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U N I T 84
REVISION

1. Reading comprehension (Прочетете текста и отговорете на въпросите в следващия тест):

As dead as a dodo

Short explanation about this saying:
if something is as dead as a dodo, it is not important or popular any more
The dodo bird couldn’t fly and looked like turkey.It does not exist any more.

Have you ever seen a quagga or a great auk in a zoo? No? Don’t be surprised. They are actually extinct animals. Did you know that 99% of all animal species that have lived on earth are extinct?
Long ago most animals became extinct naturally because of changes in the weather, or because their usual food or habitat disappeared. In recent times, however, most animals have become extinct because of humans. Sometimes people have destroyed a species to protect farm animals or farmland. Sometimes hunters have destroyed a species just for sport.
The dodo, which lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian ocean, built its nests on the ground and couldn’t fly. European sailors first arrived on the island in 1507. They killed dodos for their meat. They also brought dogs, cats, and rats to Mauritius. These animals destroyed the dodos’ nests, eggs, and chicks. Soon there weren’t many dodos left. Some dodos were sent to animal collectors in Europe. The collectors didn’t breed these birds, however. They just put them on show in cages. The dodo became extinct more than 300 years ago, in 1681.
The quagga lived in South Africa. It was a kind of zebra. The front half of its body was striped brown and white. The back half of its body was plain brown. Like other zebras, quaggas lived in grasslands. In the 19th century hunters killed many quaggas for their meat and for their skins. During the same period, farmers took large parts of the quagga’s grassland habitat and turned them into farmland. Some people tried to domesticate the quagga, but with limited success. The last wild quagga was killed by hunters in 1878. The last quagga in the world died in Amsterdam Zoo in 1883.
The passenger pigeon lived in North America. A hundred and fifty years ago there were millions of passenger pigeons. American Indians killed them for food, but they didn’t hunt young birds or kill more than they needed. They treated the passenger pigeon with respect. White Americans hunted the bird for sport. They sometimes killed hundreds of thousands a day. The feathers were used to make pillows, and the meat was cheaper than chicken. Soon there weren’t many passenger pigeons left. In 1900 a boy shot the last wild bird. In 1914 the last passenger pigeon in the world died in Cincinnati Zoo.
Animals like the dodo, the quagga, and the passenger pigeon have disappeared forever. Today other animals are in danger of following them. The Spanish lynx and the black-headed uakari are endangered species because people have destroyed large areas of their natural habitats. Slow-moving Caribbean manatees are endangered because humans have turned the sea where they live into a leisure area. Speed boats have already killed many of them, and fishing lines have seriously injured others. Shouldn’t we stop these animals from becoming extinct before it’s too late?

Видео обяснения: Reading (5:32 min)

Видео обяснения: Изрази от текста (6:18 min)

Test – Exercise 1 – True / False

(Test instructions)
Видео обяснения: Test – Exercise 1 – True / False (5:37 min)

Question 1 : 99% of all animal species that have lived are extinct.
True
False
Question 2 : In recent times most animals have become extinct naturally.
True
False
Question 3 : European animals killed many dodos.
True
False
Question 4 : Dodos became extinct over 300 years ago.
True
False
Question 5 : The quagga lived in West Africa.
True
False
Question 6 : Quagga’s whole body was striped brown and white.
True
False
Question 7 : The last quagga died in Amsterdam.
True
False
Question 8 : Indians killed young passenger pigeons.
True
False
Question 9 : The last passenger pigeon died in 1914.
True
False
Question 10 : The Spanish lynx is an extinct animal.
True
False

Test – Exercise 2

(Test instructions)
The sentences below contain an error. It is contained in one of the underlined parts of the sentence.
For each sentence, select the one underlined part that contains the mistake – A, B, or C.

Видео обяснения: Test – Exercise 2 (9:27 min)

Question 1 : Error identification
She has ever had problems with the grammar of English.
A                                                       B                        C
A
B
C

Question 2 : Error identification
The happily girl took the flower and smiled.
A                            B                                          C
A
B
C

Question 3 : Error identification
I didn’t come when you phoned because I was watched a football match.
A                                                B                                   C
A
B
C

Question 4 : Error identification
During I was on holiday I read six novels.
A                         B                    C

Question 5 : Error identification
Have you already visited the new exhibition gallery?
A                   B                                              C
A
B
C

Question 6 : Error identification
Her new boyfriend is tall, blue-eyes, and very intelligent!
A                                                  B                                          C

Question 7 : Error identification
What were you doing when the tornado hitted the town?
A                                          B                                        C
A
B
C

Question 8 : Error identification
She is a perfect dancer, and sang beautiful last night.
A                       B                C
A
B
C

Question 9 : Error identification
I have traveled to South Africa a long time ago.
A                           B                                        C
A
B
C

Question 10 : Error identification
Wasn’t Clare your girlfriend when you have been at school together?
A                                                                              B                        C
A
B
C