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Read the article about bicycles and answer the questions that follow.
BICYCLES
The bicycle is a cheap and clean way to travel. The first bicycle (1) ______ made about one hundred and fifty years ago. At first, bicycles were expensive. Only rich people (2) ______ buy one. These early bicycles looked very different from the ones we have today. Later, when bicycles became cheaper, many people bought one. People started riding bicycles to work and in (3) ______ free time. Today, people use cars more than bicycles; cars are much faster and you don’t get (4) ______ when it rains! But some people still prefer to cycle to work. They say that (5) ______ are too many cars in town centres and you can’t find anywhere to park!

Read the article about line dancing and answer the questions that follow.
LINE DANCING
Thousands of people in Britain have a new hobby – line dancing. (1) ______ almost every town, you will find clubs and classes for this new activity.
‘Line dancing is easy to learn. If you have two feet and can walk, then you can do it!’ Fiona Lever, a teacher, (2) ______. ‘You don’t need a partner because you dance in groups. It’s the (3) ______ way to make new friends. In my classes, there are young and old people. The boys like it because they can make a lot of noise with their feet during the dances!’
When (4) ______ line dancing begin? Most people think it started about fifteen years (5) ______ when American country music became famous in Britain.

Read the article about postcards and answer the questions that follow.
POSTCARDS
Today, people like to send postcards to their friends and family. These postcards often (1) ______ pictures of beaches, mountains or castles on them and you (2) ______ write a message on the back. Many people send postcards when they are on holiday because postcards are cheap and the pictures on them are often (3) ______ than people’s own photos.
Somebody sent the first postcard (4) ______ the end of the nineteenth century. It had a picture of a town by the sea on it. Later on, postcards had pictures showing something in the news that week, perhaps an accident (5) ______ an important person’s visit. People liked to see them because they did not have pictures in their newspapers then.

Read the article about farming and answer the questions that follow.
THE HISTORY OF FARMING
Before people started farming, they went to the forest to look for plants or fruit they could eat. This meant that people (1) ______ moving all the time to find food. But about 12,000 years ago, (2) ______ the Middle East, people began to grow food. These people were the first farmers. Farming made it possible for people to stay in one place and slowly their villages got bigger.
Some people in the villages became free to do other work, like making clothes, (3) ______ the farmers could grow food for everyone. Unfortunately, farming was difficult when the weather was bad and then some people did not get (4) ______ food to eat. Today, farmers can grow more food and it travels thousands of kilometres from where it (5) ______ grown to our homes.

Read the article about tigers and answer the questions that follow.
TIGERS
Tigers are the largest cats of all. A hundred years ago 100,000 tigers lived across Asia, but today (1) ______ are only about 6000, with many living in zoos around the world.
Tigers usually live in forests but (2) ______ are found in wetter areas. Most of them live from12 to 18 years, but in zoos they can live until they are 25. The coats of these beautiful animals (3) ______ orange and black but, surprisingly, no two coats are ever the same. They look for food at night, and will eat fish (4) ______ birds as well as larger animals.
Tigers are different (5) ______ most cats because they like water. They are strong swimmers, and often go into rivers when the weather gets too hot.

Read the article about BIG CATS and answer the questions that follow.
BIG CATS
There ____(1)____ many different kinds of cats. They are in different size and they do not look or act the same.
Tigers are the biggest cats. ____(2)____ head to tail they can be 3.7 m long. Most cats don’t like water, ____(3)____ tigers will often lie in a pool of water when it is hot!
Lions are the only cats that stay together in large family groups. Several lions may work together to get food for the group. They usually ____(4)____ in flat, open countryside where they can see a long way and easily follow other animals.
____(5)____cats need good-eyes, because they catch smaller animals for their food. They also need to be fast, and very strong.

Read the article about DOLPHINS and answer the questions that follow.
DOLPHINS
People love dolphins because ____(1)____ are beautiful to watch and friendly. Dolphins are also ____(2)____ of the cleverest animals and are just as clever as dogs. It is possible to teach them in the same way we teach monkeys and dogs. Some people even believe that dolphins have a special way of ____(3)____to each other.
Like many other sea animals and fish, dolphins are in danger. Many dolphins are caught ____(4)____mistake in fishing nets, but a much greater problem is that thousand of dolphins____(5)____dying because the sea is no longer clean enough.