Reading comprehension test

Submitted by : Nattawan Ekakkaravichit

Marijuana is one of the most abused drugs in the world. There is an ever-growing
gap between the latest science about marijuana and the myths surrounding it. Some people
think that since it is legal in some places, it must be safe. But your body doesnt know a legal
drug from an illegal drug. It only knows the effect the drug creates once you have taken it.
Line 5 The purpose of this publication is to clear up some of the misunderstandings about pot.
Marijuana comes from the Indian hemp plant, and the part that contains the drug is
found primarily in the flowers (commonly called the buds) and much less in the seeds,
leaves, and stems of the plant.
Marijuana, when sold, is a mixture of dried out leaves, stems, flowers and seeds of
Line 10 the hemp plant. It is usually green, brown or gray in color.
Hashish is tan, brown or black resin that is dried and pressed into bars, sticks or
balls. When smoked, both marijuana and hashish give off a distinctive, sweet odor.
There are over 400 chemicals in marijuana and hashish.1 The chemical that causes
intoxication or the high in users is called THC (short for tetrahydrocannabinol). THC
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Plants, like animals, have traits that protect them in the wild. Plants can have colors
or patterns that camouflage them from predators, or they can contain poisons or toxins that,
when eaten, make animals sick or alter their mental capacity, putting them at risk in the wild.
THC is the protective mechanism of the marijuana plant.

Line 20 Intoxication literally means to poison by taking a toxic substance into your body.
Any substance that intoxicates causes changes in the body and the mind. It can create
addiction or dependence, causing a person to want to take that drug even if it harms him or
her.
The other thing to know is that burning dried leaves and buds and inhaling the smoke
into your lungs is definitely not natural and like smoking cigarettes, can be harmful to your
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body.

http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/marijuana.html

1. The word pot in line 6 is closest in meaning to

A. mug
B. marijuana
C. illegal drug
D. cocaine
2. The word intoxication in line 15 is closest in meaning to
A. drunkeness
B. malfunctioning of body
C. sadness
D. depression
3. The word it in line 11 refers to
A. sees
B. Hashish
C. Majijuana
D. flower
4. According to the passage, what can be inferred about the effects of drug on our
bodies ?
A. lead to heart disease
B. lead to the skin cancer
C. danger
D. none of the above
5. Which part of Marijuana mostly contains the drug ?
A. seeds
B. leaves
C. stems of the plant
D. flowers
6. Which color is unusually found for Marijuana ?
A. green
B. brown
C. blue
D. Gray
7. What is the chemical that causes intoxication called?
A. THC
B. CHT
C. CH
D. HCT
8. What will happen if animals take this chemical ?
A. It will make them more kind.
B. It can affect their mental ability.
C. It will be tame.
D. It can make animals died.
9. What is the main idea of the sixth paragraph ?
A. effects of drug
B. Special protection of plants and animals
C. digestive system of animal
D. toxic chemical in Marijuana
10. What is the purpose of this passage?
A. To explain the misunderstandings of Marijuana
B. Marijuana is one of the most abused drugs in the world
C. where is Marijuana come from
D. the disadvantages of Marijuana
 Reading comprehension test
Submitted by: Nattawan Ekakkaravichit
Pluto is classified as a dwarf planet and is also a member of a group of objects that
orbit in a disc-like zone beyond the orbit of Neptune called the Kuiper Belt. This distant realm
is populated with thousands of miniature icy worlds, which formed early in the history of our
solar system. These icy, rocky bodies are called Kuiper Belt objects or Transneptunian
Line 5 objects.

Pluto is about two-thirds the diameter of Earth's moon and probably has a rocky core
surrounded by a mantle of water ice. More exotic ices like methane and nitrogen frost coat
its surface. Owing to its size and lower density, Pluto's mass is about one-sixth that of
Earth's moon. Pluto is more massive than Ceres -- the dwarf planet that resides in the
Line 10 asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter -- by a factor of 14.

Pluto's 248-year-long elliptical orbit can take it as far as 49.3 astronomical units (AU)
from the sun. (One AU is the mean distance between Earth and the sun: about 93 million
miles or 150 million kilometers.) From 1979 to 1999, Pluto was actually closer to the sun
than Neptune, and in 1989, Pluto came to within 29.8 AU of the sun, providing rare
opportunities to study this small, cold, distant world.
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Since its orbit is so elliptical, when Pluto is close to the sun, its surface ices
sublimate, changing directly from solid to a gas, and rise and temporarily form a thin
atmosphere. Pluto's low gravity (about six percent of Earth's) causes the atmosphere to be
much more extended in altitude than our planet's atmosphere. Pluto becomes much colder
Line 20 during the part of each orbit when it is traveling far away from the sun. During this time, the
bulk of the planet's atmosphere is thought to freeze and fall as snow to the surface.

Pluto has a very large moon that is almost half its size named Charon, which was
discovered in 1978. This moon is so big that Pluto and Charon are sometimes referred to as
a double dwarf planet system. The distance between them is 12,200 miles (19,640
kilometers).

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/pluto/indepth

1. The word miniature in line 3 closest in meaning to

A. small
B. large
C. cold
D. numerous
2. The word exotic in line 7 closest in meaning to
A. interesting
B. unusual
C. usual
D. tiny
3. What does the word its in line 16 refer to
A. Suns orbit
B. Suns Surface
C. Plutos orbit
D. Neptunes orbit
4. What is a group of objects that orbit in a disc-like zone called ?
A. Kuiper belt
 B. Peat belt
C. planet's atmosphere
D. Asteroid belt
5. When was Charon discovered ?
A. 1978
B. 1789
C. 1898
D. 1987
6. According to the passage, when do surface ices turn from solid to gas ?
A. when the ice reaches the coldest temperature
B. when it is close to Mars
C. when the orbit is so elliptical.
D. temperature changing
7. What is true about the size of Pluto ?
A. two-thirds the diameter of Earth's moon
B. three-fourth the diameter of Earth's moon
C. equal with the diameter of Earths moon
D. half of the diameter of Earth's moon
8. According to the passage, from 1979 to 1999, which of the following planet was
closest to the sun ?
A. Pluto
B. Neptune
C. Mercury
D. Venus
9. What is not mentioned in the passage ?
A. The orbit of Pluto
B. Moon orbiting around Pluto
C. Pluto is no longer a planet.
D. The distance between Charon and Pluto

10. What is the main topic of the second paragraph ?

A. The relation between Pluto and Earth
B. The importance of Pluto in Solar system
C. The properties of Pluto
D. The appearance of Pluto