Since this is my last year of high school I’m looking forward to the new memories and new experiences. Although I’m a bit upset that it’s the last year this is life and I’m going to be unlocking a new stage after high school which I’m excited for. I’m also looking forward to how I’m going to change during this year every year my personality has been kind of different and its very interesting for me to see the difference between me then and now if i was able to put my past eras in one room it would have been definitely an interesting experience. we as humas experience a lot of change. Including the change of our appearance and mindset and more. There was a study where it was said that we change each 5 years i don’t know how much of that is true i think we change according to what we experience or there’s comes a period in our life that just changes us. In conclusion I’m just looking forward to anything this year i just want to have a fun memorable year.
Day: September 17, 2023
Homework
Task 1.
I. Read the text and choose the right option:
Only humans speak using words. But all species in the animal kingdom can communicate in one way or another. Maybe you have heard about the way bees dance around to send messages to each other and the way dogs bark in different ways to give warnings, to be friendly or to be playful.
But did you know about infrasonic communication used by elephants? This is how it works.
Humans hear low sounds like the bass notes in music or thunder rumbling in the sky. But we don’t hear sounds lower than these. However, animals such as elephants and hippos can hear much lower sounds than humans can. And what’s more, they can make sounds in that range as well, and they use them to communicate with each other. This is known as infrasound.
Another amazing thing about infrasound is that it travels over several kilometers. Sounds which have a higher pitch, like the ones people can hear, don’t travel well through walls, leaves, trees and so on, which is why we can’t hear sounds from more than 100 meters away. But infrasound is much ‘stronger,’ and things like grass and trees have no effect on it. Therefore it can travel much further. Elephants can hear infrasonic calls from four kilometers away.
There have been reports of people watching herds of elephants feeding or resting and then the elephants suddenly all charged off for no reason at all. They obviously heard a warning call from a long way away, but the people didn’t hear a sound. In places like a zoo or wildlife park where you can get nearer to animals, it is a bit easier to sense when infrasonic sounds are made. When you stand near mother elephants with their babies in a zoo you may notice a slight rumbling in the air every few minutes – not loud or strong, but clearly noticeable. This is infrasonic communication – the mother elephants ‘talking’ to their babies.
- The writer mentions bees and dogs…
a) because they want to learn how they communicate.
b) as examples of animal communication.
c) because they use infrasonic communication.
2. Humans can hear …
a) lower sounds than elephants can.
b) sounds that travel long distances.
c)sounds with higher pitch.
3. Things like trees …
a) cause problems for low sounds.
b) cause problems for high sounds.
c) don’t affect sounds at all.
4. in places like zoos …
a) human can sense when infrasonic sounds are being made.
b) elephants don’t need to make infrasonic sounds.
c) it is easier than in wildlife parks to sense when elephants use infrasonic sounds.
II. Write one word in each gap:
I’m very fond (5) …… my husband, William. I’ve been married (6) ….. him for over sixty years. I know he cares (7) …… me now just as much as when we first met all those years ago. I’d got lost, and I asked him for directions. He was so kind (8) ….. me. He offered to drive me wherever I wanted to go. It was love at first sight and since then my relationship (9) ….. him has always been wonderful.
William is proud (10) ….. my success as an artist, and he’s never been jealous (11) ….. my fame. I really admire him (12) ….. supporting me so much over the years. Every evening, we chat (13) ….. each other (14) ….. the day’s events. Of course, we do sometimes argue (15) ….. things. All couples do. But whenever I have an argument (16) ….. him, we soon start laughing and both apologize (17) ….. each other (18) …… getting angry. I can’t imagine life without him.
5. a) of b) about c) to d) with
6. a)about b) with c) to d) –
7. a) for b) about c) of d) with
8. a)to b)of c) about d) with
9. a) for b)of c) to d) with
10. a)with b) with c) of d)for
11. a)of b)for c) with d)about
12. a) for b) of c) with d)about
13. a) about b) after c)to d)on
14.a) about b)of c)after d)on
15.a)about b)of c)for d)before
16.a) about b)for c)with d)to
17.a) for b)to c)with d)about
18.a)for b)with c)to d)about
III. Fill in the blanks with the word form that best fits each space.
(19)—- to tradition, the first American Thanksgiving was (20)— in 1621 by the English pilgrims who had founded the Plymouth Colony. The Pilgrim marked the (21)— by (22)— with their Native American guests who brought gifts of food as a gesture of goodwill. Although this event was an important part of American colonial history, there is no (23)— that any of the participants thought of the feast as a thanksgiving celebration.
19. a)accordingly b)accordance c)according d)accordant
20. a)celebrating b)celebrated c)celebration d)celebrate
21. a)occasion b)occasional c)occasionally d)occasionalism
22. a)feast b)feasted c)feastivity d)feasting
23. a)evident evidently c)evidence d)evidenced
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