1 I had … the snake as it slept in the sun and it was very angry.
A gripped
B disturbed
C survived
D struggled
2 I used to have a … when I was little; my mother always complained that it looked like a
snake with legs.
A turtle
B salmon
C frog
D lizard
5 A tiger had escaped from its cage so I quickly … my rifle and went after it.
A gripped
B disturbed
C grabbed
D struggled
6 The man picked up his instrument, played a few notes and the … began to dance.
A seal
B cobra
C panda
D frog
7 When I was young, I saw a black and white … eating bamboo when I visited a zoo in
Thailand.
A panda
B turtle
C mosquito
D parrot
8 I used to think that the … was the fastest animal in the world, but it’s actually the
cheetah.
A leopard
B salmon
C panda
D lizard
9 The man had bought the … from a shop and over the years he’d taught it to talk.
A seal
B parrot
C turtle
D leopard
10 When a …, like a lion, spots a smaller animal, it hunts it down and kills it.
A predator
B prey
C species
D wildlife
11 Once he had caught the … in the river, he took it home, cleaned it and cooked it for
supper.
A salmon
B parrot
C mosquito
D leopard
12 The zoo keeper tried to … the slippery fish more tightly but it managed to get away.
A survive
B grab
C grip
D struggle
Marks / 12
1 After the bear had seen that I was all alone, it went for/back me.
2 The seal came for/up to me, took the fish from my hand and dived back into the pool.
3 We had come back/across an old cave in the woods and we decided to explore it.
4 After we had kept the leopard for about a year it went back/for to the wild.
5 The zoo keeper told us that it had all come about/from because some foolish person had
been throwing rocks at the animals.
6 After I’d been living at home for a month, I decided to come across/back and live in Africa
forever.
7 Pandas come across/from China, but we bought these two and had them shipped here
last year.
8 We’ve run out of/in to food for the lizards; we’d better buy some more.
9 Don’t throw away/of all that apple peel; the pigs will eat it.
10 The zoo keepers spent two days looking for the missing lizard, but finally they had to
give out/up and go back to the zoo.
Marks / 10
3. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word in capitals.
1 A giant …………….. wave washed away all the beachfront houses. TIDE
3 A …………….. eruption destroyed the fields and villages for miles around. VOLCANO
6 Many animals face a struggle for …………….. as their natural habitats are destroyed by
man. SURVIVE
7 On the …………….. reserve we were able to see deer, squirrels and lots of different kinds
of birds. NATURAL
8 The …………….. of its natural habitat is what is causing the disappearance of this rare
bird. DESTROY
Marks / 8
4. Complete the sentences with words to do with natural phenomena. All the
letters are given, but they are mixed up.
1 zerebe We sat in the garden enjoying the lovely .……………. while the
children laughed and played .
2 nutherd Our dog used to be afraid of the sound of .……………., but he
seems to have got over his fear now.
3 lvacaneah The .……………. happened very suddenly and so it was lucky
that none of the skiers was killed.
Marks / 10
Total Marks / 40