Section F: Comprehension MCQ  2013 P6 English Exam Paper          

Read the passage below and answer questions 26 to 30. (5X1 mark)

For each question from 26 to 30, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your choice (1,2,3 or 4).  (5 marks)

26.       According to paragraph 1, why do the ants crawl in a line?

They are __________.

(1)       tiny insects

(2)       attracted to the food ü Refer to line 1

(3)       looking for their nest

(4)       of the same size and species

27.       Why was the word ‘surprisingly’ used in line 8 to describe the ants?

(1)       They can move as fast as racehorses.

(2)       They cannot swallow or chew their food.

(3)       They can carry 20 times their body weight. ü Refer to line 8

(4)       Their combined weight outweighs that of humans.

28.       Ants have two stomachs, one for __________ and the other for __________.

(1)       food juices ………. Solid food

(2)       their food now ………. another time

(3)       their own food ………. ants in the colony ü Refer to line 12, 13

(4)       food they can chew ………. food they cannot

29.       What does ‘this’ in line 23 refer to? It refers to the __________.

(1)       lifespan of an ant

(2)       ability to end their lives

(3)       average life expectancy of an ant

(4)       knowledge of when their lives will end ü Line 23: they tend to take greater risk because they know their lives will end

30.       According to the text, the young ants are made to do work around the nest because __________.

(1)       they are still very inexperienced

(2)       they are not good at looking for food

(3)       it is safer for them to be near the nest ü Line 25: it does not pay to put young worker ants in high-risk jobs.

(4)       there are many household tasks for them to do