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Read The Passages Below and Answer Their Questions Correctly
Read The Passages Below and Answer Their Questions Correctly
Read The Passages Below and Answer Their Questions Correctly
Reading II
Read the passages below and answer their questions correctly. Passage 1 Because Egyptians believed in life after death, they mummified the !dy t! preser"e it fr!m decay# $he ancients left n! %ritten acc!unts as t! the e&ecuti!n !f this pr!cess, s! scientists ha"e had t! e&amine mummies and esta lish their !%n the!ries# $he em alming pr!cess might ha"e ta'en up t! se"enty days f!r n! les and !nly a fe% f!r the p!!r# (ertain c!mp!unds !f salts, spices, and resins %ere used t! preser"e the c!rpse, %hich %as later wrapped in a fine linen cl!th and then encased in a %!!den !& ef!re eing placed in a sarc!phagus 1# 2# 3# 4# ,# )hat is main idea !f the paragraph* ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ )hat is the paragraph a !ut* ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ )hat is a mummy* +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ $he ant!nym !f %rapped is +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ )hat things are used t! preser"e the !dy* +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Passage 2 - tape%!rm is a parasite that li"es in the intestine !f humans and animals# .!me tape%!rms attach themsel"es t! the intestinal %all y means !f suc'ers in their heads# /thers fl!at freely in the intestines and a s!r f!!d thr!ugh the %alls !f their !dies# - tape%!rm c!nsists !f numer!us segments# )hen a ne% segment f!rms, !lder !nes m!"e t! the ac' !f the animal# Each segment c!ntains hermaphr!ditic se&ual !rgans 0that is, !rgans !f male and female1# $he uterus !f each segment fills %ith eggs, %hich de"el!p int! em ry!s# 2enerally, %hen the egg is ready t! hatch, the segment rea's !ff and is eliminated thr!ugh the h!st3s e&cret!ry system# $hese em ry!s c!ntinue their de"el!pment !nly if ingested y an intermediate h!st# /ne may e infected y tape%!rms y eating underc!!'ed eef, p!r', !r fish# .ympt!ms include irregular appetite, a d!minal disc!mf!rt, anemia, %ea'ness, and nervousness# 1# 2# 3# 4# ,# )hat is main idea !f the paragraph* ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ )hat d!es the 2nd paragraph tell y!u* +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ )hat is a hermaphr!dite* ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ $he ant!nym !f attach is +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4!% can !ne e infected y tape%!rms* ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++