Reading Practice 6

With its radiant color and plantlike shape, the sea anemone looks more like a flower than an animal. More specifically, the sea anemone is formed quite like the flower for which it is named, with a body like a stem and tentacles like petals in brilliant shades of blue, green, pink, and red Its diameter varies from about six millimeters in some species to more than ninety centimeters in the giant varieties of Australia. Like corals, hydras, and jellyfish, sea anemones are coelenterates. They can move slowly, but more often they attach the lower part of their cylindrical bodies to rocks, shells, or wharf pilings. The upper end of the sea anemone has a mouth surrounded by tentacles that the animal uses to capture its food. Stinging cells in the tentacles throw out tiny poison threads that paralyze other small sea animals. The tentacles then drag this prey into the sea anemone's mouth. The food is digested in the large inner body cavity. When disturbed a sea anemone retracts its tentacles and shortens its body so that it resembles a lump on a rock. Anemones may reproduce by forming eggs, dividing in half or developing buds that grow and break off as independent animals.

1. The word "shape" in line 1 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

(A) Length                       (B) Grace                        (C) Form                         (D) Nature

2. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true of sea anemones?

(A) They are usually tiny.                                       (B) They have flexible bodies.

(C) They are related to jellyfish.                              (D) They are usually brightly colored.

3. It can be inferred from the passage that sea anemones are usually found

(A) attached to stationary surfaces                        (B) hidden inside cylindrical objects

(C) floating among underwater flowers                   (D) chasing prey around wharf pilings

4. The word "capture" in line 8 is closest in meaning to which of the following ?

(A) Catch                        (B) Control                      (C) Cover                        (D) Clean

5. The word "disturbed" in line 11 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

(A) Bothered                   (B) Hungry                      (C) Tired                         (D) Sick

6. The sea anemone reproduces by

(A) budding only                                                   (B) forming eggs only

(C) budding or dividing only                                  (D) budding, forming eggs, or dividing

7. Where does the author mention the sea anemone's food - gathering technique

(A) Lines 1-2                                                         (B) Lines 4-6

(C) Lines 7-10                                                       (D) Lines 11-13

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Kunci Jawaban:

1)C 2) A 3) A 4) A 5) A 6) D 7) C