Directions: Read the following passages and choose the best alternatives to answer each

questions .
Passage A. Mosquitoes
Everyone knows the small insect called the mosquito. It is possible to find mosquitoes in
almost every part of the world except in the places where it is extremely cold or where it is very
dry. During the summer, it is almost certain that you can find many mosquitoes near swamps,
ponds, and lakes.

Mosquitoes have an interesting life cycle. The female mosquito bites a person or animal
in order to get some blood. She needs this blood before she can lay her eggs. Second, she flies
to an area of water and deposits her eggs in the water. In a few days the eggs open, and the baby
mosquitoes, called larvae, come out. In a short time, they will mature and fly away.

It is interesting to note that only the female will bite for blood. She has a special mouth
which can go into an animal’s skin or a person’s skin. On the other hand, the male mosquito can
only drink plant juices with his mouth.

1 . The main idea of paragraph 3 is

A. only female mosquitoes can bite people and animals
B. female mosquitoes need blood for their larvae
C. male mosquitoes rarely drink plant juices
D. female mosquitoes have special mouths

2. The word lay in the third sentence of paragraph 2 means

A. eat
B. put
C. bite
D. attach

3. The author suggests that all mosquitoes like

A. blood
B. the desert
C. wet areas
D. cold weather

4. Larvae are
A. baby mosquitoes
B. mosquito eggs
C. a female, adult mosquito
D. animal skin

5. Female mosquitoes lay eggs

A. in human blood
B. in plant juices
C. in water
D. on leaves
 Passage B. Planets

A planet is a body in space that revolves around a star. There are nine planets in our
solar system, and these nine planets travel around the sun. The names of the planets are
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
Planets travel in orbits around their stars. All of the planets of the solar system
revolve in elliptical orbits. In other words, their orbits are like large, flat circles.
The time that it takes a planet to make one revolution around the sun is called its year.The
Greeks were the first people to recognize and give names to some of the planets. The word
planet comes from a Greek word meaning wanderer. If a person wanders, this means that he
goes from one place to another and does not have a permanent home. The Greeks thought that
the planets "wandered" in the sky. However, modern scientists can predict the movement of the
planets very accurately.

6. The main idea of paragraph 3 is

A. if a person wanders, it means he does not have one home.
B. Greek scientists could not recognize all of the planets, but they were able to recognize
nine of the ten planets.
C. the Greeks named these bodies planets because it was thought that the planets
wandered in the sky.
D. modern scientists know a lot more about the planets than the Greeks knew.

7. The word elliptical in paragraph 2 means a kind of

A. star
B. large
C. circle
D. solar system

8. Venus, Mars, and Neptune are

A. stars
B. planets
C. both A and B
D. neither A or B

9. The Greeks were the first to

A. recognize some of the planets
B. give names to all the planets
C. both A and B
D. neither A or B

10. The planets in our solar system travel

A. around the sun
B. in elliptical orbits
C. both A and B
D. around each other

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