Latihan soal Report Text

Assalamu'alaikum wr.wbr. Good morning every body. Memanfaatkan waktu luang pada hari ini saya mencoba memanfaatkan untuk menulis dan menambahkan beberapa materi bahasa Inggris. Untuk kesempatan hari ini, saya coba untuk mengumpulkan soal-soal teks report. Sebenarnya masih banyak soal lagi tetapi saya batasi dulu sampai sekian. Insya allah dapat ditambah pada kesempatan yang lain. Thank you. Semoga bermanfaat untuk latihan anak dan memberi pemahaman soal materi teks report.

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Whales

 Whales are mammals, but they live in the sea. They breath air, but they can’t survive on land. Some types of whales are very large indeed. Blue whale , for example, can grow to more than 30 meters in length. They are the largest animals that lived on earth.

At a glance whales look rather like fish. However, there are some important differences in their external structures. Whales have tails that are broad, flat and horizontal. These tails function as paddles. They also have single nostrils on top of their large broad heads.

A whale’s skin is smooth and shiny. Beneath the skin there is a layer of fat or blubber. The fat is up to 30 cm in thickness. This fat keeps heat and fluids so that it can live in cold water.

1.  What makes whales different from fish?

      A.  The things they eat.

      B.  The tail structure and the single nostril.

      C.  The large body of whale.

      D.  The kind of water they live in.  

2. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

       A. Whales are mammals.

       B.  Types of whales.

       C.  The largest animals in the world.

       D.  Whale can not survive on land.

         

           Read this text to answer questions 3 - 5

                     

Tigers are members of the cat family. Lions, leopards, cheetahs and house cats are also members   of the cat family. Tigers are the largest cats, and the only cats with stripes. They live in large forest in southern  and southeastern Asia.

A tiger’s short fur is usually colored dark orange with black stripes. Each tiger has different   stripes, and you can use them to tell tigers apart. The stripes make a tiger stand out if you see them   in the open. In the forests where tigers live, however, the stripes make them almost invisible.

Like house cats, tigers have soft pads on the bottoms of their paws. These allow tigers to move   silently through the forest. Tigers have long, sharp claws at the ends of their feet. They pull the claws   in until they need them. When needed, the claws pop out like knives.

Their big, yellow eyes give tigers  sharp sight to help find prey. Tigers see as well as people   during the day, and much better than people at night. They also hear very well. They can turn their   ears toward sounds.

Tigers have explosive speed. They have strong muscles and long legs that help them move extremely fast over short distances. Their long tails give them balance while running fast.

Powerful jaws and sharp teeth help tigers grab and kill prey once they catch it.

Some tigers in zoos and circuses are white with blue eyes. People bred these tigers because   white tigers fetch more money from tourist. In the wild, white tigers are very rare. Zoos no longer breed tigers to be white.

 

3.  Which is the function of the jaws? ( paragraph 5)

       A. To make them invisible.

       B. To give them balance.

       C. To make them stand out in the open.

       D. To grab and kill the prey.

4.   “Powerful jaws and sharp teeth helps tigers grab and kill prey once they catch it “.

      The underlined word in the sentence above means….

A.    Animals that live in the forest.

B.       Animals that can run fast.

C.       Animals that have sharp teeth.

D.    Animals that is hunted for food.

5. “Each tigers has different stripes and you can use them….” (The second sentence of paragraph 2)

      The underlined word refers to….

A.    The tigers.

B.       The fur

C.       The stripes.

D.    The color.

Read this text to answer questions 6 - 8

The waters of the earth move continuously from the oceans, to the air, to the land and back to the oceans again. The sun’s heat evaporates water from the oceans. The water rises as invisible vapor and falls back to the earth as rain, snow or some other form of moisture is called precipitation. Most precipitation drops back directly into the oceans. The remainder falls on the rest of the earth. In time, this water also return to the sea and the cycle starts again. This unending circulation of the earth’s waters is called the water cycle or hydrologic cycle. Because of nature’s water cycle, there is as much water on the earth today as there ever was – or ever will be. Water changes only from one from to another and moves from one the plane

 

6.      What is the text about ?

A.    The oceans.

B.     The sun’s heat.

C.     The water cycle.

D.    The invisible vapor.

7.      What is the form of water when it rises to the air ?

A.    Ice

B.     Rain

C.     Snow

D.    Vapor

8.       … and the cycle starts again.

