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TOM’s trip story
I like my house, especially my bed and my shower. Maybe it is strange but I do not like camping although a lot of people enjoy it. When I was eight, my father took me on our first and last camping trip together. It was the worst weekend in my life. It was raining. We went for a hike, and I got lost. My dad had tried to teach me how to use a compass. While we were walking, we were talking about the north, the south, the east and the west. I was cold and bored, so I didn’t listen very well. He left me with the compass and told me to find my way back. I wasn’t lost for very long but at that moment it felt like a whole day for me.
My family have recently moved to Denver, Colorado. My new schoolmates are very friendly and they have invited me to go hiking or camping several times since I arrived. I keep making excuses, because I do not want to tell them the truth. My friend from Texas thinks I should go over it because I’m not eight anymore. I’m afraid that if I go, they will see that I am a complete failure as a camper.
I finally decided I would give it a try. My schoolmates made plans to hike in the Rocky Mountain National Park this weekend. After school, I found the nearest wilderness shop. I bought one piece of almost everything, just in case. I chose a big tent and an expensive backpack. I even bought a lot of wilderness guides, which I hardly ever need. I went home and read all the manuals I had bought. I practiced setting up a tent in the backyard.
On the way to Estes Park, I tried to relax. But then it started to rain. I panicked. All I could think about was being eight years old, alone in the woods, cold and hungry. The guys didn’t seem bothered by the rain. In fact, they seemed to enjoy it. We all put on our backpacks. Once again, I stood out. My backpack looked bright and spotless. I forgot to rub it in the dirt. The price tag was still hanging from the zipper. My backpack was the only with a lot of gadgets. My schoolmates stared at me.
We spent the next hour joking and laughing and cooking tasty food over a campfire. I told them all about my first camping experience. I decided camping might not be so bad after all.
A. Tom believes that it is strange that he ...
1) expects to sleep in a comfortable bed when camping.
2) has never tried camping.
3) doesn’t like the thing other people expect him to enjoy.
4) didn’t like to spend weekends with his father in his childhood.
B. Tom got lost on a hike because ...
1) his father hadn’t explained to him how to use a compass.
2) his father hadn’t given him a compass.
3) he wanted to make his father feel sorry for him.
4) he had paid no attention to what his father was telling him.
C. Tom isn’t quite happy in Denver because ...
1) he doesn’t want his schoolmates to know the truth about his attitude to camping.
2) he dislikes the leisure time activities of his new schoolmates.
3) his new schoolmates have stopped inviting him to go hiking or camping.
4) there are no people he would like to become his close friends.
D. At the shop Tom ...
1) didn’t buy anything.
2) bought some unnecessary things.
3) bought only manuals.
4) didn’t find a wilderness guide.
E. Everyone stared at Tom’s backpack because ...
1) Tom had bought a cheaper one.
2) it looked new.
3) Tom didn’t have any gadgets.
4) it looked old and used.
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Hello Granny and Grandpa,
I am having a great time in India. I like Indian food and I have learned a lot about Indian culture. But I am not in the capital city Delhi. We are travelling in the south of the country. Luckily, in early summer there are long dry periods with temperatures above 18 °C.
I am going to share my exciting experience of my visit to an Indian farm with you. Recently, my sister, I and our family friends, have been to an organic farm. I know that you like gardening and I believe it will be interesting for you to learn about this place. This place is called “Urban gardening”. It is very far from Chennai, about 100 km. Chennai is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. We went to the farm by bus. It took us a long time to get there. While we were travelling, the tour guide told us about organic farming.
I was excited to see the farm and the different kinds of plants. We were welcomed by the owner of the farm and he took us round his farm. This organic farm was divided into sections. He showed us different seeds and told us that each plant was planted in a section. He taught us how to pick lady fingers. They are small green pods from a tropical plant. We also tasted the lady finger raw but I didn’t like it. And then, we went to the corn field. My friend, my sister and I ran around and played together with the farmer’s son in the corn field. The farmer gave us some corn which we cooked in the hotel. Then we saw flat beans. After that we saw peanuts (a nut that grows underground in a thin shell). I liked raw peanuts. Finally, we went to the watermelon patch and pulled out a huge watermelon. We all ate the tasty watermelon. Yummy!
