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Reading Comprehension

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 15mins

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1.

Crocodiles (subfamily Crocodylinae) or true crocodiles are large aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. Crocodylinae, all of whose members are considered true crocodiles, is classified as a biological subfamily. A broader sense of the term crocodile, Crocodylidae that includes Tomistoma, is not used in this article. The term crocodile here applies to only the species within the subfamily of Crocodylinae. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocodile)


What is the purpose of the text above ?

a)

to describe about crocodile

b)

to entertain the reader

c)

to retell the reader

2.

Most tornadoes have wind speeds less than 110 miles per hour (180 km/h), are about 250 feet (80 m) across, and travel a few miles (several kilometers) before dissipating. The most extreme tornadoes can attain wind speeds of more than 300 miles per hour (480 km/h), are more than two miles (3 km) in diameter, and stay on the ground for dozens of miles (more than 100 km). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado)


How many speeds that most of tornadoes have ?

a)

more than 110 miles per hour (180 km/h), are about 250 feet (80 m) across

b)

less than 110 miles per hour (180 km/h), are about 250 feet (80 m) across

c)

less than 110 miles per hour (180 km/h), are about 255 feet (85m) across

3.

A lakeside baptism ceremony ended in disaster when a large crocodile leapt from the water and killed the pastor, it has been reported.

Docho Eshete was allegedly grabbed by the crocodile soon after he started a mass baptism for 80 people on the shores of Lake Abaya in southern Ethiopia.

“He baptised the first person and he passed on to another one,” local resident Ketema Kairo told the BBC. “All of a sudden, a crocodile jumped out of the lake and grabbed the pastor."

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Pastor Docho was said to have been bitten on his legs, back and hands.

As his horrified congregation looked on, local fishermen reportedly struggled to rescue him. It was said they succeeded only in using their nets to prevent the crocodile from taking the 45-year-old’s body into the lake, near the city of Arba Minch.

(https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/crocodile-kills-pastor-ethiopia-baptism-lake-abaya-docho-eshete-arba-minch-fatal-croc-attack-nile-a8384531.html)


What does the news tell about ?

a)

pastor is killed by crocodile

b)

crocodile is killed by pastor

c)

crocodile attacks pastor's follower

4.

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials, MJ, is an American former professional basketball player. He played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards. His biography on the official NBA website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time."[4] Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.[5] He is currently the principal owner and chairman of the NBA's Charlotte Hornets.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan)


Who is Michael Jordan ?

a)

an american singer

b)

the owner of the NBA's Charlotte Hornets

c)

an amreican former soldier

5.

The red-eyed crocodile skink has a strong, stout body and legs, and is dark brown dorsally and laterally, with a yellowish, cream-colored underbelly. It derives part of its common name, “crocodile skink,” from its four rows of dorsal, backward-curving keeled scales, each one tapering to a point, which resemble the dorsal scales of a crocodile. The flanks of T. gracilis have tubercles, whereas the flanks in T. novaeguineae have small keeled scales. In T. gracilis, the iris is dark brown and decorated by a bright reddish-orange semicircle of scales, while T. novaeguineae has only a small patch of light orange-to-yellow coloration at the front of the eyes. The length of both skinks is 8 to 10 centimeters (snout to vent), with a tail roughly the same length as the body.

(http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Red-Eyed-Crocodile-Skink-Care-And-Information/)


What is the color of Crocodile skink's iris

a)

dark blue

b)

dark black

c)

dark brown

6.

Once upon a time, there were two close friends who were walking through the forest together. They knew that anything dangerous can happen any time in the forest. So they promised each other that they would always be together in any case of danger.


Suddenly, they saw a large bear getting closer toward them. One of them climbed a nearby tree at once. But unfortunately the other one did not know how to climb up the tree. So being led by his common sense, he lay down on the ground breathless and pretended to be a dead man.


The bear came near the one who was lying on the ground. It smelt in his ears, and slowly left the place because the bears do not want to touch the dead creatures. After that, the friend on the tree came down and asked his friend that was on the ground, "Friend, what did the bear whisper into your ears?" The other friend replied, "Just now the bear advised me not to believe a false friend."

(https://www.englishiana.com/2016/03/10-contoh-narative-text-pendek-bahasa.html)


What did they see on the way ?

a)

a large dog

b)

a large bear

c)

a big gorilla

7.

Fox and A Cat


One day a cat and a fox were having a conversation. The fox, who was a conceited creature, boasted how clever she was. 'Why, I know at least a hundred tricks to get away from our mutual enemies, the dogs,' she said.


'I know only one trick to get away from dogs,' said the cat. 'You should teach me some of yours!'

'Well, maybe some day, when I have the time, I may teach you a few of the simpler ones,' replied the fox airily.


Just then they heard the barking of a pack of dogs in the distance. The barking grew louder and louder - the dogs were coming in their direction! At once the cat ran to the nearest tree and climbed into its branches, well out of reach of any dog. 'This is the trick I told you about, the only one I know,' said the cat. 'Which one of your hundred tricks are you going to use?'


The fox sat silently under the tree, wondering which trick she should use. Before she could make up her mind, the dogs arrived. They fell upon the fox and tore her to pieces.

(https://www.englishiana.com/2016/03/10-contoh-narative-text-pendek-bahasa.html)


how many main characters inside the story ?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

3

8.

A storm is any disturbed state of an environment or in an astronomical body's atmosphere especially affecting its surface, and strongly implying severe weather. It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation (snowstorm, rainstorm), heavy freezing rain (ice storm), strong winds (tropical cyclone, windstorm), or wind transporting some substance through the atmosphere as in a dust storm, blizzard, sandstorm, etc.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm)


what is heavy precipitation ?

a)

strong wind

b)

snowstorm and thenderstorm

c)

snowstorm and rainstorm

9.

Spider-Man is a fictional superhero created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in the anthology comic book Amazing Fantasy#15 (August 1962) in the Silver Age of Comic Books. He appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, as well as in a number of movies, television shows, and video game adaptations set in the Marvel Universe. In the stories, Spider-Man is the alias of Peter Parker, an orphan raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben in New York City after his parents Richard and Mary Parker were killed in a plane crash.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man)


Which one is the correct statement ?

a)

Peter Parker is an orphan raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben

b)

Spider-Man is the alias of Peter Braker

c)

Spider-Man is not a fictional superhero created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko

10.

The Fox and the Grapes


One afternoon there was a fox that was walking through the forest and spotted a bunch of grapes hanging from over a lofty branch. “Just the thing to quench my thirst,” quoted the fox. Taking a few steps backward, the fox jumped but unfortunately he missed the hanging grapes. Again the fox took a few paces backward, ran, and tried to reach them but he still failed.


Finally, giving up, the fox turned up his nose and said, “They’re probably sour anyway,” and proceeded to walk away.

(https://www.englishiana.com/2016/03/10-contoh-narative-text-pendek-bahasa.html)


what is the moral value of the story ?

a)

A single plan that works is better than a hundred doubtful plans

b)

it’s easy to despise what you cannot have

c)

never try to copy another person in front of you