English reading passages (for dtm test takers)

12. According to the passage, all statements are TRUE, EXCEPT ....
A) The bottle-nosed species survive well in the pool
B) The bottle-nosed dolphin participates in shows
C) Dolphins are w arm-blooded animals
D) Large whales primarily feed on sea fish


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Seagulls live on the beach. They eat small fish and seaweed. Seagulls run quickly on the sand

and fly quickly in the sky. Seagulls will run or fly away if you try to catch them. There are many seagulls on the beach. Crabs also live on the beach. They eat shrimp, ocean plants, and small fish. Crabs move quickly on the sand and in the ocean. Crabs will go away if you try to catch them. There are many crabs on the beach, but it is not always easy to see them. Starfish live on the beach, too. They eat clams, oysters, and small fish. Starfish move slowly on the sand and in the ocean. Starfish will not move away if you try to catch them. There are few starfish on the beach.

13. Choose the best title for the passage.
A) The fastest animals
B) Fishes in the oceans
C) The slowest animals
D) Animals on the beach
14. According to the passage, seagulls, crabs, and starfish all eat ... .
A) seaweed
B) oysters
C) fish
D) clams
15. According to the passage, seagulls ... .
I. live on the beach
II. swim quickly in the ocean
III. eat only fish
A) I and II В) II only
С) II and III D) I only
16. According to the passage, all of the statements are TRUE, EXCEPT ... .
A) Starfish are hard to catch
B) Starfish live on the beach
C) Seagulls move quickly on the sand
D) Crabs eat shrimp and ocean plants


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The Tyrannosaurus rex, also known as T-rex, was one of the largest land animals to have ever Uved. The T-rex could grow to 12 metres in length. If we compared it now, it would be a little longer than a bus. It lived in what is now western North America and may have even been partly covered in feathers. The T-rex was a hungry meat eater and the best hunter with strong mouth and had up to 60 teeth. Some of these teeth could grow to be almost thirty centimetres long. The T-rex was a carnivore, meat eater, and hunted other dinosaurs. Scientists aren’t sure how fast the T-rex could run, or if it could even run at all. In 1990, a man found the most complete skeleton of a T-rex ever found. It was sold to a museum for eight million dollars, the highest amount ever paid for dinosaur bones.