SMP Bahasa Inggris: Pertanyaan, Jawaban, Latihan Soal & Pembahasan

Fish are animal that live in water. They have fins that help them to swim. Most fish have slimy skins covered with scales which are very small and can hardly be seen.

Fish breathe (44) ... gills. These look like combs (45) ... are found on each side of the head. Fish take in water (46) ... The water flows in through the mouth, over the gills and out throught the sides of the head. When a fish takes in water, it is not drinking but breathing, and the gills absorbs oxygen from the water.

Fish are animal that live in water. They have fins that help them to swim. Most fish have slimy skins covered with scales which are very small and can hardly be seen.

Fish breathe (44) ... gills. These look like combs (45) ... are found on each side of the head. Fish take in water (46) ... The water flows in through the mouth, over the gills and out throught the sides of the head. When a fish takes in water, it is not drinking but breathing, and the gills absorbs oxygen from the water.

My cat name is Pussy. She is a beautiful gray Persian cat. She has a small body and smooth (4)... . She spends most of her time watching television, eating and growing (5)... . Pussy is picky about her food, (6)... she refuses to eat food that does not suit her taste.

To: All English Club Members

 

We'd like to invite you to the coordination meeting to prepare for the Students' English Proficiency Competition which will be held next month. The meeting will be held tomorrow, October 7th, 2013 after school. Don't miss it.

 

MAJID
English Club Chairman

 

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Banana Bread Recipe Ingredients: 3 or 4 ripe bananas, mashed cup melted butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg, beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon baking soda pinch of salt 1 cups of all-purpose flour   Method: Preheat the oven to 350° F (175° C). With a wooden spoon, mix butter with the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl, add sugar, egg and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix them. Add the flour, then mix it. Pour mixture into a buttered 4 x 8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on rack then remove it from pan and slice to serve.

How much vanilla do we need to make Banana bread?

It's like a zoo but the animal are not caged. Giraffes, monkeys, hippopotamus, even lions and tigers wander around freely. Perhaps you may think, what if these animals attack? No, they won't, because you look at them from inside your car or bus. Here, it is the difference. At the zoo, the animals are locked in the cage. At the Safari Park you are the ones locked inside your vehicle.

Why the animals can not attack the visitors?

      Gardenia plants are evergreen shrubs. Their small trees can grow to 1-5 meters tall. The leaves are 5- 50 centimeters long and 3-25 centimeters broad, dar green and glossy with a leathery texture. The flowers are in small groups, white, or pale yellow, with 5-12 lobes (petals) from 5-12 centimeters diameter. They usually bloom in mid-spring ti mid-summer. Many species have strong aroma.

     To cultivate gardenia as a house plant is not easy. This species can be difficult to grow because it originated in-arm humid tropical areas. It demands high humidity and bright (not direct) light to thrive. It flourishes in acidic soil with good drainage and thrives on In the evening. Potting soils developed specifically for gardenias are available. It growns no largerthan 1 inches in height and widht when grown indoor. In climates where it can be grown outdoors, it can reach the height of 6 feet. If water hits the flowers, they will turn brown.

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Asian are famous for their tea culture. Unlike Myanmar, Tibetan and Vietnam, Japan's tradition of drinking tea has been renowned all over the world. Tea ceremony involves preparing tea powder for guests and enjoying its rigid taste quietly and serenely. Influenced by Zen Buddhism, tea ceremony seeks to purify their mind.

The tea serving ceremony used to be exclusively practiced by nobles and priests who gave it its original form around the middle of the fourteenth century. In Japan, its popularity gradually spread to wealthy merchants, warlords during the era of civil warfare (in the 15 and 16 centuries) and their retainers.

The tea ceremony has been modified in many ways over the years. Until the end of the Edo period (1603-1868), it was practiced almost entirely by men; women joined in only after the beginning of the Meiji Era (1868-1912). There are many schools of tea ceremony, including the three Senke schools of Ura, Omote, and Mushanokoji. They all maintain the spirit of the ceremony while preserving their own distinctive of tea preparation and serving.

 

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There was a girl named Pina, who live on a fruit plantation with her mother. When her mother worked night and day, little Pina would spend all her time playing with her friends. When her mother asked her to do something, she would always reply that she couldn't find things, even if it was laying right in front of her eyes.

One day, her mother fell ill and couldn't even get up to cook some food. So, she asked Pina to cook some rice. However, Pina being her lazing self, said "I can't find the pot, so where should I put the rice?" Her mother told her where the pot was. Then she said, "where is the ladle, how I am going to cook without a ladle?". Again her sick mother had to tell her the exact location. Pina did the same with salt, rice, and water! Enraged by Pine's behavior, her mother cursed, "May you grow a thousand eyes" and went back to sleep.

When she woke up, she could find her daughter. She searched and searched and so did every single person on the plantation. After a few days, a strange fruit with thousands of little dots was seen on the plantation. When Pina's mother saw the fruit, she was immediately reminded of Pina's beautiful brown eyes and thus, the fruit with a thousand eyes was named "Pinya", meaning pineapple in Tagalog.

 

What happened to the mother when she realized Pina had gone?

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