Review Unit III

Version A
Choose A, B, C or D for the correct answer.
6. Which of the following statements does NOT describe
The following dialog is for questions 1 to 3. bats?
A. They sleep upside-down.
Uncle Berd : Happy birthday, Evan. Here’s
B. The find food at dusk.
a little gift for you.
C. They line in colonies.
Evan : Thank you, Uncle. What is it?
D. They sleep at night.
Uncle Berd : Open it. I hope you like it.
Anne : Wow! What nice shoes! Thanks, Uncle. 7. “Bats roost in caves, often in huge numbers, . . . .”
Uncle Berd : You’re welcome. The phrase ‘huge numbers’ means ________.
A. enormous
1. What is the dialog about?
B. very large
A. A gift from Uncle Berd.
C. very deep
B. A gift for Uncle Berd.
D. various
C. Uncle Berd’s birthday.
D. Evan’s gift. 8. l We’d better study regularly to refresh our
mind.
2. Which sentence expresses amazement?
l We should also understand what we have
A. What is it?
learned.
B. I hope you like it.
According to those two statements, we can conclude
C. Thank you, Uncle.
that ________.
D. Wow! What nice shoes!
A. we’d better not only study regularly to refresh
3. When does the dialog occur? our mind and understand what we have
A. In the morning. learned.
B. In the afternoon. B. we’d better not only study regularly to refresh
C. On Evan’s birthday. our mind or also understand what we have
D. On Uncle Berd’s birthday. learned
4. Mr. Carlos : Okay, boys. Which sport do you want C. we both not only study regularly to refresh our
to play, basketball or football? mind but also understand what we have
Askha : We want to play ________ learned
basketball ________ football, Sir. D. we’d better not only study regularly to refresh
Mr. Carlos : You must choose one. our mind but we should also understand what
A. not . . . or . . . we have learned
B. but . . . . or . . . The following text is for questions 9 to 11.
C. both . . . and . . .
A rainforest, a very dense forest is usually found in
D. not only . . . and . . .
tropical areas. These forests have warm climates.
The following text is for questions 5 to 7. Rainforests also receive a high amount of rainfall. A special
Cave animals include bats, birds and even fish. Bats trait of these forests is the large amount of plants and
roost in caves, often in huge numbers, sleeping upside- animals living in them.
down by day and leaving the cave at dusk to feed. Rarely Another trait of the rainforest is the forest canopy.
disturbed by people, some caves have been home to bat This canopy is formed by the branches and leaves of large
colonies for thousands of years. Many cave species are trees. The canopy forms a green roof over the forests. Most
blind and so rely on smell, touch or echolocation (using birds live up the branches of the canopy.
echoes from sound to judge distances and obstacles) to Unfortunately, rainforests are rapidly depleting.
find their way around in the darkness. People are clearing more and more rainforests for timber.
Some people are cutting down trees illegally. This is called
Adopted from: The Miles Kelly, Book of Knowledge, Essex, illegal logging. If the forests are cleared, many animals and
Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd., 2005. plants may become extinct.
5. The text is about ________. 9. What is the text about?
A. a cave A. Plants and animals.
B. cave animals B. Illegal logging.
C. bats in general C. Tropical areas.
D. how cave animals live D. Rainforests.

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10. From the text above we know that the area of A. To describe glaciers in the South Pole.
rainforest is ________. B. To describe glaciers in general.
A. still the same as some years ago C. To describe glaciers in the North Pole.
B. getting smaller D. To explain how glaciers are formed.
C. wider than before
17. “. . . moraine debris falls from the glacier to form a
D. clearer than usual
dam to keep . . . .” (Last sentence)
(Ujian Nasional 2006/2007)
The word ‘to form’ is synonymous with ________.
11. “Unfortunately, rainforests are rapidly depleting.” A. to shift
(Paragraph 3) B. to depart
The underlined phrase means ________. C. to involve
A. increasing fast D. to shape
B. vanishing step by step
18. “Glaciers move slowly, but their sheer weight and
C. developing gradually
size give them enormous power . . . .” (First sentence)
D. decreasing fast
The word ‘them’ refers to ________.
(Ujian Nasional 2006/2007)
A. the landscapes
12. This animal has a strong body. It B. the glaciers
camouflages its existence from its C. these valleys
predators by using its white and black striped body. It D. moraine debris
eats grass. It’s ________.
A. a tiger B. a snake The following table is for question 19.
C. a zebra D. an antelope
13. Bats are not birds ________ they can fly. In fact, they
are mammals.
A. although B. as if
C. because D. unless

The following text is for question 14 and 15.

19. Mr. Hadi sells ________ cars than
Sorry, kids. You may not play in this area. You will Mr. Jack does.
damage the grass. So please, play at the playground. A. lesser B. little
Thank you. C. fewer D. more
20. Yemin Loyola is a Mexican girl. She ________ in
14. What should the kids do according to the notice? Indonesia since last year. She is here to study
A. They should not cut the grass. Indonesian culture in a private university in Central
B. They can’t play at the playground. Java.
C. They should leave the grassy area. A. is B. was
D. They can play at the grassy areas. C. has been D. have been
15. “You will damage the grass.”
The word ‘to damage’ can be best
replaced by ________.
A. to destroy B. to bother
C. to preserve D. to depend on

The following text is for questions 16 to 18.

Glaciers move slowly, but their sheer weight and size
give them enormous power to shape the landscape. Over
tens of thousands of years glaciers carved out winding
valleys into huge, straight U-shaped troughs. Glacier lakes
are created by glacial erosion, which deepens the valley
floor. Water fills these valleys and moraine debris falls from
the glacier to form a dam to keep the water in.
Adopted from: The Miles Kelly, Book of Knowledge, Essex,
Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd., 2005.
16. What is the purpose of the text?
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