Questions number 1 – 2 are based on the following text!

Many people think that they can get sick by going into cold weather improperly dressed; however,
illnesses are not caused by temperature-they are caused by germs. So while shivering outside in the
cold probably won’t strengthen your immune system, you’re more likely to contract an illness indoors
because you will have a greater exposure to germs.

1. In the text above, the paragraph explains ….

A. How immune system
B. How improperly dressed
C. How cold weather
D. How germs cause illnesses
2. The effect in the paragraph is ….
A. The illness
B. The germs
C. The temperature
D. The immune system

Questions number 3 – 6 are based on the following text!

The Positive Effect of Daycare

Since my daughter has been I daycare, she has become better at a few different things. To start
off, her vocabulary is much larger and more developed. Before she started daycare, my daughter had
a few select words that she would say like; momma, dada, cocoa (one of the puppies), and some
other simple words. Now, she tries to repeat everything that is said. Another result of her being in
daycare is that she has the ability to interact with other children better. In the past, she was only
around one child. Now she is around about six to eight kids, and she has learned to share her toys and
to play in a group with the other children. Her learning to share has carried over at home when she
tells her daddy or me it’s his turn or mommy’s turn when putting her socks on. A third outcome of her
being in daycare is the fact that she is becoming more self-reliant. Before daycare, she wouldn’t try
very hard to help me with getting dressed, but now she wants to try do it all on her own. She puts her
pull ups on and tries to pull on her shirts and pants herself. Socks still go on upside down, but at least
her shoes go on the correct feet, I am really glad that I decided put her in a daycare, for the benefits
have been great.

3. What is the text talking about?

A. The positive effects of daycare
B. The negative and positive effects of daycare
C. The writer’s experience in daycare
D. The reason why daycare need to be bended
4. The following statements are the positive progressions of the writer’s daughter, except ….
A. She starts to repeat everything that she is said
B. She becomes talkative
C. She starts arguing many things
D. She helps herself with getting dressed
 5. “but now she wants to try do it all on her own”. The underlined word refers to ….
A. Daycare
B. Her shirt
C. Getting dressed
D. Self-reliant
6. After reading the text, what will probably the writer do?
A. They will put their kids on the daycare
B. They will make daycare services
C. The will close the daycare services
D. Getting the daycare brochure

Questions number 7- 9 are based on the following text!

Dear Bela,
I’m writing to you concerning of my last day in Yogyakarta. I just got back from Borobudur, the
wonderful temple I’ve ever seen. The weather is fine. We are now staying in a hotel. It’s not far
from Malioboro. We are treated well here. It has many excellent staff who serve the customers.
We plan to go around Malioboro after the children take a short nap. We want to enjoy having
“lesehan” there. It is a kind of a restaurant but we sit on the ground.
Many kinds of local handicraft are sold along Malioboro Street. Both domestic and foreign
tourists are interested in them. I want to buy some as souvenirs. Don’t worry, I’ll also buy you
the most interesting one.
Love,
Dara

7. How do the staff serve the customers of the hotel?

A. Proudly
B. Interestingly
C. Nicely
D. Greedy
8. The text gives us information about ….
A. The wonderful Borobudur temple
B. Dara’s last day in Yogyakarta
C. A comfortable hotel near Malioboro
D. Writer’s bad experience

9. Who is the letter from?

A. Customers
B. The hotel staff
C. Bela
D. Dara
Questions number 10 - 13 are basd on the following text!

Emmanuel Martinez

Av. Luis Bivar

Lisbon

Portugal

Dear Emmanuel,

I want to thank you for your kind letter and your attempt to understand my Portuguese. I am very
eager to meet you and your family when I come to Lisbon in September.

I thought it would be a good idea to tell you a little about myself so we are not complete strangers
when I get to Lisbon. I am 16 years old and I am one year away from graduating high school. I am
planning on continuing my education at hometown college and majoring in Finance so that I work in
the banking field. I have been told that your father is a bank manager.

I have one older sister who is married with a child. I have an older brother who is graduating from
Boston College this spring and also plans to work in the financial field. He has no children yet, but
soon to be married after graduation.

What I know about Lisbon? I should tell you learned from Google and History class. I have read that it
is a very lovely city. Does it snow much there?

Sincerely

Mary Ashton

10. What does the letter tell about?

A. Mary’s introduction to Emmanuel
B. Mary’s offering help to Emmanuel
C. Emmanuel’s offering help to Mary
D. Mary’s reply to Emmanuel’s letter
11. What is Emmanuel’s father?
A. Finance officer
B. School principal
C. Bank manager
D. Student exchange host
12. What is implied in Mary’s statement “Does it snow much there?”
 A. She wants to see snow in Portugal
B. She doesn’t know much about Portugal
C. She knows Portugal has snow
D. She is not sure if Portugal in Europe
13. How many siblings does Mary have?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

Questions number 14 - 17 are based on the following text!

Lungs are very important. Our right and left lungs seem to breathe by themselves. When we
breathe in, our lungs are being pulled outwards by muscles in our chest. To breathe out, the
muscles squeeze your chests in again. The push the air out of our lungs.
Now let’s see how lungs work. When we breathe in, each alveolus fills up with the air and
takes the oxygen from it. The oxygen molecules pass through tiny holes in the alveolus, into the
blood vessels around it. These blood vessels are so small and only one blood cell can go down
them at a time. Each blood cell picks up a load of oxygen as it goes past.
In return, our blood cells drop off waste for the lungs to rod of. This is mainly carbon dioxide,
the waste gas made by our cells as they work. It floats from the blood vessels into alveoli and up
to the bronchioles and comes out in your breath.

14. What is the text about?

A. Parts of our lungs
B. How lungs work
C. How we breathe in
D. How we breathe out
15. What does each alveolus fill up with when we breathe in?
A. Air
B. Oxygen
C. Carbon dioxide
D. Blood
16. From the text, we know that ….
A. Oxygen floats from blood vessels into alveoli
B. Oxygen molecules pass through large holes in the alveolus
C. Our blood cells drop off carbon dioxide as waste gas as they work
D. Each alveolus takes carbon from the air when we breathe in
17. “It floats from the blood vessels into alveoli…” (paragraph 3)
The underlined word refers to ….
A. Cell
B. An alveolus
C. An oxygen molecule
D. The waste gas