Shock of the new - GM Mosquitoes
Level 1
Elementary
Vocabulary development 1: Word building
5
See if you can complete the table with the missing words. Then check the text quickly to see if you
were right.
noun
adjective
1
danger
2
science
3
nature
4
care
5
south
6
aggression
7
destruction
8
effect
First, read the text quickly and underline the words below.
Now, read the text again, and use the information to complete the sentences below.
1. ____________ is the university where the scientists are working on GM mosquitoes.
2. ____________ is an animal that doesn’t exist any more.
3. There are ____________ people who are ill with malaria.
4. ____________ is the man who wrote this article.
5. ____________ is a scientist who knows a lot about birds.
6. ____________ is an island where brown tree snakes have eaten most of the birds.
7. People tried to protect sugar cane plants from pests by bringing in cane toads in ____________.
8. A water plant was taken to Africa from South America in ____________. Now it has blocked all the rivers.
9. ____________ is a scientist who knows a lot about plants.
10. Wolf snails have eaten ____________ of the native snails in Polynesia.
Reading for information
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James Randerson 300 million Johns Hopkins Deborah Long
Andre Farrar Guam the dodo the 19th century 1935 72%
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