning of the word nurse from the last paragraph?
A. A person who takes care of sick people.
B. Keep feeling.
C. Take care of something special.
D. Breast-feed.

29. How long do the cubs stay with their mother?
A. Two years.
B. Less than two years.
C. More than two years.
D. Three years.

For many years people believe that the cleverest animals after men are chimpanzees. Now, however, there is proof that dolphins may be even cleverer than these big apes.
Although a dolphin lives in the sea, it is not 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 can not hear the kind of sounds man can make. If man wants to talk to dolphin, he will have to make a third language which both he and the dolphin can understand

30.What other beings are dolphins like in many ways?
A.men
B.fish
C.apes
D.chimpanzees

31.What have scientists discovered about dolphins?
A.They can teach men their language
B.They understand simple languages.
C.They can speak one another
D.Men now can talk to them

32.Why is a third language necessary if man wants to talk to dolphins?
A.Most men do not speak English
B.Dolphin cannot hear men speaking
C.The dolphins’ language is hard to learn
D.It takes time to learn dolphins’ language

33.Look at the sentence “…..But this will not be easy because ….”
What does the word “this” refer to?
A.learn how to live in the sea
B.learn how to talk to dolphin
C.learn how to talk one another
D.learn how to have simple language

Cendrawasih, the Bird of Paradise
In the dense forests of West Papua, there lives a group of birds with brightly coloured feathers. The birds are commonly known as ‘Cendrawasih,.
Their colour are so fantastic that people believe that they are from paradise. People think that nothing else on earth has such glittering colours. In fact, only the males have these colourful feathers. The male birds display the most colourful part of their feathers to attract females for mating.
The native of West Papua have used this bird’s feathers for their head decorations for many years. This had never endangered the birds population. However, the birds population is now in real danger since people from other places have started to use the colourful feathers for commercial hat making.
34.Why is Cendrawasih identically as the bird of paradise? Because Cendrawasih … .
A.Lives in the dense forest of Papua
B.Has fantastic coloured feathers
C.Is now in real danger
D.Is never to be endangered bird
35. Who make head decoration from the bird’s feathers for many years?
A.People around the world
B.Indonesia people
C.The native of West Papua
D.People from other places
36. People from other places hunt the bird for the aim of … .
A.hobby
B.business
C.decoration
D.pleasure