Tomorrow, Barbados will celebrate 55 years of independence.
-What is your favourite place in Barbados?
-What do you think is the best thing about Barbados?
- What does the trident on the Barbados flag symbolise?
Activity 1: Please read the sentence fully before selecting your answer. Aim to score 100%.
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COMPREHENSION
Read the following passage carefully. Remember to read the passage more than once. It is also very important to pay attention to the vocabulary of the passage.
Find the meanings of these words to help with your understanding of the passage.
udder slaughter consumption robust obvious draught rapid prohibited function tilling production inventions
‘Cattle’ refers to live animals such as cows and bulls reared for a particular use. These animals are raised as dairy cows or beef cows and for calf production.
The dairy cows are thinner than beef cows and have larger udders (a bag-like, milk- producing organ of the cow). The milk from these animals is collected and sold as milk or other dairy products.
The beef cows are raised for slaughter and red-meat consumption for people. They are more robust than dairy cows and do not have overly large udders, yet they do produce enough milk for their calves. It is obvious that dairy cows live longer than beef cows.
In the poorer countries of the world, small scale farmers use cattle as draught animals. Draught animals are animals used for pulling loads. On the larger farms and in richer countries this function has been brought to nought because of the rapid inventions of machinery.
In some regions of the world, especially some states in India, the slaughter of cattle is prohibited. This is possibly because of their reliance on the animal. They rely on the animal for food, for the tilling of fields and even use the cow dung as fuel and fertilizer.
1. What are two reasons given in the passage for people rearing cattle?
2. Who in the passage would use cows as draught animals?
3. Why are dairy cows thinner than the beef cows?
4. Besides the production of food and tilling of fields, what benefit is there in raising cows?
5. What do you think is meant by the phrase calf production in line 2?
6. Why has machinery brought this practice of using draught animals to nought?
7. Why do you think the writer say that ‘it is obvious that dairy cows live longer than beef cows ’?
8. Suggest a suitable title for the passage.
11. Tom spent three-fifths of his money on a bag and spent two-sevenths of his money on stationary. If he originally had $350, calculate:
a. How much he spent on the bag
b. How much he spent on stationary
c. How much he spent in all
d. How much money remains
12. Jason gave each of his twin brothers $1.20. If he had $4.40 at first, how much did he keep for himself?
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SUFFIXES
BAR GRAPHS
How do you hear?
Hearing starts with the outer ear. When a sound is made outside the outer ear, the sound waves, or vibrations, travel down the external auditory canal and strike the eardrum. The eardrum vibrates.
The vibrations are then passed to 3 tiny bones in the middle ear called the ossicles. The ossicles amplify the sound. They send the sound waves to the inner ear and into the fluid-filled hearing organ (cochlea).
Once the sound waves reach the inner ear, they are converted into electrical impulses. The auditory nerve sends these impulses to the brain. The brain then translates these electrical impulses as sound.
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