Reading Comprehension Test

Line 1 Cookiecutter sharks that glow in the dark, phallic peanut worms and
uncannily displeased-looking blobfish were never meant to see the light of day.And
yet, they are among more than 100 deep-sea species recently scooped up off
Australia's coast in a mission to identify animals that live in these barely explored,
extreme underwater habitats.For a month in 2017, the research vessel Investigator
sailed across the eastern Australian abyss from Tasmania to Queensland, mapping
and sampling the seafloor at depths of up to nearly 3 miles (4,800 meters) — more
than 100 times deeper than most scuba divers will ever reach.Using special nets,
sleds and other tech, the research team on board collected more than 42,700 fish
and invertebrate specimens representing more than 100 types of animals, possibly
including new species. This week, scientists gathered at the CSIRO Australian
National Fish Collection in Hobart, Tasmania, to thoroughly examine and identify
those specimens collected during the "Sampling the Abyss" voyage.

Line 14 The extreme conditions of the deep sea — just-above-freezing

temperatures, crushing pressure, and scarce light and food — produce some
strange-looking creatures. Among the star discoveries of the voyage was a "faceless
fish" collected from 2.5 miles (4,000 m) below the surface. This creature hadn't been
seen since the 1870s, when the first and only other specimen was dredged up off the
coast of Papua New Guinea.

Line 20 The researchers also picked up a shortarse feelerfish, the second such
specimen ever to be found in Australia, which has short, spindly fins and small
vestigial eyes. They found hermaphroditic, predatory lizard fish, and they think they
might have some cousins of the gelatinous blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus), which
has been dubbed the world's ugliest animal.

Source : https://www.livescience.com/61828-faceless-fish-australian-abyss.html

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Summary

A group of researcher they explore the Australia's coast sea floor in a mission to
identify animals that live their.they explore across the eastern Australian abyss from
Tasmania to Queensland, mapping and sampling the seafloor at depths of up to
4,800 meters. They collect more than 42,700 fish and about 100 of them thought to
be new discovered species. In that condition making it is very hard to explore the
seafloor because of the water pressure. They also found some fish that they can use
as specimen for research.

Sentence starter / what is the passage about? (main idea): ⅘

Re-write summary
This passage talks about a group of researchers who explored the Australia's coast
sea floor in a mission to identify animals that live there.They found some deep sea
animals like predatory lizard fish.

Question

1. What does the phrase “ scooped up ” in line 3 mean?

a) gather

b) search in

c) found

d) throw away

2. What does the word “ identify ” in line 4 closest in meaning to?

a) live

b) prove

c) recognize

d) see

3. The word “ they ” in line 2 refers to…

a) Cookiecutter sharks

b) blobfish

c) researchers

d) scientists

4. The word “ they ” in line 22 refers to...

a) Cookiecutter sharks

b) blobfish

c) researchers

d) scientists

5. What is the mission of the researcher?

a) To gather fish for food

 b) To sell it to aquarium

c) To identify animals that live there

d) To catch as many animal as they can

6. Why do they say that deep sea has extreme condition?

a) Because it has above-freezing temperatures, crushing

pressure, and carce light and food.

b) Because it is very deep

c) Because it have bizarre looking creatures

d) Because it is dark

7. How do they collect the specimen?

a) by using fishing rod

b) by using submarine

c) by using Scuba divers

d) by using special net

8. Which statement is true about this passage?

a) Deep sea is a very hot place

b) There are plenty of food in the deep sea

c) Animals cannot live in the deep sea

d) Most of the animals are the bizarre looking creatures.

9. What is not mentioned in this passage?

a) People cannot live in deep sea

b) The research team collect more than 42700 of specimen

 c) They collect the specimen by using special net

d) About 100 specimen may be new discoveries

10. What is the best title for this passage?

a) Cookiecutter sharks life

b) Deep sea creatures

c) The researcher in the deep sea

d) The extreme condition