May 30 - June 5, 2005

'Sculptures of nature': Spain's beached whale skeletons on display
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1. How did most of the whales die?
A. Ships hit them.
B. They killed each other.
C. They grew too heavy to live.
D. They are food for other animals.

2. Where is the sperm whale's most popular habitat?
A. Spain
B. Germany
C. Argentina
D. New Zealand

3. What makes a skeleton a good exhibit?
A. It warns other ships.
B. People usually can't see it.
C. It can be seen from far away.
D. It reminds people of shark's fin soup.

4. Where are the skeletons to be put?
A. on the beach
B. in a museum
C. in the sea
D. in town

5. Where are photos of the skeletons popular?
A. Argentina
B. Germany
C. Portugal
D. Spain


Synonyms: Which of the following words or phrases replace the ones from the passage best?
6. ultimately
A. early
B. firstly
C. never
D. eventually

7. exhaustive
  A. tiring
B. cheap
C. speedy
D. meticulous

8. traumatic
A. quick
B. painless
C. shocking
D. imagined

9. collision
A. hunt
B. crash
C. bullying
D. observation

10. heaps
A. lots
B. trash
C. ugliness
D. decoration

 

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