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Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 22mins

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1.

There are many fun things to do at the beach. Swimming is one thing that can be done at the beach. Snorkeling is another thing that can be enjoyed. Playing beach volleyball can be a lot of fun. It is also fun to look for shells. Some people simply like to sunbathe.


What is the main idea?

a)

some people like to sunbathe at the beach

b)

there are many fun things to do at the beach

c)

looking for shells is fun

d)

people enjoy snorkeling

2.

Most of the world's volcanoes are part of the "The Ring of Fire." This is a ring of volcanoes that form a circle around the Pacific Ocean. Thousands of volcanoes make up "The Ring of Fire." These volcanoes formed the sea floor and many underwater mountains.


What is the paragraph mainly talk about?

a)

A ring of volcanoes forms a circle around the Pacific Ocean

b)

Volcanoes form the sea floor and many underwater mountains

c)

Most of volcanoes in the world are part of "The Ring of Fire"

d)

Thousands of volcanoes in the world

3.

Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world. There are eight different genera in the family classified as rabbits, including the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), cottontail rabbits (genus Sylvilagus; 13 species), and the Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi, an endangered species on Amami Oshima, Japan). There are many other species of rabbit, and these, along with pikas and hares, make up the order Lagomorpha. The male is called a buck and the female is a doe; a young rabbit is a kitten or kit.


Rabbit habitats include meadows, woods, forests, grasslands, deserts and wetlands. Rabbits live in groups, and the best known species, the European rabbit, lives in underground burrows, or rabbits holes. A group of burrows is called warren.


More than half the world’s rabbits population resides in North America. They are also native to southwestern Europe, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, some islands of Japan, and in parts of Africa and South America. They are not naturally found in most Eurasia, where a number of species of hares are present. Rabbits first entered South America relatively recently, as part of the Great American Interchange. Much of the continent has just one species of rabbit, the tapeti, while most of South America’s southern cone is without rabbits.


What does the passage mainly talk about?

a)

The behavior of rabbits

b)

The description of rabbits in general

c)

The explanation on how rabbits live

d)

The history or rabbits

4.

We would hereby like to invite you to attend the inauguration ceremony of our business located at The Millenium Plaza, Andheri (East ) on 12 April , 2016 at 9.30 a.m. It would be an honor to have you as our loyal customer in our other businesses. We are hoping that we will get the same support from you as we continue to receive from others.


We have been in this business for quite some time now and we have always managed to stay on to of our competitors.This would not have been possible without your support to our business. We have prepared something for you as our patrons as a way of saying Thank You.


Please come early so that we can find a comfortable seat for you. Your presence will be acknowledged as our loyal customers and you are definitely on the list. Please let us know if you will attend the event. We are looking forward to your presence and business collaborations.


The purpose of the text is to ...

a)

Invite customers to an event

b)

Describe an event that a company holds

c)

Report a newsworthy event

d)

Explain to the customers how to attend an event

5.

Dolphins are very smart animals. They even have their own language. They talk to each other with clicks, whistles, and grunts. Scientists have been studying this dolphin language. They hope that in the future, people and dolphins will be able to talk to each other.


This paragraph mainly tells:

a)

How alike dolphins and humans are

b)

A study about dolphin language

c)

Humans have the same method of communication with dolphins

d)

How intelligent dolphins are

6.

Ingredients

1 tb margarine, dairy free

1 tb Vegetables oil

1 c onion – chopped

8 oz Mushrooms – sliced

1 lg Garlic clove – minced

1/3 celery – thinly sliced

3 c Soybean milk

4 c Potatoes – cubed ½ inch

¼ ts Black pepper

1 ts Salt, or to taste

1 tb Parsley – chopped

Directions

1. Saute onion, garlic, celery, and green pepper in hot oil and margarine about 3 minutes. Add sliced mushrooms and sauté 3 more minutes.

2. Add soybean milk, black pepper, salt and potatoes. Bring mixture almost to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.

3. Make about 6 cups. Thin with extra soybean milk if soup is too thick.

4. Garnish with parsley and serve with the veal.


what is the type of the text above?

a)

Descriptive

b)

Narrative

c)

Explanation

d)

Procedure

7.

Writing is also good to earn money online. Make sure to gear your articles to promote and advertise your own business ventures. These articles are a free way to market the products and services you offer for free. The most effective advertising with these articles comes from the dialogue box that is inserted at the end of each article. These dialogues boxes contain links to basically any website you like to drive traffic to. For instance, you might have one link in your dialogue box to a product you are selling and one to a blog where you are promoting a discussing other products. Writing takes some time to gain credibility through but once it’s done earning potential can become very powerful.


What is the main idea of the paragraph?

a)

We can advertise our product on the internet

b)

The popular way to earn money online is blog writing

c)

We can get money online as the benefit of writing

d)

The article are written to promote business ventures

8.

Wisnu writes the letter in order to ….

a)

ask Wakhid to come to his house

b)

inform Wakhid about English Task and what to do and prepare for it

c)

invite Wakhid to do English task together

d)

tell Wakhid who the members of the study group are

9.

