English_9.

The text is for questions

(Adapted from: http://www.sciencebob.com/experiments/filmrocket.php)

One empty 35mm plastic film canister and lid.

One fizzing antacid tablet (such as Alka-Seltzer - Get this from your parents)
Water
Safety goggles

1. Put on those safety goggles and head outside - when this works, that film
canister really flies!
2. Break the antacid tablet in half.
3. Remove the lid from the film canister and put a teaspoon (5 ml) of water into
the canister.
Do the next 2 steps quickly
4. Drop the tablet half into the canister and snap the cap onto the canister. Make
sure that it snaps on tightly.
5. Quickly put the canister on the ground CAP SIDE DOWN and STEP BACK at least
2 meters.
6. About 10 seconds later, you will hear a POP! And the film canister will launch
into the air!
Caution: If it does not launch, wait at least 30 seconds before examining the
canister. Usually the cap is not on tight enough and the build up of gas leaked
out.

1. ...and the build-up of gas leaked out.

The underlined phrase means the gas... the crack.
A. escaped from
B. span around
C. popped out
D. blew off

2. Why should we put on safety goggles?

A. To keep our eyes on the film canister rocket.
B. To make sure that the cap snaps on tightly.
C. To protect our eyes on any possible harm.
D. To examine the film canister.

3. What do we do after we break the antacid tablet in half

A. You will hear a POP
B. Youl will hear RNB sounds
C. We put canister and snap the cap on to the canister
D. We remove the lid from the film canister and put a teaspoon(5 ml) of water into the canister

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Fruits are a source of nourishing substances that keep us alive and healthy. For example, they
contain many vitamins, especially vitamins A and C, and many minerals, such as calcium, potassium, and
zinc. They also provide fiber for a healthy digestive system and carbohydrates that the body needs to
make energy. They dont have a lot of calories to make us fat.
People use fruits for many things. We make juices from them. We cook bread and pie with them.
We make jams and jellies and sweets. We freeze them to eat later. We even make alcohol from fruit. Beer
comes from grains, wine comes from grapes, and some brandies are made from plums, apricots, or other
fruits.
But most of the time, we dont do anything special with fruits. We eat them fresh, just as they are!

4. Which substance do we need to have a healthy digestive system?

A. Vitamins.
B. Fiber.
C. Calories.
D. Carbohydrate.

5. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

A. We make juice from fruits.
B. People use fruits for many things.
C. Some beer and brandies are made of fruits.
D. We freeze fruits to eat whenever we need later.

The text is for questions

A shark is a type of fish that lives in the sea. It is one of the largest sea creatures. There are over 350 species.
A shark is shaped like a torpedo. It has rough skin like sandpaper. Instead of bones it has elastic cartilage
which helps them to move easily. It can grow up to 8 metres.

Sharks are found in all oceans around the world. The type of shark found will depend on the waters
temperature. A shark has to keep moving when it is asleep because it will either sink or suffocate. It has to
keep moving because it needs to breathe through its gills to keep alive.

When sharks are hungry, they look for food. Different sharks eat different food. Harmless sharks eat
plankton but harmful sharks eat meat.

Sharks have up to forty two babies (which are called pups) at a time. When the pups are born, they leave
straight away because the mother shark does not have teats. Some sharks have their pups in different ways,
some lay eggs while others have them alive. When they are born they need to defend themselves because
they have no one to help them. (K-6 Modules)

6. What helps sharks to move easily?

A. Wide gills.
B. Elastic cartilage.
C. Strong bones.
D. Small teats.

7. What is the main idea of paragraph 4?

A. Pups leave straight away when they are born.
B. Young sharks need to defend themselves.
C. Sharks reproduce in different ways.
D. Mother sharks do not have teats.

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Computer

Sometimes abbreviated as 'puter, a computer is an electronic device that allows you to input data and
have it stored, processed, or otherwise manipulated quickly and efficiently.

