Like all reptiles, snakes are cold blooded, or more correctly, ectothermic - they cannot produce their own body heat; instead, they rely on the sun to heat their bodies. Because they do not rely on energy from food to generate body heat, snakes can survive on an extremely meager diet. some wait for months between successive meals, and a few survive by eating a large meal just once or twice a year. When they do eat, snakes swallow their prey whole rather than biting off small piece. Many snakes have specialized jaws that enable them to swallow animals that are far larger than their own heads. Although uncommon, some snakes, such as the African rock python, have been observed eating animals as large as an antelope or a small cow.

With over two thousand five hundred species belonging to more than ten families, snakes are a large and successful groups. They owe much of this success to their versatility - snakes occupy habitat ranging from underground burrows to the top of the tree, to ocean depths as great as one hundred and fifty meters. They are found on every continent except Antarctica, and although they are most abundant in tropical areas, many survive in regions marked by extreme cold. The only places without snakes are parts of the polar regions and isolated islands, such as the Republic of Ireland and New-Zealand as opposed to places in Nigeria like Plateau and Gombe States in the Northern part where there is a large population of snakes.

The most notable thing about snakes, according to the passage, is that they

A. Exist in families

B. Abound in Gombe and Plateau States

C. Are versatile in reproduction

D. Eat big but seldom

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Snakes are seldom seen at the Antarctica.

B. Snakes are not in the polar regions.

C. Snakes are endemic on every continent.

D. There are countless number of snakes in the Republic of Ireland.

It can be deduced from the passage that snakes have

A. Large appetite for antelopes

B. No external auditory organ

C. Visible internal locomotive organs

D. No visual sense of measurement

A suitable title for this passage is

A. Species of snakes in Nigeria and Other lands

B. Feeding Habits of Snakes

C. Some Characteristics of Snakes

D. Snakes as legless, Cold-blooded reptiles

Choose the most appropriate options for the gaps labelled in the passage below.

Setting up a news paper involves a lot of preparations. The __11__ has to employ a lot of people. Other people working with him are cartographers, editors, typesetters, readers, who work in various ways to produce the text of the newspaper, __12__, who go out and collect story and items of news, and __13__, who specialize in one kind of topic. Another important person who works closely with the Editor-in-Chief is the __14__, who has to choose the most important stories__15__ go through stories sent to them and make necessary adjustments.

The Editor-in-Chief could determine for instance, whether a particular journalist should write articles daily or weekly in a particular column. Such a journalist is known as __16__. The editorials of the news paper will be coordinated by __17__. The publisher could decide to establish __18__ which would be on sale weekly, fortnightly, or monthly,__19__ the eyes catching, screaming headlines and captions of newspapers on sale everyday from the __20__.

Labelled 11.

A. sub-editor

B. processor

C. lithographer

D. proprietor

Labelled 12.

A. vendors

B. agents

C. reporters

D. analysts

Labelled 13.

A. newscasters

B. correspondents

C. distributors

D. listeners

Labelled 14.

A. reporter

B. anouncer

C. news editor

D. proof reader

Labelled 15.

A. Producers

B. Sub-editors

C. Writers

D. Agents

Labelled 16.

A. an essayist

B. a freelancer

C. composer

D. columnist