Survival Story :worksheet

SURVIVAL STORY             

Once when me and my friend were camping in Northern Ontario (Canada), we decided to follow a trail beside a river. We were stupid and foolish and (kind of) didn’t tell our moms where we were going (we were only 12/13). Being the nature freak I am, I wanted to keep going and see the rest of the forest, we ended up going past the campground boundaries and across a river. About 15 minutes after, I noticed wolf/coyote and bear tracks and got a little frightened. Then about 30 seconds later, it started raining and got me and my friend stuck in the mud. We decided to wait out until it stopped raining. Gladly it stopped about 2 minutes later, So we crawled out, crossed the river BACK to the original side we were on, climbed a rock wall about ten feet high(gladly it was slanted a bit), walked back to our bikes and biked back in the rain.It would have been a lot better if we had a cell phone or some kind of communication with our moms(or a tarp to stop the rain and a magnesium stick and dry tinder to keep us warm) and yes my “preparedness” level has been higher ever since.

Use the  words below to fill in the gaps of the sentences that follow.

preparedness- tarp- slanted- tinder- boundaries- freak- trail- crawl

1 His speech was ……………to the demonstrator’s unrest.

2 Traffic was moving at a ……………………

3 …………………roofs don’t accumulate water during storms.

4 Many refugees are sheltering under makeshift…………………structures.

5 The objective is to have a clear parental…………….and provide the guidance,limits and structure necessary to keep teens on track.

6 Many times in life we give something the title of “……………………….” Or “…………………………”if we do not understand it, relate well to it,or are frightened of it.

7 The criminal knew that the police were on his ……………

8 If there was ever a moment of ill-………………………..this was it. The ecological havoc following the disaster was unforeseen.

Answer the following questions:

1 Where did the writer’s adventure take place?

2 What intimidated the young girl making her want to get back?

3 What made their return even more strenuous?

4 In hindsight, what did the girl realize?

Fill in with should, should have ,must, must have

1 You …………………….(check) your report thoroughly before you handed it in.

2 You ……………………….(not/watch) TV all night yesterday, that’s why you feel so tired now.

3 I saw Cynthia crying a few minutes ago. She ……………………..(hear) the bad news.

4 My doctor told me that I ………………(avoid) too much stress as it disrupts my sleeping patterns.

5 Sam ………………………….(smoke) when he visits Meg next week as she detests the smell of it.

6 Tod ………………………………..(drive) without his seatbelt on as that’s what caused severe injuring.

7 Law-abiding citizens …………………(pay) their taxes to avoid the case of being imposed with a fine by the government.

Below there are some quotes about hindsight. Match the first half of the sentences to their second one so as to form meaningful sentences.

David Gilmour on “Coming Back To Life”

Pink Floyd – Coming Back To Life Lyrics

Where were you when I was ……………..and broken
While the days slipped by from my ……………..watching
Where were you when I was hurt and ……………..Because the things you say and the things you do ………………..me
While you were hanging yourself on someone else’s ………………….
……………..to believe in what you heard
I was ………………straight into the shining sun

Lost in thought and lost in …………….
While the seeds of life and the seeds of change were ……………..
……………the rain fell dark and slow
While I pondered on this dangerous but ……………..pastime
I took a heavenly ride through our ………………
I knew the ……………had arrived
For …………….the past and coming back to life

I took a heavenly ride through our ………………..
I knew the waiting had begun
And ………………..straight..into the shining sun

Things to do……..

1 Fill in the empty spaces while listening to the song.

2 The following are all interpretations of the lyrics of the song. It is clear that most opinions converge on a forsaken love.

Try to fill in the gaps with a suitable word.

difficulty – betrayed – tough – love  –killing  -prospects  –stability – mistrust –  pain –  term -howl  -energy  -pose – define – life – meant

It’s about someone who was once deeply in………………  but ……………..and now getting over his……………… heading towards a new beginning. It’s about getting a new……….. , not only in terms of love, it could be anything. Motivation, happiness, long ………….goal , inner peace ,achievement, mental…………… anything at all. It is about a person finding himself/herself once again after going through a bundle of ……………times!

I think it’s about finally meeting the person you are meant to spend your life with… And realizing you spent time and ………………on another person that wasn’t …………….for you. “Where were you?”. She was trying to make a marriage work, and not available… But the past is the past… They are finally together now 🙂

It’s about a guy who’s been in deep love with the girl and her thoughts surround him all the time. And now he’s headed straight into the shining sun i.e. has overcome his past by ………….it and looking towards brighter………………

We all have moments in our lives that …………………..us as beings; those moments are ever-lasting.

The lyrics, in my mind, suggest that we all, at times find ………………in relating to others.

We tend to “sense” things very differently; consequently, what may have significant meaning to ourselves, can generate misunderstanding and, at times, …………….. in others, and in the world in which we all live.

Although one may have “stared directly into the sun”, while others “………………… at the moon” it may……………….the question as to who and why we “are what we are” as individuals.

