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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8JKXlTY70g
Listening Comprehension questions:
1. Which family of mammals do meerkats belong to?
mongoose
2. How do meerkats work together?
They help each others in digging, defeating, and finding food.
3. What can be concluded about meerkats immune system?
poison
Question 1-10
Professor Tim Clutton-Brock spent more than a decade studying meerkat society in
the Kuruman River Reserve in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa. The study focused on the
evolution of cooperative behavior among these charismatic animals.
The meerkats in this study were accustomed to human beings, and as a result Earth-
Line watch volunteers were able to walk with the groups as they foraged and run with them when
(5) they fought with neighbouring groups, to accurately record data such as births, deaths, preg-
nancies, and changes in dominance status. Volunteers also documented group contributions
made by individual members, such as babysitting, pup feeding, sentinel duty, and burrow
(10) renovation. Volunteers also worked with individual meerkats, which were trained to climb
onto top-pan balances (using boiled egg crumbs) to be weighed three times a day.
The Kuruman River Reserve is home to the meerkats of the television show Brock's
habituated family groups. Part of the income from this has been used to improve the living
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conditions of families living on the reserve, including providing electricity and running water
to every house and education to their children.
source :http://earthwatch.org/expeditions/meet-the-meerkats-of-the-kalahari
5. It can be inferred from the passage that meerkats are like humans when
A. they look for mate
B. they look for a fight
C. they have their roles in the group
D. they take care of their family
7. What exactly does Professor Tim Clutton-Brock intend to study about meerkats?
A. how they form a family
B. how they cooperate as a group
C. how they weigh
D. how they defend themselves hunters
Video:
Listening Comprehension questions:
1. What is the talk all about?
Reviewing the taste of ale
2. What is the ale made from?
honey and oat
3. How did the man describe the taste of the ale?
He describes that it is full flavour and smooth.
Question 11-20
Scottish ales have four major categories. The three traditional scotch ales are distin-
guished primarily by strength and bitterness: original gravity for 60/- light is in the range
1.030-1.035, for 70/- heavy it is 1.035-1.040 and 80/- export comes in at 1.040-1.054. Strong
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scotch wee heavy ales have very high gravities in the 1.070-1.130 range. Bitterness is low
(5) with about 10-15 IBUs for light and ramping up to 15-30 IBUs for the export version. Even
the strong ales has hop aroma or flavor. Scotch ales have an amber to light brown colour. All
have a target colour in the 9-17 SRM range, though the strong ale may be darker (up to 25
SRM) due to the large amount of malt added.
Formulations for scotch ales vary, but they all start with a pale malt or pale extract
base, generally making up about 70-80% of the grain bill. Crystal malt is used bill. Black or
roast malt provide colour and character in the 2% range, though most purists prefer roast malt
over black malt.
Interestingly almost all commercial examples use either wheat malt or sugar in the
5-10% range, though sugar is rarely added to home-brewed versions. Other commonly added
home-brew grains in small amounts include chocolate malt, Cara Pils for body, Munich and
amber malts though these are not commonly added to commercial browns.
source: http://beersmith.com/blog/2008/09/06/scotch-ale-recipes-beer-styles/
14. It can be inferred that the color (hue) of amber compared to light brown is
A. lighter
B. stronger
C. darker
D. the same color (hue)
A. volume
B. sugar
C. bitterness
D. color
19. How do traditional scotch ales differentiated?
A. price and popularity
B. Brewing method and ingredients
C. formulations and sweetness
D. strength and bitterness