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ii.
1. although they're recyclable, i'd rather them.
a) reduceb) reuse
c) reintroduced) release
2. the talbot family decided to keep the central heating _ in order to save energy
a) switch downb) lowered off
c) turned downd) put on
3. this president learn what it's like to be president and not share classified information with people
a) has tob) is better at
c) mightd) had better
4. don’t be so anxious! chances are you’ll never be __ _ by a bus, you won’t get killed by an icicle or a sudden brick. just live this life while you can, pal
a) run offb) run away from
c) run out ofd) run over
5. if a person who's afraid of spiders doesn't know there's one living under his\her bed, for him\her.
a) ignorance would be blissb) it’s better to sleep on it
c) nuff saidd) barking dogs seldom bite
6. answer the questions:
faroe islanders’ ritual slaughter of pilot whales turns sea blood red
the independent
as many as 1,000 whales are killed over the summer months every year. hunt known as grindadrap is a centuries-old tradition which has been criticized by animal rights campaigners, who say the ritual is and unnecessary.
as long-finned and short-finned pilot whales swim close to the shore during migration, fishermen surround the mammals in boats and dinghies, herding them towards the beach. the entire pods of whales become stranded, are dragged up the beach and slaughtered on the sand or in the shallow water. many people enter the water to help bring the whales to the sand.
faroe islanders are allowed to carry out the annual slaughter by law, which is partially devolved from denmark’s government, although the legality of the practice has been questioned by activists.
“metal hooks are driven into the stranded mammals' blowholes before their spines are cut. whole families are slaughtered, and some whales swim around in their family members' blood for hours. whales and dolphins are highly creatures and feel pain and fear every bit as much as we do," as claimed by the peta campaign.
an anti-hunting campaign called sea shepherd claims that up to 1,000 pilot whales are killed every year in the summer months and although whale meat is eaten by the local people, some of the meat is left to rot. the conservation society sends a couple of boats to the islands every summer to try and prevent locals from herding whales to the shoreline, but last year five crew members were arrested and their boats confiscated.
1) what adjective would you use to fill in the gap in the first paragraph?
2) use 2-3 sentences to summarize the text in your own words:
3) write an essay for this passage (use the another side of the paper):
in defense of the grindadrap, many people say it is just a tradition – and as any tradition, it must be preserved. however, what would the world look like if every signle culture had the same tradition of killing randomly chosen species annually for food, entertainment etc? in other words, do traditions justify our actions?
