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1)

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Mammals In The Sea

Most _______________ of mammals live on land. But mammal

____________ like whales, dolphins, seals and sea-lions live in the

sea. ____________ they can stay in water for long _____________

of time. Like all other mammals, they breathe air and need to surface

surface from time to time to breathe.

People often ____________ whales for fish because they look

so much like fish. Being mammals, whales have hair, they are warm-

blooded and their __________ drink milk from their mothers' bodies.

If a whale stays __________ too long, it will drown. Although whales

are big, most of them do not eat big things ______________ whales'

throats are very narrow.

Dolphins are small whales. They are playful and often _______

out of the water. Seals and sea lions are slightly ___________ from

whales. They are ____________ to come to land and ___________

about on their fin-feet.

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Watches From Switzerland

The Swiss are ________________ for making watches. They

_________ about half of the watches in the world. The _________

where watches are manufactured are brightly lit and clean.

The _____________ in the factory wear white coats and work

on long tables. Each worker does a little bit of work on each watch.

This is called an ____________ line. Carefully, ____________ by

piece, they put them __________ to make a watch. Some workers

use ____________ glasses to help them see small objects.

Switzerland does not have iron, coal or oil that are needed for

heavy _______________. But the country does have lots of highly

______________ workers. The Swiss produce valuable items that

_______________ little raw materials but lots of skills. This makes

Switzerland a ____________ country.

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Cried "Wolf !"

There was once a ____________ boy who tendered his sheep

everyday. As the sheep grazed the ______________, he sat idly by

staring into the sky most of the time. But he ___________ for some

excitment and one day an idea came into his ____________.

"Wolf! Wolf!" he shouted as loud as he ____________.

On hearing the shepherd boy's cry for ________, the villagers

rushed into the field to save him. But when they __________, they

saw no wolf but the boy roaring with ____________. The villagers

did not think it was funny and all left feeling very upset.

The next week, the shepherd boy __________ the same trick

on the villagers again. This time, the villagers again rushed to help

him only to find they were fooled once more and the boy laughing

louder than ____________.

The next day, a wolf really came to _________ the shepherd

boy's sheep. "Wolf! Wolf!" the boy yelled and yelled and yelled.

When the villagers heard the boy yelling, they ___________

him. They thought he must be playing his trick again.

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The Internet

The Internet is a network which links computers _____________

all over the world. It ______________ one computer in one country to

communicate with another computer, possibly in another country.

There are over sixty million Internet _____________ in the world

today. People communicate with one ____________ using electronic

mail or email for short. This _____________ of communication is fast,

efficient and cheap.

Many companies and individuals __________ information on the

Internet for everybody to access. The Internet has thus ___________

a valuable source of information where practically anything ________

the sun can be found. Many people __________ or "surf" the Internet

regularly for information. One good example is that you ___________

obtained this worksheet from the Internet.

You can also ____________ the latest news or sports results on

the Internet without __________ to wait for the next day's newspaper

reports.

Many companies also use the Internet to ______________ their

customers about themselves and their __________. Very often, they

also provide information on job _________ in their organization. The

Internet is also the best place for anyone to express their creativity.
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Animals Survival
Animals communicate _________ their own species for survival.

Most animals use _____________ to communicate. Birds have song-

organs called syrinxes which can _____________ a range of sounds.

Human beings converse by _______________ to one another using

words.

When a good source of nectar is ____________, the honeybee

will fly back to its ____________ and perform a waggling dance that

only bees can ____________. The location, distance and quality of

the ____________ is communicated through the waggling dance.

Animals also protect __________ from predators. Some insects

rely on camouflage to ___________ attacks. A spiny stick insect will

stay very ___________ among foliage to resemble a cluster of dead

leaves. Different animals adopt different methods to ____________

their survival.
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EXTRA SENSES
Apart ______________ their usual sense organs, animals often

develop special sense organs. These ___________ give them extra

sensitivity and information about the ___________ around them and

are often needed for survival.

Dogs have the most amazing sense of ____________. Inside a

dog's muzzle, there is a large space that _____________ scents and

passes the sensory information to the ___________. Moisture inside

the nose ______ to dissolve scent particles, this enhances detection

of the smell. Interpreting scents takes up a large ____________ of a

dog's brain activities.

Snakes have an organ at the roof of their mouths ___________

the Jacobson's organ. A snake collects chemical particles ________

its tongue and transfers them to sensory _________________ in the

Jacobson's organ for the chemicals to be detected.

Human beings do not develop extra sense organs. Often when

one of the senses is _____________, the other senses can become

more sensitive to overcome deficiencies.

