An elephant is the largest and strongest of all animals.

It is a strange looking animal with

its thick legs, huge sides and backs, large hanging ears, a small tail, little eyes, long white
tusks and above all it has a long nose, the trunk.

The trunk is the elephants peculiar feature, and it has various uses. The elephant draws
up water by its trunk and can squirt it all over its body like a shower bath. It can also lift
leaves and puts them into its mouth. In fact the trunk serves the elephant as a long arm
and hand. An elephant looks very clumsy and heavy and yet it can move very quickly.

The elephant is a very intelligent animal. Its intelligence combined with its great strength
makes it a very useful servant to man and it can be trained to serve in various ways such
as carry heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight.

1. Which of the following is NOT part of the elephant described in the first paragraph?
a) It looks strange.
b) It is heavy.
c) It is wild.
d) It has a trunk.
e) It has a small tail.
An elephant is the largest and strongest of all animals. It is a strange looking animal with
its thick legs, huge sides and backs, large hanging ears, a small tail, little eyes, long white
tusks and above all it has a long nose, the trunk.

The trunk is the elephants peculiar feature, and it has various uses. The elephant draws
up water by its trunk and can squirt it all over its body like a shower bath. It can also lift
leaves and puts them into its mouth. In fact the trunk serves the elephant as a long arm
and hand. An elephant looks very clumsy and heavy and yet it can move very quickly.

The elephant is a very intelligent animal. Its intelligence combined with its great strength
makes it a very useful servant to man and it can be trained to serve in various ways such
as carry heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight.

2. The trunk is the elephants peculiar feature (Paragraph 2).

The underlined word is close in meaning to
a) Large
b) Strange
c) Tough
d) Smooth
e) Long
An elephant is the largest and strongest of all animals. It is a strange looking animal with
its thick legs, huge sides and backs, large hanging ears, a small tail, little eyes, long white
tusks and above all it has a long nose, the trunk.

The trunk is the elephants peculiar feature, and it has various uses. The elephant draws
up water by its trunk and can squirt it all over its body like a shower bath. It can also lift
leaves and puts them into its mouth. In fact the trunk serves the elephant as a long arm
and hand. An elephant looks very clumsy and heavy and yet it can move very quickly.

The elephant is a very intelligent animal. Its intelligence combined with its great strength
makes it a very useful servant to man and it can be trained to serve in various ways such
as carry heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight.

3. It is stated in the text that the elephant uses the trunk to do the following, EXCEPT
..
a) To eat
b) To push
c) To drink
d) To carry things
e) To squirt water over the body
An elephant is the largest and strongest of all animals. It is a strange looking animal with
its thick legs, huge sides and backs, large hanging ears, a small tail, little eyes, long white
tusks and above all it has a long nose, the trunk.

The trunk is the elephants peculiar feature, and it has various uses. The elephant draws
up water by its trunk and can squirt it all over its body like a shower bath. It can also lift
leaves and puts them into its mouth. In fact the trunk serves the elephant as a long arm
and hand. An elephant looks very clumsy and heavy and yet it can move very quickly.

The elephant is a very intelligent animal. Its intelligence combined with its great strength
makes it a very useful servant to man and it can be trained to serve in various ways such
as carry heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight.

4. The third paragraph is mainly about the fact that

a) Elephants are strong
b) Elephants are lift logs
c) Elephants are servants
d) Elephants are very useful
e) Elephants must be trained
In an Islamic mortgage transaction, instead of loaning the buyer money to purchase the
item, a bank might buy the item itself from the seller, and re-sell it to the buyer at a profit,
while allowing the buyer to pay the bank in installments. However, the fact that it is profit
cannot be made explicit and therefore there are no additional penalties for late payment.
In order to protect itself against default, the bank asks for strict collateral. The goods or
land is registered to the name of the buyer from the start of the transaction. This
arrangement is called Murabaha. Another approach is Ijara wa Iqtina, which is similar to
real-estate leasing. Islamic bank handle loans for vehicles in a similar way.

5. The topic of the text is

a) Islamic mortgage transaction

b) Islamic banking transaction
c) Islamic mortgage approaches
d) Islamic banking approaches
e) Islamic mortgage banking
6. With which of the following sentences should the text end?

a) The vehicle is sold at a higher-than-market price to the debtor and

then the ownership of the vehicle retained until the loan is paid
b) That is selling the vehicle at a higher-than-market price to the debtor
and then retaining ownership of the vehicle until the loan is paid
c) Which sells the vehicle at a higher-than-market price to the debtor
and then retains ownership of the vehicle until the loan is paid
d) The debtor is selling the vehicle at a higher-than-market price to and
then retaining the ownership of the vehicle until the loan is paid
e) The selling the vehicle at a higher-than-market price to the debtor
and then the retaining ownership of the vehicle until the loan is paid
7. Donny does not mind doing extra work, but
doesnt like

a) criticize
b) criticizing
c) is criticized
d) be criticized
e) to be criticized
8. Even though he has seen a doctor, I can see that
his condition is not improving.

a) a specialist then!
b) Does he have
c) Isnt he seeing
d) Have him see
e) He has seen
f) He has seen too
9 Antis wedding dress is really beautiful!

a) I heard that she had her sister design it.

b) This implies that Antis sister
c) is going to get married
d) has a beautiful wedding dress
e) is a very good designer
f) has a beautiful sister
g) is having the wedding dress designed
10. Many of health facilities are trying to improve their services. The
underlined word is closest in meaning to

a) Make regular
b) Make active
c) Make better
d) Make easy
e) Make difficult