SEPTEMBER 2012
Section A
PIONEER ENGLISH WORKSHEET
Section B
VOCABULARY
GRAMMAR
This section consists of four questions. Circle the best answer.
This section consists of four questions. Circle the best answer.
1. The __________ gives your body strength and support.
A. skeleton
B. skull
C. carcass
D. frame
2. ____________ have no backbones.
A. Mammals
B. Invertebrates
C. Scientists
D. Reptiles
C. boils
D. evaporates
4. Giant __________ crash against the shore.
A. storms
B. hurricanes
A. on
B. around
C. in
D. inside
6. Crabs belong ____ the largest group of invertebrates.
3. Warm ocean water easily _________.
A. freezes
B. condenses
5. Ribs form a cage _______ your chest.
C. waves
D. reefs
A. in
B. to
C. into
D. from
7. __________ the sea star, the banana slug lives on land.
A. As
B. Unlike
C. From
D. Because
8. The plane flies _____ the eye of the storm.
A. across
B. on
C. from
D. in
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Section D
Section C
COMPREHENSION
VOCABULARY CLOZE
Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.
Choose the most suitable word from the box to fill each blank
below. Use each word once only.
A backbone protects and supports your body. Your backbone is made up
of lots of small bones. These bones are all linked together. They’re called
vertebrae. That’s why animals with backbones are called vertebrates.
Together, vertebrae make a long tunnel. Your spinal cord runs through
this tunnel. Your spinal cord is protected while it sends messages to and
from your brain. Ribs support and protect you, too. They are flat and
curved. Ribs form a cage in your chest. Your heart, lungs, and some other
organs nestle inside.
9. Why are animals with backbones called vertebrates?
A. Because they have backbones.
B. Because the backbone is made up of small bones called
vertebrae.
C. Because the spinal cord runs through the backbone.
D. Because the backbone supports the body.
10. The spinal cord
A. protects the brain.
B. supports the body.
C. sends messages to the brain.
D. is protected by the ribs.
alike
strength
percent
survivors
backbone
classify
weakness
characteristics
Invertebrates have no [11] __________. Yet that isn’t a [12] _________.
Invertebrates are [13] ________. Scientists [14] ________ 95 [15] ________
of
all animals as invertebrates. They separate them into groups. Each
group is based on the [16] _________ their bodies have. Let’s take look at
some. You will see how invertebrates are [17] __________ and different.
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14.
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Section F
Section E
GRAMMAR CLOZE
COMPREHENSION OPEN-ENDED
Choose the most suitable word from the box to fill each blank below.
Use each word once only.
Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions.
the
a
around
for
or
on
inside
and
Invertebrates don’t always get along. [18] _________ hungry sea star wraps
its five arms [19] __________ a mussel. [20] ___________ squishy mussel may
look safe [21] __________ its hard shell. But the sea star pushes [22] ________
pulls [23] ________ the shell. Finally, the shell opens. The sea star gobbles
[24] _________ the mussel.
A hurricane always begins as a thunderstorm. These thunderstorms are
different from others. They form only over warm oceans. Warm ocean
water easily evaporates. It turns into a kind of a gas called vapor.
The warm, moist air rises. As it rises, it cools and forms into storm clouds.
More water vapor makes more clouds. This causes more storms. Some may
become hurricanes. A storm becomes a hurricane when rising air changes
the air pressure. Usually, air presses down. Rising
air doesn’t press down
as hard. This makes an area of low pressure.
Low pressure is like a vacuum cleaner. The air rushes in and up. Winds
start to spin very fast like a pinwheel. This forms a hurricane.
25. How do thunderstorms form?
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26. What happens when the rising air pressure changes?
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27. Which word in Paragraph Three has the same meaning as the word
‘whirl’?
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Answer Scheme
Section A
Vocabulary
1.
2.
3.
4.
A. skeleton
B. Invertebrates
D. evaporates
C. waves
Section B
Grammar
5. C. in
6. B. to
7.
8.
B. Unlike
A. across
Section C
Comprehension
9. B. Because the backbone is made up of small bones called vertebrae.
10. C. sends messages to the brain.
Section E
Grammar Cloze
18.
19.
20.
21.
A
around
The
inside
22. and
23. on
24. up
Section F
Comprehension Open-Ended
25. Warm, moist air rises then cools forming storm clouds
resulting in thunderstorms.
26. A storm becomes a hurricane when rising air changes the air
pressure.
27. The word is ‘spin’.
Section D
Vocabulary Cloze
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
backbone
weakness
survivors
classify
percent
characteristics
alike
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