Reading Comprehension
Text 1
Read the text below attentively and answer the questions.
Salsa - Elephant
This is Salsa. Salsa is an Indian elephant, but now it lives in the National Zoo in Washington D.C.
Salsa is young. It is 20 years old. It weighs up to 2500 kg and 2.1 m high at the shoulder. It may consume up to 200 kg of grass a day. It is fond of banana plants, gingers, and leaves of various plants.
Salsa doesn’t have sweat glands so it likes to cool off by rolling in a pond in the zoo. The mud that dries on its skin protects it from the sun. Salsa also likes taking a bath. It makes her fresh and relaxed. Mike, the zookeeper, helps Salsa take a bath. Mike does it every day. He also feeds and talks to Salsa. Salsa likes this guy very much.
Text2
Read the text below attentively and answer the questions.
Giant Sequoia - the Ancient Tree in Danger
Just like its name, Giant Sequoia is
indeed big. Its height can reach 66 meters. It can have a truck as wide
as eight meters at the base. The biggest tree today is 83 meters in
height and 12.1 meters in diameter.
Giant Sequoia is also a very ancient
tree. This tree, for instance, is about 5100 years old. Ecologist says
the tree can live that long because of its resistance to climate,
disease or insects.
But recently, their species are in
danger. Fire attacked the Giant Sequoia national monument last month.
Millions of firefighters struggled to put up the fire.
Questions.
