Unit 9

The world’s highest mountain is 8,844

meters high.

Self Check & ReadingPeriod 4

Self Check & ReadingPeriod 4

Self Check

1

Fill in each blank with the correct word given. Change the form of the word if necessary. Then make your own sentence with each word.

fact, million, the more, as many as, three times

1. What has happened to the giant turtles? There aren’t __________ before.2. It’s a ______ that India has the second largest population in the world.3. The more it rained, _________ worried we became.4. Twenty _______ people live in that area.5. That hill is ___________ as high as this one.

fact, million, the more, as many as, three times

1. What has happened to the giant turtles? There aren’t __________ before.2. It’s a ______ that India has the second largest population in the world.3. The more it rained, _________ worried we became.4. Twenty _______ people live in that area.5. That hill is ___________ as high as this one.

as many asfact

the more

million

three times

Groupwork

Task

Write two comparisons about two topics. Write true facts.

Example:Two rivers: the Yangtze river and the Amazon1. The Yangtze River is almost as long as the Amazon.2. The Amazon is the longest river in the world, and the Yangtze River is the longest in China.

Two cities: ______ and _____1. _________________________2. _________________________

Two animals: ______ and _____1. _________________________2. _________________________

Check ( ) the words and phrases

you underlined in the reading. Add

in other key points you have

underlined.

3a

Answer the following questions. Use words or phrases from the box in 3a.

3b

1.Which environmental organization

gives support to the protection of giant

pandas?

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

does.

2. What is the object of the Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base?

Its main object is to increase the number of giant pandas.

3. What is taught to the giant pandas when they grow up?

As these young giant pandas grow up, they are taught the necessary skills to live in the wild on their own.

4. How many square kilometers of forest

was chosen for giant pandas in the yea

r 2000?

In April of 2000, about 23,000 square ki

lometers of forest was chosen in Sichua

n, Shansi and Gansu Provinces.

Write facts using the key information given.

1.(1,600) ____________

2.(research) __________

3.(20 kilos) ___________

4.(continue) __________

3c

Choose an endangered animal that

you are interested in. Find information

about it and complete the chart below.

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