Plants and animals usually do not live apart, as in many ways they are important to each

other.
Most green plants can do very well by themselves. So long as there is sunlight, carbon
dioxide in the air, water, and minerals in the soil, green plants can make their food. The
food of other living things, even the food of meat-eating animals, comes directly or
indirectly from green plants. For example, some people eat mutton; mutton comes from a
goat; the goats eat grass. These steps, or links, make up what is called the food chain.
Without green plants, all other living things would die or starve. Plants help animals in
other ways too. They furnish homes and shelter for many animals. Many birds, as you
know, build their nests in trees. Deer and many other animals use bushes for shelter.
Beavers build their lodges from trees that they cut down. And even man depends much
upon plants for his shelter, because trees furnish the timber that goes into the making of
his house.
Animals repay some of this debt by helping plants. You may be aware that many
insects and some birds do important work for plants by pollinating them. You must have
also learned how animals often help plants by scattering seeds.
What is the waste material for one of these kinds of life is often valuable substance for
the other. For example, animals give off carbon dioxide gas when they breathe. When
plants manufacture food, they absorb this gas from the air, using the carbon and releasing
some of the oxygen back to animals. Thus the cycle continues, animals helping plants,
and plants helping animals. Even dead plants and animals help living ones because as the
decay of the dead one, they enrich the soil by adding valuable chemicals to it.

1. Insects and birds pollinate plants by .... seeds

a. making
b. polluting
c. providing
d. scattering
e. growing

2. The best title for this passage is...

a. How plants and animals love each other
b. How plants and animals destroy each other
c. plants and animals in nature
d. The balance between plants and animals
e. The importance of plants and animals in nature

3. Which of the statements describes the third paragraph?

a. Goats live on grass.
b. All animals eat green plants.
c. Green plants provide food to living things.
d. Living things depend on plants.
e. A series of interrelated organism exists in nature

4. "Many insects and some birds do important work for plants by pollinating them."
The word 'pollinating' is closest in meaning to ...
 a. providing
b. fertilizing
c. growing
d. picking
e. polluting

5. Plants need ... which is obtained from the air

a. oxygen
b. chemical
c. sunlight
d. mineral
e. carbon dioxide

A long time ago, a child was born to a queen and king and she was called Snow White.
When the queen died, the king remarried. This new queen was wicked and hated Snow
White. The queen gave orders that Snow White was to be treated as a servant.
Snow White grew to be a very beautiful girl. One day a Prince who was riding by saw
her at work and immediately fell in love with her.
The queen was beautiful too, and every day she asked her Magic Mirror, "Who is the
fairest in the land?" and the mirror always answered, "You are the fairest one of all". One
day the mirror answered that Snow White was the fairest in the land. In a rage, the queen
gave orders to one of her huntsmen to take Snow White into the woods and kill her. But
the huntsman had a kind heart and couldn't carry out the order. So he told Snow White to
run away. She fled into the woods where The Seven Dwarfs lived. Their house was small
and strange.
Snow White entered the little house and found it very untidy. She started to clean it
up. Upstairs she found seven little beds. Feeling very tired she stretched out on one of the
beds, and soon fell asleep.
When the Dwarfs came home they were surprised to find Snow White and after some
arguments, they decided to let her stay. She promised to cook and look after them. The
queen discovered where Snow White was living and disguising herself as a witch. She
took a poisoned apple and set out for the Dwarfs' cottage. She gave Snow White the
poisoned apple. Snow White ate it and as soon as she bit into the apple, she sank into
unconsciousness.
Thinking she was dead, the Dwarfs built a glass coffin and put her in it. For days she
lay in the forest in her glass coffin. One day, the Prince who was riding through the forest
found her. Then she suddenly woke up after the Prince called her name. The Prince took
Snow White to his palace where they were married and lived happily ever after.

6. The story tells us about...

a. A Cruel Queen
b. he Seven Dwarfs
c. A Handsome Prince
d. A Beautiful Princess
e. Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs

7. The queen ordered the huntsman to take Snow White into the woods and kill her
because ...
a. Snow White was a lazy girl.
b. Snow White was her stepdaughter.
c. the Prince fell in love with Snow White.
 d. Snow White didn't do what the queen asked.
e. Snow White was the most beautiful girl in the land.

8. Why did the queen go to the woods?

a. She liked visiting Snow White.
b. She missed Snow White very much.
c. She wanted to kill Snow White herself.
d. She promised Snow White to bring her apples.
e. She wanted to meet Snow White and the dwarfs.

