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The following text is for questions 38 to 40 39. What does the second paragraph tell you
about?

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom in Java that A. The queen lived as a golden snail.
was attacked by another kingdom. The king asked B. The enemy who attacked the kingdom.
his Queen to save her life. Alas! In the middle of the C. The old woman who looked after a
jungle, the enemy killed all her guards. However, snail.
the Queen was lucky because she changed herself D. The king’s guards who were killed by
into a golden snail and survived.
One day, an old woman saw the snail and took enemy.
it home. She looked after it.
Whenever the old woman was not home, the snail 40. In the end of the story, the old man lived in
turned into a human being. She cooked and did ….
the household chores. When the old woman got A. the king’s palace
home, the Queen quickly changed into a snail B. a small village
again. It happened several times and made the C. the village heads
old woman curious. One day, the old woman
peeped and saw what was going on. She broke D. the middle of the jungle
in, immediately. She asked, “Why did you change
yourself into a snail?”. The Queen told her what
For questions 41 to 43 choose the correct words
happened. The old woman was surprised to know to complete the text below.
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that the snail was the Queen.
Later, from the head of the village they
discovered that the king had won the battle and Koala is a mammal living in the tree. It has a
he was looking for his wife. Then the village head (41) … diet which is mostly leaves of eucalyptus
sent a message to the king telling him that his wife tree. Koalas are sometimes called koala bears.
was safe. However, koalas are not bears. Young bears (cube)
Several days later, the King and his guards are grown (42) … outside their mother’s body, but
came for the queen. They thanked the villagers for young koalas (43) … their development inside the
their kindness and brought the old woman to their mother’s pouch.
place.
41. A. special
B. crucial
38. What happened when the old woman found
C. essential
the snail? D. commercial
A. She reported it to the head of the
village. 42. A. fully
B. She helped it to ind the queen’s B. coolly

husband. C. largely
D. quickly
C. It helped cleaning and cooking in her
house.
43. A. tart
D. She brought it to her house and took
B. grow
care of it.
C. convert
D. complete

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