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A Boiler Explosion
Two technicians and a factory supervisor were __________ in

hospital with severe burns after a ___________ boiler exploded in a

chemical plant early yesterday morning. The plant is not _________

yet and the three workers were ____________ trial runs.

A flash fire followed by an explosion _____________ inside the

furnace of the boiler. This ___________ in the collapse of the boiler

structure and high-pressure steam was ________________ into the

atmosphere.

The fire brigade arrived ______________ minutes and brought

the fire under control within ___________ hour. The injured workers

are reported to be in critical but stable ___________. Meanwhile the

company is conducting investigations into the _____________ of the

explosion and promised to fully _____________ the injured workers

and their families.

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Guarding Christmas Trees

Thieves have ____________ a major British supermarket chain

store to call in a squad of army veterans. These ____________, clad

in camouflage outfits and equipped with night ___________ goggles,

are being employed to _________ a plot of woodland with thousands

of Christmas trees.

As the festive season ___________ near, the conifer trees have

become more valuable. A truckload of these trees can ____________

tens of thousands of dollars. ________ by theives are well organised

and stolen trees are extremely easy to _________ as there are many

buyers. In previous years, truckloads of trees have ______________

stolen overnight.

The soldiers have already put their army ____________ to good

use by building hideouts of foliage _________ which they can survey

the estate. However, the guards are ___________ strict orders not to

shoot or injured the thieves. This is best left to the police.

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Primates
Monkeys, apes and humans are mammals which fall ________

the primate category. Primates are ________ most intelligent group

of animals. To _______ their environment, they have characteristics

like forward ___________ eyes for judging distances and opposing

thumbs for ____________ things.

Gorillas live in ____________ lowland rainforests or high up in

the mountains. Gorillas are heavy in __________. They spend most

of their time on the __________ walking on their feet and fore limbs

knuckles. Although gorillas look big and fearsome, they _________

are vegetarians.

Orang utans, like gorillas and gibbons, are __________. They

are shy solitary primates. They are _______________ mainly in the

rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra in Asia. They ____________ all

their lives living on trees.

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Birds
Birds are the largest animals that are ___________ to fly. They

have streamlined __________ and flat feathers to reduce resistance

during flight. Their hollow bones ____________ body weight.

All birds lay eggs. Their eggs are ___________ in a hard shell.

Some birds like the ostriches have wings but __________ fly. They

have other abilities like strong and powerful legs for ____________

away from predators.

Every bird has ___________ own distinctive egg. But all eggs

are pointed at one end and round at the _____________. This is to

_______________ the eggs from rolling in any direction and hence,

rolling off the nest.

The hard, pointed mouth of a bird is known as the _________

or beak. The shape and size of the beak __________ on its eating

____________. The eagle with its hooked beak is ideal for tearing

flesh.
Ex 4.1 Back To Answer Index
1. types/kinds 2. species 3. However 4. period 5. mistook
6. young 7. underwater 8. because 9. leap 10. different
11. able/likely 12. waddle/move

Ex 4.2 Back To Answer Index

1. famous 2. produce/manufacture 3. factories 4. workers
5. assembly 6. piece 7. together 8. magnifying
9. industries 10. skilled 11. require 12. prosperous/rich

Ex 4.3 Back To Answer Index

1. playful 2. field 3. longed 4. mind 5. could
6. help 7. arrived 8. laughter 9. played 10. before
11. attack 12. ignored

Ex 4.4 Back To Answer Index

1. from 2. enables 3. users 4. another 5. form
6. provide 7. become 8. under 9. use 10. have
11. get 12. having 13. inform 14. services 15. vacanies

Ex 4.5 Back To Answer Index

1. with 2. sounds 3. produce 4. talking 5. found
6. hive 7. understand 8. nectar 9. themselves 10. escape
11. still 12. ensure

Ex 4.6 Back To Answer Index

1. from 2. organs 3. environment 4. smell 5. traps
6. brain 7. helps 8. part 9. called 10. using/with
11. cells 12. impaired/damaged

Ex 4.7 Back To Answer Index

1. warded 2. steam 3. operational 4. conducting 5. occurred
6. resulted 7. released 8. within 9. an/one 10. condition
11. cause 12. compensate

Ex 4.8 Back To Answer Index

1. forced 2. soldiers 3. vision 4. guard 5. draws
6. fetch 7. Raids 8. sell 9. been 10. training
11. from 12. unders

Ex 4.9 Back To Answer Index

1. under/into 2. the 3. suit 4. facing 5. grasping/holding
6. either 7. weight 8. ground 9. actually 10. apes
11. found 12. spend

Ex 4.10 Back To Answer Index

1. able 2. bodies 3. reduce 4. covered 5. cannot
6. running 7. its 8. other 9. prevent 10. bill
11. depends 12. habits