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Bem 2015

Humans pose a greater threat to animals than animals do to humans. [1] Each year, humans kill approximately 100 million sharks but sharks only attack 3-4 people, while crocodiles attack 6-7 people. [2] More people die from car accidents than animal attacks. [3] Animals are becoming extinct in every part of the world due to human actions like pollution, climate change, and habitat destruction.

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Bem 2015

Humans pose a greater threat to animals than animals do to humans. [1] Each year, humans kill approximately 100 million sharks but sharks only attack 3-4 people, while crocodiles attack 6-7 people. [2] More people die from car accidents than animal attacks. [3] Animals are becoming extinct in every part of the world due to human actions like pollution, climate change, and habitat destruction.

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Danger! Humans!
When an animal attacks a person, there are always stories about it on TV and in the
newspapers. But people are usually more dangerous than animaIs. Every year, we kill
approximately 100 million sharks, but sharks only attack three or four people, and crocodiles six
or seven. More people die in car accidents!
Animais aren't really a problem for people, but we are a problem for animaIs. We eat millions
of tonnes of fish and meat every year. But people don't kill animaIs just for food. They also hunt
them for fur or for fun. While you're reading this, people are hunting whales in the Arctic, tigers
in Asia. and elephants in Africa.
At the moment, animais are becoming extinct in every part of the world. The 'red list' of
animaIs in danger inc1udes insects, frogs, chameleons, fish and bigger animaIs, like bears and
whales. We aren't killing aIl these animaIs directly, but they are dying and becoming extinct
because of human actions. Our pollution and construction is changing the c1imate and animais'
habitats, and time is running out for sorne animais. It's important to change our actions now and
save the animaIs!
Adapted from English Plus
Exam Support/Student's Book 1
Part One (14pts)
AJ- Readine Comprehension (07pts)

Read the text carefully and do the following activities:


Activity One (02pts): Choose a, b, c or d to complete the following sentences:

1- Sharks attack only ............ people every year.


a)- seven or.eight b)- a hundred c)- three or four '" d)- ten
2- People kill animaIs ................ ..
a)- for fur, meat or fun./ b)- for protection c)- for experiments d)- just for food

Activity Two (03pts): Read the following statements and write 'true', 'false' or 'not mentioned'.

1- Car accidents kill more people' than animaIs do.


2- There are about 6000 wild tigers living in the world.
3- Pollution does not affect the climate and animaIs' habitats.

Activity Three (02pts): Match each word with its appropriate definition.

Words Definitions
- dangerous - natural environment of an animal or a plant.
- hunt - make or keep somebody or something safe.
- habitat - causing damage, suffering, loss, injury or risk.
- save - chase wild animais to kill or capture them for food or fun.
B/- Mastery of Language (07pts)
_-'cmm- One (02pts): Correct the underlined mistakes.
Humers }dl;, rigers for its beautiful fur. As a result, there are not much tigers left in the word.

Activity Two (03pts): Complete the following sentences with the correct relative pronoun:
"who, where, whose or which".

1- People must stop destroying rainforests ........ _.......pandas live.


2- Gorillas are wild animaIs ............ are in danger of extinction.
3- People ............ fish out of season have to be puni shed.

Activity Three (02pts): Find in the text four words that have the following sounds:

1 eil ( place ) 1 ail ( wild )


1- ................. .. 1- ................. .
2- .................. . 2- ................. .

Part Two (06pts): Written Expression


You have watched a documentary about endangered species. You feel sorry for and concemed with
these animaIs being killed. Write an article for the school magazine about animaIs in danger of extinction
to raise your classmates' awareness about this problem.
Write about:
- causes (human, natural. .. )
- consequences (disappearance of sorne animaIs ... )
- possible solutions ( individual, collective and govemmental measures ... )

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