Reading comprehension test

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Passage 1
-There's a New Planet With Three Suns-
On Thursday, a team of researchers published their discovery of the exoplanet HD 131399 Ab, in Science, namely, its chilling
with not one, not two, but three suns.
Nothing quite like HD 131399 Ab. has ever been seen before, and it opens a door to the study of planetary formation and
movement between orbits in dynamic multi-star systems, which are way more common than you might think and are surprisingly
under examined.
It is still unclear how HD 131399 Ab. formed to get its unusual orbit. In the three star system, HD 131399 Ab. orbits the single A
star, and passes in between the A star and the BC star couple. Wagner and his team have several theories about how HD 131399 Ab.
could have formed around one of the stars, where it was then ejected into its current orbit.
A planet that crosses in between two stars let alone three has a huge chance of getting ejected either out into space, or into one
of the stars. HD 131399 Ab. is apparently stable, despite the fact that it has a surprisingly wide orbit. Wagner says he thinks HD
131399 Abs orbit is right on the boundary of what can be stable, but the research team needs to do more analysis of HD 131399
Abs orbit to actually understand how it works and how it was formed.
Even though it had three suns with it, HD 131399 Ab. was not an easy find. Searching for exoplanets said is like looking for
your lost keys on a dark street, says Veselin Kostov, a NASA postdoc studying exoplanets at the Goddard Space Flight Center. You
look under a streetlight first not because your keys are most likely to be there, but because thats the easiest place to look. As our
methods for finding exoplanets have gotten better, weve found more street lights (metaphorically). Suddenly we can find planets in
parts of space that wed never dreamed of finding, like HD 131399 Ab. And from these planets, Kostov says, We learn about the
origin, the history, the evolution, the future of planets in general.

https://www.inverse.com/article/17987-three-sun-exoplanet-discovery

1.The word boundary in line 18 is closest in meaning to

a) center
b) inside
c) middle
d) border

2. The word its in line 2 refers to

a) the sun
b) the exoplanet HD 131399 Ab.
c) the moon
d) the milky way galaxy

3. The word metaphorically in line 26 is closest in meaning to

a) allegory
b) image
c) personification
d) apologue

4.What does this passage mainly discuss?

a) the discovery of the new exoplanet
b) the discovery of the new dwarf planet
c) the discovery of the new galaxy
d) the extinction of the culture

5. which of the following is not mentioned in the passage

a) types of exoplanets
b) characteristic of HD 131399 Ab.
c) the research team opinion
d) theories aboutHD 131399 Ab.
 6. What is the main characteristic of the HD 131399 Ab.?
a) It has ever been seen before
b) It has got three suns with it
c) It has many stars orbit around
d) it is the dwarf planet.

7. According to the passage, which of the following is true about HD 131399 Ab.?
a) HD 131399 Ab. also called extra planets
b) HD 131399 Ab. had three suns with it.
c) HD 131399 Ab. is very common.
d) HD 131399 Ab. is too complicated to study.

8. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

a) the discovery of the new exoplanet
b) methods for finding exoplanets
c) HD 131399 Abs orbit
d) Jupiter orbit

9. What can be inferred about finding exoplanets?

a) its like looking for something that is very hard to find
b) its like looking for nothing
c) its like looking for a trouble
d) its like looking for a dwarf planet

10. How many sun orbited around the HD 131399 Ab.

a) 3 suns
b) 5-11 suns
c) 11-20 suns
d) Up to the gravity force of the planet.
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Passage 2
-Huge coral reef discovered at Amazon river mouth-
A huge 3,600 sq. mile (9,300 sq. km.) coral reef system has been found below the muddy waters off the mouth of the river
Amazon, astonishing scientists, governments and oil companies who have started to explore on top of it.
The existence of the 600-mile long reef, which ranges from about 30-120m deep and stretches from French Guiana to Brazils
Maranho state, was not suspected because many of the worlds great rivers produce major gaps in reef systems where no corals
grow.
In addition, there was little previous evidence because corals mostly thrive in clear, sunlit, salt water, and the equatorial waters
near the mouth of the Amazon are some of the muddiest in the world, with vast quantities of sediment washed thousands of miles
down the river and swept hundreds of miles out to sea.
But the reef appears to be thriving below the freshwater plume, or outflow, of the Amazon. Compared to many other reefs, the
scientists say in a paper in Science Advances on Friday, it is is relatively impoverished. Nevertheless, they found over 60 species
of sponges, 73 species of fish, spiny lobsters, stars and much other reef life.
Its discovery came as a complete surprise, says co-author Patricia Yager, a professor of oceanography and climate change at the
University of Georgia. I was flabbergasted, as were the rest of the 30 oceanographers. Traditionally, our understanding of reefs has
focused on tropical shallow coral reefs which harbor biodiversity that rivals tropical rainforests, she told The Atlantic.
But the reef, no sooner found, is said to be in grave danger. According to the paper, the Brazilian government has sold 80 blocks for
oil exploration and drilling at the mouth of the Amazon and 20 of these are already producing oil some, it is thought, right on top
of the reef.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/22/huge-coral-reef-discovered-at-amazon-river-mouth

1.The word flabbergasted in line 21 is closest in meaning to

a)befuddled
b )astonished
c ) dumbstruck
d )bewildered

2. The word advance in line 16 is closest in meaning to

a) accelerate
b) retrogression
c) stagnation
d) impediment

3. The word it in line 4 refers to

a) coral reef
b) Jim reeves
c) amazon river
d) the mouth of the river

4. What does the passage mention about the coral reef?

a)there is the variety of it
b) its disgusting
c) its unusual
d) its from the sea

5. What does this passage mainly discuss?

a) The discovered of a huge coral reef at Amazon river
b) The discovered of a huge drug dealer at Thailand
c )The discovered of a huge coral reef at the Atlantic ocean
d) The discovered of a huge group of dolphin at Amazon river
6. What is the main characteristic of the huge coral reef at Amazon river?
a) there is no coral reef in any other river area before
b) Various type of species was found
c) Many people were satisfied
d) The range is very large

7. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

a) types of coral reef.
b) characteristic of coral reef.
c) the place where the coral reef located.
d) a plan to use the coral reef.

8. Who discovered the coral reef?

a) Brazilian government
b) astonishing scientists
c) oil company
d) bad company

9. What can be inferred about the coral reef?

a) there is too much of it
b) the government sold it to the oil company
c) the native tribes destroying it
d) the coral reef destroy itself

10. According to the passage, which of the following is true about coral reef?
a) the existence is about 600-mile long.
b) the reef ranges from about 300 m deep.
c) the reef appears above the sea water.
d) the scientist found over 60 species of sponges and others 73 species