SUCCEED in City & Guilds - B2 READING Read the text and complete the tasks that follo! priate answer. An example is done for you. Choose a, b, or ¢, Put a circle round the most appro: THE GHOST SLUG ‘Anew kind of animal has just been discovered under a flowerpot in Wales. I's been called the ghost slug, and itis unusual for ‘several reasons, This slug is large, reaching 6 or 7 cm in size. It has no eyes, and is white in colour. Itis active at night, and unlike the majority of slugs, itis a carnivore, feeding on earthworms using its blade-like teeth. The species was unknown to sci- lence before 2006. “The first ghost slug was discovered in 2006 in Glamorgan, Wales, and was formally described and named in 2008 by Ben Rowson at the National Museum of Wales, and Bill Sy~mondson, an ecologist at Cardiff University. Because of the slug's white |colour and nocturnal habits, and because it has been so rarely seen, it was given the species name ysbryda, The word 'ysbryd" | means ghost in the Welsh language. This in turn gave rise to the common name, "ghost slug". This appears to be the first case |of an animal being given a name from the Welsh language. lo species like the ghost slug are more commonly found in Turkey and Georgia; however, the ghost slug is different from all of these. Itis also the first slug of this kind to be found in Western Europe. Although the ghost slug is almost certainly not native |to Wales, where the ghost slug came from and how it made its way into Britain is still unknown. Bill Symondson thinks that the ‘slug probably originally lived deep inside caves because itis completely white and has no eyes, He thinks that it possibly came from a cave system in Eastern Europe, and may have arrived in Wales in the soil of a potted plant. tre first ghost slug was found in a lane in Caerphilly on October 29, 2006. This single specimen was photographed and then ‘released, A year later, another slug was found by a gardener near Cardiff, Wales, where it was brought to the attention of the | National Museum of Wales. Additional ghost slugs have been found in Gorseinon, near Swansea, Wales. ‘The ghost slug is not harmful to humans, but because itis an introduced species, scientists are asking the public to tell them any see one of the slugs. Scientists want to make sure that the ghost slug does not spread and eat so many earthworms get smaller, because earthworms are important for the soil and the environmen Example: Where was the first Welsh ghost slug found? [a) under a flowerpot b) in a cave ¢) in Eastern Europe 4. After it was photographed, the first ghost slug 1. What is NOT unusual about the ghost slug? @ It eats meat. b) It has no eyes. ¢) It is not from Wales. 2. What is unique about the slug's name? a) It comes from the Welsh language. b) Its spelling is dificult. ¢) It means ghost. 3. How did the ghost slugs get to Wales? a) Eastern Europeans took them to Britain b) They were always there. 6) It is not verified. a) was Killed. 'b) was kept in the museum. ) was set free. 5. The ghost slug could be harmful to a) humans. b) earthworm populations. ¢) the environment. 6. Overall the Welsh ghost slug could be described as a) a dangerous animal b) a mysterious animal ¢) an unbelievable animal Total: 6 marks1 7NP) Ic) the text and fill the gaps with sentences A-G. Write the letter of the missing sentence in the box Ie correct gap. There is one extra sentence you will not need. Mount Monadnock The word “monadnock" comes from the language of a Native American tribe called Abenaki. The word was used to describe a mountain, although the exact kind of mountain is uncertain. The word was adopted by early settlers of southern New Hampshire and later by American geologists. Mount Monadnock is the most prominent New England mountain. It is one of the most-climbed moun- "tains in the world. 1 The mountain is the highest point in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. It stands 965 metres tall and is nearly 610 metres above the surrounding landscape. The mountain is also well known in literature. The famous American writers and philosophers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were both frequent visitors and wrote fondly about it. ‘A bog near the summit and a rocky lookout off one of the trails are both named after him. Emerson also made the mountain the subject of one of his famous poems. Mal] In 1858, Moses Cudworth built a hotel called The Half Way House on the side of the mountain. There was a steep, winding road called the ‘Toll Road’ leading up to it. El _| Today Mount Monadnock is open for hiking, backpacking, picnicking and snowshoeing and offers amazing views of rural south- em New Hampshire. There is a campground on the southeast side of the mountain; however, camping is not allowed anywhere else. a Parking areas are open from 6am to 8pm, 7 days a week in the summer. Thoreau spent a great deal of time writing about things he saw on the mountain. . This is the landscape of two New Hampshire towns: Jaffrey and Dublin. . The hotel was very successful until 1954 when it burned down. . Many famous hikers have been to its summit. . It costs $3 to park at the bottom of the mountain. There is also a lookout named after Emerson. ;. However, the southwestern