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                   Reading 1

                    • I can read for specific information.

        1   1.20  Read and listen. Match pictures 1–5 with descriptions A–E.
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          Really weird animals


          These animals are certainly strange, but       3
          they’re also real. Do you want one as a pet?
                                 1
           A
           The star-nosed mole
           is a small, North
           American mole. It’s
           black and it’s got an                                                E
           unusual, pink nose.                                                  Alpacas are from South
           It’s also got big feet   Victoria Education and Training JSC − victoria.vn−
                                                                                America. They’re white
           and a long tail.                           C                         and they’re similar to
                                                     The aye-aye is from        sheep but they have got
                                                     Madagascar, in the Indian
           B                                                                    a long neck. Alpacas
                                                     Ocean. It’s got huge ears,
           Tarsiers live on islands                  yellow eyes and a long     are short and their ears
           in South-East Asia and   2                middle finger.              are tiny.
           their family is 45 million                                                          5
           years old. They’ve got
           enormous eyes, long                                 D
           feet, very long fingers                              The chameleon is from Africa, Asia
           and a face similar to ET!                           and also Spain and Portugal. It’s
                                                               got strange feet, like a parrot. This
                                                               chameleon is green. It’s got an
                                                               incredibly long, red tongue but it
       2 Read the text again and answer the questions.
                                                               hasn’t got ears.
          1   Is the star-nosed mole from North America?
          2   Where is the aye-aye from?
          3   Are alpacas and sheep different?
          4   How old is the tarsier’s family?
          5   Has the chameleon got ears?                              Learn and use some synonyms to

       3  Match adjectives 1–3 in the text                             improve your reading comprehension.
          with synonyms a–c.

          1  unusual               a   huge

                                                                                                        Which is your favourite
                                                                       CLASS VOTE
          2 very big               b   tiny                    4

          3 small                  c   strange                     animal on this page? Which don’t you like?

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