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COMPETENCE TEST

Saniialion ai Home

A home Is a place where people cook, eatsteep and look after thelr children. It protects people from harsh weather - cołd, raln, wind, the bumlng rays of thesun-as well as from Insects, anlmals and other dangers, so a home is a very important place fcr people to llve.

Sanilation at home is important People can do a lot about improving some of their living condi-tions in which they live. Tney should refrigerate food properly or storę it carefully to keep it away from b8cteria, and they should not leave food lyirvg around because it may attract Insects and rats. To Avold these pests, proper care of garbage is also very important

Careful housekeeping is extremely important to sanitabon and food health. People should keep all parts of the house neat and elear- by sweeping and mopping tliem, such as bedroom, bathroom and kitchen. TTiey should tidy up the bedroom, scrub bathroom and kitchen often, and use disinfectants freely. Sanitary condition of a house protects people from germs but health problems not caused by germs are a growing challenge in the field of sanitation today.

d. flies, rats, ants and many other insects needour protection

e keeping the envlronment healthy is the most important thing to do

3.    Which one of the words below has simllar meaning to sanitary ?

a.    dirty    d.    sofied

b.    waste    e    health

c.    dean

4.    The word it paragraph 1, sentence 2 refers

to...

a.    a home    d.    weather

b.    child    e.    wind

c.    a place

L The author is prlmanly concemed wlth

descrlbing...

a. the importance of havłng a good home how people should keep the r house Wy the ways people shou'd ebey to have good sanitation

the danger of leaving their meal open the diseases derive from garóage 2. According to the author ...

a.    house Is the most important thing te have

b.    people should storę the r meai ;n refrigerator

c.    people should be aware of gett r.g bad environment

Forest are very Important to keep the soil fertile and to prevent fiood. The fallen leaves and decayed piants become humus wh-ch makes the soil rich and holds the ralnwater.

For many years, peopie have not been obeylng the goyernmente regulations. They have been cutting down the trees carelessly. As a result, thousands of hectares of land have become worae and the rivers will be fuD of mud. In the wet season there will be erosion and floods which will destroy the farm lands and villages.

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6.

What Is the maln Idea of paragraph 2?

a.    rivers are fuli of mud

b.    land becomes inferble

c.    floods destroy villages

d.    erosions have caused floods

e.    deforestation has caused a lot of destructlon

The foliowing statement are the a<Jvantages of forests mentloned In the text, EXCEPT

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a.    they keep the soil fertile

b.    they prevent flood

c.    they produce humus

d.    they hołd rainwater

e.    they produce fresh alr

7.    Humus is madę from ....

a.    fertile soil

b.    rown leaves

c.    the root of tree

d.    a kind of artifićal fertilizer

e.    decayed piants and teaves

8.    The soli fertile and to pręyęgt fiood. The underlined word is synonymous to ....

a.    ca use    d.    change

b.    move    e    produce

c    liinder