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Tennessee and dated to around 2300 BC. Many smaller than honey bees’ colonies with fewer than
native Americans used sunflowers as the symbol 50 individuals in a nest. Female Bumblebee can
of their Sun God, including the people of Aztecs sting repeatedly but usually ignore humans and
and the Otomi of Mexico and the Incas in South other animals.
America. Bumblebees have round bodies with soft hair.
Sunflowers “whole seed” (fruit) are sold as snack, They have bright coloration, a combination of
after being roasted in ovens, with or without black, yellow, orange/red and white. Bumblebees
salt added. Sunflowers can be processed into a feed on nectar. They use their long hairy tongues
peanut butter alternative, sun butter. In Germany, to lap up the liquid. Bumblebees gather pollen to
sunflower is mixed together with wheat flour to feed their young. They are important agricultural
make Sonnenblumenkernbrot (literally: sunflower pollinators so people are connected about the
whole seed bread), which is quite popular in decline in bumblebees’ population.
German­speaking Europe. It is also sold as food 37. What is the text about?
for birds and can be used directly in cooking and
salads. Sunflowers oil, extracted from the seed, is A. the general information about bumblebees
used for cooking. It contains oil, so it can produce B. the origin and habitats of bumblebees
margarine and biodiesel. C. bumblebees’ physical description
D. bumblebees’ colonies in America
33. Where did sunflower first planted?
A. Mexico 38. From the text, we know that bumblebees ....
B. America A. have large colonies than honeybees
C. Tennessee B. live in isolation and hate company
D. The Mississippi Valley C. do not live in tropical areas
D. are effective pollinators
34. The main idea of paragraph 3 is ....
A. Sunflower can also grow well in Europe.
B. Sunflower butter is very popular in Germany. 39. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
C. Europeans do not consume sunflower A. Bumble Bees are social insects.
products. B. The diet of Bumblebees is nectar.
D. Sunflowers can be processed into various C. Bumble Bee are important agricultural
products. pollinators.
D. There are over 250 species live in some parts
35. “Sunflower is an annual plant .....” (Paragraph 1)
of world.
The underlined word is closest in meaning to .... 40. “They are also common in New Zealand and
A. weekly C. monthly Tasmania.” (Paragraph 1)
B. fortnightly D. yearly
The underlined word is closest in meaning to ....
36. How do we get sunflower oil?
A. by adding salt to the flower A. usual C. unique
B. smart
D. famous
B. by extracting the seeds
C. by roasting the plants For question 41 to 43, complete the
D. by putting it under the sun
paragraph with the correct words.
This text is for question 37 to 40.
Last holiday I went to Cipanas with my family.
Bumble Bee We went by car at 07.00 in the morning. Our
Bumblebee or also written as bumble bee journey ran well because there was no traffic jam
is any member of genus Bambus in the family in Puncak so we got there at 09.00 o’clock.
Apidae. There are over 250 species. They are found Firstly, we visited “Taman Bunga Nusantara”
primarily in higher latitudes or at higher altitude or Nusantara Flower Garden. (41) ... was really
in The Northern Hemisphere. However, they also beautiful. We saw many kinds of flowers planted
occur in South America. There are also a few and arranged according to their species. They
lowland tropical species. They are also common made a (42) ... configurations, like animals, clocks
in New Zealand and Tasmania. etc. It was amazing for us. We also enjoyed the
Bumblebees are social insects. They form mini train provided to travel around the park.
colonies with a single queen. Their colonies are

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