Law-Order-Crime-Punishment

TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2005

All stories have beginning, my blog shall not be an exception. The beginning of this Blog is sorrow. Simple word, “Sorrow“, yet the most painful feeling. Sorrow is sadness. Sorrow is when u r sad, alone & emptiness. The worse thing is, it is silent. U will suffer without anyone knowing. U suffer in this emotion prison alone. U will shout, no man will hear. U will speak, no man will understand. This is the sorrow I am toking abt.

It had been days, weeks or months? I forgotten. Everyday in the prison seems the same. Same 4 walls wif all ur happy moment craved on it. Same bars tat have words of sad moment on it. It is dark and there is no different between day & night. I will lie on the hard cold bed, facing the walls. I will laugh when i saw tat happy times. I saw tat beautiful smile when he is playing wif his younger brother. I saw his back, full of confidence when he receive awards on stage. I heard the voice of a leader tat teaches and guides ppl. I saw the him happily deeply in love wif his lover. He enjoys every stages of his life. Since his birth he leads a life full of joy, pride, confidence, love. and I wispered softly …Matthias.. It is me. I noe tat voice, tat face. It is me….

I stood up. Walked right to the bars. thinking to break free yet I saw… my sad moment. Broken relationships. Shattered Family. Unforsee future. I am lost. Emptiness haunts me. Friends who had left me. My love tat had forsaken me. My family tat broke and shattered like glass. My future which is so dark and unknown. It is saddness, disappointment, emptiness & lost became a voice… tat echoed among the 4 walls. In my mind. I teared. Run back to my bed and hid my face. I shouted. I lunged out all my despair. Yet all tat is wif me is tears.

I hid to one corner and turn my face away. But each day, I will still see the 4 walls and the cycle repeats itself… No one noes… No one hears the cry for my soul is imprisoned in the mind…

“This blog is written in the prison
Name: Matthias

1 According to Mattias sorrow is the most painful feeling. Give his account of what sorrow is identified with.

2 What do the walls and what do the bars represent for him?

3 Matthias is trying to picture the life of a young boy in his mind ,in different stages of his life. Which boy is this and which stages of life is he captured in, in the prisoner’s imagination?

4 The bars somehow urge him to break free but also depict sad moments of his life. Which unpleasant, dramatic and painful experiences are mentioned here?

5 When in despair what is his sole company?

6 “No one hears the cry for my soul is imprisoned in the mind…”

This sentence can be interpreted in different ways due to a variation of syntax it contains. The word “for” can either be a preposition or a conjunction meaning because . Explain the double meaning this phrase conveys.

Ex-Convicts: Life After Prison

When a person is convicted of committing a crime in the United States, depending on the crime’s nature, he or she may serve prison time. Life during prison can be difficult, but for many inmates, life after prison is even more challenging.

How Many People are Incarcerated at Any Given Time?

At any given time, there are approximately 2.3 million men and women incarcerated in the United States. Prison sentences for inmates range from a few days to multiple life sentences. Often, prisoners are not required to serve their entire sentence if they are able to accept a plea deal, win an appeals case, or be released early for good behavior.

What Services Exist to Help Ex-Convicts Assimilate into Society After Prison?

There are a number of incentives for private businesses to hire ex-convicts after they are released. These incentives include government-funded training for those recently released from prison and tax breaks for the private companies that hire them. According to the Bureau of Justice, approximately half of all of those released who cannot find employment in the first month after will be rearrested. According to the same source, approximately 93 percent of all who are able to find employment within the first month of release are not rearrested and are able to successfully assimilate back into society.

What is Project Hope?

Project Hope is a public organization that brings members of the community and ex-convicts together to talk about issues facing those recently released from prison and how the community can overcome them. The organization also works to break down the barrier of stereotypes that often exist between the general public and those who have been incarcerated. It is also the hope of the program that ex-convicts will be able to make connections with people who will help them find a job or put them in touch with someone who can. Project Hope aims to help those recently released from prison develop a solid and positive base of friends willing to help them through the difficult times ahead.

The  vocabulary items below have been taken from the above article. Use them to fill in the gaps of the sentences  that follow.

Incarcerate  – barrier  – inmate   – plea  –  incentive  –   assimilate  –  convict  – range  –  fund  –  release

1 We ………………… people because they post a danger to society.

2 I think our mobile phones are out of ………………….of the nearest radio tower..

3  In prison he organised the killing of another …………………….

4 Anthony can ……………….without discarding his heritage.

5 After adolescence many pupils lack ………………….. for an education that has no direct reference to a career.

6 People must try hard to overcome the …………………………that separate them from the real essence of life.

7 Two out of three re-offend within two years of …………………………

8 He resolutely denied her …………………. to have the picture removed

9 He has made money available to ……………….. community-building efforts, and his message to everyone is that these efforts are important.

10 The court then acquitted him on the grounds that a jury did not have substantial evidence to……………….him for the crime.

Finally,  a quote to bear in mind….

Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present , and the present is where everything begins. (Carlos Santana)

Macaca mulatta rhesus monkey Worksheet

Macaca mulatta

rhesus monkey

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Populations of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) are most commonly found in western Afghanistan, through India to northern Thailand. This species was abundant historically in southern China and Tibet, but humans have caused drastic decline of populations in these areas over the last sixty years. Because M. mulatta is often used for research, today populations are kept in captivity world wide.