A.    return

B.     begins

C.     moves

D.    ends

Read this text to answer questions 9 - 11

What is the Significance of Rabbits’ Large Ears                                                                                                                                                                      A rabbit is a small furry mammal with a short tail and pointed ears. Rabbits live in burrows in the ground. Each burrow is the home of a single family. The first fossils which can be attributed to this family came from North America but now they are found in every part of the world. Compared to its small body rabbits has large sized ears. A rabbit is a weak and timid animal and is always surrounded by many enemies. Therefore nature has gifted it with large ears to help it to hear even the fun of drop sound. The large area of the ear catches almost every sound wave produced in the air and transfers them into the inner ear. This makes the rabbit to detect its enemies in time and run to safety zones. You must have noticed that a rabbit washes its ears by repeatedly licking its forepaws and rubbing them over the surface of its ears. It does this in order to keep its ears clean, and also to take into its mouth natural oil which surrounds the ear surface. This oil is important in forming vitamin D which is necessary for the growth of healthy bones. If the rabbit is not allowed to form this, it will develop rickets. Shortened form : Children’s Knowledge Bank, Look Out.   Rohan Book Company

  

9.      Which part of the rabbit’s body produces natural oil?

     A. Forepaws                    

2. mouth
3. Ears
4. tail                           

10.    What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

     A. How enemies surround a rabbit                     

2. How a rabbit detects its enemies
3. Why a rabbit has many enemies
4. Why a rabbit likes fighting

 11.  The purpose of the text is …

             A.  to amuse the story 

             B. to retell rabbit’s habitat

             C. to describe rabbit’s ears 

             D. to describe rabbit in general

Read this text to answer questions 12 -17

Kolang-kaling, the fruit of sugar palm tree is soft and bit rubbery, and adds to the flavor of many sweet snacks and drinks. It comes from aren or enau (Arenga pinnata) trees which belong to palm family which also includes coconut tress (Cocos nucifer L.), date palms (Phonex dactylifera), palmyra palms (Borassus flabellifer) and oil palms (Licuala arbuscula mogea).

This fruit is very popular among Moslems in Indonesia especially during fasting month. It becomes the fast-breaking favorite menu for those breaking their Ramadhan fast with kolak (banana compote). They will find white, opaque and thumb-sized fruit, in the mix.

Kolang-kaling, which can be made into candies of different flavors and colors, are 93.8 percent water, 0.69 percent protein, 4 percent carbohydrate, less than 1 percent of ash and about 1 percent roughage.

The carbohydrate level in kolang-kaling gives the eater a full feeling, offers a natural remedy for weight loss and improves digestion.

            (Adopted from the Jakarta Post, Sept. 18, 2008)

12.      What does paragraph three tells us about?

        A. The composition of kolang-kaling

              B. The color of kolang-kaling

              C. The flavor of  kolang-kaling

              D. The taste of kolang-kaling

13.      What are the physical characteristics of kolang-kaling?

1.       soft and bit rubbery
2.       white, opaque and thumb-sized
3.       popular and delicious
4.        sweet and colorful

 14.      What does kolang-kaling consist of?

A.    Water, protein,

B.     Protein, carbohydrate,

C.     Carbohydrate, Water, protein, ash, and roughage

D.    Roughage, Water, protein, ash

15.  The carbohydrate level in kolang-kaling gives the eater a full feeling…(par 4)

What is the closest meaning of the bold-typed word?

1.        seller
2.        buyer
3.        consumer
4.        producer

 16.  It becomes the fast-breaking favorite menu for those breaking their ramadhan fast...(par.2)

What does the bold-typed word refer to?

1.       fast breaking favorite menu
2.       the fruit
3.       Moslem
4.        fasting month

Read this text for no 17 –  20         

A rain forest, a very dense forest is usually found in tropical areas. These forests have warm climates. Rain forest also receives a high amount of rainfall. A special trait of these forests is the large amount of plants and animals living them.

Another trait of the rain forest is the forest canopy. This canopy is formed by the braches and leaves of the large trees. The canopy forms a green roof over the forest. Most birds live in the branches of the canopy.

Unfortunately, rain forest are rapidly depleting, people are clearing more and more rain forest for timber. Some people are cutting down trees illegally. This is called illegal logging. If the forests are cleared, many animals and plants may become extinct.

   17. What is the text about?

A.    Plants and animals

B.     Illegal logging

C.     Tropical Area

D.    Rain Forest

   18.      From the text above we know that the area of rain forest is  . . .

A.    Still the same as same years ago  

B.     Getting smaller.

C.     Wider than before.

D.    Clearer than usual

    19.      “Unfortunately, rain forests are rapidly depleting.” (paragraph 3)

          The underlined word means. . . .

A.    Increasing fast     

B.     Vanishing step by step

C.     Developing gradually

D.    Decreasing fast

    20.      . . . . . plants may become extinct (last sentence)

        The antonym of the underlined word is . . . .

A.    kill  

B.     grow

C.     stop

             D. dies