Akangarooisan animalfound onlyinAustralia. Ithasa small relative called awallaby, that livesin Tasmania and New Guinea. Kangarooseat grass and plants. They have short front legs, long and strong back legs and a tail. These are used to sit up and jump. Kangaroos are well known for their 8-meter forward jumps and more than 3-meters high leap across fences. They can also run at the speed of over 45 kilometers per hour. The largest kangaroos are the Great Grey Kangaroos and Red Kangaroos. Adult kangaroos growto a meter in length and 90 kilos in weight. Kangaroos are marsupials. This means thatthe female kangaroo has an external pouch on the front of her body. The baby kangaroo is very tiny when it was born. It right away crawls into its mother’s pouch where it spends the first five months ofits life. Adapted from Peter Haddock Ltd, Ref.083
Look at the underlined word ‘pouch’. Which of the following words is closestin meaning to it?
A. Saving
B. Purse
C. Compartment
D. Pocket
E. Holding
Jawab: D
Kata pouch memiliki arti kantong. Dan kata lain dari pouch dalam bahasa Inggris adalah pocket.