9. "Snow White entered the little house and found it very untidy."
The underlined word means...
a. Big
b. Clean
c. fresh
d. messy
e. beautiful

Dear Mr. Frank Sinatra,

The Fun World, Co would like to welcome you as a new customer to our firm. We know
that you will be extremely satisfied with our line of products and the service we provide
to our customers.
You are invited to purchase our merchandise on our regular open account terms, from
April 1 until June 30'h, 2010. Our credit manager, Andi Nico, will be happy to discuss
any aspect of our credit policy with you at your convenience.
I am enclosing our catalog and price list for your review. I believe that you will find
our prices competitive and in keeping with industry trends. Throughout the year we offer
our valued customers frequent discounts as an incentive and as a showing of our
appreciation.
I do hope you will afford us the opportunity to serve you in the near future. Yours
faithfully,

R.S.J. Edward

10. The letter is about...

a. a new customer welcome
b. discounts offered to a new customer
c. a description about services provided
d. information on prices of new products
e. an appeal to a new customer to buy the company's products

11. Besides sending the letter, the company also attached ... to its
customers.

a. catalogs and price lists

b. products and price lists
c. incentives and product
d. merchandise and catalogs
e. merchandise and catalogs
12. "I do hope you will afford us the opportunity to serve you in the near future." The
sentence means...
a. I will send the product soon
b. I hope you enjoy having our product
c. I give you a chance to join the company
d. I give you discount if you buy our product
e. I hope we could give you the best service soon

A clean and fresh city will surely make the inhabitants healthy. Every morning
especially in the dry season, all roads must be watered with clean water and swept by
the workers of the regional government under the mayor's instruction.
To protect people from heavy pollution caused by cars, trucks, and motorcycles,
enough trees must be planted along the roads. Every building or house in the city must be
surrounded by short and small trees which bear colorful flowers.
Bad and improper habits which cause disadvantages, such as smoking and throwing
rubbish anywhere should be stopped at once. The city mayor will have to think over the
way to educate people, so they realize how important cleanliness and health are. More
public lavatories are badly needed.
It will be wise if the city mayor decides a certain amount of fine to be paid by those
who break the government regulation on cleanliness matter. For example, a man who
urinates not at a lavatory, smokes not at a smoking room, or throws rubbish at the roads
should be fined. Besides dirtying the environment with cigarettes butts, smoking will also
cause pollution and bad lung diseases to other people.
So, bad habits and impolite attitude should be immediately stopped, otherwise, the
city will be dirty, unhealthy, badly polluted and will never attract foreign and domestic
tourists as well.

13. The writer suggests that the city inhabitants ... to protect people from pollution caused
by cars.
a. plant trees
b. stop smoking
c. urinate at the lavatory
d. throw rubbish at the road
e. smoke at the smoking room

14. What is the difference between paragraphs two and four?

a. Both paragraphs talk about the condition of a city.
b. Both paragraphs tell how to protect people from pollution.
c. It is necessary to fine people who break the government regulations.
d. The idea stated in paragraph four is contrary to that stated in paragraph two.
e. Paragraph two talks about protecting people from pollution and paragraph four
talks about what the city mayor should do.

15. Which of the following helps clean the air from dust?
a. Smoking only in a smoking area.
b. Throwing rubbish anywhere.
c. Urinate at someone's fence.
 d. Planting trees along the roadsides.
e. Watering roads especially in the dry season.

16. "A clean and fresh city will surely make the inhabitants healthy."
What does the underlined word mean?
a. Buildings.
b. Families.
c. Citizens.
d. Houses.
e. Places.

While many parents send their children to public schools, there are some other people who
choose boarding school education. They prefer their children are educated there for some
reasons.

At an early age interacting and communicating with people is very important for a child’s
personal life and can be especially helpful for his/her future. In a boarding school, shy
children can take advantage of interaction through communal activities. The boarding school
also offers a great variety of activities such as arts, sports, and music that allow the children
to demonstrate and develop specialized skills in their free time.

Furthermore, the structured way of life and strict rules at the boarding school may help
students to get used to a well-ordered way of life. The manners and social skills will help
them to become more responsible and confident, and to develop their talents in leadership.
Professionally trained teachers and educators in the boarding school can offer excellent
education without the parents’ constant supervision.

In conclusion, boarding schools allow students to interact communally and to do some

possible activities. Besides they also build students’ characters.

17. What is the text about?

a. What makes boarding schools differ from public schools.
b. Some good points of boarding schools.
c. Why people don’t send their children to public schools.
d. The comparison between boarding schools and public schools.
e. Boarding school education is the best.

18. According to the text, the weakness of boarding school is …

a. It provides excellent education.
b. It is inappropriate for dependent students.
c. It can help the learners develop their talents.
d. It makes the learners more responsible and confident.
e. It helps the students develop their talent in leadership.

19. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

a. Boarding school teaches students to interact with people.
b. Boarding school prepares student’s future.
c. Boarding school teaches students social skills.
d. Boarding school has some professional teachers.
e. Boarding school teaches students to be discipline
20. “in the boarding school can offer excellent education” what is the synonym of the
underlined word?
a. Outstanding
b. Ordinary
c. Original
d. Origami
e. Overdose