Read the text. For statements 1-7, choose A, B, C or D to complete each statement correctly.



Module test 4                                                     Starlight 11

 

Task I Listening

You will hear a monologue. For statements 1-7, choose A, B, or C to complete the statements correctly.

  1. The speaker went camping because

   A her friends had asked he to

   B it was the right weather for it

   C she went every weekend

2.   The camping spot was

    A in the countryside

    B by a large river

    C near some houses

3.    When Jack told his story, the speaker

    A was calm and relaxed

    B decided to tell a different kind of story

    C became a little afraid

4.  When they heard the sound of the bell, the speaker and her friends

     A ignored it

     B started whispering

     C stopped talking

5. As the sounds got louder, the speaker

     A realized the fire was in danger of going out

     B  wanted to run away

     C decided to shout out a warning

6. When she saw her brother, the speaker

     A   started laughing

     B    became very angry with him

     C    felt relieved more than anything else

7. By the end of the story, the speaker realizes that

     A     you should never tell ghost stories in the dark

     B     her brother’s joke was quite funny

     C     she had never been so scared in her life

 

Tapescript

 

 The weather was glorious and so my friends and I

decided to go on a camping trip for the weekend.We

loaded up the car with everything we needed, sleeping

bags, tent, food and even extra jumpers just in case it got

chilly in the evening. We set out at midday on Saturday

and by 3 o’clock, we had unloaded the car and pitched

our tent in the woods at a local beauty spot.

It was a beautiful place with a stream nearby and not a

house for miles around. All we had left to do was gather

some wood for a fire and collect some water from the

stream and then we could relax. The afternoon passed

quickly as we sat in the sun chatting. Everything was just

perfect and we were really enjoying ourselves. Later, as

the sun began to set, I lit a camp fire and we cooked

hamburgers for dinner.

As the night fell and darkness closed in around us, we

thought it would be fun to tell ghost stories around the

fire, so each of us took turns to tell the most spine-chilling

story we could think of. Jack started the evening off with a

really spooky tale about an old haunted house and a ghost

with rattling chains. After a while I started to feel a bit

scared, but I tried to stay calm by thinking about what kind

of story I was going to tell when it was my turn.

Then it was Natalie’s go. She lowered her voice to just

above a whisper as she told the story of the ghost of a

hunter who stalked children lost in the forest. She was

half-way through her story when we heard a sound. I

held my breath and everyone went quiet. It sounded like

a bell chiming in the distance, but as it rang it seemed to

be getting closer. I looked round at the others and they

looked as frightened as I felt.We huddled closer around

the fire. The eerie sound was getting louder and my

heart began beating very quickly.

The fire was beginning to burn low and I knew we had

to put more wood on it, but I was too scared to move.

Then we heard twigs snapping as if someone was

walking close by in the forest. The sounds were coming

from different directions and the sound of the ringing

bell was getting louder and louder. I didn’t know what

to do. I thought maybe I should shout ‘Go away’ but I

couldn’t speak. I looked at Paul. He looked absolutely

terrified and that made me feel even worse. The sound

of twigs breaking underfoot seemed unbearably loud.

Whoever, or whatever, it was was now running through

the forest and getting closer every second.

Suddenly, I felt hot breath on my neck and a loud voice

shouted ‘BOO!’. I have never jumped so high in my life. I

whirled around to see not a ghost, or a forest monster,

but the smirking face of my big brother! After more

rustling, his friend appeared from behind the trees. I was

really quite angry with them, but mainly I just felt

immensely relieved. I had really thought that it was a

ghost coming to get us.We all soon started to calm

down though, and Jack even started laughing.

Looking back, I suppose it was pretty amusing really, but

at the time I was absolutely petrified. My brother and his

friend had followed in their car and had waited for the

perfect moment to frighten the life out of us. They did a

pretty good job, too! In the end, they spent the night

with us and we all toasted marshmallows on the fire and

we stayed up late chatting and laughing.We even sung

songs together, but there were no more ghost stories!

 

Task II Reading

 

Read the text. For statements 1-7, choose A, B, C or D to complete each statement correctly.

I’m not on the Menu!

Unlike humans, who just need to open the fridge door or pop into the nearest supermarket whenever they feel hungry, animals across the world spend endless hours every day hunting down their next meal. Of course, the animals they are hunting do their very best to avoid ending up on the dinner plate! It’s a constant battle that requires great cunning on the part of the hunter and the hunted.

Fortunately, however, nature has provided both contestants in the survival game with a whole bag of clever tricks. Just take a look at some of the amazing things animals do to escape the jaws of a predator. In the Indonesian Ocean, the mimic octopus is a feast for many sea creatures, but this master of disguise must first be identified by its hungry hunters. This task is not easy, as this particular octopus can reproduce the appearance and behaviour of other sea creatures with startling accuracy. It can transform its soft body  line 9

 into the shape of a sea-snake, a lion fish, or a jellyfish. But why does the mimic octopus disguise itself as a sea-snake or a jellyfish? The answer is simply because these animals are

highly poisonous and no other sea animal dares to approach them.