There are several types of computers. Embedded computer is a commonly used computer with a specific
function found in such things as cars, TVs, the VCR, and other home electronics. Personal computer is the most
widely used computer today and most likely what you're using now. Laptop / Portable computer is a small
computer that users can easily carry around and work with when on the road or elsewhere. Mainframe or
Supercomputer is computer working as a large computer to perform extremely complicated tasks.

8. Which computer can be carried easily by the users?

A. Personal computer.
B. Embedded computer.
C. Laptop / Portable computer.
D. Mainframe or Supercomputer.

9. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

A. Computer has various types.
B. Embedded computer is rarely used.
C. Computer is used to do complicated tasks.
D. The users prefer to use personal computer.

10. that allows you to input (paragraph 1)

What does the word you in the sentence refer to?
A. The readers
B. The programmers
C. The processor
D. The workers

The text is for question 11-12

11. What is the communicative purpose of the text?

A. To offer some school uniforms.
B. To describe some clothes for students.
C. To persuade people to buy the clothes.
D. To inform about a vacancy in Murrays.

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12. What colour is the available sport socks?

A. Red.
B. grey
C. White.
D. Blue

The text is for no. 13 15

Asteroids are irregularly shaped rocks that orbit the Sun, mostly in
a band (asteroid belt), between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Astronomers think that our solar system began as a cloud of gas
and dust. Gravity pulled parts of the cloud together to make the
Sun and the nine planets. They think that the asteroids formed in
that cloud but they never grew large enough to be planets.

There are thousands of

asteroids, and they come in
all sizes. The biggest asteroid
ever found is called Ceres. Ceres is more than 600 miles (1,000
kilometers) wide. Astronomers have found about 200 asteroids that
are more than 60 miles (100 kilometers) across. All the other
asteroids are much smaller. Some are only a few feet wide. Some
asteroids are round. Some asteroids are long and bumpy. Some
asteroids even have tiny moons going around them.

Astronomers wonder if once there were just a few big asteroids. The big asteroids may have crashed into
each other. The crashes would have broken them into smaller pieces, making all the asteroids we see
today.

13. What is the topic of the text?

A. Asteroids.
B. Asteroid sizes.
C. Asteroid orbits.
D. Asteroid crash.

14. The biggest asteroid is more than.... miles wide.

A. 60
B. 100
C. 200
D. 600

15. ...they never grew large enough... (par.1)

What does the underlined word refer to?
A. Planets.
B. Asteroids.
C. Gas and dust.
D. Parts of the cloud.

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16. Arrange the sentences into a good composition.
1. Also, a young horse is called a colt
2. A horse is a large animal with four legs
3. We can see all of them in a zoo
4. We call a small horse a Pony

A. 2, 4, 1, 3
B. 4, 2, 3, 1
C. 3, 1, 4, 2
D. 4, 1, 2, 3

Bats are the only mammals that can fly. Like all mammals they feed their young ones milk. There are
about 900 types of bats, that live all over the world except in colder regions. You can often find them in
groups, called colonies. If you see one bat flying around there are probably others nearby.
Bats can grow to be big or small. The largest ones have a wingspan of up to 1.5 meters, others are only
15 cm wide. The mouth of a bat is similar to the one of a rat or fox. They have large, pointed ears and grey or
brown fur. Bats have long arms and hands with especially long fingers. These are connected to the legs with
membranes that form their wings. They have muscles in them which make it easy for a bat to fly.

Bats sleep during the daytime and come out at night in search of food. Flying around at night means
meeting fewer enemies and being able to catch more insects than during the day because they dont have to
compete with birds for food. Some bats eat insects, fruit and pollen; others are meat eaters that feed on
birds and smaller bats.

17. The writer wrote the text in order to....

A. show how bats live
B. describe brown fur bats
C. present information about bats
D. to persuade people to protect bats

18. What makes it easy for bats to fly?

A. Hands and fingers.
B. Membranes.
C. Wingspans.
D. Muscles.

19. 1. Compared to its small body, a rabbit has large-sized ears.

2. The first fossils which can be attributed to this family came from North America,
3. Rabbit is a small furry mammal with a short tail and pointed ears.
4. But now they are found in every part of the world.
5. Each burrow is the home of a single family.
6. Rabbits live in burrows in the ground.

