UPSR T5&6 [13] [ENGLISH L20]

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Full Name: _________________________ Date:
_______________
Read the passage and answer the questions.
A turtle looks like a tortoise and has a very
long life too. However, [akan tetapi] unlike the
tortoise, it lives in the sea and not on land.
Turtles are sacred [dianggap suci] to the
Chinese. They believe that turtles can give
them long life [panjang umur] and prosperity.
[kemakmuran] They also believe that they have
some power [kuasa] over ‘sea devils’. So they
often set captured [ditangkap] turtles free on
important occasions. [peristiwa penting]
Recently [baru-baru ini] a ferry sank near Hong
Kong harbour and a big ocean liner, the Queen
Elizabeth, caught fire [terbakar] and sank too.
What caused these disasters? [bencana] The
Chinese believed that it was the work of angry
sea devils.
To prevent [elakkan] further disasters [melapetaka
berlanjutan] a rich man, Mr Ng, bought three
turtles and later released [bebaskan] them during
the ceremony. [upacara] “This will make the sea
devils happy,” said Mr Ng. “Then they won’t cause
any more disasters for the rest of the year.”
The three turtles were very old; each of
them was about three hundred years of age.
They had been caught by some fishermen in
the South China Sea. The fishermen had sold
them to Mr Ng for $ 53,000!
 More than two hundred people attended
the ceremony. Most of them were fisher-folks.
Buddhist monks chanted prayers [melagukan
sembahyang] and wrote some Chinese words on
the turtles’ shells. Then the turtles were put
into three separate sampans. The people
prayed and stuck their joss-sticks [colok topekong]
into jars in the sampan. Then the boatman
rowed the sampans slowly out to sea. And
when they were some distance away from the
coast, they set the turtles free.

1. How is a turtle different from a tortoise?

[ ]
[a] It lives on land and rivers.
[b] It lives in the sea and ocean.

[c] It lives in the jungle.

[d] It lives in a pond in the jungle.

UPSR T5&6 [13] [ENGLISH L24]

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2. Why are turtles sacred to the Chinese?
[ ]
[a] Turtles’ meat are delicious.
[b] Turtles has a long life.

[c] Turtles give people long life and prosperity.

[d] They have magical power.
3. What happened near Hong Kong harbour recently?
[ ]
[a] They saw a big turtle near the harbour.
[b] They saw ‘sea devils’ in the water.

[c] A ferry caught fire and sank.

[d] Mr Ny bought an old turtle.

4. Why did Mr Ng buy three turtles?

[ ]
[a] Mr Ng liked to eat turtles’ meat.
[b] Mr Ng liked to keep turtles as pet.

[c] To release them during a ceremony to appease

the sea devils.
[d] To please the people of Hong Kong.

5. What did the Buddhist monks do during the

ceremony? [ ]
[a] They danced while chanting prayers.
[b] They sang while setting the turtles free.

[c] They killed the turtles and poured the blood in

the sea.
[d] They chanted prayers and wrote words on the
turtles’ shells.
6. What did the people do before the sampans were
rowed away? [ ]
[a] The people prayed and stuck their joss sticks into
jars in the sampan.
[b] The people prayed and threw their joss sticks into
the sea.

[c] The people prayed while dancing around the

sampan.
[d] The people prayed and give money to the monks.

7. The Chinese believed that the disasters near Hong

Kong harbour were caused by
[ ]
[a] whales
[b] turtles
[c] sea devils
[d] boatmen

8. The turtles set free in the ceremony were

[ ]
[a] a thousand years old.
[b] about three hundred years old.

[c] about three months old.

[d] about fifty years old.
UPSR T3 [13] [ENGLISH L24]
Page 3 [text completion]
Choose the best answer to fill in the blanks.

Reading is one of the best ways to spend our

free time. It helps us to increase our
knowledge. Reading helps us to ___ [1] about a
lot of things. We will be able to discover ___ [2]
new words and learn how to use them. We
should choose reading materials that we like to
read ___ [3] that we enjoy reading them. There
are many interesting books that can be ___ [4]
from the bookstores. We can also borrow books
from ___ [5] friends or the library.

1.
[a] learn
[b] learns
[c] learnt
[d] learning
[ ]
2.
[a] few
[b] much
[c] many
[d] little
[ ]
3.
[a] so
[b] or
[c] but
[d] although
[ ]
4.
[a] buy
[b] buys
[c] buying
[d] bought
[ ]
5.
[a] we
[b] our
[c] the
[d] –
[ ]

6. There is a nest of ___ in the storeroom.

[a] bananas
[b] tools
[c] mice
[d] stones

7. There is a pile of ___ beside the road.

[a] bananas
[b] tools
[c] mice
[d] stones
8. Mother bought a bunch of ___ at the market.
[a] bananas
[b] tools
[c] mice
[d] stones

9. The carpenter has a new set of ___.

[a] bananas
[b] tools
[c] mice
[d] stones

10. A gang of ___ had been captured.

[a] thieves
[b] actors
[c] army
[d] host

UPSR T3 [13] [ENGLISH L24]

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Choose the best answer to fit in the numbered
blanks.
 Pak Busu was cycling home from his orchard
when he heard someone shouting for help. He
was shocked to find out that ___ [11] house was
on fire. Quickly, he ran to a nearby ___ [12]
booth to call for the fire brigade. His
neighbours were ___ [13] his family to salvage
some of their valuable things. Soon, ___ [14] big
red fire-truck came. They managed to put out
the fire but the whole house ___ [15] destroyed.

11.
[a] he
[b] his
[c] she
[d] her
[ ]
12.
[a] fire
[b] water
[c] telephone
[d] hand phone
[ ]
13.
[a] help
[b] helps
[c] helped
[d] helping
[ ]
14.
[a] a
[b] an
[c] the
[d] –
[ ]
15.
[a] is
[b] are
[c] was
[d] were
[ ]

Look at the picture carefully and write five sentences

about it. You may use the words in the boxes to help
you. [example]

beach
building
sandcastle
pail
spades

swimming
sea
float
happy
tired

UPSR T3 [13] [ENGLISH L24]

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1. Mr Siva, his wife and two children are at the
beach.

2. The children are very happy and excited.

3. Mr Siva and his son, Ravi are swimming in

the clear blue sea.

4. Ravi uses a float as he cannot swim well.

5. Mr Siva’s wife, Indra and their daughter are

building a sandcastle with spades and a pail.

visited
zoo
wild
tame
animals

monkeys
swinging
branches
happy
hope

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.