PART ONE: READING COMPREHENSION Questions Choose the correct answer according to the text. Only one is correct. 0.5 points for each correct answer. Look at the example. Example: 0. a) b) c) d)
Which of the following statements about sharks is correct? Sharks often attack people. Sharks can attack people. Only the Great White Shark attacks people. The Great White Shark usually attacks when provoked.
1. a) b) c) d)
According to the text, shark diving… has made sharks into film stars. is the most recent trend in extreme sport. is only available in the Bahamas. has been practised for ages.
2. a) b) c) d)
When divers go into deep oceans… they use cages. they are less adventurous. they only go in the evenings. they aren‘t forced to use cages.
3. a) b) c) d)
When watching sharks feeding… tourists must hold a diving certificate. tourists must be sitting down in the water. tourists should carry a gun or knife. tourists are also allowed to feed the sharks.
4. a) b) c) d)
Sharks prefer pieces of fish to humans because… they prefer the bones in the fish. pieces of fish are more nutritious. humans are not bloody enough. there is not enough meat on humans.
5. a) b) c) d)
The Great White Shark… attacks 80% of divers. kills a high percentage of divers after biting them. can kill a human with one bite. usually swallows divers without biting.
6. a) b) c) d)
Steel cages… are dropped into the water with the divers inside. contain meat for the sharks to feed on. are dropped into the water after the sharks arrive. allow divers to have an excellent view of shark feeding.
7. a) b) c) d)
People who oppose shark feeding say that… it uses too much fish. it affects sharks‘ feeding habits for the worse. it makes sharks attack tourists. it makes sharks ill.
8. a) b) c) d)
According to Captain Mike Rohrbaugh… fishermen are as much of a problem as tourists. fishermen are more of a problem than tourists. fishermen only kill groups of sharks. all fishermen kill sharks for the same reason.
PART TWO: WRITING Choose one topic: write about 100 words. (4 points in total given for: grammar, vocabulary, organisation of text, maturity.) 1. You think that shark watching is a cruel and unnatural sport and tourists should not be allowed to do it. Write a letter to a newspaper explaining your point of view. 2. You have just come back from a holiday during which you went shark watching. Describe the experience for your local newspaper.
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