On the island of Madagascar, the tomato frog has more than one creative way of avoiding the native snake population. One survival technique is its colour: bright colouration in frogs is associated with skin toxins that make them poisonous and screams a visual warning to predators to ‘stay away!’ Any snake unfortunate enough to ignore the danger sign and attack the frog will find its jaws glued together. Why? Well, the tomato frog produces enormous amounts of a thick sticky substance from its skin when it is grabbed by a snake. This ‘glue’ causes the snake’s eyes and mouth to gum up and leads it to releasing the tomato frog from its menacing jaws very quickly! Surprisingly, the tarantula spider is a tasty treat for a number of animals and to escape them it has come up with a crafty defence. The tarantula uses its back legs to ‘throw’ barbed hairs at predators. Tarantulas kick the spiky hairs that    line 22

cover their body into the air directing them in the path of their attacker. The resulting mist of hairs causes physical irritation when it lands on the predator’s skin and eyes. The tarantula can then run away while its attacker is rubbing its sore skin and itchy eyes.

There can be few ways of escaping a hunter more inventive than letting it think that you are one of them. In the sunny valleys of California, rock squirrels and ground squirrels use exactly this strategy against rattlesnakes. These squirrels pick up pieces of shed rattlesnake skin, chew them and then lick their bodies in order to put the smell of the snake’s skin on their fur! The rattlesnake odour masks the squirrel’s own and, at night, the snake believes that another snake is in the squirrel’s burrow rather than supper.                             TestPerhaps the most famous of animal ‘smells’, though, belongs to the skunk. Like the tomato frog, this cute creature uses its elegant black and white markings to keep predators at a distance. Any foolishly persistent predator aiming for a skunk snack will find itself sprayed with one of the most awful stinks in the animal kingdom. Resembling rotten eggs, garlic and burnt rubber, the smell is so sickeningly bad that it can deter a starving bear. Be very careful because if you get too close, the spray can even cause temporary blindness!

Predator and prey are natural links in the food chain, but some of those links go to fascinating lengths to avoid being next on the menu. So the next time you are watching a wildlife programme about big cats on the lookout for lunch, think about what tricks those worried-looking wildebeest might be

thinking up to escape appearing as dessert after the zebra main course!

 

1The writer suggests that people

 

Aare not smart enough to hunt for food.

Bdo not have difficulty in finding food.

Ccannot do without kitchen appliances.

Ddo not have time to prepare food

.

2The writer uses the phrase ‘startling accuracy’

(line 9) to emphasise that

 

Asea creatures are surprised by the mimic

octopus’ appearance.

Bsea creatures are scared of the mimic

octopus.

Cthe octopus is the only sea creature to

mimic others.

Dthe octopus is very good at looking like

other sea creatures.

 

3The writer says snakes should know to avoid

tomato frogs because of

 

Atheir menacing jaws.

Bthe glue on their skin.

Ctheir bright red colour.

Dthe sound they make.

 

4‘them’ in line 22 refers to the tarantula’s

 

Aspiky hairs.

Bbodies.

Cback legs.

Dpredators.

 

5Rock and ground squirrels avoid rattlesnakes

by

Acopying the appearance of rattlesnakes.

Busing the scent of rattlesnakes.

Chiding in rattlesnake burrows.

Dwearing the skin of rattlesnakes.

 

6While talking about skunks, the writer says

 

Athere are some predators which ignore

their markings.

Bthey have similar markings to tomato

frogs.

Ctheir smell is so strong it can even make

a bear ill.

Dtheir diet includes things that other

animals avoid.

 

7In the last paragraph, the writer suggests

that readers

 

Awatch a documentary about animal

feeding habits.

Bthink about what connects one animal to

another.

Ctry to understand why animals hunt

other animals.

Dconsider the ways in which animals avoid being eaten

 

Vocabulary and Grammar

I. Choose the correct word tofill in the gaps.

drain, irrigation, controversy, determined, inherit, mission, whip, overlooked, put smb. up,  reward, dwellers, gather

  1.     We all ____ our characteristics from our parents.

2.   Rosetta is the first spacecraft on landing ___ headed for a comet. Once it has landed it

             will ___ data and transmit it back to Earth.

3    More and more people are becoming city ___ these days

4.    If you don’t __ the water from boiled potatoes they go mushy.

5.      The airline ___ in a hotel for the night when my flight was cancelled.

6.      Water is pumped from the huge reservoir for ___ of the farmer’s land.

7. Sandra’s mum took her on a shopping trip as a ___ for passing her exams.

8. There is a lot of ___ surrounding GM foods.

9. The truth tends to be ___ when a lie sells more magazines.

10. You have to ___ the cream until it’s thick.

II.     Word Formation

Use the derivatives of the words in brackets.

1. ___ modified food divides opinions.                                                                               ( gene)

2. He has such a poor sense of direction that he is ___ without a map.           ( help)

3.The ___ of some species of animals and plants is under threat.             (exist)

4. It’s ____ hot today.                                                                                                                  (believe)

5.  He is so proud of his family that he always makes ___ to them whenever we talk. (refer)


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