2021-2022 ACADEMIC YEAR AHS-SHS-11

Weekend Worksheet 3

Sept. 24-27
September

PART A: READING COMPREHENSION

Read the passage and answer the questions.

The Cleverest Creature

[A] Humans can usually determine whether another human being is intelligent. This is
because intelligence often involves a combination of several clear features: complex thinking
and behavior, good problem-solving skills, an excellent memory, and the ability to
communicate effectively with others. If we use this same standard of intelligence to decide
who is the cleverest of the animal kingdom, dolphins are the clear winner.

[B] In terms of their physical features, dolphins have the second biggest brain of all living
things. Only the brains of humans are larger in size. This brainpower gives dolphins the ability
to interact with each other, as well as other sea creatures, in some incredible ways. For
example, photographers have recorded dolphins playing catch 1 with leaves in the sea.
Researchers have also watched dolphins create complex traps for fish and other small animals
that they enjoy eating.

[C] The most impressive aspect of the dolphins' behavior, however, is the ability to use
sounds - whistles, whines, and clicks - for a variety of purposes. By using clicking sounds,
dolphins create sound waves in the sea that allow them to know where surrounding objects
are. Dolphins also create loud explosions of sound called burst pulses to scare away sharks
and protect their young.

[D] The way dolphins interact with each other also curiously resembles human behavior.
Similar to humans, each dolphin has a unique voice - its own individual whistle sound that is
developed in the first year and remains throughout its life. Amazingly, these unique whistle
sounds are also used like names are used for humans. When one dolphin wishes to get the
attention of another, it mimics2 the unique whistle sound of that dolphin. Apparently, some
dolphins are even able to remember the unique whistles of dolphins that they met 20 years
earlier!

[E] Although scientists are aware that dolphins use their sounds in amazing ways, no one has
been able to identify and record their communication patterns accurately. In other words, no
one has been able to solve the mystery of dolphin language - at least not yet. With a
combination of improved recording technology, the experience of talented researchers, and
the public's general love of dolphins, there is more hope than ever. Many scientists now
believe that humans will understand much more about our intelligent sea friends in the near
future.

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  Choose the best answer for each question

1. What is the reading mainly about?

a. In the animal kingdom, dolphins are the most similar to humans.
b. Dolphins are very mysterious creatures.
c. Dolphins show their intelligence in many different ways.

2. What is the main idea of the paragraph A?

a. Humans and dolphins have the same level of intelligence.
b. We can use human standards of intelligence to decide which animal is the smartest.
c. Dolphins and humans both have complex thinking and good problem-solving skills.

3. Dolphins use burst pulses to ________.

a. frighten sharks and protect their families
b. identify what is around them
c. communicate with each other

4. In paragraph D, the author is suggesting that ________.

a. dolphins are similar to humans in the way they interact
b. dolphins have learned to copy human behavior over time
c. dolphins are great performers

5. No one has been able to solve the mystery of dolphin language because ________.
a. the public do not care about dolphins as much in the past
b. scientists have not been able to see clear patterns of dolphin communication
c. talented scientists have started to study dolphins only in the last few years

 Read the passage. Select the correct reference for each pronoun.

6. In the third sentence of paragraph A, what does the pronoun “we” refer to?
a. researchers b. dolphins c. humans

7. In the last sentence of paragraph B, what does the pronoun “they” refer to?
a. researchers b. dolphins c. fish and other small animals

8. In the second sentence of paragraph C, what does the pronoun “them” refer to?
a. clicking sounds b. dolphins c. sound waves

9. In the fourth sentence of the paragraph D, what does the pronoun “it” refer to?
a. one dolphin b. that dolphin c. a dolphin from 20 years earlier

10. In the first sentence of the last paragraph, what does the pronoun “no one” refer to?
a. no scientist b. no dolphin c. no human

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 PART B: USE OF ENGLISH

 Choose the correct option for each sentence.

1. In the UK, it was not until 1928 that women over 21

a. used to vote.
b. were able to vote.

2. When I was 18,

a. I used to realise that I was quite a good writer.
b. I realised that I was quite a good writer.

3. When I was a student, I often

a. used to hitchhike.
b. would hitchhike.

4. When I saw the magnificent cathedral of Notre Dame for the first time,
a. I was absolutely amazed.
b. I would be absolutely amazed.

5. I’m a teacher now, but in the past,

a. I would work in a bank.
b. I used to work in a bank.

 Choose the correct option.

6. She told me that she _________________ (used to believe / believed) in love at first sight,
but she doesn’t any more.

7. In those days, the winters _________________ (would / used to) be really bad.

8. I never really_________________ (would like / liked) him.

9. Last year, the whole family _________________ (went / would go) on a cruise to Alaska.

10. When my parents were children, their teachers never ___________ (would be / used to be)
so friendly.

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PART C: VOCABULARY

 Complete the sentences with the phrasal verbs from the box.

pull up come down to

step out turned out pick up

1. Click on a square to _______________ an overview of the site with name, description,

location, and domain.
2. Eventually our choice of hotel will ______________________ how much we can afford.
3. As events ___________________, we were right to have decided to leave early.
4. __________________ of line one more time, Peters, and you're fired!
5. It is traditional around here to drink brandy with coffee as a morning _______________.

PART D: WRITING

 Instruction: Please compare AirBnB and Hotels according to your experiences or what
you have heard. Write at least 10 sentences.
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HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND