The document discusses vultures and the threats they face. Vultures play an important ecological role by cleaning up dead animal carcasses and reducing disease spread. However, vultures are now endangered due to collisions with equipment, loss of habitat and food, and poisoning from drugs in dead livestock. Conservation efforts aim to protect vultures and increase understanding of their vital natural role.
The document discusses vultures and the threats they face. Vultures play an important ecological role by cleaning up dead animal carcasses and reducing disease spread. However, vultures are now endangered due to collisions with equipment, loss of habitat and food, and poisoning from drugs in dead livestock. Conservation efforts aim to protect vultures and increase understanding of their vital natural role.
The document discusses vultures and the threats they face. Vultures play an important ecological role by cleaning up dead animal carcasses and reducing disease spread. However, vultures are now endangered due to collisions with equipment, loss of habitat and food, and poisoning from drugs in dead livestock. Conservation efforts aim to protect vultures and increase understanding of their vital natural role.
The document discusses vultures and the threats they face. Vultures play an important ecological role by cleaning up dead animal carcasses and reducing disease spread. However, vultures are now endangered due to collisions with equipment, loss of habitat and food, and poisoning from drugs in dead livestock. Conservation efforts aim to protect vultures and increase understanding of their vital natural role.
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Grammar (before) 1 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of It ........................................................................ . the verbs in the box. (6 marks) 6 When did you first start using the internet? (been) attend go know learn not finish prepare How long ............................................................. 1 Helen ……………………… to a shopping centre the internet? later today to buy some new clothes. 4 Add three words to the second sentence so that it 2 We ……………………… doing the washing up. has the same meaning as the first. (10 marks) There are still a few things left to clean. 1 She’s visiting four different cities on her trip. 3 She ……………………… Japanese lessons for a By the end of her trip, she ……………… year but she still can’t speak it. ……………… ……………… four different cities. 4 I ……………………… how to use this camera in 2 There is a train for Edinburgh this afternoon at four. my photography class before I bought it so I knew The Edinburgh train ……………… ……………… how to use it. ……………… this afternoon. 5 Erica did her schoolwork while her mum 3 My plan is to study in the library tomorrow morning. ……………………… dinner. I ……………… ……………… ……………… in the 6 Ask an expert. They ……………………… library tomorrow morning. everything. 4 The weather forecast predicts warm weather for 2 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of Monday. the verbs in bold. (6 marks) The weather is ……………… ……………… 1 She didn’t know about the test because she ……………… warm on Monday. ……………………… at school the day before. 5 If you really want to, we can visit the zoo at the (not be) weekend. 2 I don’t want to go to the cinema. I I promise ……………… ……………… ……………………… the film. (already see) ……………… to the zoo at the weekend. 3 Ms Warren ……………………… in Paris when she 5 Complete the subject and object questions. was a child. (live) (12 marks) 4 My sister ……………………… at a television studio 1 Dan is travelling to Morocco. (object question) for a while now. (work) Where ............................................................... ? 5 Kevin ……………………… a shower when Peter 2 Mr Allen is our maths teacher this year. arrived. (have) (subject question) 6 What a lovely photo! Where …………… you Who .................................................................. ? …………… it? (take) 3 Yesterday I bought a new pair of trousers. 3 Complete the second sentence so that it has the (object question) same meaning as the first. Use the word in bold. What ................................................................. ? (6 marks) 4 A spider was in the bathroom. (subject question) 1 I started to read my book, then Sheila called. What ................................................................. ? (while) 5 Blue is my favourite colour. (subject question) Sheila called ........................................ my book. What ................................................................. ? 2 Dan arrived just after Steven had finished his 6 I’m doing my homework later today. coffee. (when) (object question) Steven .................................................................. When ................................................................ ? Dan arrived. 3 I did my homework and immediately started watching TV. (soon) I started ................................................................ my homework. 4 Without a map, they got lost. (because) They got lost ...................................................... .
