READING : UNIT 5a (GLOBETROTTING)

FULL BLAST! PLUS 4: READING

UNIT 5a (GLOBETROTTING)

EXERCISE C (Refer to the text on page 68 in Full Blast! Plus 4 textbook)

Read again and answer the questions. Choose a, b, c or d.

Multiple Choice

1. When Stafford said that he was going to walk the Amazon, people thought that

• a. he was strong enough to achieve it.

• b. he would die if he tried to do it.

• c. he was brave enough to try.

• d. if he was determined, he would succeed.

Multiple Choice

2. What is not true about Stafford's journey?

• a. It took him longer than expected.

• b. A Peruvian was with him for most of his journey.

• c. The batteries he had to carry weighed 40kg.

• d. The person he started off with didn't complete the challenge.

Multiple Choice

3. What was the cause of Stafford's skin disease?

• a. A scorpion.

• b. A fly.

• c. His diet.

• d. It is not clearly mentioned.

Multiple Choice

4. How did a community chief help Stafford and Cho?

• a. He showed them where to go.

• b. He agreed to stop the attacks if they left.

• c. He explained to isolated communities that they weren't a threat.

• d. He paid the native people so that they wouldn't harm them.

Multiple Choice

5. What was the main reason that made Stafford go on this expedition?

• a. He wanted to be the first to walk the Amazon.

• b. He wanted to save the rainforest from destruction.

• c. People believed he couldn't do it.

• d. He needed to prove something to himself.

EXERCISE D

Choose words in the text (page 68) to present each category.

Multiple Choice

Geographical features

Example: river

• sea, rainforest, ocean, swamp, jungle

• snake, jaguar, monkey, wild cat, tortoise

• fly, mosquito, scorpion

Multiple Choice

Water Creatures

Example: crocodile

• snake, jaguar, , wild cat, tortoise

• river, sea, ocean, swamp

• eel, piranha fish

Multiple Choice

Land animals

Example: snake

• fly, scorpion, mosquito

• jaguar, monkey, wild cat

• swamp, river, rainforest

Multiple Choice

Bugs

Example: fly

• tortoise, wild cat

• mosquito, scorpion

• eel, piranha fish