Soal dan Jawaban Bahasa Inggris Kelas 8 Halaman 206 211 Kurikulum Merdeka Chapter 4: No More Plastic

b. Read a story of scientists rescuing the sea turtle. See the Word Box.

A team of scientists from Texas University helped an injured sea turtle whenthey sailed in the ocean near Costa Rica.

The scientists were collecting data on sea turtles when they saw the injured turtle. They noticed something in the nose of the turtle when it was swimming near their boat. But, they initially thought it was only a worm.

The scientists were curious. They caught the turtle to examine the object in the turtle’s nose. They wanted to make sure it was not a dangerous parasite.

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They extracted a couple of centimeters of the object with pliers. The object came out. It was wrinkled and brownish.

It was a plastic drinking straw!

The scientists removed the object immediately because they were far away in the ocean.

They spent almost ten minutes pulling it from the nostril of a sea turtle.

With great diiculty, they succeeded in pulling the straw out of the turtle’s nostril. The nostril was bleeding, but the turtle was safe.

The straw incident proved how dangerous plastic was to animals in the oceans.

c. Which statements are true according to the story? Number one has been done for you.

1. A team of scientists found a turtle in the sea of Costa Rica. TRUE

2. The team was from The University of Costa Rica. _________

3. The team saw something in the turtle’s tail. _________

4. The team found a parasite in the turtle’s brain. _________