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Macaca mulatta lives in a wide range of habitats, and shows a great deal of adaptability. Some populations live in flatlands, while others, in northern India and Pakistan, live in the Himalayas at elevations up to 3,000 m. These primates are able to aclimate to a variety of climatic extremes, from the hot, dry temperatures found in deserts, to cold winter temperatures which fall to well below the freezing point.

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These smallish monkeys have grizzled-brown fur dorsally, with the fur on the ventral   being slightly lighter in color. The hair is short on the head. The face and buttocks of adults are red.

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Although rhesus monkeys show mate preferences, in general they are highly promiscuous. As they live in multi-male, multifemale groups, there are ample opportunities for individuals to copulate with multiple partners.

Males attract mates either by having high dominance status within the social group, or sometimes by being friendly (grooming, carrying infants, etc) to females.

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Rhesus monkeys are highly active and very loud. They enjoy being in water and are good swimmers. They live in groups of up to two hundred individuals. When a group’s size reaches 80 to 100 members, a subgroup of females may split off to form a new group.

Dominance hierarchies exist in both sexes. This is far more evident in males, where competition for mates may occur regularly. The female members of a group usually live in complete harmony and rarely have violent interactions with one another.

Although rhesus monkeys live in groups, they are not territorial. Each group of individuals usually has its own sleeping space, but the territories of neighboring groups may overlap considerably. Confrontations between groups are rare. Usually when groups meet, the weaker group will avoid the stronger group. Any confrontations that arise are because of an uncertainty concerning strength and dominance.

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The dietary habits of rhesus monkeys can vary greatly depending upon where they live. Macaca mulatta is omnivorous, and often eat roots, herbs, fruits, insects, crops, and small animals. The diet can also vary with the season. For example, rhesus that live in the mountain forests of northern Pakistan feed primarily on clovers during the summer, but during winter when snow covers the ground they are forced to switch to foods with lower nutritional values and higher fiber contents, such as pine needles and oak leaves. These monkeys seem to choose their environments carefully with respect to food resources. Even when they are forced to switch to lower quality food sources during the winter months they do not exhibit higher mortality rates, although they may lose a considerable percentage of their body weight.

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Macaca mulatta is a popular zoo animal because of its innate curiosity and active lifestyle. These monkeys are also used extensively for research. They are especially useful in biological, medicinal, and psychological research. Macaca mulatta is most often used in psychological research when the emphasis is on perception, learning, or behavior.

Rh factor is also called “Rhesus factor” because it was first discovered in the blood of Rhesus monkeys (small monkeys from India often used for experimentation). Rh factor is an antigen, a substance which stimulates the production of antibodies to fight foreign invaders, such as viruses, bacteria and transplanted organs. A given individual either has the antigen already in their blood (they are Rh positive), or they don’t (they are Rh negative). A patient’s Rh status effects how he or she handles blood transfusions or organ transplants.

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Rhesus monkeys can live up to 30 years.

Try to identify the position of the following headings in the description.

Reproduction  –  Lifespan/longevity  –  Importance for humans  –  Geographic range  –   Food habits  – Behaviour  –   Physical description   –   Habitat

Use the following vocabulary items from the text to fill in the gaps of the sentences. Make any changes necessary.

innate   –   abundant   –    groom   –   dorsal   –   adaptable    –     promiscuous    –    mortality    –    elevation    –    territory    –    confront

1)      Successful businesses are highly ………………. to economic change.

2)      The city is at an ……………….. of 2000 metres.

3)      We have ………………. evidence to prove his guilt.

4)      The term to refer to sth connected on the back of a fish or animal is ……………

5)      Having many sexual partners is ……………………… behavior.

6)      The horses are well-fed and ………………………….

7)      Mating blackbirds will defend their ……………………..against intruders.

8)      She knew that she had to………………..her fears sooner or later.

9)      …………………. from lung cancer is still increasing.

10)   It is believed that humans are ………………. violent.

What are the best and the worst aspects of man’s relationship with animals? In your opinion how could it be improved?

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Look at the different explanations of each idiom and then order the words of the idiom that match the explanation.

1) Tony really drinks a lot of alcohol.

Tony fish like a drinks

2) Whenever the boss is out of the office, the colleagues do whatever they want.

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3) I am really nervous about my job interview.

I have stomach in my butterflies

4) Susan always exaggerates the smallest problems!

a Susan always makes molehill out of a mountain

5) Bobby didn’t like my birthday present to him and I told him not to be ungrateful.

I told him not to gift horse look mouth in the

6) Andy wanted to celebrate passing his exam before he even got his results! I told him not to do that.

I told him not to chickens before count hatched they’re

7) Betty never talks much in class.

She is mouse as a quiet as

8) When I went for a job interview I was so nervous I almost couldn’t speak.

The boss asked me if cat got the has tongue my

9) Some people will never change their habits and behaviours.

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10) Simon was extremely happy when Fatima agreed to marry him.

He was like two dog with a tails…………………………………………………………………………………