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We were playing in the garden. Jim threw a ball at me. However, I missed catching it. I ran towards the ball to pick it up. As I was about to pick the ball up, I saw a snake slithering towards the bushes. I gave a loud shout and all the others crowded around me. I told Jim that there was a snake in the garden. Jim ran to his house and told his father. His father came out of the house with gloves, a stick and a bag. He told us to stay clear of the bushes. Then, he shook the bushes to make the snake come out of hiding. After a while, the snake poked its head out from under the bushes. Jim's father pressed its head with the stick. Then, using his other hand he picked the tail and put it inside the bag. he put the bag in his car. I didn't know where he would bring it, but surely I felt relieved of what he had done.

The purpose of the writer to write the text is....

• to give instruction on how to catch a snake

• to describe what a snake is in general

• to retell a story when seeing a snake

• to amuse the readers by telling a story

We were playing in the garden. Jim threw a ball at me. However, I missed catching it. I ran towards the ball to pick it up. As I was about to pick the ball up, I saw a snake slithering towards the bushes. I gave a loud shout and all the others crowded around me. I told Jim that there was a snake in the garden. Jim ran to his house and told his father. His father came out of the house with gloves, a stick and a bag. He told us to stay clear of the bushes. Then, he shook the bushes to make the snake come out of hiding. After a while, the snake poked its head out from under the bushes. Jim's father pressed its head with the stick. Then, using his other hand he picked the tail and put it inside the bag. he put the bag in his car. I didn't know where he would bring it, but surely I felt relieved of what he had done.

What were the writer and Jim doing in the garden?

• They were playing a ball

• They were hiding in the bushes

• They were clearing out the bushes

• They were playing hide-and-seek

We were playing in the garden. Jim threw a ball at me. However, I missed catching it. I ran towards the ball to pick it up. As I was about to pick the ball up, I saw a snake slithering towards the bushes. I gave a loud shout and all the others crowded around me. I told Jim that there was a snake in the garden. Jim ran to his house and told his father. His father came out of the house with gloves, a stick and a bag. He told us to stay clear of the bushes. Then, he shook the bushes to make the snake come out of hiding. After a while, the snake poked its head out from under the bushes. Jim's father pressed its head with the stick. Then, using his other hand he picked the tail and put it inside the bag. he put the bag in his car. I didn't know where he would bring it, but surely I felt relieved of what he had done.

What was the snake doing when the writer saw it?

• eating

• crawling

• hanging

• sleeping

Arrange the following sentences into a good paragraph!

1) My father took me to the headmaster's office and got me admitted in the school.

2) He encouraged me and treated me kindly.

3) I enrolled in a school at the age of five.

4) My class teacher was very gentle

5) It was a primary school.

6) He gave me a packet of toffees.

7) I felt a bit nervous in the new environment.

8) The memory of my first day in school is still fresh in my mind.

9) It was a small school with eight rooms.

• 1-2-9-3-6-4-5-8-7

• 1-4-5-8-9-3-6-2-7

• 3-5-8-9-1-6-4-2-7

• 3-9-8-5-4-2-1-6-7

I've got a painful experience that I went through last semester. I joined the cross country. We were running this race competing against several other schools. The entire race was long and dreadful. It took place in the desert so it was really hot and humid. We ran up and down the hills.

It was getting awful after 10 minutes of the race. People who ran in front of me made me breath the dust they created. It wasn't so bad until my throat started to hurt. It was very painful. I had a hard time to catch my breath and I sweat a lot. I really hated it.

In the end I managed to finish the race. I felt really good after that. I felt fully alive again. That race was horrible experience. That is the reason why I quit the team a week later.

What does the second paragraph tell us about?

• A cross country race

• An awful place in the mountain

• A good feeling after completing the race

• Painful incidents during the cross country

I've got a painful experience that I went through last semester. I joined the cross country. We were running this race competing against several other schools. The entire race was long and dreadful. It took place in the desert so it was really hot and humid. We ran up and down the hills.

It was getting awful after 10 minutes of the race. People who ran in front of me made me breath the dust they created. It wasn't so bad until my throat started to hurt. It was very painful. I had a hard time to catch my breath and I sweat a lot. I really hated it.

In the end I managed to finish the race. I felt really good after that. I felt fully alive again. That race was horrible experience. That is the reason why I quit the team a week later.

From the text, we know that....

• The writer quit and never made it to the finish line

• Although he had a painful throat, the writer could finish the race

• The race was a competition between students in the writer's school.

• The race route was so mountainous that the weather was cool and windy

I've got a painful experience that I went through last semester. I joined the cross country. We were running this race competing against several other schools. The entire race was long and dreadful. It took place in the desert so it was really hot and humid. We ran up and down the hills.

It was getting awful after 10 minutes of the race. People who ran in front of me made me breath the dust they created. It wasn't so bad until my throat started to hurt. It was very painful. I had a hard time to catch my breath and I sweat a lot. I really hated it.

In the end I managed to finish the race. I felt really good after that. I felt fully alive again. That race was horrible experience. That is the reason why I quit the team a week later.

"I've got a painful experience that I went through last semester."

The antonym of the underlined word is....

• pleasant

• hard

• difficult

• severe

It was early in the morning when five staff of the charity International Animal Rescue (IAR) arrived at the forest. The forest was hazy with smoke. They breathed through cloth masks and as they searched for a dehydrated-and possibly dying-orangutan and her infant seen the previous night. A farmer reported seeing the mother and daughter orangutans near a palm oil farm which was on fire.

After several hours searching through the haze, the finally found the pair. They used anesthetics and medical check-ups to determine if the two orangutans could survive in a safe zone away from the fires. These orangutans were lucky because IAR got the before the smoke caused too much damage. The team took them to a safe zone on the island.

The text mostly tells us about....

• the experience of the orangutans in a safe zone

• the rescuing of orangutans from the bush fire

• the process of delivering a baby orangutan

• a safe zone for orangutans

It was early in the morning when five staff of the charity International Animal Rescue (IAR) arrived at the forest. The forest was hazy with smoke. They breathed through cloth masks and as they searched for a dehydrated-and possibly dying-orangutan and her infant seen the previous night. A farmer reported seeing the mother and daughter orangutans near a palm oil farm which was on fire.

After several hours searching through the haze, the finally found the pair. They used anesthetics and medical check-ups to determine if the two orangutans could survive in a safe zone away from the fires. These orangutans were lucky because IAR got the before the smoke caused too much damage. The team took them to a safe zone on the island.

What might have happened if IAR hadn't come to rescue the orangutans?

• The haze would be thicker

• The two orangutans would be dead

• The people would take care of the two orangutans

• The two orangutans would escape to a safe zone

It was early in the morning when five staff of the charity International Animal Rescue (IAR) arrived at the forest. The forest was hazy with smoke. They breathed through cloth masks and as they searched for a dehydrated-and possibly dying-orangutan and her infant seen the previous night. A farmer reported seeing the mother and daughter orangutans near a palm oil farm which was on fire.

After several hours searching through the haze, the finally found the pair. They used anesthetics and medical check-ups to determine if the two orangutans could survive in a safe zone away from the fires. These orangutans were lucky because IAR got the before the smoke caused too much damage. The team took them to a safe zone on the island.

". . . they finally found the pair." (paragraph 2).

The underlined word refers to....

• the animals in the forest

• the people in the forest

• the mother and daughter orangutans

• the IAR staff