" HAPPY NEW YEAR!" JASON
43. David: " Happy New Year!" Jason: " __________ "
A. Happy Christmas.
B. You are the same!
C. The same to you
D. Same for you!
IX. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions
Otherwise known as " the old man in the forest", the Sumatran orangutan is an endangered species. Its
population has dropped precipitously by more than fifty percent in the last hundred years.
Conservationists are fighting to save their natural habitats which have been ravaged by both deliberate and
unintentional forest fires. In addition to the fires from the intense heat, forests have also been cleared for
agriculture and plantations.
Logging also has disastrous consequences for the orangutans. After all, they are arboreal creatures.
Throughout the day, they swing among the trees and eat fruits and leaves found there. At night, they sleep in
nests on the trees which they have constructed using leaves and branches.
The threats to the orangutan population are very real and dangerous as the orangutans take along time to
reproduce. At most, a female orangutan can produce four surviving young over a lifetime. She carries her baby
for more than eight months before giving birth. The baby is dependent on its mother for six years. During this
time, it is possible for the mother to have another baby but this does not always happen especially when the
orangutan is nearing its thirty- year lifespan.
The World Wildlife Fund is working with the Indonesian government to create wildlife sanctuaries where
logging is banned. Stricter laws are being set to punished those who destroy the habitats of these animals.
( Source: Comprehension Fast Forward 5- J. Lee- SAP)