Reading Test- Sharks Passage

In this article, the word prey means-

• shark teeth

• humans

• swimmers

• animals that sharks eat

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What is the main idea of paragraph 1?

• Sharks lived before dinosaurs.

• Sharks have lived for a long time, but there are becoming less of them.

• People hunt sharks today.

• Sharks swam in the oceans millions of years ago.

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What keeps a shark's eyes clean?

• Eyelids

• Seawater

• Gills

• Skin

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Why do most sharks have to keep moving when they sleep?

• To keep water moving over their gills.

• To avoid being eaten

• To keep growing teeth

• To avoid other sharks

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What does the author say about the eyes of a shark?

• They are a lot like human eyes.

• They blink just like human eyes.

• They can't adjust to changing light.

• They can see in very dark water.

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According to the article, sharks sometimes attack humans because-

• humans bump into them while swimming

• sharks are man-eaters

• humans look like sea lions to them

• humans hunt sharks

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Which answer best fits in the blank box of the table below?

Reasons why shark numbers are falling

1. hunted by humans

2.______________________

• Hunted by other animals

• Diseases

• Losing Teeth

• Pollution

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What is the main purpose of this article?

• To inform

• To give directions

• To make the reader laugh

• To entertain

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What is the purpose of paragraph 6?

• To explain that sharks have small eyes

• To explain how sharks attack prey

• To explain how a shark's eyelids work

• To explain about a sharks eyes

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Paragraph 8 is mainly about-

• where sharks sleep

• how sharks sleep

• how sharks breath

• how sharks find food to eat

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