READING COMPREHENSION

1. What time will the festival begin? A. 10 A.M. B. 11 A.M. C. 1 P.M. D. 2 P.M.

• 10 A.M.

• 11 A.M.

• 1 P.M.

• 2 P.M.

What time will the festival begin?

In line 3, the word feature is closest in meaning to _______.

• look

• keep

• include

• entertain

What job will be done the day before the festival begins?

• Helping the performers

• Making posters

• Setting up the gym

• Cleaning up the gym

Who is told to talk to Ms. Braxton?

• Parents.

• Students

• Teachers

• Performers

Mangrove Trees

A mangrove is a tropical marine tree or shrub of the genus Rhizhopora. Mangroves have special aerial roots and salt iltering tap roots that enable them to thrive in brackish water (brackish water is salty, but not as salty as sea water). here are several species of mangrove trees found all over the world.

Some prefer more salinity, while others like to be very close to a large fresh water source (such as a river). Some prefer areas that are sheltered from waves. Some species have their roots covered with sea water everyday during high tide. Other species grow on dry land, but are still part of the ecosystem.

Mangroves need to keep their trunk and leaves above the surface of the water. Yet they also need to be irmly attached to the ground so they are not moved by waves. here are three types of mangrove roots that play an important role for it:

(1) . support roots which directly pierce the soil.

(2) . level-growing roots which twist upwards and downwards, eith the upward twists emerging on the water surface.

(3) . level growing roots whose downward twist (sub-roots) appear on the water surface.

Any part of a root that appears above the water lows oxygen to the plant under water surface. As the soil begins to build up, these roots produce additional roots that become embedded in the soil.

The main idea of the text is ...

• Mangroves grow on dry land

• There are many species of mangroves

• Mangroves are tropical marine trees

• Mangrove roots are attached firmly to the ground.

Mangrove Trees

A mangrove is a tropical marine tree or shrub of the genus Rhizhopora. Mangroves have special aerial roots and salt iltering tap roots that enable them to thrive in brackish water (brackish water is salty, but not as salty as sea water). here are several species of mangrove trees found all over the world.

Some prefer more salinity, while others like to be very close to a large fresh water source (such as a river). Some prefer areas that are sheltered from waves. Some species have their roots covered with sea water everyday during high tide. Other species grow on dry land, but are still part of the ecosystem.

Mangroves need to keep their trunk and leaves above the surface of the water. Yet they also need to be irmly attached to the ground so they are not moved by waves. here are three types of mangrove roots that play an important role for it:

(1) . support roots which directly pierce the soil.

(2) . level-growing roots which twist upwards and downwards, eith the upward twists emerging on the water surface.

(3) . level growing roots whose downward twist (sub-roots) appear on the water surface.

Any part of a root that appears above the water lows oxygen to the plant under water surface. As the soil begins to build up, these roots produce additional roots that become embedded in the soil.

We can conclude that most mangrove trees ...

• need salt to grow.

• grow on dry land.

• grow on sheltered areas.

• get oxygen from water.

• grow on sheltered areas

Mangrove Trees

A mangrove is a tropical marine tree or shrub of the genus Rhizhopora. Mangroves have special aerial roots and salt iltering tap roots that enable them to thrive in brackish water (brackish water is salty, but not as salty as sea water). here are several species of mangrove trees found all over the world.

Some prefer more salinity, while others like to be very close to a large fresh water source (such as a river). Some prefer areas that are sheltered from waves. Some species have their roots covered with sea water everyday during high tide. Other species grow on dry land, but are still part of the ecosystem.

Mangroves need to keep their trunk and leaves above the surface of the water. Yet they also need to be irmly attached to the ground so they are not moved by waves. here are three types of mangrove roots that play an important role for it:

(1) . support roots which directly pierce the soil.

(2) . level-growing roots which twist upwards and downwards, eith the upward twists emerging on the water surface.

(3) . level growing roots whose downward twist (sub-roots) appear on the water surface.

Any part of a root that appears above the water lows oxygen to the plant under water surface. As the soil begins to build up, these roots produce additional roots that become embedded in the soil.

. In order to grow well mangroves re quire the following, EXCEPT ...

• The roots twist upwards and down wards.

• The parts of the plant under the water should have enough salt.

• The leaves should be above the water surface

• The trees should be firmly atTached to the ground.

• The trunk should be above the water surface

Maura, who liked to be thought of as the most beautiful and powerful queen of Arabia, had many suitors. One by one she discarded them, until her list was reduced to just three sheiks, all equally young and handsome, rich and strong. It was very hard to decide who would be the best of them.

One evening, Maura disguised herself and went to the camp of the three sheiks, as they were about to have a dinner, and asked them for something to eat. The First gave her some letover food; the second gave her some unappetizing camel's tail; the third sheik, who was called Hakim, ofered her some of the most tender and tasty meat.

After dinner, the disguised queen let the sheik's camp.The following day the queen invited the three sheiks to dinner at her palace. She ordered her servants to give each one exactly what they had given her the evening before. Hakim, who received a plate of delicious meat, refused to eat it if the other two could not share it with him, and this act inally convinced Queen Maura that he was the man for her.

"Without question, Hakim is the most generous of you,'" she announced her choice to the sheiks, "So it is Hakim I will marry."

The three sheiks were not...

• RICH

• YOUNG

• KIND

• STRONG

• HANDSOME

Maura, who liked to be thought of as the most beautiful and powerful queen of Arabia, had many suitors. One by one she discarded them, until her list was reduced to just three sheiks, all equally young and handsome, rich and strong. It was very hard to decide who would be the best of them.

One evening, Maura disguised herself and went to the camp of the three sheiks, as they were about to have a dinner, and asked them for something to eat. The First gave her some letover food; the second gave her some unappetizing camel's tail; the third sheik, who was called Hakim, ofered her some of the most tender and tasty meat.

After dinner, the disguised queen let the sheik's camp.The following day the queen invited the three sheiks to dinner at her palace. She ordered her servants to give each one exactly what they had given her the evening before. Hakim, who received a plate of delicious meat, refused to eat it if the other two could not share it with him, and this act inally convinced Queen Maura that he was the man for her.

"Without question, Hakim is the most generous of you,'" she announced her choice to the sheiks, "So it is Hakim I will marry."

Which statement is TRUE about the queen?

• The queen was the most powerful queen in Africa.

• . The queen herself served the sheiks with delicious food.

• .he queen was very careful in deciding whom she would marry.

• The queen was very proud of her beauty and riches.

• The queen was very satisfied with the food given by the sheiks.

Maura, who liked to be thought of as the most beautiful and powerful queen of Arabia, had many suitors. One by one she discarded them, until her list was reduced to just three sheiks, all equally young and handsome, rich and strong. It was very hard to decide who would be the best of them.

One evening, Maura disguised herself and went to the camp of the three sheiks, as they were about to have a dinner, and asked them for something to eat. The First gave her some let over food; the second gave her some unappetizing camel's tail; the third sheik, who was called Hakim, ofered her some of the most tender and tasty meat.

After dinner, the disguised queen let the sheik's camp. The following day the queen invited the three sheiks to dinner at her palace. She ordered her servants to give each one exactly what they had given her the evening before. Hakim, who received a plate of delicious meat, refused to eat it if the other two could not share it with him, and this act inally convinced Queen Maura that he was the man for her.

"Without question, Hakim is the most generous of you,'" she announced her choice to the sheiks, "So it is Hakim I will marry."

One by one she discarded them

THE WORD THEM REFERS TO...

• three sheiks

• queen of Arabia

• young and handsome, rich and strong man

• The queen

• suitors