Animals. Functional Literacy Test

Read the text. Choose the correct heading. Bill Bowell was suffering from depression. The doctor gave him medicine, but they didn’t help. He couldn’t work. Then he started to swim with dolphins. “My life changed forever,” says Bowell. “A dolphin called Simo looked into my eyes for a few minutes and I started to cry. All my emotions erupted like a volcano. As I cried, Simo put his head on my chest and stayed very still.” After swimming with dolphins, Bowell says he was back to normal life.

Read the text. Choose the correct heading. People say that fish are cold, but read this story to see that they can feel too. Our friend went to another country on business. So, we took her pet goldfish and put it in a bowl with our goldfish. They lived together for six months. When the friend came back, she took her goldfish home. The next morning I found my goldfish on the surface, dead. Later that day, my friend phoned to say that her goldfish was also dead.

Read the text. Choose the correct heading. Some years ago, my husband and I were travelling in the north of England. One day, we stopped in a quiet place for a picnic and played some Mozart on a CD player. After a few minutes, we looked up and saw some cows who were listening to the music. When the Mozart was finished, we put on a CD of modern music. The cows immediately turned round and walked off.

Read the text. Choose the correct heading. In France, there was a man who had a dog and a cat, and he loved them both. One day, he got a new job two hundred kilometres away, so he had to move. But he only took the dog with him and left the cat in the same house with new owners. Three weeks later, the dog suddenly disappeared. The man looked for his dog, but didn’t find him. Then, seven weeks later, the dog came back - together with the cat. They were tired and hungry after their long way, and the cat’s paws were bleeding. But they looked happy and lived on all together.

Your teacher asked you and your friends to do the school projects about the animals. Jane’s made a project about lions. Read the text and mark the statements True, False, Not Stated. Big cats live all around the world, but people don’t see them very often. They have sharp claws and teeth. They can be dangerous to people, but people are even more dangerous to them. Many people hunt big cats. They hunt spotted cats for their fur. They hunt tigers for their bones. They use the bones in Chinese medicine. Some people even hunt big cats just for fun. Here are some of the most famous big cats. The lion is the loudest of all the big cats. You can hear a lion roar from about 8 kilometres away. Lions live in families called prides. A pride of lions can have between 3 and 40 lions in it, but there are usually around 15 lions in one pride. The female lions do most of the hunting. They usually hunt late in the evening or early in the morning. They kill antelopes, gazelles, buffaloes and zebras. You can find lions in Africa and Asia. You can find their cousin, the mountain lion, in America. The biggest of the big cats is the tiger. They are known around the world for their power and strength. Tigers can weigh up to 220 kilograms. Most tigers come from India. They are very good climbers and are good swimmers too. They can eat up to 30 kilograms of meat in one night. 100 years ago, there were over 100,000 tigers in the wild. Now there are only 2,500. Many of them live in conservation parks. 1. Big cats live only in Africa.

Read the text and mark the statements True, False, Not Stated. Big cats live all around the world, but people don’t see them very often. They have sharp claws and teeth. They can be dangerous to people, but people are even more dangerous to them. Many people hunt big cats. They hunt spotted cats for their fur. They hunt tigers for their bones. They use the bones in Chinese medicine. Some people even hunt big cats just for fun. Here are some of the most famous big cats. The lion is the loudest of all the big cats. You can hear a lion roar from about 8 kilometres away. Lions live in families called prides. A pride of lions can have between 3 and 40 lions in it, but there are usually around 15 lions in one pride. The female lions do most of the hunting. They usually hunt late in the evening or early in the morning. They kill antelopes, gazelles, buffaloes and zebras. You can find lions in Africa and Asia. You can find their cousin, the mountain lion, in America. The biggest of the big cats is the tiger. They are known around the world for their power and strength. Tigers can weigh up to 220 kilograms. Most tigers come from India. They are very good climbers and are good swimmers too. They can eat up to 30 kilograms of meat in one night. 100 years ago, there were over 100,000 tigers in the wild. Now there are only 2,500. Many of them live in conservation parks. 3. The lion’s voice is very loud.

