CLEVER BIRDS The wild birds known as ravens are thought to be very clever. In fact, they can solve some quite (21) ....... problems, especially when they're trying to get food. For example, one bird was filmed taking a box of nuts from a bird table and (22)................. it onto the ground, so that it would break and the bird could eat the nuts inside! Scientists also (23).... that the birds could actually use stones as tools to (24)........out simple tasks. So in an experiment, they taught five birds to use a tool to open a box with food inside. The birds became very (25)............ at doing this. So for the next experiment, the birds were given a small (26)................of tools to choose from. They always picked the tool that scientists had given them for the first task. And hours later, they could still remember which tool they'd used!

The invention of crisps Potato crisps were invented by accident in 1853, by a chef called George Crum. He was extremely (21)...........of his cookery skills, and the expensive hotel where he worked attracted customers who were (22) ........... to eating only the best food. One evening, a particularly difficult-to-please guest complained about Crum's fried potatoes. 'They're too thick,' he said, 'too soft, and have no flavour.' He(23)........... that they should be replaced. The customer's negative (24)......... made Crum extremely angry, so he decided to annoy the customer. He cut a potato into paper-thin slices, fried the pieces until they were hard, then put far too much salt on them. 'He'll hate them,' Crum thought. But the customer loved them and ordered more. News of this new snack travelled fast and an absolutely (25) ..........global industry has grown from Crum's invention - even though his fried potatoes were actually (26) .......... to taste disgusting!

Inventing the telephone The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. His first career involved teachingpeople how to use a system which his father had (21)........ to help deaf people communicate. Because of this, Bel became more and more interested in all types of communication. Bell wanted to (22) .......it possible for people to talk to each other over (23)............ distances. He realised that he had to turn sound into electricity and then back to sound again. This was a big engineering (24) .......... In 1876, after several months of hard work on this problem, Bell and his assistant ThomasWatson (25).........it. The first words ever spoken on the telephone are famous. Bell was working on their new invention in his laboratory when he accidentally (26)........ dangerous liquid on his clothes. He called Watson and said, 'Come here, I want to see you!'

Whale songs Did you know that a kind of whale, called a humpback whale, sings? In the 1960s it was (21) ...... ........... that humpbacks communicate with each other by making beautiful noises. A record was (22)….......in 1970 called Songs of the humpback whale, which sold millions of copies. People were absolutely amazed to learn that some whales in the deep oceans were so intelligent: in (23)............centuries people had thought that whales had simple brains, like fish. The songs of the whales were so popular that they were (24)..........in recordings of sounds from our planet which were (25) .....into space in 1977. The recordings were chosen to show the wide (26)..........of life on our planet. People hoped that, in the future, they might be found by intelligent creatures far out in space.

Honey People all over the world enjoy eating honey. But how much do you know about this (21) ..................... food? Most honey is made by bees, but what few people realise is that there are several types of bee which make honey. Bees may have to visit about two million flowers to produce only half a kilo of honey. The type of flower the bees visit (22) .........both how the honey tastes and its colour. In fact, there are (23)....... more than three hundred kinds of honey. In (24).........times, honey was added to food instead of sugar, as sugar was very rare. In many cultures, people have used it for centuries to (25)...........various health problems. (26)...........people all over the world still add it to hot water and drink it when they have a sore throat.

We usually expect flowers to have an attractive smell. However, this isn't true of all of them. The flowering plant called the Titan Arum only produces flowers every ten years or so - but when it does. the smell is so (1) .........that most people say they can't stand being near the flower, unless they hold their noses. They say that it's the worst smell they have ever (2)........ The plant, which can grow to over 100 cm tall, is able to produce heat. As this happens,the bad smell is created. But the smell does have a purpose. It's intended to encourage all kinds of insects to travel (3)......... distances to visit the flowers. The flowers always (4) ........a lot of interest because they are produced so(5)...... Scientists wanting to study the plant need to (6)....out their research before the flowers disappear again for another ten years.

　. 　A brief history of apples 　　Do you always have a piece of fruit for your lunch? If you do, it's probably an apple! This is true particularly in places like western Europe,where apples have grown for hundreds of years. So it would be easy to (21) ...........that's where they came from originally. 　　In fact, though, the fruit we know today has been on an extraordinary (22).............over the centuries. 　　Research suggests modern apples originally came all the way from Kazakhstan in Asia,and(23).........up in Europe partly because of people carrying goods along the famous Silk Road, from western Europe all the way to China in the east. This helped to spread apples in both (24)...........People (25)...........down their apples after they'd finished eating them, and the seeds entered the ground and produced new types of apple trees. Farmers were then able to start developing a much (26)...........range of apples.

What might Donna write in her blog during the trip

CLEVER BIRDS The wild birds known as ravens are thought to be very clever. In fact, they can solve some quite (21) ....... problems, especially when they're trying to get food. For example, one bird was filmed taking a box of nuts from a bird table and (22)................. it onto the ground, so that it would break and the bird could eat the nuts inside! Scientists also (23).... that the birds could actually use stones as tools to (24)........out simple tasks. So in an experiment, they taught five birds to use a tool to open a box with food inside. The birds became very (25)............ at doing this. So for the next experiment, the birds were given a small (26)................of tools to choose from. They always picked the tool that scientists had given them for the first task. And hours later, they could still remember which tool they'd used!

Honey People all over the world enjoy eating honey. But how much do you know about this (21) ..................... food? Most honey is made by bees, but what few people realise is that there are several types of bee which make honey. Bees may have to visit about two million flowers to produce only half a kilo of honey. The type of flower the bees visit (22) .........both how the honey tastes and its colour. In fact, there are (23)....... more than three hundred kinds of honey. In (24).........times, honey was added to food instead of sugar, as sugar was very rare. In many cultures, people have used it for centuries to (25)...........various health problems. (26)...........people all over the world still add it to hot water and drink it when they have a sore throat.