Starter Unit test B 1 Read the text and choose the correct answers. / 20 marks (6 marks) Reading 1 What role do vultures play in the wild? A brighter future for vultures A They kill sick and injured animals. A When asked about their favourite bird, few people B They spread disease amongst farm animals. C They clean up the bodies of dead animals. would say the vulture. It’s a huge bird, and with its bald head, not the most beautiful creature. But D They show farmers that they need to bury an perhaps its eating habits are what put most people off: animal. 2 Why are vultures sometimes accidentally killed? vultures feed mostly on the carcasses of dead animals. This may sound unpleasant, but vultures in A They have collisions with other birds. fact play a vital ecological role in cleaning up B They consume farm animals that have been given medicine. carcasses and reducing the spread of disease. They also help farmers. A flock of vultures around a carcass C Vets treating injured vultures sometimes give alerts farmers that an animal has died, enabling him to them the wrong drugs. D Poachers kill them by accident when they’re prevent a disease outbreak. The vultures’ cleaning technique also avoids the need to burn or bury the hunting other animals. body. 3 How are veterinary institutes helping to protect vultures? B Sadly, however, vultures have been misunderstood A They are educating the public about vulture for centuries, and are now endangered due to the health and welfare. rapid decline in their numbers. They face many B They are helping injured vultures get back to threats: they often collide with electrical equipment health again. and are injured or electrocuted; their natural food C They are researching drugs that are less supply and habitat is being reduced; and they are dangerous to vultures. poisoned when they eat dead farm animals that have D They are keeping track of the vultures using been treated with veterinary drugs. GPS tags. C Sometimes vultures are deliberately poisoned by 2 Write a summary of the text in English, including poachers. Vultures are capable of finding a dead the most important points, and use your own animal extremely quickly. A whole flock will words whenever possible. Write around 50 words. (8 marks) immediately descend around the body, and so in Africa they can sometimes give away the location of .................................................................................. poachers who are killing animals illegally. Vultures are .................................................................................. also deliberately targeted for their heads because, .................................................................................. due to their excellent eyesight, their heads are .................................................................................. believed to give the power to see into the future. .................................................................................. .................................................................................. D Fortunately, vulture rescue and research .................................................................................. programmes are working to save vultures. These .................................................................................. programmes educate the public and schoolchildren .................................................................................. about the importance of the birds, and do scientific .................................................................................. research into the causes of their deaths. They nurse .................................................................................. injured vultures back to health and release them into .................................................................................. the wild with a GPS tag to monitor their behaviour and 3 Read the text again and find the words. (6 marks) movements. They also work with veterinary institutes to try to find animal medicines that are less harmful to 1 Write three words from the text that include the vultures. Hopefully, thanks to these programmes, same vowel sound as all. /ɔː/ vultures will have a brighter future. ……………… ……………… ……………… 2 Write three words from the text that include the same sound as jug. /ʤ/ ……………… ……………… ………………
Starter Unit test B / 20 marks 7 Why does Kyle think he would be suitable for the Writing sailing trips? Choose one of the tasks. Write 100–150 words. A He’s a natural leader. 1 You recently went on holiday and stayed in a very B He’s very good at sailing. expensive hotel; however, the conditions in the C He knows how to do many different tasks. hotel were very poor. Write an email to the hotel D He has experience of working with disabled manager explaining why you were unhappy with people. your stay and requesting a refund. 8 How long does Kyle's preferred sailing trip last? 2 ‘Extreme sports are dangerous, unnecessary and A one day expensive, and people should spend their money B one week on something more useful instead.’ Do you agree? C two weeks D one month / 20 marks 9 Which holiday is Kyle sure that he can afford to go Listening on? 5.08 You are going to listen to a conversation A the Iceland holiday between Helen and Kyle about volunteering B the sailing trip to Jersey holidays. Read the questions below, then listen to C the sailing trip round the south coast of Britain the conversation and choose the correct answers. D none of them 1 Which volunteering holiday does Kyle prefer? 10 Kyle says that the sailing trips start … A sailing trips in the UK A once a year. B coaching a youth football team in Brazil B in summer. C working on hiking trails in Iceland C approximately every week. D helping street children in Peru D every day. 2 The holiday that Helen prefers takes place in … A the UK. / 20 marks B Brazil. Speaking C Iceland. Describe the photo. What is the woman doing in D Peru. the photo right now? What has she been doing 3 What is the minimum amount of time you can and for how long? What will she do in the next five volunteer in Iceland? minutes? A two weeks B one month C two months D a whole summer 4 How will Kyle pay for his holiday? A With his parents’ money. B With his own money and his parents’ money. C With his own money. D He doesn’t know. 5 Kyle’s parents think he should consider … A the cost of the holiday. B the length of the holiday. C how dangerous the holiday is. D the skills he will learn on the holiday. 6 Who would Kyle work most closely with on the sailing trips? A the captain B a friend C a disabled person D his parents
