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Reading Comprehension C Answer the questions on the trivia quiz. Use the words below.

A Read the article below. Albert Einstein Australia bamboo detective calendar

Coca-Cola England hotel Israel tour guide
Unwanted Visitors
Unwanted Visitors
Trivia Quiz
T rivia Quiz

I Batemans Bay is a beautiful town in Australia that people like to visit. But this year, 1. In what location would you find kangaroos?
200,000 unwelcome visitors have come – Australia’s largest bats. With wings as long as a 2. What type of plant do giant pandas eat?
meter, and weighing about a kilogram, these bats are no fun to have around. They fly out
at night to find food in forests, and then they wake everyone up with loud noises when they 3. What country joined the United Nations in 1949?

5 return at dawn. In addition, they smell terrible!
4. In what place can you reserve a room?
II But the bats are more than just unpleasant; they are dangerous. They hit the electricity
lines night after night, shutting off power in the entire town. And there is a small risk of a 5. Who spends a lot of time in a search of clues?
deadly illness for anyone who is bitten by a bat. “Kids are locked indoors and can’t go to 6. In 1952, who was offered the presidency of Israel?
school because of the bats,” says Mayor Liz Schmidt. “These animals are making our lives

10 impossible.” 7. Which person should know whether it will rain
or not?
III There are many opinions on how to deal with the bats. Some suggest keeping them away
by cutting down the trees between the bat colony and the town’s homes. But not everyone 8. What country once owned the 13 colonies that
likes this plan. “I agree that the bats have to go, but I don’t think we have to cut down so many became the United States?
trees,” said David MaChing, a Batemans Bay resident.
9. What drink is available in almost every country on
15 IV Others had the idea of keeping the bats away from the town by using smoke machines, earth?
bright lights and loud noise before dawn. But this would also cause people to suffer from
weeks of disturbed sleep. Yet others, like scientist Jon Luly, predict that within a short 10. What item helps people manage their busy
while, the bats will leave on their own. “We see a few of these bats here every year. They schedules?
always leave after a few weeks. The best idea is to leave the bats alone. They won’t stay

20 forever,” says Luly.

V With so many opinions, it’s taking time to get rid of the bats, although the town has
received AU$2.5 million from the government for this purpose. Meanwhile, the town
is giving out free car covers to help prevent the bats from ruining residents’ cars. “We
understand that car covers won’t solve the problem, but we are doing our best,” explains “A person should always take care not to cast

25 Mayor Schmidt. “As soon as we come up with a plan, we hope to push the bats out of town. his thoughts backwards to the past, for his eyes
If we do this, hopefully they won’t return again next year.”
are placed on his face and not his back.”
Maimonides, Letters of Maimonides 262.

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