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Question for number 1-5

Giraffe
Giraffe is the highest animal in the world. Its height can reach 4.8 to 5.5 meters and its weight
about 1360 pounds. Giraffe has a unique characteristic. They have a very long neck and two
small horns on its head. Giraffes have big brown eyes and protected by thick and long
eyebrows. Her body is covered with a unique pattern that is attached by brown spots all over
their body.
Just like camels, giraffes can survive without drinking for long time because giraffes can rely on
the water contained in leaves they eat. Giraffes are very selective in choosing food. They
always eat young leaves that grow in the tree tops. Their tongue shaped like a knife help them
to cut branches which are very hard.
Female giraffes can start pregnant at the age of five years, with a gestation period of 15
months. Commonly female giraffe bear one baby, but sometimes two babies at once. Giraffes
bear its baby with a standing position. When the baby is about to be born, they just drop it to
the ground from a 1.5 meter of height. Baby giraffe can stand with about 20 minutes since
being born, and begin breastfeeding within an hour of birth.
1. What kind of text above?
a. Report text
b. Descriptive text
c. Narrative text
d. Spoof
e. News item
2. The text tells us about?
a. Giraffe’s reproduction
b. The strange animals
c. The highest animal
d. Baby giraffe
e. The heaviest animal
3. The unique characteristic of giraffe is?
a. Two horns on its head
b. Their long neck
c. Brown spot
d. Their food
e. Their life
4. The second paragraph mainly discussed about?
a. Giraffe’s food
b. Giraffe’s characteristic
c. Giraffe’s life
d. Giraffe’s reproduction
e. Giraffe’s baby
5. The word “it” in third paragraph refers to?
a. Neck
b. Horn
c. Baby giraffe
d. Food
e. Long period of pregnant
 For many years people believed that the cleverest animals
after man were the chimpanzees. Now, however, there is a proof that
dolphins may be even cleverer than these big apes.
Although a dolphin lives in the sea, it is not a fish. It is a
mammal. It is in many ways, therefore, like a human being.
Dolphins have a simple language. They are able to talk to one
another. It may be possible for man to learn how to talk to dolphins.
But, this will not be easy because dolphins cannot hear the kind of
sounds man can make. If man wants to talk to dolphins, therefore, he
will have to make a third language which both he and the dolphins
can understand.
Dolphins are also very friendly toward man. They often follow
ships. There are many stories about dolphins guiding ships through
difficult and dangerous waters.
6. The text above is in the form of………….
a. spoof
b. report
c. recount
d. procedure
e. narration
7. What kind of animal is dolphin?
a. insect
b. fish
c. mammal
d. bird
e. shark
8. Why talking to dolphin is not easy?
a. dolphins cannot hear the kind of man’s sounds
b. dolphins cannot think as human
c. dolphins like playing with man
d. dolphins feel annoyed by man
e. dolphins want to be free
9. What is the characteristic of dolphin according to the text?
a. fierce
b. friendly
c. naughty
d. shy
e. not responsible

10. What do the dolphins do when they follow the ships?

a. Guide the ships
b. Disturb the ships
c. Play with the ships
d. Brake the ships
e. Block the ships
 Whales are sea-living mammals. They therefore breathe air but
cannot survive or land. Some species are very large indeed and the
blue whale, which can exceed 30 meter length, is the largest animal
which lives on earth. Superficially, the whale looks rather like a fish, but
there are important difference in its external structure; its tail consists
of a pair of broad, flat horizontal paddles (the tail of a fish is vertical)
and it has a single nostril on top of its breadth, broad head. The skin is
smooth and shiny and beneath it lies a layer of flat (blubber). This is up
to 30 meter in thickness and serves to conserve heat and body fluids.
11. What is the text about?
a. sea-living mammals
b. the description of mammals
c. the difference between whales and fish
d. whales
e. how whales survive themselves
12. The length of a whale is……..
a. is generally more than 30 meter
b. may be more than 30 meter
c. is less than 30 meter
d. ranges from 30 meter to more than 30 meter
e. is 30 meter at the most
13. Sentence 1………….
a. tells an orientation
b. poses a thesis
c. shows an abstract
d. gives a general classification
e. elaborates an explanation
14. What type of text is used by the writer?
a. narrative
b. report
c. recount
d. news items
e. exposition
15. To tell the factual information, the writer uses…….
a. passive voice
b. direct speech
c. reported speech
d. simple past tense
e. simple present tense