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Listening and Reading Set 1
Listening and Reading Set 1
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8JKXlTY70g
Listening Comprehension questions:
1. Which family of mammals do meerkats belong to?
2. How do meerkats work together?
3. What can be concluded about meerkats immune system?
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
Line Earthwatch volunteers were able to walk with the groups as they foraged and run with them
(5) when they fought with neighbouring groups, to accurately record data such as births, deaths,
pregnancies, and changes in dominance status. Volunteers also documented group
contributions made by individual members, such as babysitting, pup feeding, sentinel duty,
(10) and burrow 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
3. Which of the following does the author mention about the income from the television
show?
A. A part of the income improves the living conditions of families living in the
Kuruman River Reserve.
B. The income is used to feed baby meerkats.
C. Professor Clutton-Brock is gathering money to renovate meerkats burrow.
D. A part of the income is to save the Kuruman River Reserve from meerkats.
4. The word foraged in line 6 is closest in meaning to
A. search for food
B. search for new habitat
C. search for enemies
D. search for mates
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
Question 11-20
Scottish ales have four major categories. The three traditional scotch ales are
distinguished 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.
Line Strong scotch wee heavy ales have very high gravities in the 1.070-1.130 range. Bitterness
(5) is low 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
(10) 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
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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 brownis
A. lighter
B. stronger
C. darker
D. the same color (hue)