Shambo
Shambo, the bull at the centre of a three-month legal fight, has been killed. After a positive test for TB, an order was made for his slaughter, in keeping with the law. However, the multi-faith community where he lived went to court to try to save him as he was a sacred animal to Hindus.
A High Court judge said that the order to kill him was unlawful, but the decision was overturned in the Appeal Court. Police had to be called in as worshippers had formed a human shield around the animal to stop him being taken away. Opinion is very divided on the issue- some believe that he was a danger to the national herd and needed to be killed, while others feel that religious beliefs should be respected and the community had offered to provide sufficient measures to ensure that he would not infect any other animals if he contracted the disease as they planned to isolate him. The authorities cut through the security fence and led the bull away. The following morning they announced that he had been given a lethal injection.
The debate on the issue is unlikely to end with the death of Shambo and may widen into a debate about the policy of killing cows that test positive for TB.
Principio del formulario
Questions
Q1 - Shambo lived in a religious community.
True False
Q2 - The community did not do much to try to save him.
TrueFalse
Q3 - The case went to more than one court.
True False
Q4 - Police went in because there were violent protests.
TrueFalse
Q5 - Everybody feels that he needed to be killed.
TrueFalse
Q6 - The community wanted Shambo to mix with other animals despite the TB test.
TrueFalse
Q7 - Shambo was definitely ill with TB.
TrueFalse
Q8 - The authorities entered the place where Shambo was kept without any problems.
TrueFalse
Q9 - Shambo was shot dead.
TrueFalse
Q10 - From now on, no cows that test positive will be killed.
TrueFalse
Final del formulario
Papua New Guinea ReconciliationPapua New Guinea Reconciliation
In Papua New Guinea, the descendants of cannibals who killed and ate four Fijian missionaries in 1878 have apologised for their ancestors' actions. They held a reconciliation ceremony, which was attended by thousands of people, in the East New Britain province where they were killed.
The missionaries were part of a group of Methodist ministers and teachers who arrived in 1875 to spread Christianity. The murders three years later, by Tolai tribes people on the Gazelle Peninsula, triggered angry reprisals. The English pastor who was head of the mission, George Brown, avenged the killings by taking part in an expedition that resulted in the deaths of a number of tribes people and the burning of several villages.
Candles were lit in memory of the four. Fiji's High Commissioner in Papua New Guinea, Ratu Isoa Tikoca, accepted the apologies on behalf of the descendants."We at this juncture are deeply touched and wish you the greatest joy of forgiveness as we finally end this record disagreement," he said.
The Governor-General Sir Paulias Matane praised the early missionaries for making the country Christian and called for more people to follow the guiding principles of the religion.
Questions
Q1 - The descendants of the cannibals are sorry about what happened.
TrueFalse
Q2 - Few people attended the ceremony.
TrueFalse
Q3 - The ceremony was held in the UK.
TrueFalse
Q4 - The missionaries were killed very soon after they arrived.
TrueFalse
Q5 - No one was punished for the killings.
TrueFalse
Q6 - The Fijian representative attended.
TrueFalse
Q7 - Ratu Isoa Tikoca was not moved by the ceremony.
True False
Q8 - Candles were lit to remember the missionaries.
TrueFalse
Q9 - Sir Paulias Matane resents the work of the early missionaries.
TrueFalse
Q10 - Sir Paulias Matane wishes that more people had religious principles.
TrueFalse
The Man Booker Prize
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is awarded every year for a novel written by a writer from the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland and it aims to represent the very best in contemporary fiction. The prize was originally called the Booker-McConnell Prize, which was the name of the company that sponsored it, though it was better-known as simply the ‘Booker Prize’. In 2002, the Man Group became the sponsor and they chose the new name, keeping ‘Booker’.
Publishers can submit books for consideration for the prize, but the judges can also ask for books to be submitted they think should be included. Firstly, the Advisory Committee give advice if there have been any changes to the rules for the prize and selects the people who will judge the books. The judging panel changes every year and usually a person is only a judge once.
Great efforts are made to ensure that the judging panel is balanced in terms of gender and professions within the industry, so that a writer, a critic, an editor and an academic are chosen along with a well-known person from wider society. However, when the panel of judges has been finalized, they are left to make their own decisions without any further involvement or interference from the prize sponsor.
