PASSAGE A.

Many insects disguise themselves to bamboozle their foes. They pretend

to be stones, seeds, blades of grass, and even dewdrops. The prize for the
best disguise must go to the walking-leaf beetles of India and the Philippines.
The eggs of these insects look like seeds. When the young hatch, they are
glossy-red copies of the buds sprouting on the bushes they inhabit. The adult
beetles green bodies are shaped and veined to look exactly like the leaves
they feed on. Their flat legs resemble small leaves with ragged yellow-stained
edges. When it is windy, walking-leaf beetles often hang by two legs and turn
their bodies to and fro like breeze-blown leaves. At every stage in life, the
walking-leaf beetles can hoodwink their enemies.

Choose the best answer.

1. According to the author, many insects disguise themselves for __________.

a. hunting b. housing c. safety d. warmth

2. Insects can look like __________.

a. grass b. seeds c. stones d. any of the above

3. The correct order of the walking-leaf beetles disguises is __________.

a. leaves, flowers, seeds b. branches, bark, buds
c. seeds, buds, leaves d. leaves, seeds, veins

4. The young walking-leaf beetle is different from the adult in that it has __________.
a. a different color b. a lighter shade
c. a darker shade d. many colors

5. Walking-leaf beetles are always well disguised because they __________.

a. change color every few seconds
b. resemble their background throughout their lives
c. sit perfectly still
d. turn in the wind
PASSAGE B.

Warm water freezes more quickly than cold. Sir Francis Bacon said that
almost four hundred years ago. But few people believed him till 1970. In that
year Canadian scientist George Kell proved the English scholar was right. Dr. Kell
filled an open pail with cold water. He filled another with warm water. He
exposed both to the same low temperature. The warm water froze first.
The lack of covers on the pails was the secret. Some of the warm water
changed to vapour. It evaporated into the air. This meant that less of the warm
water was left to freeze. And so the warm water froze faster than the cold
watereven though it had a greater temperature drop to make.

6. Most people didnt believe Bacon because warm water is __________.

a. somewhat heavier than cold water
b. able to flow faster than cold water
c. quicker to evaporate than cold water turn in the wind
d. further from freezing temperature than cold water

7. In Dr. Kells experiment, the two pails were __________.

a. filled with water and covered by frozen lids
b. left uncovered and exposed to the same temperature
c. covered by cold lids and placed outside the room
d. filled with water and kept in the cold temperature

8. The second paragraph tells why __________.

a. the warm water froze first
b. Dr. Kell used pails in his study
c. warm water freezes in the pail
d. Dr. Kell conducted the experiment on water

9. No water vapour would have escaped into the air if the pails had been __________.
a. filled b. shaken c. covered d. warmed

10. The cold water froze more slowly because __________.

a. salt was added to it
b. its pail was smaller
c. there was more of it left
d. the air near it was moving

11. When the water was frozen, one of the pails must have had __________.
a. icicles hanging from the rim
b. less ice in it than the other
c. more salt in it than the other
d. waves on the surface of the ice