non-fiction+4.2+(ebrahim)

comprehension

A1. picture a flat wilderness, with only a few short, spindly trees and tufts of bush.

2. under pressure from human persecution, loss of habitat and disease.

3. the wild dog is found from Sahara down to South Africa.

4. the minimum number of dogs in a pack is three while the maximum number of dogs in a pack is thirty.

5.

B1. to let the readers know about the African wild dogs.

2. the readers.

3. because the wild dogs are great predators and they always follow you wherever you go.

4. they show off themselves one by one but when you are ready to escape, but unfortunately you are surrounded by them. 5. they will take care and conserve of the wild dogs.

C

height and length: 75 cm high, with body 75-100 cm long and a tail measuring 30-40 cm.

coat: short and black-brown, blotched with yellow and white.

teeth: cheek teeth are adapted for slicing and grinding and can manage both carnivorous and vegetarian diets.

sight: not totally colour-blind, they see mainly in black, white and shades of grey.

hearing: have large ears with 17 muscles, which allow them to prick up and swivel their ears to pin-point any noise.

smell: smell consists of invisible molecules and when this land on the special ‘olfactory membrane’ inside the nose, the nerves will carry the information to the brain. This membrane covers an area of 3 sq cm in man while in a dog it is almost 130 sq cm. This is because dogs have developed long noses.

vocabulary

1. wilderness: large uncultivated area of land

2. arid: dry

3. exception: not included, except

4.

5. assassin: murderer

6. alert: ready to act

7. co-ordinating: to work together

8. predators: an animal that hunts down preys

9. persecution: abuse

10. unique: unusual

11. relentless: steady

12. confrontation: meeting face to face