Grade 8 Exam / English Exam

Yeka Sub City Government Of Education Bureau English Model Examination For Grade 8 - 2012 E.C/ 2020 G.C

Direction : - For questions 1-10, read the following passage carefully and answer the questions below accordingly to the information given in the passage

1. The African rainforests cover a very large area – from the west coast of Africa to the mountains in the East in Kenya and Tanzania. In the forest, you’ll see that more than 80 per cent of the rainforest is in the Congo basin. This time we’re going to mention a few larger mammals living in this area and a small animal from Madagascar. Madagascar, the world’s fourth largest island, lies off the southeast coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. Some animals which live there can only be found in this part of the world.
2. One such animal is the lemur. There are 25 species of lemur on Madagascar and all of them are endangered. The lemur is a monkey-like animal with large round eyes, a pointed nose, a long tail and soft woolly fur. The largest lemur, the indri, is about 95 cm long, the smallest, the mouse lemur, is only 15 cm long. All lemurs are vegetarians. They like wild figs, bananas and other forest fruits.
3. The mountain gorillas live on the slopes of volcanoes in Rwanda, Zaire and Uganda. They live in small groups led by a dominant male. They are too big and heavy to climb trees and so they wander slowly through the forest eating fruits, leaves and berries. They are the largest of the great apes and look very dangerous. But scientists say they are gentle, intelligent and very friendly.
4. The forest elephant lives in the Congo basin. It is much smaller than the African elephant, which is the biggest animal on Earth. Nevertheless, even this “small” elephant can be up to 250 cm tall. Its ivory is thinner, short and a bit yellowish.
5. The African forest is home to different kinds of chimpanzees. Most chimpanzees use twigs to get tasty food from difficult places. Some can open nuts with stones and branches. Groups of about twenty chimpanzees travel together looking for fruit and leaves to eat. At night they rest in tall trees in branches.

Source: (Autorem materidlu a všech jeho částí, není-li uvedeno jinak, je Eliška Houzinová)