2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow : (7 marks)
Gorilla is the largest of the great apes. A large male gorilla living in the wild may weigh 204 kilograms. Standing up on its legs, it may be about 6 ft tall. Females usually weigh 91 kilograms and are shorter than males.
Gorillas live in the rain forests of Central Africa. They are unaggressive creatures living in family groups led by a big male. Each group wanders in its own home range. During the day gorillas rarely travel much more than one kilometer because the leaves and shoots that they eat are plentiful in the forests where they live.
A gorilla’s day starts at dawn at about 6 a.m. when the party wakes and searches for food. From about 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. they rest. When the adults rest, younger apes wrestle with each other, play games and swing back and forth on vines. After this, the party travels through the forest again looking for more food until dusk i.e. about 6 p.m.
Gorillas are always on the move and never spend more than one night in the same place. They sleep in nests made of branches which they break or bend to make a crude platform either on the ground or in trees. Adult gorillas build their own nests while baby gorillas snuggle in with their mothers. A new nest is made everyday.
Because of hunting, destruction of rainforests and human wars that affect gorilla habitat, gorillas are now very rare. There are less than 400 gorillas left in the wild.
On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer the questions that follow by choosing the best option provided below each question.
2.1 Why do gorillas make new nests everyday? (1 mark)
A. The nest becomes unusable after one night.
B. They move away to a new place.
C. Baby gorillas break the branches of the nest.
D. They eat up the leaves and branches of the nest.
2.2 Gorillas have become rare .Which of the following options is NOT a reason for this? (1 mark)
A. They are hunted by people.
B. Rain forests are being destroyed.
C. They are unaggressive creatures.
D. Human wars affect their habitat.
2.3 Which two things in the passage indicate that gorilla is the largest of the great apes (2 marks)
2.4. What do the baby gorillas do while adults rest?
2.5. What do gorillas do from 6 a.m in the morning till 2 O’clock in the afternoon? (1 mark)
2.6. Pick out the word which means the same as ‘to get into a warm and comfortable position close to somebody.’ (1 mark)
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Answer:
2.1) They move away to a new place
2.2) They are unaggressive creatures
2.3) Gorillas are about 6 ft. tall standing up on there legs and may weigh 204 kilograms this indicates them as largest of all great apes.
2.4) When the adults rest, younger apes wrestle with each other, play games and swing back and forth on vines.
2.5) A gorilla’s day starts at dawn at about 6 a.m. when the party wakes they searches for food. And after that they rest from about 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
2.6) snuggle
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2.1. (B) They move to new place.
2.2. (C) They are unaggressive creatures.
2.4. The baby gorillas snuggle in with their mothers while the adults build the nests.
2.5. The gorillas rest from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
2.6. Snuggle
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