IDENTIFY THE MAIN IDEA :


Yellowstone National Park is mainly located in Wyoming, although three percent is located in the state of Montana. The Continental Divide of North America runs diagonally through the southwestern part of the park. The park sits on the Yellowstone Plateau, which is an average elevation of 8,000 feet above sea level. This plateau is bounded on nearly all sides by mountain ranges. There are 290 waterfalls that are at least fifteen feet in the park, the highest being the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, which falls 308 feet.

a)

Why you should visit Wyoming

b)

Yellowstone Park's beautiful water falls

c)

The continental Divide of North America

d)

Physical features of the Yellowstone Park

10.

The plane with largest wingspan ever built was nicknamed the Spruce Goose. The wingspan of the Spruce Goose was 320 feet (almost 100 meters), and the plane weighed 200 tons. It was so big that it needed eight engines to power it. The plane was designed by Howard Hughes in response to a U.S government request for a plane that was able to carry a large cargo for the war effort. It was made of wood because wood is a less critical material in wartime than metal. The plane was so difficult to build that it was never really used. It was flown one time only, by Hughes himself on November 2, 1947; during that flight, it travelled a distance of less that one mile over the Los Angeles Harbor, but it did fly. Today, the Spruce Goose is on exhibit for the public to see in Long Beach, California.


According to the text, why did the plane need eight engines to power?

a)

It was very big and heavy and made of wood

b)

It was very big and heavy and made of metal

c)

It has the largest wooden wingspan

d)

It was the largest cargo for the war

11.

Luis Lionel Andres Messi, born June 24, 1987, is an Argentina football player for F.0 Barcelona. He is not very tall, mainly, due to the a g problem he had when he was younger. His eyes are brown. He never has short hair. Lionel Messi started playing football at a very early age in his hometown's Newell's Old Boys. From the age of 11, he suffered from a hormone deficiency and as Lionel's parents were unable to pay for the treatment in Argentina, they decided to move to Barcelona, Spain. In the 2003-2004 season, When he was still only 16 years old, Messi made his first team debut in a friendly with Porto marked the opening of the new Dragao stadium. The following championship-winning season, Messi made his first appearance in an official match on October 16, 2004, in Barcelona's derby win against at the Olympic Stadium (0-1). And now, in 2010, 2011, and 2012 he are best player in the world with collect 3 Ballon D'Or.


What is the main idea of the text above?

a)

Lionel Messi , a football player from Argentina

b)

FC Barcelona, a football club where Messi plays football for

c)

Lionel Messi's physical appearance

d)

Lionel Messi's achievements as a football player

12.

The use of formalin and other dangerous

preservatives in food has been a serious issue for

two reasons. Firstly, formalin is not for human

beings, but it is for biological specimen and

experiments. Formalin in biology is a 10%

solution of formaldehyde in water which is

usually used as a disinfectant or to preserve

biological specimens. Thus, it is not for food

preservative, it will be very dangerous to human’s

body.

The second reason is that there is not tight

control from the government. This condition

makes the people’s health is really in a

threat. When the control is weak and the use

of formalin is spread wide all over the Indonesia

regions, and these days it has really

happened, the citizens’ bodies will be badly

contaminated with the poisons. Fish or food

traders still sell their product which contain

formalin and dangerous preservatives. Can

you imagine that our digestive system absorbs

the substance the should be for the

human and animal corpses?

Considering the reasons, we can makes a

conclusion that the use of formalin and other

preservatives is really a serious problem if it is

not resolved immediately.


What is the main idea of the text?

a)

Why formalin is not for food preservatives

b)

How formalin is used to preserve food

c)

Why formalin is dangerous for human

d)

Why the use of dangerous food preservatives has been a serious matter

13.

Arrange the following sentences into correct

order!


My Brother’s Pet: Pigeon

1. It is small-billed bird with a skin saddle

between the bill and forehead

2. The pigeon eats grain, fruit, and barriers

3. It also has stout bodies, short necks, and

small heads

4. It has long wings and powerful flight

muscles

5. My brother has a pet, it’s a pigeon

a)

5-1-4-3-2

b)

5-4-3-2-1

c)

2-5-4-1-3

d)

2-1-5-3-4

14.

Blueberries, cranberries, and huckleberries

and related plants have been found to contain

resveratrol, a potential anti-cancer agent,

according to Agricultural Research Service

(ARS) scientists who made the discovery.

This new finding from ARS adds to previous

research by other scientist who found that

dark-skinned bunch grapes contain resveratrol.


Resveratrol is . . .

a)

Substance produced by berries according to scientists

b)

Pigment found in dark-skinned grapes and berries

c)

Beneficial compound that potentially prevents cancer

d)

Enzyme found in blueberries

15.

A Beautiful Mind is a biographical movie

about John Forbes Nash Junior, mathematical

genius with hard fate. At the beginning

of this carrier he has made enormous contribution

in the field of Game Theory, which

was a revolution in this mathematical area

and almost brought international fame to

the author. The movie was filmed in 2001 by

Ron Howard and today it is called modern

classics: a true drama, making you think and

evoking emotions.


The paragraph above mainly talks about ...

a)

John Forbes Nash Junior

b)

A mathematical genius with hard fate

c)

A true drama that makes you think and evokes emotions

d)

A biographical movie called A Beautiful Mind