English reading passages (for dtm test takers)

81. According to the passage, why do woodpeckers have long tongues?
A) to eat seeds in the bird feeders
B) so they can knock on trees
C) to get insects within trees
D) to get insects on the ground
82. According to the passage, when do woodpeckers sometimes become a problem?
A) When they knock on houses.
B) When they sit on trees.
C) When they become extinct.
D) When they visit feeders.
83. According to the passage, the two largest woodpeckers in the world are ....
A) normally found at bird feeders
B) most likely no longer on Earth
C) found all over the world
D) heard in the woods knocking trees
84. According to the passage, which is NOT true about woodpeckers?
A) They will come to bird feeders.
B) They can be found in Australia.
C) They don’t have long tails.
D) They like sunflower seeds or suet.


Read the text and answer the questions according to it.

Rainbows are often seen when the sun comes out after or during a rainstorm. Rainbows are caused when sunlight shines through drops of water in the sky at specific angles. When white sunlight enters a raindrop, it exits the raindrop in a different colour. When light exits lots of different raindrops at different angles, it produces the red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet that you see in a rainbow. These colours can sometimes be seen in waterfalls and fountains as well. There are double rainbows in nature. In a double rainbow, light reflects twice inside water drops and forms two arcs. In most double rainbows, the colours o f the top arc are opposite to those in the bottom arc. In other words, the order of colours starts with violet on top and ends with red on bottom. In addition, rainbows sometimes appear as white arcs at night. These rainbows are called moonbows and are so rare that very few people will ever see one. Moonbows are caused by moonlight shining through drops of water.