January Reading 1&2

Many species of animals combine the benefits of family association with memberships of larger communities. The primary advantage of mass community membership is in the safety it provides. A large group of prey may be easier to find, but most predators would reconsider their choices before trying to attack such a group. Facing an overwhelming mass of moving bodies, an attacker would find it almost impossible to track and target a single animal to bring down.

Based on the reading, why might a predator avoid attacking a large group of animals

 

Based on the reading, why might a predator avoid attacking a large group

      of animals?

 

• The large number of animals makes them harder to find.

• The group of animals stands together and fights the predator as one.

• Success is unlikely because the predator will be confused by all the movement

• Larger groups of animals are more aggressive.

Life coaching is a helpful process where you work one-to-one with a life coach to reach your personal and professional goals. A life coach is like a supportive friend who asks you questions, listens to your answers and then uses the information to guide you through your life. This kind of individual coaching is getting more popular as people want help with different parts of life such as jobs, relationships, and personal growth.

 In coaching sessions, you and your life coach talk about your goals and how to overcome challenges. He or she gives you the advice and tools to help you make positive changes. Whether you need more confidence, better skills, or help with life changes, a life coach can assist you. Life coaching is about taking control of your life and making your dreams come true.

 

     Who is the most likely audience for this text?

• Someone who has just become a life coach

• Someone who wants to change their life coach

• Someone who is studying to be a life coach.

• Someone who is looking for a personal life coach.

On top of sleeping and eating, babies spend a lot of their time crying.

However, while they may scream and make a lot of noise, newborn babies don't produce tears when they cry.

 

Because their tear glands (the body part that produces tears) and tear ducts (the pathway that carries tears from the eye to the nose) are still developing, newborns can't make tears for the first few weeks of their lives. That is why parents won't start to see real teardrops form until their baby is between two weeks and three months old

 

 

     When does a baby start to produce tears?

•  

  before the tear glands have formed

• shortly after being born

• when they are crying or upset

• when they are about two or three weeks old

Grandparents and older people are using social media more than

before. A study in 2021 found that 72% of adults aged 65 and older in the United States use social media, compared to 43% in 2015. This is happening in other countries too. For example, Jane, a 72-year-old lady from England, started using Facebook to talk to her grandchildren. Now she also shares her travel pictures and talks to old friends. More and more older people are getting online, and it shows that social media is changing for everyone, not just young people.

What age group did the survey look at?

• adults over 65

• over-55's

• grandparents

• young people

Oprah Winfrey is a very famous and successful American woman.

Millions of Americans watch her talk show and she is also popular outside the USA. She is now very rich and has many homes around the world. But she doesn't keep her money to herself. She gives lots of money away to people who need help. One reason for this is that she remembers from her early years how difficult life is without money for food and electricity.

     Which word best describes Oprah's life when she was a child?

• poor

• sick

• famous

• happy

Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish explorer known for his expeditions to South America in the early 16th century. He is most famous for his conquest of the Inca Empire in what is now Peru. Pizarro and his small band of soldiers, along with their native allies, managed to capture the Inca ruler, Atahualpa, in 1532, causing the collapse of the Inca civilization. Pizarro's expeditions led to the Spanish colonization in South America, bringing great wealth and resources to Spain. However, his actions also resulted in the loss of local cultures and the suffering of native populations. Pizarro's legacy is a complex one, marked by both exploration and exploitation.

What impact did Pizarro's expeditions have on South America and Spain?

• They resulted in the preservation of local cultures.

• They brought riches to Spain but damaged native cultures.

• They caused the expansion of the Inca Empire.

• They led to the foundation of the modern state of Peru.

Oil was discovered in the UAE in 1958. However, people had been using oil for thousands of years although they didn't drill for it. Instead they used oil that came to the earth's surface naturally. In North America, native Americans used oil to protect their boats from water. Ancient Greeks used it to make a weapon called "Greek Fire" and some people in Eastern Europe burned it for light. This changed in 1859, when a man named Edwin Drake used machinery for finding water to drill the world's first oil well in Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA and created a whole new industry.

Before humans drilled for oil, how did they obtain it?

• They burned light oil to reduce it to usable heavy oil.

• They only used what they found on the surface.

• They searched for it on the water using special boats

• They used machinery to produce it from water.