ANIMAL

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

Antibiotic is kind of compounds both natural and synthetic, which has function to press or stop a process of organism’s growth, particularly bacteria. Antibiotic is used to treat bacterial infections and used as a tool for genetic engineering in biotechnology. Antibiotic works as pesticides by pressing or break the chain of bacteria’s metabolism. Nevertheless, antibiotic is different with disinfectant in the process to kills bacteria. Disinfectant kills bacteria by creating an unnatural environment for germs to live.

In terms of treatment, antibiotics dubbed as “magic bullet “because antibiotic kills instantly without injuring its sufferers. Although antibiotic is good for medication, it is not effective in handling infection caused by viruses, fungi, or other nonbacterial.

Antibiotic has diverse types based on their effectiveness against bacteria. There are antibiotics that target gram- negative or gram- positive bacteria and some antibiotic has wider spectrum. The effectiveness depends on location of the infection and the ability of antibiotic to reach location of the infection. Based on how to use, antibiotics are divided into two that are oral antibiotics and antibiotic intradermal. An oral antibiotic is used by mouth while antibiotic intradermal used through anus. Intradermal antibiotic is used for serious cases.

6. What is the best tittle for the text above?

a. How antibiotic is work
b. The invention of antibiotic
c. Antibiotic
d. Kinds of antibiotic
e. Disinfectant

7. Which one is not true?

a. Antibiotic is used to treat bacterial infections
b. Antibiotic is not same with disinfectant
c. Antibiotic kills instantly without injuring its sufferers
d. Antibiotic is effective in handling infection caused by viruses
e. All of statement is true

8. In terms of treatment, antibiotics dubbed as “magic bullet “…. (Paragraph2)
The underline word close in meaning to….

a. Work
b. Seen
c. Say
d. Like
e. Call

9. What is the purpose of the text above?

a. To inform about antibiotic
b. To describe about antibiotic
c. To inform about disinfectant
d. To describe about antibiotic
e. To entertain the reader

10. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

a. Antibiotic is a compound
b. Antibiotic is good for medication
c. Antibiotic is not good for fungi
d. Antibiotic kill without injuring its suffers
e. Antibiotic is magic bullet

A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia. It has a smaller relative, called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian island of Tasmania and in New Guinea.

Kangaroos eat grass and plants.They have short front legs, but very long and strong back legs and a tail. These are used for sitting up and for jumping. Kangaroos have been known to make forward jumps of over eight metres, and leap across fences more than three metres high. They can also run at speeds of over 45 kilometres per hour.

The largest kangaroos are the Great grey kangaroo and the Red Kangaroo. Adult grows to a length of 1.60 metres and weighs over 90 kilos.

Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has an external pouch on the front of her body. A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born, and it crawls at once into this pouch where it spends its first five months of life.


11. According to the text, the kangaroo ....
A. can grow as tall as a man
B. can run faster than a car
C. can walk as soon as it is born
D. can jump over a 3 metres high fence
E. can live in a pouch during its life

12. .... are used for sitting up and for jumping ....
A. Long tails
B. Short legs
C. Body pouch
D. Short front legs
E. Strong back legs

13. We know from the text that kangaroo ....
A. is smaller in size to human
B. is an omnivorous animal
C. has habitat in Tasmania
D. can be called Wallaby in New Guinea
E. has another name called Wallaby

Once upon a time, a rabbit wanted to cross a river but he could not swim. He had an idea. He saw a boss of crocodile swimming in the river. The rabbit asked the boss of crocodile, “How many crocodiles are there in the river?” The boss of crocodile answered, “We are twenty here.” “Where are they?” the rabbit asked for the second time. “What is it for?” the boss of crocodile asked.
“All of you are good, nice, gentle and kind, so I want to make a line in order. Later I will know how kind you are,” said the rabbit. Then, the boss of the crocodile called all his friends and asked them to make a line in order from one side to the other side of the river. Just then, the rabbit started to count while jumping from one crocodile to another: one … two … three … four … until twenty, and finally, he thanked all crocodiles because he had crossed the river.

14.  The story mainly tells us about …
A. twenty crocodiles
B. the boss of the crocodile
C. a rabbit and twenty crocodiles
D. a rabbit and the boss of crocodile
E. the boss of the crocodile and ail his friends

15. We know from the first paragraph that the rabbit actually wanted …
A. to cross the river
B. to swim across the river
C. to meet the boss of crocodile
D. to know where the crocodiles are
E. to know the number of crocodiles there

16. All of you are good, nice, gentle, and kind …” (Paragraph 2)
The underlined word is synonymous with …
A. wild
B. diligent
C. cheerful
D. easygoing
E. honorable

An elephant is the largest and strongest of all animals. It is a strange looking animal with its thick legs, huge sides and backs, large hanging ears, a small tail, little eyes, long white tusks and above all it has a long nose, the trunk.
The trunk is the elephant’s peculiar feature, and it has various uses. The elephant draws up water by its trunk and can squirt it all over its body like a shower bath. It can also lift leaves and puts them, into its mouth. In fact the trunk serves the elephant as a long arm and hand. An elephant looks very-clumsy and heavy and yet it can move very quickly.
The elephant is a very intelligent animal. Its intelligence combined with its great strength makes it a very useful servant to man and it can be trained to serve in various ways such as carry heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight.

17. The third paragraph is mainly about the fact that …
A. elephants are strong
B. elephants can lift logs
C. elephants are servants
D. elephants are very useful
E. elephants must be trained

18.Which of the following is NOT part of the elephant described in the first paragraph?
A. It looks strange.
B. It is heavy.
C. It is wild.
D. It has a trunk.
E. It has a small tail.

19.It is stated in the text that the elephant uses the trunk to do the following, EXCEPT …
A. to eat
B. to push
C. to drink
D. to carry things
E. to squirt water over the body

20.“The trunk is the elephant’s peculiar feature …” (Paragraph 2)
The underlined word is close in meaning to …
A. large
B. strange
C. tough
D. smooth
E. long