This text is for number 1-2
A planet is a body in space that revolves around a star. There are nine planets in our solar system, and these nine planets travel around the sun. The names of the planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
Planets travel in orbit, around the stars. All of the planets of the solar system revolve in elliptical orbits. In other Words, their orbits are like large, flat circles. The time that it takes a planet to make one revolution around the sun is called a year.
The Greeks were the first people to recognize and give names to some of the planets. The word planet comes from a Greek word meaning wanderer. If a person wanders, it means that he goes from one place to another and does not have a home. The Greeks thought that planets "wandered" in the sky. However, modern scientists can predict the movement of the planets very accurately.
1. What is the suitable title for this text?
A. The Stars.
B. The Planets.
C. The Orbits.
D. The Wanderers
E. The Greeks.
2. The planets in our solar system travel ………………..
A. around the stars
B. around the circles
C. in one movement
D. from one position to another
E. in elliptical orbits
This text is for items number 3-7
There are millions of plants and animals living in the sea. Most of the plants and animals living in the oceans are extremely small and float near the surface of the water in their thousands. They are food for huge numbers of small animals that also live near the surface. Together, they are all known as plankton.
Many fish feed on this plankton, including one of the largest, the whale shark. Despite their great size, certain whales live entirely on plankton.
The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live. It grows to a length Of over 100 feet. The humpback whale is a smaller kind and has long flippers. It can jump right out the water. The Californian grey whale makes long migrations every year - it spends the summer feeding in the Artic but swims south to the warmer waters off the coast of Mexico in the winter. The females give birth in the shallow, warm water there.
Many of the fish in the sea may be eaten by other meat-eaters. Sharks, for example, are some of the fastest hunters, although not all of them eat other fish.
Deep down in the oceans live many strange fish. It is so dark down there that many of these fish have "light" on them, which are used for attracting smaller fish for the larger ones to eat.
Jellyfish are peculiar-looking creatures ranging in size from a fraction of an inch to 6 feet across. They don't really swim but drift in the currents of the open oceans. Although they contain a powerful sting, they are often eaten by turtles. Turtles are reptiles that spend most of their eggs on sandy beaches.
3. …………... are food for huge numbers of small animals that also live near the surface.
A. Very small plants and animals
B. Big animals
C. The Ocean mammals
D. The smallest animal
E. Big plants
4. Paragraph three tells us about ...
A. the life, of whales
B. the size of whales
C. the movement of whales
D. three kinds of whales
E. the migration of whales
5. The main information of the passage is that ...
A. most plants are food for animals
B. the colour of the largest whale is blue
C. the female whales give birth in the shallow and warm water
D. the great size fish also eat plankton
E. millions of plants and animals live in the sea
6. Which statement is TRUE according to the text?
A. The turtles eat jellyfish.
B. The turtles lay their eggs in the seabed.
C. The sharks possess a powerful sting.
D. The Californian grey whales immigrate to the Artic in winter.
E. The humpback whale is the largest animal in the sea.
7. The word "despite" in paragraph two could be replaced by ...
A. therefore
B. referring to
C. in spite of
D. except
E. instead of
This text is for items number 8-11
The average person will say that agriculture means farming. He is partly right, for raising crops is a branch of agriculture. So do livestock rising, dairy forming, fruit growing, chicken raising and even fur farming. Agriculture includes the raising of every kind of plants and animals that is useful to man.
With all its many branches, agriculture is the world's most, important industry. It supplies the food we eat and many of the materials from which we make our clothing.
Farms are classified according to the type of farming that is done and kinds of crops and livestock that are raised. They may be classified in several different ways, such as general, specialized, intensive, and extensive farms.
General farming is a farm where a variety of things is raised. On such a farm there may be a herd of dairy cows whose milk the farmer sells. There may also be poultry to provide extra income and supply some of the family's needs.
There are many factors that influence the types of crops and livestock that a farmer raised. The most important one is climate which includes temperature, length of growing season, sunshine, and rainfall. Another is the type of soil. The third is the amount of water available of irrigation. By concentrating on the particular crops or animals that fit best with this situation, the specialized farmer hopes to use his land in the most efficient and profitable way.
When a farmer devotes a great deal of labour to a piece of land, he is practicing intensive agriculture. If he works in a large area of land with relatively little labour, he is practicing extensive agriculture. Intensive agriculture usually goes together with small farms. A great deal of careful work is always involved in intensive agriculture. Often this work must be done by hand. Extensive agriculture is usually practiced on large farms or ranches where most of the work is done by machinery.
8. These words are related to farming, EXCEPT ..........
A. livestock
B. extensive farming
C. irrigation
D. stock exchange
E. type of soil
9. The practice of intensive and extensive agriculture is the main idea of paragraph ..........
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. 6
10. The text tells us about ...
A. intensive agriculture
B. extensive agriculture
C. types of farming
D. the important factors in farming
E. specialized farms
11. "They may be classified in several different ways ." (Paragraph 3).
The underlined word refers to ……….
A. crops
B. plants
C. farms
D. cows
E. animals
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