SD ATISA DIPAMKARA

MID TEST SEMESTER I

ACADEMIC YEAR 2018 / 2019
Subject : English Name : ............................
Grade : 5 (five) Number : ............................
Day, date : Thursday, September 13th 2018 Reading Writing
Time : 120 minutes, Score
07.15 a.m. – 09.15 a.m.

PART I: READING SECTION (@1 POINT)

Text for questions number 1-5

TORNADO TROUBLE

Tornado happens all over the world. There’s even a place called Tornado Alley. Josh Wurman studies extreme
weather. He joined a team of other scientist to study tornadoes in Tornado Alley. One day, the blue sky turned
black. A giant cloud came toward the team. The cloud had winds that moved in a circle. Inside his truck, Wurman
watched the storm through his window and on his instrument. Colors on the computer screen showed where the
rain fell and where the wind was the strongest.

The winds twisted the storm tighter and tighter into the shape of a funnel. When the funnel touched the ground,
it became a tornado! The tornado looked like a giant, gray elephant’s trunk. It moved one way, then another way.
As the tornado moved across the ground, the team came dangerously close. They dropped special instruments
close to the storm. These instruments showed wind speed, temperature, temperature, and how much rain was
falling.

The tornado twisted and moved for half an hour. The team watched the storm and their instruments the whole
time. Then the tornado learned over slowly like a soft rope. Poof! It was gone. The excitement was over. But
Wurman and his team have a lot more work to do. The information from their instruments will help them predict
other tornadoes so that they can warn people and save lives.

1. What does Josh Wurman studies?

A. He studies the extreme weather C. He studies Tornado Alley
B. He studies the instrument D. He studies a giant cloud

2. When did the funnel become tornado?

A. When the funnel touched the sky C. When the funnel touched the ground
B. When the funnel touched the giant D. When the funnel touched the instrument

3. What did tornado look like?

A. Like a giant blue elephant’s trunk C. Like a giant elephant’s leg
B. Like a giant grey elephant’s trunk D. Like a giant elephant’s ear

4. What do scientists use to learn about tornadoes?

A. A funnel C. A truck
B. Special tornado D. Instrument

5. What did the team drop close to the storm?

A. They dropped special trunk C. They dropped special instruments
B. They dropped special tornado D. They dropped special truck

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Text for questions number 6 to 10.
EXTREME WEATHER

We know we can’t control the weather. It can be beautiful, wild and dangerous, often all at the same time.
Scientists try to predict weather in different ways. They tell us when extreme weather is coming. Then we can try
to protect ourselves.

Thunderstorms bring heavy rain with loud thunder and lightning. If too much rain falls in a short time, it can cause
a flood. Too little rain makes the land dry and can cause a drought. When it’s very cold, a rain storm can turn into
an ice storm or a blizzard.

Wind is a dangerous force. In a tropical storm, the wind speed can be more than 100 kilometers ( 60 mile ) per
hour. Wind in a hurricane, or cyclone, is even faster.

A tornado is a column of wind that rotates very fast. High winds in dry places such as deserts can pick up sand and
cause a sandstorm.

We can only live within a specific range of temperatures. At times, temperatures rise too high or drop too low. It
not only feels bad, it can be dangerous! In a heat wave, the weather stays very hot for days or even week.

6. Why do scientists, try to predict weather in different ways?

A. To see the extreme weather C. To see scientist
B. To protect ourselves D. To makes land dry

7. “Heavy rain with loud thunder and lightning”. Is the definition of…
A. a sandstorms C. a tornado
B. a blizzard D. a thunderstorm

8. What happen, if too much rain falls in a short time? It…

A. can cause a drought C. can cause a tornado
B. can cause a flood D. can cause a thunder

9. What is the cause of drought?

A. Too much rain falls C. Too little lightning
B. Too little rain D. Too much lightning

10. How fast can wind move in tropical storm?

A. 50 kilometers C. 20 kilometers
B. 30 kilometers D. 100 kilometers

Text for questions number 11 to 15.

Copycat animals
Some animals can look like other animals or even like a plant! These copycats are trying to
hide from or trick a hungry predator. They can look like another more dangerous animal or like
another animal the predator doesn’t like to eat.

Cheetah’s black spots act as a camouflage. This way, the cheetah doesn’t frighten its prey when
it’s time to hunt.

Colorful frog has stripes on its skin. The bright colors tell hungry predators that the frog is
poisonous.

Some insects are as green as a leaf. It imitates the characteristics of color and shape of leaves to
help it hide from predators.