After seeing all these plants, we got on the comfortable bus and came back to the hotel. I was not tired at all. I enjoyed my trip to the farm and if I get a chance to visit the farm again, I won’t miss it. This farm is a great place!
Back next weekend. See you soon.
Best wishes,
James
A. “Urban gardening” is situated ...
1) in Chennai.
2) near Delhi.
3) in the north of India.
4) a long distance from Chennai.
B. When they got to the farm they were welcomed by ...
1) the tour guide.
2) the farmer.
3) the farmer’s son.
4) the author’s sister.
C. The farmer showed the author how to ...
1) choose seeds.
2) water plants.
3) take vegetables from plants.
4) put a plant into the ground.
D. While visiting the farm the author enjoyed eating ...
1) different plants.
2) only the watermelon.
3) the raw lady finger and the corn.
4) none of the plants they picked.
E. Which of these sentences is TRUE?
1) The author doesn’t like the idea of visiting farms again.
2) The author hopes to visit the farm again.
3) The author didn’t like travelling by bus.
4) The author was tired.
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Hello Bob,
I have found some information for our project about dolphins and I want to share it with you. I am really happy that our project is about these animals.
Bottlenose dolphins are playful and friendly. They can jump as high as 20 feet in the air. They also blow bubbles. Dolphins like to play very much and form friendships that last very long. They like to surf in the waves and swim through self-made bubble rings. They can swim up to 22 miles an hour.
Dolphins can be from 6 to 12 feet long.
Bottlenose dolphins are amazing animals. Each dolphin has a special whistle that it creates soon after it is born. This whistle is used for identification, just like a human’s name. Dolphins also use echolocation. It is the use of reflected sound waves for finding things. When the sounds hit an object in the water, like a fish or rock, they bounce off and come back to the dolphin as echoes.
Echolocation tells the dolphins a lot of things about the object, such as the shape, size, speed, distance, and location of the object.
Here's an interesting story: two dolphins were able to chat...over the telephone! The special call was made in an aquarium in Hawaii, where the mother and its two-year-old baby swam in separate tanks connected by a special underwater audio link. The two dolphins began making sounds.
"It seemed clear that they knew who they were talking to," says Don White, who ran the experiment. "Information was passing back and forth very quickly." But what were they saying?
That's what scientists are trying to find out by studying both wild dolphins and those living in zoos all over the world to understand their secret language. They haven't completely understood the code yet, but they're listening ...and learning.
In many ways, we are just like dolphins that swim in the world's oceans and rivers. Dolphins are mammals, like we are, and must swim to the surface to breathe air. They team up in groups to do tasks. And they're smart.
I hope this information is interesting.
See you soon.
Bye,
Nick
A. Bottlenose dolphins can ...
1) be twenty feet long.
2) jump higher than twenty feet.
3) swim faster than twenty-two miles an hour.
4) be ten feet long.
B. Bottlenose dolphins DO NOT use echolocation to find out ...
1) how far the object is.
2) how big the object is.
3) where the object is.
4) how to get to the object.
C. The mother dolphin and its baby were able to communicate with each other because ...
1) they were in the same tank.
2) they were relatives.
3) they used special equipment.
4) they were in Hawaii.
D. We can learn that scientists ...
1) knew what the dolphins were talking about during the experiment.
2) want to know what dolphins talk about.
3) study only wild dolphins.
4) don’t believe that they will learn to understand dolphins.
E. Dolphins and people ...
1) are clever.
2) understand each other.
3) do not form groups.
4) breathe air under water.
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Hello Ed,
I have found some information for our project. Please, read this information.
Russia has different plants and animals. The brown bear is one of the most famous animals in Russia. These animals usually living in forests or tundra can be seen in Alaska, and in many parts of Russia. The number of bears does not change but people have to protect these animals. At the food chain, brown bears play important roles as predators (animals that kill and eat other animals) which keep the populations of other animals under control.
Brown bears are dangerous animals and they can attack people. It is not a good idea to keep brown bears as pets. Human activities are dangerous for the population of brown bears. People often hunt brown bears as the trophy. People cut down trees in forests and destroy places where bears live.
