Grade 11 Reading Exercise

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Stories of USA Today
Materials for Reading & Listening Practice
 All Exercises
Africa Boy
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History of Steam Engine
Words: 844    Suggest to finish in 15 minutes.
Roman Oil Trade
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Life Without Mental Images
Words: 911    Suggest to finish in 15 minutes.
Science Of Sleep
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Helium's Future
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Making Time for Science
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Is Science Dangerous
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Sense of Scent
Words: 1013    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
The Triune Brain
Words: 1069    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
Put Women To Family
Words: 1096    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
E-cigarettes Stop Smoking?
Words: 1125    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
How I was floored by a tick
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Light Pollution
Words: 1200    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
City HIV First Emerged
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Sponging Dolphins
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Lost Objects: The Lion of al-Lat
Words: 1476    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
Atom Bomb
Words: 1767    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
 Today's Question
Questions 1-7: TheReading Passage has seven paragraphs, A-G. Which paragraph contains the following information? Write the correct letter A-G in boxes.
1. Hallmark of intelligence

2. Fisrt example of dolphins using tools

3. Tool for entertainment

4. The reason why dolphins go through trouble of getting fish from the bottom of the ocean

5. The evidence of tradition in dolphins

6. The estimated time of sponging innovation

7. The observation of a local fisherman
Questions 8-12: Choose the correct letter, A, B, C, or D.
8. Dolphins use sponges for hunting fish because:
A)they like it.
B)it helps them get fish from the bottom of the ocean.
C)it makes hunting easier.
D)it helps them to get more fish during the hunt.
Answer 8:

9. All the following statements about dolphins are true, EXCEPT:
A)Females discovered the method of hunting with sponges.
B)The sponging method is passed by female dolphins to their daughters.
C)Male dolphins never use the sponging technique.
D)Three generations of sponging dolphins have been documented.
Answer 9:

10. Biologist Dr. Anna says that
A)sponging is very dangerous for dolphins.
B)dolphins do not inherit the sponging method from their parents.
C)she has been studying dolphins for a few decades now.
D)sponging can be a stable behavior.
Answer 10:

11. With the computer simulation that modeled sponging, researchers
A)managed to find out approximately when sponging was originated.
B)were able to predict the behavior of dolphins.
C)found out the true reason of sponging.
D)discovered a new way of treating dolphins
Answer 11:

12. According to Janet Mann
A)bottlenose dolphins have brains as big as humans have.
B)we can understand dolphins well now.
C)dolphins are very intelligent.
D)all of the above.
Answer 12: