November 28 - December 4, 2005

Bangkok toddler confirmed as bird flu victim
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1. Who died of bird flu?
A. a boy
B. a chicken
C. a grandmother
D. Paijit Warachit

2. How many people died of bird flu in Asia?
A. 13
B. 44
C. 64
D. 124

3. How old was the boy?
A. one month old
B. one year old
C. two years old
D. ten years old

4. What measures have the government taken to limit the outbreak of bird flu?

A. All chicken in the country must be killed.
B. Fighting cocks have to stay where they are.
C. Nobody is allowed to keep chickens anymore.
D. Restaurants cannot sell chicken or eggs anymore.

5. How do people traditionally keep chicken?
A. They sleep with them inside the house.
B. Chickens have always been kept at temples.
C. They let them run around wherever they like.
D. They stay only inside special barns on farms.


Synonyms: Which of the following words or phrases replace the ones from the passage best?
6. fresh
A. new
B. strong
C. powerful
D. unlimited

7. re-emerge
  A. reduce
B. disappear
C. disappear
D. come back

8. outbreak
A. dying
B. slaughter
C. vaccination
D. occurrence

9. bid
A. attempt
B. contract
C. desperation
D. commission

10. endemic
A. immune
B. immune
C. restricted
D. widespread

 

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