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Storm damage shuts down Australia Zoo

A major clean-up is underway at Australia Zoo after it was hit hard bylast night’s storm.

The damage forced a decision for the zoo to remain closed today.

A spokesman said all the animals were safe as they had dens to provide protection from the tempest.

“The decision to close during the clean-up was not made lightly, however, our guest, animals, and staff safety is our priority at all times,” she said.

The zoo is expected to re-open Monday morning.

Taken from : www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au

Q : 1. What is the purpose of the closure?

• To avoid the storms.

• To clean-up the zoo.

• To make the zoo bigger and better.

• To improve the facilities of the zoo.

Art by Animals Exhibition Opens in London

An exhibition of works of art from several species of animal has opened in central London.

Art by Animal features work by elephants, orang utans, gorillas, and chimps and includes a painting of flowerpot by Boon Mee, formerly a logging elephant in Thailand.

Jack Ashby and Will Tuck, of the Grant Museum of Zoology at University College London, have trawled zoos around the world to find examples to display.

They believe they are the first to exhibit multiple species paintings and to attempt to take a broad view of the phenomenon.

Taken from : www.bbc.co.uk-england-london-16839657

Q : 2. What is the news about?

• The opening of zoo.

• A broad view of phenomenon.

• An exhibition for animals work.

• A performance of animals.

Pedestrian bridge collapses in Moscow’s Gorky Park, injuring 13

The Moscow mayor’s office issued a statement saying that “no serious injures” were reported.

Earlier, the state TASS news agency quoted an unidentified police source as saying three of the victims were seriously injured.

The bridge over a skating rink was crowded with many dozens of people when it collapsed, sending people tumbling about 3 meters.

According to a video posted on social media, the spectators were listening to the Russian national anthem at the time of the incident.

The Moscow city government said the collapse was caused by “a technical fault in the skating rink’s structural elements”.

Taken from : https://www.rferl.org/a/29686321.html

Q : 3. What caused the incident?

• The chaos of the crowds.

• Too many people passing the bridge.

• Someone stole the elements of the bridge.

• A technical error in the skating rink’s structural elements.

Daily Telegraph’s Clementine Quero reports a 17-year-old was helping her 72-year-old grandma count her savings when she decided to snap a photo of some wads of cash and post it to Facebook.

It wasn’t long after that two men armed with a wooden club and knives broke into the teen’s mother’s house, demanding to know about the money. The guys made off with some personal items, but thankfully no one was hurt, including the mother, who’d told the crooks her daughter no longer lived there.

While it’s clearly brainless to publicize what’s in your wallet, that’s not the only way robbers are using social media to snoop on your goods.

Taken from : http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/05/30/teens-facebook-posting-gets-her-moms-house-robbed/

Q : 4. The guys made off with some personal items, but thankfully no one was hurt, including the mother, who’d told the crooks her daughter no longer lived there.

The underlined word has similar in meaning to ……………..

• escaped

• entered

• arrested

• spy

PARK SLOPE – A woman had her purse stolen while she was sitting on her front stoop and chatting on the phone, according to a police report.

The 37-year-old victim was sitting in front of her apartment building on Garfield place between Fifth and Sixth avenues on October 27 about 3:55 p.m. she put her black coach purse on the ground between her feet while she spoke on the phone.

A female thief with a ponytail grabbed the bag, jumped into a black four-door sedan and fled. The stolen goods included dance clothes, a make-up bag, a $250 wallet, $100 in cash, and the $350 Coach purse.

Q : 5. From the news, we know that ……………….

• The thief was a woman.

• The thief ran into the taxi.

• The thief had been caught.

• The thief stole the woman’s cellular phone.