slopes of the mountain drain into Fassett Brook. Total: 6 marksSUCCEED in City & Guilds - B2 Read the four texts below. There are eight questions about the texts. Decide which text (A, B, C or De tells you the answer to the question. The first one is done for you. A We've been camping for many years and have found many recipes that we like, Most are very easy and even kids can make them, B. The Gelert Twister 4 is a tent with an innovative design, exclusive to GELERT. It gives camping a whole new twist. It is light enough for use by backpackers, and the design allows this spacious tent to be pitched in a matter of minutes, with no trouble or confusion, even in the dark! No more worries about having to set up camp before the sun sets. Everyone congregates around the campfire in the evening to talk about what they've done that day and to plan their next day. The great thing about this is that the cook is right there with everyone, included in all the conversations. Grilled Banana & Peanut Butter Sandwiches Now, we have teamed up with PJ Camping and are offering you the chance to win a Gelert ‘Twister 4 Tent! D. For years, Greenfield State Park has been a haven for hikers, bikers and swimmers. This July the park wil open up 25 new camping spots. This is great news for out-of-towners and locals alike as the next and closest campground is cover an hour away. Cc. Pi A cs chi ec wae ae soe about camping Friday and Saturday night at a camp- | ground up north, and we thought you'd like to join us. Jon and Susan Pierce, who have been running the ark for the last 20 years are excited about the new campground, "We've been trying to get the state to approve funding for this campground for almost ten years and we finally got every- thing sorted out". Goes er ses te ieee just have to bring a sleeping bag, like the seahor ro Which text Which text provides the answers to the following questions? Example: is a newspaper report? 4. How many camping spots will be in the park? 1.is an invitation? 5. What would someone need to bring on the camping trip? 2. is trying to promote something? 6. How fast can the tent be set up? 3. suggests making something? 7. How difficult is cooking while camping?d the article and answer the questions. Write a maximum of five words for each answer. An example is done for you. Penguins in Danger Raising a baby takes a lot of work, especially when that baby is a king penguin. Now, it looks like climate change will make life even harder for these birds. A new study suggests that warmer waters could shrink their ‘numbers. ‘Most king penguins live on the Crozet Archipelago, a group of islands‘in the Indian Ocean, about 1,000 miles ‘north of Antarctica. After the penguin chicks are born in November (which is summer in the Southern Hemisphere), both parents spend 4 months collecting fish, some of which they regurgitate to feed their offspring. When the fish move to deeper waters in March, the adults leave their chicks alone for months. They swim. hun- {dreds of miles south. There, near the Antarctic ice, they spend the winter eating squid, fish and other sea crea- tures, to replenish their own energy stores, In October, nearly a year after their chicks were born, the parents ‘return to feed and finish raising them. | Scientists from the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Strasbourg, France, have been studying king penguins on the Crozet Archipelago for a decade. Starting in 1998, Yvon Le Maho and colleagues {implanted electronic ID tags under the skin of hundreds of penguins. ‘These are the same types of tags you might put in your dog or cat, so you can track them if they get lost. The {tags have allowed Le Maho’s team to identify individual birds and keep track of details about them, such as how long they live, whether they return from their winter trips, and if their chicks manage to survive the winter. Itis important for the scientists to do this because they need to know these things about the penguins, so if it seems they are in trouble, they can take steps to help them and ensure their survival. To see whether water temperatures affect the penguins, Le Maho compared his data with temperature records. ‘Ocean surface temperatures vary from year to year. And previous research had shown that fewer squid, fish and ither creatures are present when the water is warmer. Le Maho suspected that this drop in the food supply would Imake it harder for adult penguins to survive the tough times ahead. Indeed, his results showed that fewer adults survived during winters when the water was especially warm. Just a quarter of a degree (0.26°C to be exact) wi ling of seawater reduces adult penguins’ survival rates by 9 percent in later years.” a | King penguins can live for up to 30 years. And for now, the population still appears healthy. But end could spell big trouble for a bird that depends on cold and ice. - Example: What wil soon make fe more dificut for king penguins? } 4. n what month do parent penguins return to their young? limate change, 6. What does sometimes cause the levels of penguins’ food supplies to drop? 3. What do parent penguins do in March, when they leave their chicks? 7. How old do king penguins live to be? Total: 7 marks Total marks for Reading: 26