The hunter and the hunted, predator and prey, must hunt or hide to stay alive, each and every
day. A pretty frog can be as deadly as a snake. Its stripes tell its enemies you’d better stay away.
11. How do some frogs show they are poisonous?
A. They have black spot C. They have leaf
B. They have bright colors D. They can do camouflage
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 12. How does a cheetah hunt its prey?
A. Cheetah uses its black spots as a camouflage C. Cheetah has bright colors
B. Cheetah has stripes on its skin D. Cheetah imitate color of leaves

13. How does an insect leaf hide from predators?

A. They have black spot to hide from predator C. They have bright colors
B. They imitate the characteristic of leaves D. They have stripes

14. What are predators doing in order to survive?

A. They are hunting C. They are sleeping
B. They are escaping D. They are running

15. What animal that its stripes tell its enemies to stay away?
A. Snake C. Fish
B. Frog D. Lion

Text for questions number 16 to 20.

COPYCAT

The leafy sea dragon is a weird but beautiful copycat. From its name you would think it imitates a
dragon, wouldn’t you? But no, it only gets that name from its funny shape. The leafy sea dragon
imitates what is around it. It lives in seaweed, and so its body looks like a seaweed leaf. The sea
dragon imitates the shape and color of seaweed, and it even looks like floating seaweed when it
moves. It doesn’t use the parts of its body that look like a leaf to swim. It uses fins that are
transparent, so it’s hard to see them move. The leafy sea dragon does not only look like copycat. It
also dances like a copycat. A male and female sea dragon will copy each other’s movements for hours.

16. Based on the text, what animal is a beautiful copycat?

A. Dragonfly C. Leafy sea dragon
B. The seaweed D. Leafy seaweed

17. What is the leafy sea dragon?

A. An animal which can imitate a lion fish C. An animal which can imitate octopus
B. An animal which can imitate seaweed. D. An animal which can imitate dragon

18. What does the body of the leafy sea dragon look like? It…
A. looks like a lionfish C. looks like a seaweed leaf
B. looks like a fish D. looks like a sea snake

19. Where does the leafy sea dragon get its name?
A. From scientists C. From its funny shape
B. From someone D. From people

20. What does leafy sea dragon imitate from seaweed?

A. The shape C. The color
B. The shape and color D. The movement

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 Text for questions number 21 to 25.
MOCKINGBIRDS

Mockingbirds live in North and South America. They are good copycats. They
imitate other birds and can also imitate other animals. They can even make sounds that
resemble a piano or car alarm. Mockingbirds learn to sing many songs. Some learn more
than 200 different songs. They can often trick people. But they can’t trick other
birds. If mockingbirds can’t trick other birds, why do they copy sounds? They do it to
attract and avoid other birds. Males are loud singers and they sing many songs. They
always sing when they want to meet females. A male bird can sing most of the day and
night. The singing attracts females. But it also keeps away other males. The longer a
mockingbird lives, the more songs it knows. To show this characteristic, the male
mockingbird sings all the songs it knows. A female mockingbird is attracted to a male
who has lived a long time.

21. Where do the mockingbirds live?

A. In North and South Africa C. In North and South America
B. In South and North Africa D. In North and east America

22. Based on the text, how many songs can mockingbirds sing?
A. Less than 200 songs C. More than 10 songs
B. Less than 100 songs D. More than 200 songs

23. Based on the text, what sound does mockingbird make?

A. Piano or door alarm C. Violin or fire alarm
B. Piano or car engine sound D. Piano or car alarm

24. Why do male mockingbirds sing?

A. They do it to attract female C. They do it to attract another male
B. They do it to avoid female D. They do it to avoid human

25. What is special about a mockingbird?

A. Mockingbird is a good copycat C. Mockingbird is a lazy bird
B. Mocking bird is a good dancer D. Mockingbird is a good pianist

PART II WRITING ACTIVITY ( 2 POINT )

WRITE WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO, USE “TO BE + GOING TO”

26. Mother and father / sleep / on the bed

27. The students / go to school / this morning
28. The cats / hunt / mice
29. I / the restaurant / tomorrow
30. She / play / basketball / on Friday
31. We / help / our parents
32. Lisa / meet / her friends / on Sunday
33. You / do / your homework / this afternoon
34. His mother / buy / new a T-shirt
35. Aunt Mary / work / at the office

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 PART III ESSAY

36. Make a sentence by using similes. Choose the word from the box to help you. ( 4 points )
a. b. c. d.

busy slow fast big

37. Complete these sentences using question tag. ( 5 points )

a. Julia visited you yesterday,…..?
b. Your parents can’t swim,….?
c. Maria goes to school everyday,….?
d. They weren’t here,….?
e. This TV show isn’t funny,….?

38. Complete the if clause below by using the word in the box. ( 3 points )
a. If I have a pen, ……..
B. If its rain, …….
d. If I feel sick, …

write umbrella go to doctor

39. Unscramble the words, and make a sentence about the word given. ( 3 points )
a. natdoor =
b. tansmords =
c. dazilbrz =

40. Write a paragraph about ‘how an animal can live in extreme cold or hot weather’. The paragraph
consists with 5 sentences. Start your paragraph by writing ‘Let me tell you ....’ ( 5 points )

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