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Bigger than elephants, they may grow 95 feet long, and weight
150 tons. A baby blue whale, just born, can be 23 feet long and weight 3 tons.
Although whales live in the oceans and can swim like fish, they are not fish. They are mammals, like cows
and elephants. Unlike fish, they bear young alive net as eggs. Their babies live on their mother’s milk.
They breathe through their lungs and hold their breathe when they go under water. If they cannot come to
the surface to breathe fresh air, they will drown. They are warm blooded. Fish, however, lay eggs,
breathe oxygen in the water and are cold blooded.
Whales live in all the oceans. In the winter some of them go to warm waters to breed and in the summer
most of them go to cold waters to feed. There are two kinds of whales, whales with teeth (toothed whales)
and whales without teeth (baleen whales). The toothed whales eat fish and squid, which they can catch
with their teeth, although they swallow their food without chewing it. The baleen whales eat plankton
(small sea animals and plants). When they find plankton, they open their mouths and swim into the
plankton. When they close their mouths, they squeeze out the water and swallow the plankton.
Whales have few enemies. Only human beings and the killer whales attack whales. And whales do not
seem to fight among themselves. They usually live from 20 to 30 years.
6. Which one of the following statements is FALSE based on the text about?
Whales are mammals
Whales give birth to a baby whale
Whales lay eggs
Whales breast feed their babies
Each kind of whale eat different kind of food
Text 3
Patty The Milkmaid
Patty the Milkmaid was going to market carrying her milk in a pail on her head. As she went along she
began calculating what she would do with the money she would get for the milk. “I’ll buy some fowls from
Farmer Brown,” said she, “And they will lay eggs each morning, which I will sell to the parson’s wife. With
the money that I get from the sale of these eggs I’ll buy myself a new dimity frock and a chip hat; and
when I go to market, won’t all the young men come up and speak to me! Polly Shaw will be that jealous;
but I don’t care. I shall just look at her ad toss my head like this.” As she spoke she tossed her head back
the Pail fell off it and all the milk was spilt. So she had to go home and tell her mother what had occurred.
“Ah, my child,” said the mother, “Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.”
14. “Patty the Milkmaid was going to market carrying her milk in a pail on her head.”
The other name of pail is ….
a. pale
b. bucket
c. box
d. glass
e. pan
Text 4
Text 5
There are many different causes of car accidents in the United States.
Sometimes accidents are caused by bad weather. Ice or snow can make toads very dangerous.
Accidents also can result from problems with the car. Even a small problem like a flat tire can be serious.
Bad roads are another cause of accidents. Some accidents are caused by drinking too much alcohol.
Text 6
Hurricanes generally occur in the North Atlantic from May through November, with the pack of the
hurricane season in September, only rarely will they occur from December through April in that part of the
ocean. The main reason for the occurrence of hurricane during this period is that the temperature on the
water surface is at its warmest and the humidity of the air is at its highest.
Of the tropical storms that occur each year in the North Atlantic, only about five, on the average, are
powerful enough to be called hurricanes. To be classified as a hurricane, a tropical storm must have
winds reaching speed of at least 117 kilometers per hour, but the winds are often much stronger than
that; the winds of intense hurricanes can easily surpass 240 kilometers per hour.
Text 7
Have you ever been humiliated by a little girl?
Last week, my four year old daughter, Sally, was invited to a children party. I decided to take her by train.
Sally was excited because she has never traveled on in train before. She sat near the window and asked
question about any thing she saw.
Suddenly, a middle-aged lady came into out compartment and sat opposite to sally.
Hallo, little girl,” she said. Sally did lady was dressed, but looked at her curiously. The lady was dressed in
a blue coat and a large, funny hat.
After the train had left the station, the lady opened her handbag and took out her compact. She then
began to make up her face.
“Why are you doing that?” Sally asked.
“To make my self beautiful,” the lady answered.
She put away her compact and smiled kindly.
“But you away still ugly,” Sally said.
Sally was amused, but I was very embarrassed.
27. “Suddenly, a middle aged lady came into out compartment and sat opposite to Sally.” The underlined
word has the same meaning with ….
a. behind
b. in front of
c. next to
d. beside
e. far away
28. “Suddenly, a middle-aged lady came into out compartment and sat opposite Sally.” The underhand
phrase means a lady whose age is around ….
a. 1 – 5 years old
b. 5 – 10 years old
c. 11 – 20 years old
d. 20 – 30 years old
e. 40 – 50 years old
29. The purpose of the text is ….
a. to inform the readers of the incident in the train
b. to entertain the readers with the incident
c. to explain the reader about the incident in the train
d. to describe the character of sally
e. to persuade the reader to take a train
Text 8
He was a young father, wheeling the pram trough the garden while the baby was screaming its head off.
“Take it easy, Jason,” he said calmly, “There’s nothing to worry about.
A middle-aged woman noticed his soothing manner and marveled at the new breed of young husband.
When the baby screamed even louder she heard him say,” Cool it, Jason, don’t get excited, lad, cool it
soon.”
Touched by his gentle manner the woman leaned into the pram and cooed, “There, there, Jason. What’s
bothering you?”
“Excuse me, lady,” said the father, “That’s Jeremy, I’m Jason.”
34. From the dialogue above we know that it was a/an … class
a. English
b. Art
c. Physics
d. Chemistry
e. Maths
ANNOUNCEMENT
OSIS Committee are expected to attend the meeting on:
Day/date : Saturday, February 23, 2007
Time : 13.00
Place : OSIS room
Theme : Preparation for school anniversary
Note: All committee must come
Chairman
Akbar
45. Who writes the announcement above?
a. The headmaster does
b. The teacher does
c. The OSIS chairman does
d. The OSIS Committee does
e. The secretary of OSIS does
46. When the teacher came into the classroom, he saw all the students ….
a. did the exam
b. doing the exam
c. had to the exam
d. must do the exam
e. have done the exam
47. The workers,...that their wages were not raises, went on strike.
a. they know
b. they knew
c. were knowing
d. realizing
e. realized