The Man Booker judges include critics, writers and academics to maintain the consistent quality of the prize and its influence is such that the winner will almost certainly see the sales increase considerably , in addition to the £50,000 that comes with the prize.
Principio del formulario
Questions
Q1 - The Republic of Ireland
is in the Commonwealth.
is not in the Commonwealth.
can't enter the Man Booker Prize.
joined the Booker prize in 2002.
Q2 - The Man group
was forced to keep the name 'Booker'.
decided to include the name 'Booker'.
decided to keep the name 'Booker-McConnell'.
decided to use only the name 'Booker'.
Q3 - Books can be submitted
by publishers.
by writers.
by judges.
by the sponsors.
Q4 - Who advises on changes to the rules?
The sponsors
The judging panel
The advisory panel
Publishers
Q5 - The judging panel
doesn't include women.
includes only women.
is only chosen from representatives of the industry.
includes someone from outside the industry.
Q6 - The sponsors of the prize
are involved in choosing the winner.
are involved in choosing the judges.
are not involved at all.
choose the academic for the panel of judges.
Q7 - The consistent quality of the prize
is guaranteed by the prize money.
is guaranteed by the gender of the judges.
is guaranteed by the make-up of the panel of judges.
is guaranteed by the increase in sales of the winner.
Final del formulario
Piranhas
Instructions: Read through the text, answer the questions that follow, then click on 'Grade Me!' to view your score.
Piranhas
Scientists in the UK have announced that the piranha fish's reputation 1) __________ a fearsome 2) __________ may well not be deserved. The fish, which is found in the Amazon in Brazil, have been portrayed as deadly 3) __________ that work in shoals to overwhelm their prey and strip it of its flesh in seconds.
However, 4) __________ from St Andrews University say that piranhas are omnivores that mainly eat fish, plants and insects. They form big groups not to hunt but to defend 5) __________ against other predators, according to the team.
"Previously it was thought piranhas shoaled as it 6) __________ them to form a cooperative hunting group," said Professor Anne Magurran. "However, we have found that it is primarily a defensive 7) __________."
Piranhas can be attacked by animals 8) __________ dolphins, caimans and large fish, so forming a shoal is a good way of 9) __________ being killed. Piranhas of 10) __________ age stay in the middle of the group for 11) __________ and the 12) __________ of the shoal 13) __________ according to the level of 14) __________. When the water level is high, the fish form small groups as there is space to escape, but when the water level drops, they form large groups as protection against 15) __________.
Questions
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as
as if
as though
since
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kill
killer
murderer
murder
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carnivore
carnivorous
carnivors
carnivores
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expert
expertise
experts
expectant
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them
themselves
it
itself
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able
ables
enable
enabled
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behave
behaviour
misbehaviour
misbehaviours
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such
as
like
as such
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prevent
preventing
avoid
avoiding
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reproduce
reproductive
reproduction
reproductively
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protection
protecting
protect
protective
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rate
size
amount
dearth
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different
differ
differs
defer
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risk
fate
destiny
chance
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predator
predators
predatory
predate
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She is very happy because she starts her new _____ today.
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Question 2 of 20
Well, not that often but there are things that completely _____ me.
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Never mind, most of the time it behaves like a little _________.
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Question 4 of 20
Children are not ______ in that public house.
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I like to visit other countries but I find the ______ of travel is too high.
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Question 7 of 20 I cannot work today because I have very bad tooth _______ .
Question 8 of 20 Not too bad but sometimes I just can´t get the _____ of it.
Question 9 of 20 What sort of things do you have in _____ .
Question 10 of 20 Do you want _____ sugar in your coffee
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How are you getting on ____ your new computer?
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Question 12 of 20
You can see the _______ about the sale in the local paper.
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Question 13 of 20
And just think of all ________ you get from having one.
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Question 14 of 20
They do not ______ cheques in that restaurant.
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Question 15 of 20
One day I hope I shall ________ the lottery.
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Question 16 of 20
Do you mean it drives you up the _____ ?
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Question 17 of 20
He must have a lot of money because this summer he is going on a cruise ______ the world.
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Question 18 of 20
Yes, I know what you mean that´s when you´d like to smash it to __________.
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Question 19 of 20
Well, take the times when everything _______.
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Question 20 of 20
Have you read that book _____ the life of Van Gogh
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