There are other bears in Russia too. Polar bears live mostly on the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean. A polar bear has a thick layer of body fat and a coat which protect it from cold air and water. Scientists say that these animals are marine (connected with the sea) because they spend most of their lives on the sea ice. Polar bears are known for their strength, but they’re quite speedy, too. The average young adult polar bear can run at up to 25 miles per hour or around 40 kilometers per hour.
Younger adult polar bears are faster than older bears, as they do not have as much fat as adult bears.
Despite having a big body, bears are good swimmers and even reach six miles per hour by moving with their front paws and holding their back legs flat to control their movement.
The main diet of a polar bear is meat. They spend almost 50% of the time hunting for the food.
They need to hunt as much as they can because they need a lot of fat to survive. Polar bears are the top of the food chain and have an important role in the food chain.
I hope you will like this information and our project will be interesting.
See you soon.
Bye,
Jane
A. Brown bears are important because ...
1) they control the number of other animals.
2) they help people to protect other animals.
3) they can be found only in tundra.
4) they do not live in many countries.
B. Which is NOT a threat to the population of brown bears according to the text?
1) People kill animals.
2) There are few places where they can live.
3) People destroy forests.
4) People hunt bears to keep them in zoos.
C. A thick layer of body fat helps a polar bear to ...
1) survive in a cold climate.
2) swim very well.
3) be speedy.
4) live in different parts of the world.
D. According to the text young polar bears ... than adult bears.
1) swim more slowly
2) run more quickly
3) are heavier
4) have more body fat
E. Polar bears have to hunt a lot of time because ...
1) they swim a lot.
2) they run a lot.
3) they need to be fat.
4) they must be at the top of the food chain.
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Hello Mary,
I have found some information for our project about the origins of the Winter Olympic Games.
Please, read this information.
The first organized international winter sports competition was introduced five years after the birth of the modern Olympics in 1896. They were known as the Nordic Games because this competition had athletes from the Nordic countries (such as Finland, Norway and Sweden). The competition was held eight times between 1901 and 1926. The Swedish capital of Stockholm organised all of them except one. In 1903 the Nordic Games were held in Norway.
Nowadays there are different Winter Olympic sports. One of the most popular is figure skating. It became an Olympic sport for the first time in the 1908 Summer Games in London, although the skating competition was not held until October. In fact, the competition was held three months after the other events were over.
Although the Nordic countries did not like the idea of organizing the Winter Olympic Games, winter sports returned to the Olympics for the 1920 Games in Antwerp, Belgium, where medals were awarded in figure skating and ice hockey. Swedish skaters won the women’s and men’s singles competitions, while skaters from Finland won the pairs. Another Swedish skater won the silver in women’s singles, while Norwegians got silver medals in the men’s and pairs events, as well as the bronze in the men’s singles. Only the British team and American Theresa Weld, who won the bronze medals in pairs and women’s singles, respectively were not from Scandinavia.
Canada won the gold medal in ice hockey, with the United States winning silver and Czechoslovakia finishing with the bronze.
From 1928 to 1992 the Winter Games were held every four years in the same calendar year as the Summer Games. Only two years separated the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, and the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway. Since then, the Winter and Summer Games have been each held at four-year intervals, alternating in even-numbered years. The next Summer Olympics Games will be in 2028 in the USA and the next Winter Olympic Games will be held in 2026 in Italy.
I hope you will like this information and our project will be interesting.
See you soon.
Bye,
Kate
A. The Winter Olympics Games began ...
1) the same year as the modern Olympics.
2) in 1896.
3) in 1901.
4) five years earlier than the modern Olympics.
B. In 1926 the Nordic Games were held in ...
1) Sweden.
2) Norway.
3) Belgium.
4) Finland.
C. The 1920 Games in Belgium ...
1) did not have any winter sports.
2) had only one winter sport.
3) were the first Games where figure skaters competed.
4) had some winter sports.
D. In 1920 the medals in ice hockey were awarded ...
1) only to Scandinavian countries.
2) to countries from both Europe and North America.
3) only to European countries.
4) only to two counties.
E. Which sentence is TRUE according to the last paragraph?
1) In 1992 there were both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
2) In 1992 there were only the Summer Olympic Games.
3) In 1928 there were only the Winter Olympic Games.
4) In 1994 there were only the Summer Olympic Games.
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