Secondary Comprehension Form Three

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Points: 4/6

1. School *

Mucurapo East Secondary School

2. Name *

Victoria Afisha Maria Marshall

3. Form Class e.g. 3;2/3G *

3-1

Instructions: Read the passage carefully and select the best choice from
A,B,C or D.

Endangered
Tigers are the largest of all cat species. They grow up to eleven feet long and
weigh as
much as 670 lbs. This makes tigers the third largest land carnivore. The only
larger land
carnivores are polar bears and brown bears. Tigers are not only large they are
also fast
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also fast
and can sprint as fast as 40 miles per hour for short distances and leap as far
as 30 feet
5 horizontally. This makes for an extremely dangerous pounce. You might not
think that
such large, fast, and ferocious creatures need help to survive, but they do. The
tiger is an endangered species.
Despite all of the tiger’s strengths, the future of the species is uncertain. Tigers
face a
very high risk of extinction and it is estimated that at the start of the 20th
century, there
10 were over100,000 tigers living in the wild. By the turn of the century, however,
the
number of tigers outside of captivity dwindled to just over 3,000.Interestingly,
the most
serious threats that tigers face come from a much smaller species, one with an
average
weight of around 140 lbs. That species is Homo sapiens, better known as
humans.
Humans threaten tigers in primarily two ways: hunting and destroying habitat.
15 Humans have done considerable damage to the world’s tiger population
through
hunting, but perhaps more damage has been caused through the destruction
of habitat. Tigers once ranged widely across Asia, all the way from Turkey to
the eastern coast of
Russia but over the past100 years, tigers have lost 93% of their historic range.
Instead of spanning all the way across Asia, the tiger population is now
isolated in small pockets in 20 south and south-eastern Asia.
This is because humans have drastically changed the environments. They
have built
towns, cities and road and transit systems were created to connect these
towns and
cities. To feed the people living in these areas, forests and fields have been
cleared to
create farmland and large tracts of land have been strip-mined to yield metals
and other 25 materials used in manufacturing. All of these activities have
consumed habitats that at
one time supported tigers.
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4. What “makes for an extremely dangerous pounce” (line 5) *

(1 Point)

A. That tigers are large and fast

B. They can sprint as fast as 40 miles per hour

C. They can leap as far as 30 feet horizontally

D. They grow up to eleven feet long

5. Why is the tiger considered an “endangered species”? (line 7)

*
(1 Point)

A. The selfish behaviour of humans

B. The number of tigers outside of captivity has dwindled

C. The tiger faces risk of extinction

D. The tiger population is now isolated

6. What does “strip-mined to yield metals” (line 24) indicate? *

(1 Point)

A. Metals are extracted from the land

B. Metals are stored within the mines

C. The land is barren and bare

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 C. The land is barren and bare

D. The land is fertile and productive

7. Which word is a suitable synonym for ‘primarily’(line 14) as

used in
paragraph two?
*
(1 Point)

A. Considerably

B. Mainly

C. Significantly

D. Unlikely

8. Which line best illustrates the human as the main threat to the
tiger?
*
(1 Point)

A. Humans destroyed habitats

B. Humans created transit systems

C. Humans drastically changed the environments

D. Humans have done considerable damage to the tiger

population

9. Where might this article most likely be found ? *

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9. Where might this article most likely be found ? *
(1 Point)

A. Environmental Journal

B. Medical Journal

C. Science Magazine

D. Veterinarian Magazine

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