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Dolphins

Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping
drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins,the more
we realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after
other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the
community, as we do. some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is much
more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Could any of these
mammals be more intelligent than man? Certainly than the most common argument in favor of man’s
superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is the least satisfactory.
On the contrary, the more we discover about this remarkable creatures, the less we appear superior
when we destroy them.

I-choose the best answer from the following alternatives for the questions from the passage.

1. It is clear from the passage that dolphins _________________________

A. do not want to be with us , as much as we want to be with them

B. are proven to be less intelligent than once thought

C. have a reputation for being friendly to humans

D. are the most powerful creatures that live in the oceans

E. are capable of learning language and communicating with humans

2. The fact that the writer of the passage thinks that we can kill dolphins more easily than they can
kill us__________________________

A. means that they are better adapted to the environment than we are

B. shows that dolphins have a very sophisticated form of communication

C. proves that dolphins are not the most intelligent species at sea

D. does not mean that we are superior to them

E. proves that dolphins have linguistic skills far beyond what we previously thought

3. One can infer from the reading that ______________________________

A. dolphins are quite abundant in some areas of the world

B. communication is the most fascinating aspect of the dolphins

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C. dolphins have skills that no other living creatures have such as the ability to think

D. it is not usual for dolphins to communicate with each other

E. dolphins have some social traits that are similar to those of humans

II-Guess the meaning of new words from the passage above

4. Creature __________________________

5. Realize ____________________________

6. Look after _________________________

7. Destroy ___________________________

8. Superiority ________________________

9. on the contrary _____________________

10. ‘They’ refers to ______________________

11. ‘We’ refers to _______________________

I-Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.

1. LIVE

A. become B. exist C. die

2. ALIKE

A. different B. same C. usual

3. PRETTY

A. mean B. lovely C. ugly

4. NOTHING

A. everything B. anybody C. something

5. OLD

A. aged B. used C. young

6. HIGHER

A. taller B. lower C. smaller

7. SICK

A. healthy B. ill C. poor

8. WEIRD
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A. normal B. odd C. strange

9. GATHER

A. combine B. separate C. group

10. HORRIBLE

A. excellent B. terrible C. scary

11. DEBATE

A. agree B. tame C. dispute D. ignore

12. HAVOC

A. wonder B. peace C. chaos D. warfare

13. EXCAVATE

A. scrape B. hollow C. bury D. mask

14. ABSURD

A. batty B. sensible C. certain D. insane

15. PEDESTRIAN

A. motorist B. hiker C. galloper D. sailor

16. SOLITARY

A. friendly B. lonely C. isolated D. together

17. SOAR

A. elevate B. float C. mount D. land

18. ATHLETIC

A. frail B. muscular C. energetic D. intelligent

19. CRITICIZE

A. punish B. praise C. blame D. approve

20. ACCOMPLISH

A. exhaust B. manage C. blunder D. cease

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Principals college of health and business Quiz-2 for weekend students

Dolphins

Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them
helping drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn
about dolphins,the more we realize that their society is more complex than people
previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for
pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as we do. some scientists
have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is much more probable that they
communicate with each other without needing words. Could any of these mammals be
more intelligent than man? Certainly than the most common argument in favor of
man’s superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is
the least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about this remarkable
creatures, the less we appear superior when we destroy them.

I-choose the best answer from the following alternatives for the questions from
the passage.

1. It is clear from the passage that dolphins _________________________

A. do not want to be with us , as much as we want to be with them

B. are proven to be less intelligent than once thought

C. have a reputation for being friendly to humans

D. are the most powerful creatures that live in the oceans

E. are capable of learning language and communicating with humans

2. The fact that the writer of the passage thinks that we can kill dolphins more easily
than they can kill us__________________________

A. means that they are better adapted to the environment than we are

B. shows that dolphins have a very sophisticated form of communication

C. proves that dolphins are not the most intelligent species at sea

D. does not mean that we are superior to them

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E. proves that dolphins have linguistic skills far beyond what we previously thought

3. One can infer from the reading that ______________________________

A. dolphins are quite abundant in some areas of the world

B. communication is the most fascinating aspect of the dolphins

C. dolphins have skills that no other living creatures have such as the ability to think

D. it is not usual for dolphins to communicate with each other

E. dolphins have some social traits that are similar to those of humans

II-Guess the meaning of new words from the passage above

4. Creature __________________________

5. Realize ____________________________

6. Look after _________________________

7. Destroy ___________________________

8. Superiority ________________________

9. on the contrary _____________________

10. ‘They’ refers to ______________________

11. ‘We’ refers to _______________________

I-Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital
letters.

1. LIVE

A. become B. exist C. die

2. ALIKE

A. different B. same C. usual

3. PRETTY

A. mean B. lovely C. ugly

4. NOTHING
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A. everything B. anybody C. something

5. OLD

A. aged B. used C. young

6. HIGHER

A. taller B. lower C. smaller

7. SICK

A. healthy B. ill C. poor

8. WEIRD

A. normal B. odd C. strange

9. GATHER

A. combine B. separate C. group

10. HORRIBLE

A. excellent B. terrible C. scary

11. DEBATE

A. agree B. tame C. dispute D. ignore

12. HAVOC

A. wonder B. peace C. chaos D. warfare

13. EXCAVATE

A. scrape B. hollow C. bury D. mask

14. ABSURD

A. batty B. sensible C. certain D. insane

15. PEDESTRIAN

A. motorist B. hiker C. galloper D. sailor

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16. SOLITARY

A. friendly B. lonely C. isolated D. together

17. SOAR

A. elevate B. float C. mount D. land

18. ATHLETIC

A. frail B. muscular C. energetic D. intelligent

19. CRITICIZE

A. punish B. praise C. blame D. approve

20. ACCOMPLISH

A. exhaust B. manage C. blunder D. cease