By far the most common snake in Britain is the add...

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By far the most common snake in Britain is the adder. In Scotland, in fact, there are no other snakes at all. The adder is also the only British snake with a poisonous bite. It can be found almost anywhere, but prefers sunny hillsides and rough open country, including high ground. In Ireland there are no snakes at all.

Most people regard snake bites as a fatal misfortune, but not all bites are serious, and very few are fatal. Sometimes attempts at emergency treatment turn out to be more dangerous than the bite itself, with amateurs heroically, but mistakenly, trying do-it-yourself surgery and other unnecessary measure.

All snakes have small teeth, so it follows that all snakes can bite, but only the bite of the adder presents any danger. British snakes are shy animals and are far more frightened of you than you could possibly be of them. The adder will attack only if it feels threatened, as can happen if you take it by surprise and step on it accidentally, or if you try to catch it or pick it up, which it dislikes intensely. If it hears you coming, it will normally get out of the way as quickly as it can, but adders cannot move very rapidly and may get before moving if you are very close.

The effect of a bite varies considerably. It depends upon several things, one of which is the body-weight of the person bitten. The bigger the person, the more harmful the bite is likely to be, which is why children suffer far more seriously from snake bites than adults. A health person will also have better resistance against the poison. Very few people actually die from snake bites in Britain, and though these bites can make some people very ill, there are probably just as many cases of bites having little or no effect. as there are of serious illness.

According to the passage, the adders are .... 
(A) not dangerous especially to human 
(B) very friendly towards human beings 
(C) commonly found on cultivated land throughout Britain 
(D) aggressive and only use their venom as a last resort 
(E) the only venomous snakes found in Britain

T. Azzahra · Accepted Answer

Jawaban untuk soal di atas adalah (E) the only venomous snakes found in Britain.

Soal ini menanyakan pernyataan yang benar tentang Adder berdasarkan teks.

Pada paragraf pertama disebutkan "The adder is also the only British snake with a poisonous bite" yang artinya "Adder juga satu-satunya ular Inggris dengan gigitan beracun."

Berdasarkan kalimat tersebut, dapat disimpulkan bahwa Adder adalah satu-satunya ular berbisa yang ditemukan di Inggris.

Dengan demikian pernyataan yang benar tentang Adder berdasarkan teks adalah "the only venomous snakes found in Britain" yang artinya "satu-satunya ular berbisa yang ditemukan di Inggris."

Jadi, jawaban yang tepat adalah (E) the only venomous snakes found in Britain.

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