Read the text and mark the statements True, False, Not Stated. Big cats live all around the world, but people don’t see them very often. They have sharp claws and teeth. They can be dangerous to people, but people are even more dangerous to them. Many people hunt big cats. They hunt spotted cats for their fur. They hunt tigers for their bones. They use the bones in Chinese medicine. Some people even hunt big cats just for fun. Here are some of the most famous big cats. The lion is the loudest of all the big cats. You can hear a lion roar from about 8 kilometres away. Lions live in families called prides. A pride of lions can have between 3 and 40 lions in it, but there are usually around 15 lions in one pride. The female lions do most of the hunting. They usually hunt late in the evening or early in the morning. They kill antelopes, gazelles, buffaloes and zebras. You can find lions in Africa and Asia. You can find their cousin, the mountain lion, in America. The biggest of the big cats is the tiger. They are known around the world for their power and strength. Tigers can weigh up to 220 kilograms. Most tigers come from India. They are very good climbers and are good swimmers too. They can eat up to 30 kilograms of meat in one night. 100 years ago, there were over 100,000 tigers in the wild. Now there are only 2,500. Many of them live in conservation parks. 2. Chinese doctors use tigers’ bones in medicine.

Read the text and mark the statements True, False, Not Stated. Big cats live all around the world, but people don’t see them very often. They have sharp claws and teeth. They can be dangerous to people, but people are even more dangerous to them. Many people hunt big cats. They hunt spotted cats for their fur. They hunt tigers for their bones. They use the bones in Chinese medicine. Some people even hunt big cats just for fun. Here are some of the most famous big cats. The lion is the loudest of all the big cats. You can hear a lion roar from about 8 kilometres away. Lions live in families called prides. A pride of lions can have between 3 and 40 lions in it, but there are usually around 15 lions in one pride. The female lions do most of the hunting. They usually hunt late in the evening or early in the morning. They kill antelopes, gazelles, buffaloes and zebras. You can find lions in Africa and Asia. You can find their cousin, the mountain lion, in America. The biggest of the big cats is the tiger. They are known around the world for their power and strength. Tigers can weigh up to 220 kilograms. Most tigers come from India. They are very good climbers and are good swimmers too. They can eat up to 30 kilograms of meat in one night. 100 years ago, there were over 100,000 tigers in the wild. Now there are only 2,500. Many of them live in conservation parks. 4. Male lions kill all of their food.

Read the text and mark the statements True, False, Not Stated. Big cats live all around the world, but people don’t see them very often. They have sharp claws and teeth. They can be dangerous to people, but people are even more dangerous to them. Many people hunt big cats. They hunt spotted cats for their fur. They hunt tigers for their bones. They use the bones in Chinese medicine. Some people even hunt big cats just for fun. Here are some of the most famous big cats. The lion is the loudest of all the big cats. You can hear a lion roar from about 8 kilometres away. Lions live in families called prides. A pride of lions can have between 3 and 40 lions in it, but there are usually around 15 lions in one pride. The female lions do most of the hunting. They usually hunt late in the evening or early in the morning. They kill antelopes, gazelles, buffaloes and zebras. You can find lions in Africa and Asia. You can find their cousin, the mountain lion, in America. The biggest of the big cats is the tiger. They are known around the world for their power and strength. Tigers can weigh up to 220 kilograms. Most tigers come from India. They are very good climbers and are good swimmers too. They can eat up to 30 kilograms of meat in one night. 100 years ago, there were over 100,000 tigers in the wild. Now there are only 2,500. Many of them live in conservation parks. 6. Tigers don't like water.

Read the text and mark the statements True, False, Not Stated. Big cats live all around the world, but people don’t see them very often. They have sharp claws and teeth. They can be dangerous to people, but people are even more dangerous to them. Many people hunt big cats. They hunt spotted cats for their fur. They hunt tigers for their bones. They use the bones in Chinese medicine. Some people even hunt big cats just for fun. Here are some of the most famous big cats. The lion is the loudest of all the big cats. You can hear a lion roar from about 8 kilometres away. Lions live in families called prides. A pride of lions can have between 3 and 40 lions in it, but there are usually around 15 lions in one pride. The female lions do most of the hunting. They usually hunt late in the evening or early in the morning. They kill antelopes, gazelles, buffaloes and zebras. You can find lions in Africa and Asia. You can find their cousin, the mountain lion, in America. The biggest of the big cats is the tiger. They are known around the world for their power and strength. Tigers can weigh up to 220 kilograms. Most tigers come from India. They are very good climbers and are good swimmers too. They can eat up to 30 kilograms of meat in one night. 100 years ago, there were over 100,000 tigers in the wild. Now there are only 2,500. Many of them live in conservation parks. 5. Lions usually hunt in hot weather.