Komodo Dragons

Komodo dragon is a member of the monitor family, Varanidae. lt is the world's largest living lizard,lt grows to be 10 feet (3 metres) long ano weighs- up to 126 kg and belongs to the most ancient groups.of lizards still alive. It is found mainly in the island of Komodo and on other small islands, Rinca, padar and Flores. The

natives call the dragon ora or buaya darat (land crocodile), The komodo dragon has a long heavy
tair, short, strong legs and rougl'r skin. lt is covered with small dull, coloured scales. lt can sprint at up 1B km pe-r hours, but only for short distances. When it opens its wide red mouth, it shows rows of teeth like the edge of a saw. The komodo dragons are geod swimmers and may swim the long distance frorn one island to another. Like other lizards, they swim by undulating their tails, and their legs held against their body. The komodo dragons are totally carnivorous. They hunt other animals during tl]e day.They hunt deer, wild

pigsl water buffaloes and even horses. Meanwhile,

smaller komodos have to be conterit with eggs, other lizards, snakes and rodents. They are also cannibals. The adults will prey on the young ones as well as the old and sick dragons. Th e lizaros"oig a cave with their strong claws in

the cavg at night. v

30. The main idea of paragraph 5 is . . .

dragons get their food by hunting

A. komodo dragons feed on young dragons B. komodo

c. komodo dragons are carnivorous, and 3lso

cannibals

D. komodo dragons arecannibals because they

can hunt other animals

E. komodo dragons are c-arnivorous because

they eat eggs, meat and rodents

. The writer's purposes in writing the text is . . . A. 'to retell the events in Komodo lsland B. to explain how komodo dragons survive
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C. , to describb about komodo dngons in general

D. to persuade readers to keep komodo liabitats E. to entertain readers with the story of komodo
92. Komodo dragons are cannibals because . . . , A. they hunt deer, wild pigs, water buffaloes and
even horses

B. they prey on young ones as well as old and

sick dragons

C. they feed on eggs, lizards, snakes and rodents D. they eat anything they meet E. they will attack in self-defense

A. At last he found a clever idea. Monkeys are a great imitator," he thought. So he took off his own cap and threw it down on the ground. And as he had expected, all the monkeys took off the caps and threw the caps down on the ground. Quickly, he stood up and collected the caps, put them back into his bag and went away. B. When he looked up the sky, he was very surprised to see monkeys sitting on the branches of a tree and each of the monkeys was wearing a cap of on its head. They had evidently done it to imitate him.

C. He decided to get his caps back by making a humble request to the monkeys. In return, the monkeys only made faces of him. When he began to make gesture, the monkeys also imitated him. D. Once, a cap seller was passing through a jungle. He was very tired and needed to rest. Then, he stopped and spread a cloth under a tree. He placed his bag full of caps near him and lay down with his cap on his head. The cap seller had a sound sleep for one hour. When he got up, the first thing he did was to look into his bag. He was startled when he found all his caps were not there