Text 1
The following text is for questions
number 1 to 5.
Pineapple Stew
Ingredients:
1 pineapple cut into dices
3 glasses of water
1 glass of granulated sugar
Directions:
1. Boil water until boiled.
2. Then add sugar, cinnamon, and
clovers.
3. Bring it to boil and add the
pineapples.
4. Wait until you can smell the
pineapple.
5. Remove from heat and serve cold.
(Source: BSE, Scaffolding English for
Grade IX Students)
1. The recipe tells you how to make .
A. ingredients
B. dice
C. granulated sugar
D. pineapple stew
2. What ingredients are needed to make
pineapple stew?
A. Dice, glass, sugar
B. Pineapples, water, sugar
C. Glass, water, sugar
D. Pineapples, dice, water
3. How much sugar do we need?
A. 1 glass
B. 3 glasses
C. 1 cup
D. 3 spoons
4. When do we have to stop boiling the
pineapple?
A. When the water is boiled
B. After sugar, cinamon, and clovers are
added
C. When we smell the pineapple
D. After we remove the stew from heat
5. How should you serve the pineapple
stew?
A. It is served cold
B. It is served hot
C. It is served raw
D. It is served uncooked
Text 2
The following text is for questions
number 6 and 7.
SEKOTENG
Ingredients:
1 large ginger
granulated sugar as desired
piece of palm sugar
100 g peanuts, fried and get rid of its
inner skin.
100 g green beans, boiled
3 slices of bread, slice into dices
100 g pomegranate seeds, boil until soft
Instructions:
Ginger water:
1.Peel and slice the ginger.
2.Boil it in a litre of water.
3.Add some granulated sugar and
piece of palm sugar.
4.Strain once its boiled.
Serving:
1.Pour some boiled ginger water into a
small bowl.
2.Add 1 tbs of pomegranate seed, green
bean and peanut.
3.Add some bread on top.
(Source: BSE, Scaffolding English for
Grade IX Students)
6. The generic structure of the text
contains .
A. Goal-Ingredients-Steps
B. Goal-Steps
C. Orientation-Events
D. Identification-Descriptions
7. To make sekoteng, we need...
A. ginger, granulated sugar, palm sugar,
peanut skin, green bean, bread,
pomegranate seeds
B. ginger, granulated sugar, palm,
peanut, green bean, dices,
pomegranate seeds
C. ginger, sugar, peanut, green bean,
bread, pomegranate seeds
Text 3
The following text is for questions
number 8 to 11.
VANILLA DROPS COOKIES
(Makes 4 dozen)
Ingredients:
1 cups all purpose flour
teaspoons baking powder
teaspoons vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
Directions:
1.Combine flour and baking powder, set
aside.
2.Beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla extract
in a mixing bowl until light-coloured.
3.Stir in the flour and baking powder
mixture.
4.Drop the batter by teaspoonfuls about
2 inches apart onto a greased and
floured baking sheet. Set aside in a
room temperature for 6 hours.
5.Bake at 35F for 6 minutes.
6.Remove from baking sheet to a wire
rack to cool.
(Source: BSE, adapted from: Landdoll,
Americas Best Vol. I A Collection of
Savory Recipes)
8. The text gives us ... how to prepare
vanilla drop cookies.
A. instructions
B. descriptions
C. stories
D. opinions
9. What ingredients do you need to make
vanilla drops cookies?
A. flour, baking powder, vanilla extract,
eggs, and sugar
B. flour, baking powder, vanilla ice
cream, eggs, and sugar
Text 7
The following text is for questions
number 24 and 25.
How to turn on a computer
1.Turn the power supply on.
2.Turn the computer on
3.Turn the monitor on.
How to turn off a computer
1.Click start menu
2.Click Turn Off.
3.Click Turn Off again.
4.Turn the monitor then the power
supply off.
(source: BSE)
24. To turn on a computer, first we have to
turn the on.
A. monitor
C. start
menu
B. power supply
D.
computer
D. compartment
35. Plug your computer back to power
outlet and then turn the power on.
The word 'outlet' in the sentence is
similar in meaning to .
A. button
B. channel
C. cable
D. port
Text 9
The following text is for questions
number 36 to 38.
Printing a File
1. Turn the printer on.
2. Open the file that you want to print.
3. Click File. And then click print.
4. Check if the printers name is the
same as the one you are going to
use. If it is not the same, then search
for the name of the printer that you
are going to use by clicking on the
small triangle or arrow beside it.
5. Click pages and then type the
pages that you want to print.
6. Select the number of copies that you
want to print by clicking on the
arrows beside it.
7. Click OK or Print.
36. The text is about how to .
A. save a file
C. print a
file
B. open a file
D. delete
a file
37. How do we open the file?
A. Just by turning the printer on.
B. Just by clicking the File
C. Just by clicking Print
D. Just by typing the pages
38. What do we have to do if the printer's
name is not the same as the one we are
going to use?
A. Search for the name of the printer
that we are going to use by clicking
on the small triangle or arrow beside
it
B. Select the number of copies that you
want to print by clicking on the
arrows beside it.
C. Click pages and then type the
pages that you want to print.
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Text 12
The following text is for questions
number 45 and 46.
Tie Dyeing Old T-shirt
Things you need:
Old cotton T-shirt
Large thread or rubber band
Cloth dye
Bucket
Steps:
1. Wash the cotton T-shirt.
2. Place the wet shirt flat on the work
surface.
3. Tie knots in the T-shirt, or twist it and
secure the folds with rubber bands or
heavy-duty thread.
4. Mix 1/2 c. liquid dye (or 1 package
powdered dye) in 1 qt. hot water.
Dissolve 5 tbsp. table salt in the
mixture.
5. Let the mixture cool to room
temperature.
6. Put the entire shirt in the dye and let
it soak for at least 20 minutes.
7. Rinse the shirt in cold water until the
water runs clear.
8. Undo the knots and rinse the shirt
again.
9. Hang the shirt to dry, under the sun.
(Adapted from: www.eHow.com)
Text 14
The following text is for questions
number 49 and 50.
Snow Globes
Glue a small object to the inside of the
lid - a plastic figurine, f, etc. Add glitter,
beads, or foil confetti, etc. Fill the jar
with equal parts water and corn syrup,
add food colouring if desired. Seal the
lid onto the jar using a watertight
sealant (the kind used for aquariums, or
the stuff found in the plumbing section
of your hardware store). Put a bead of
sealant on the threads of the jar and on
the inside threads of the lid. Close it up,
leave overnight to dry.
(source: BSE-taken from: www.makestuff.com)
49. Which of the following is not needed to
make Snow Globes?
A. wire
C. thread
B. glue
D. mixer
50. Why do you have to leave it over
night?
A. to cool off
C. to blend
B. to heat
D. to dry