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Comprehension SATs Style Questions

Jenny Pierce wrote a persuasive letter arguing that keeping killer whales in captivity at Sea Parks is wrong for three main reasons: 1) Killer whales can swim up to 150 miles per day in the wild but are restricted to small tanks at Sea Parks, humiliating the whales and violating their natural behaviors. 2) Whales living in captivity typically have shorter lifespans than those in the wild due to breaching, stress, and lack of space. 3) As intelligent, social animals not born to perform, keeping whales in tanks causes them psychological distress, and Jenny Pierce would feel the same if she was a whale at Sea Parks.

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Comprehension SATs Style Questions

Jenny Pierce wrote a persuasive letter arguing that keeping killer whales in captivity at Sea Parks is wrong for three main reasons: 1) Killer whales can swim up to 150 miles per day in the wild but are restricted to small tanks at Sea Parks, humiliating the whales and violating their natural behaviors. 2) Whales living in captivity typically have shorter lifespans than those in the wild due to breaching, stress, and lack of space. 3) As intelligent, social animals not born to perform, keeping whales in tanks causes them psychological distress, and Jenny Pierce would feel the same if she was a whale at Sea Parks.

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Comprehension – Persuasive letter, Whales in Captivity

1) Find and copy one word that informs us of Sea Parks’ purpose for
keeping the killer whales.
1 mark

2) Up to how many miles can a killer whale swim per day?


75 miles 125 miles

100 miles 150 miles 1 mark

3) Find and copy one word that shows what a whale is not born to do.

1 mark

4) Draw lines to match the following words to their definitions:

captivity To break something.

breaching Making someone feel


embarrassed.
restricting Put a limit on.

humiliating Being imprisoned or confined. 2 marks

5) List three arguments used by Jenny Pierce to persuade Sea Parks


that keeping killer whales in captivity is wrong.

2 marks

6) Tick one box to complete this sentence.


Whales living in captivity typically live …

happier lives.

shorter lives.

1 mark
healthier lives.

7) Look at paragraph 3. How would Jenny Pierce feel is she was a whale
at Sea Parks? Use evidence from the text to justify your answer.

2 marks

8) By keeping killer whales in captivity, Sea Parks are violating basic


animal rights.

Do you agree with this statement? Use evidence from the text to
justify your answer.
Yes No Yes and no

3 marks

9) If you were the owner of sea parks, how would you respond to this
letter?

2 marks

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