The best arrangement is ....

A. 3-2-4-6-5-1
B. 3-1-6-5-2-4
C. 3-5-6-2-4-1
D. 3-6-5-2-4-1

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20-21

kate@yahoo.com

ninda@yahoo.com

Asking for help

Dear Ms. G.B. Adninda,

I am writing to request information on infectious diseases. Ive got quite a lot
of information on lung cancer, avian flu, and a coronary heart disease from Mr. Wiem
Gratandia and Ms. Ifa Shakila, but they have no information on infectious diseases.
Would you please send me any brochures your department has on the diseases?
I would also appreciate any other factual information that can help me with
my assignment of this subject.

Yours faithfully,
Kate Mullane

20. What information does the writer need?

A. Avian flu.
B. Lung cancer.
C. Infectious diseases.
D. Coronary heart disease

The text is for questions 32 and 33.

21. What can we conclude from the text?

A. The excursion was delayed.
B. Arzak is the head of the Student Organization.
C. Previously, the meeting was scheduled on September the 8th.
D. The board members have important topics to talk about.

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The text is for questions no 22 24

Many mammals, birds, fish, insects and other animals .. (22) regularly from one place to another during a
certain time of the year. This (23) is called migration. Animals change their living areas because they may
get more food, better places to build nests or more sunlight somewhere else. Some animals travel thousands
of kilometers across land and water. Others travel only short distances. Water animals, for example, often
move ..(24) from deeper water to the surface area.

22.
A. visit
B. fly
C. swim
D. travel

23.
A. settlement
B. journey
C. excursion
D. wonder

24.
A. vertically
B. horizontally
C. gently
D. slowly

A SLEEK BODY
Sharks have long, streamlined bodies that taper in front and back. This shape lets sharks glide (25) through
the water. It also helps them put on great bursts of speed.
Most shark species have bodies that are from 3 feet (1 meter) to 6 feet (2 meters) (26). The best-
known sharks, however, are the biggest sharks. Hammerheads, tropical sharks with T-shaped heads, can be 12
feet (3.5 meters) long. Great white sharks are often more than 20 feet (6 meters) long.
A sharks body may look (27) but it is actually covered with tiny, rough scales. These scales feel like
sandpaper to the touch.

25.
A. slowly
B. gracefully
C. mainly
D. really
26.
A. long
B. short
C. high
D. tall
27.
A. smooth
B. hard
C. slippery
D. rough

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The text is for questions 11 and 14.

How Do Floods Occur?

In winter there is snow on the mountains. When spring comes the sun comes out, it shines onto the snow.
The snow melts. The melting snow turns into water and flows off the mountain and enters the rivers. The
huge amount of water makes the water level rise.

If rocks and concreted areas surround rivers they can cause floods. If it rains the rain falls onto the rocks,
nothing can soak up the water. The water flows down the rocks and into the river.

When it rains for a long time the huge amount of rain cannot soak into the soil. The water forms small
streams. The streams all lead to the main river and feed it. As the water enters the river the water level
rises. If there is not a dam on the bank of the river the river will flood.

During spring while the rivers are still blocked by ice, floods occur in Siberia. The snow melts but the river
is unable to flow because of the ice. The river stops and builds up. When it gets up as high as the ice, it is
already so high that it causes a flood.

Though floods occur in most parts of the world they do not occur very often. In the past 250 years there
were 150 major floods. The most flood-prone river is the Huang He River (also called the Yellow River and
Chinas Sorrow) which is located in Northern China.

(K-6 Modules)

28. What leads to the main river and feed it?

A. The wet soil.
B. The streams.
C. The block of ice.
D. The concreted areas.

29. What is the main idea of the fourth paragraph?

A. The river is unable to flow during spring in Siberia.
B. The rivers are still blocked by ice in Siberia.
C. The block of ice causes flood in Siberia.
D. The snow melts in Siberia.

30. ...nothing can soak up the water.

The underlined phrase is closest in meaning to....
A. wipe
B. absorb
C. flow
D. slurp

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