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[9-10] Read the following passage and choose the best answers.

Think about the holes in your body. Each hole has a special job.
Your nose has two holes. You breathe and smell with them. They also
have small hairs inside. These hairs keep dust away.
Your skin has many tiny holes. Your sweat comes out of them. Sweat
keeps your body cool when the weather is hot.
There is also a hole in your stomach. It is your belly button. Before you
were born, a tube connected you and your mother. The tube fell off and left
your belly button.

Our bodies have lots of holes. They are all very useful.

9. What do your nose hairs do?
a. connect you and your mother
b. make you cooler when it’s hot
c. keep dust out of your nose

10. Where does sweat come from?
a. your nose
b. your skin
c. your stomach

[11-12] Read the following passage and choose the best answers.

Prairie dogs live in underground holes. These holes are called burrows.
Prairie dogs work together to dig burrows. They use their long, sharp

claws. These burrows are usually two to three meters deep. There are two holes
for going in and out. There are also long tunnels and many rooms inside.
Each room is useful. In some rooms, prairie dogs eat. They sleep and

care for their babies in other rooms. There is also a listening room. This room is
close to the exit hole. They listen and wait there. They come out when it is safe.
Next time you see a hole in the ground, imagine prairie dogs’ homes!

11. What do prairie dogs NOT have a special room for?
a. caring for their babies
b. eating food
c. cleaning each other
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