CLEVER BIRDS The wild birds known as ravens are thought to be very clever. In fact, they can solve some quite (21) ....... problems, especially when they're trying to get food. For example, one bird was filmed taking a box of nuts from a bird table and (22)................. it onto the ground, so that it would break and the bird could eat the nuts inside! Scientists also (23).... that the birds could actually use stones as tools to (24)........out simple tasks. So in an experiment, they taught five birds to use a tool to open a box with food inside. The birds became very (25)............ at doing this. So for the next experiment, the birds were given a small (26)................of tools to choose from. They always picked the tool that scientists had given them for the first task. And hours later, they could still remember which tool they'd used!

MUSIC CAN CHANGE THE TASTE OF VEGETABLES! This instrument often (24).........in people's gardens, and plays sweet notes when the wind blows through it. These notes may make the food seem to taste sweeter than it would do normally. However, many adults (25)...........…...….….. that their tastes developed as they grew up, so they now enjoy a far greater range of food. As a result, they're much more (26)................to eat the kind of vegetables they always hated during their childhood.

Honey People all over the world enjoy eating honey. But how much do you know about this (21) ..................... food? Most honey is made by bees, but what few people realise is that there are several types of bee which make honey. Bees may have to visit about two million flowers to produce only half a kilo of honey. The type of flower the bees visit (22) .........both how the honey tastes and its colour. In fact, there are (23)....... more than three hundred kinds of honey. In (24).........times, honey was added to food instead of sugar, as sugar was very rare. In many cultures, people have used it for centuries to (25)...........various health problems. (26)...........people all over the world still add it to hot water and drink it when they have a sore throat.

The invention of crisps Potato crisps were invented by accident in 1853, by a chef called George Crum. He was extremely (21)...........of his cookery skills, and the expensive hotel where he worked attracted customers who were (22) ........... to eating only the best food. One evening, a particularly difficult-to-please guest complained about Crum's fried potatoes. 'They're too thick,' he said, 'too soft, and have no flavour.' He(23)........... that they should be replaced. The customer's negative (24)......... made Crum extremely angry, so he decided to annoy the customer. He cut a potato into paper-thin slices, fried the pieces until they were hard, then put far too much salt on them. 'He'll hate them,' Crum thought. But the customer loved them and ordered more. News of this new snack travelled fast and an absolutely (25) ..........global industry has grown from Crum's invention - even though his fried potatoes were actually (26) .......... to taste disgusting!

MUSIC CAN CHANGE THE TASTE OF VEGETABLES! This instrument often (24).........in people's gardens, and plays sweet notes when the wind blows through it. These notes may make the food seem to taste sweeter than it would do normally. However, many adults (25)...........…...….….. that their tastes developed as they grew up, so they now enjoy a far greater range of food. As a result, they're much more (26)................to eat the kind of vegetables they always hated during their childhood.

Whale songs Did you know that a kind of whale, called a humpback whale, sings? In the 1960s it was (21) ...... ........... that humpbacks communicate with each other by making beautiful noises. A record was (22)….......in 1970 called Songs of the humpback whale, which sold millions of copies. People were absolutely amazed to learn that some whales in the deep oceans were so intelligent: in (23)............centuries people had thought that whales had simple brains, like fish. The songs of the whales were so popular that they were (24)..........in recordings of sounds from our planet which were (25) .....into space in 1977. The recordings were chosen to show the wide (26)..........of life on our planet. People hoped that, in the future, they might be found by intelligent creatures far out in space.

　. 　A brief history of apples 　　Do you always have a piece of fruit for your lunch? If you do, it's probably an apple! This is true particularly in places like western Europe,where apples have grown for hundreds of years. So it would be easy to (21) ...........that's where they came from originally. 　　In fact, though, the fruit we know today has been on an extraordinary (22).............over the centuries. 　　Research suggests modern apples originally came all the way from Kazakhstan in Asia,and(23).........up in Europe partly because of people carrying goods along the famous Silk Road, from western Europe all the way to China in the east. This helped to spread apples in both (24)...........People (25)...........down their apples after they'd finished eating them, and the seeds entered the ground and produced new types of apple trees. Farmers were then able to start developing a much (26)...........range of apples.

When Donna saw a kangaroo along the route, she was

MUSIC CAN CHANGE THE TASTE OF VEGETABLES! However, according to an Oxford psychologist, children might change their (23)... about these foods if they can hear simple music while they're eating- such as the sounds that come from one musical instrument, called a wind chime.

The invention of crisps Potato crisps were invented by accident in 1853, by a chef called George Crum. He was extremely (21)...........of his cookery skills, and the expensive hotel where he worked attracted customers who were (22) ........... to eating only the best food. One evening, a particularly difficult-to-please guest complained about Crum's fried potatoes. 'They're too thick,' he said, 'too soft, and have no flavour.' He(23)........... that they should be replaced. The customer's negative (24)......... made Crum extremely angry, so he decided to annoy the customer. He cut a potato into paper-thin slices, fried the pieces until they were hard, then put far too much salt on them. 'He'll hate them,' Crum thought. But the customer loved them and ordered more. News of this new snack travelled fast and an absolutely (25) ..........global industry has grown from Crum's invention - even though his fried potatoes were actually (26) .......... to taste disgusting!

CLOZE TEST1 The tallest trees in the world are called redwoods and they grow in California. These trees can (1) .......reach heights of around 91 metres. Among the enormous redwoods,one giant tree beats them all. This tree was discovered and measured in 2006. The National Park Service then (2)....... that at 1 15.7 metres, it was the tallest tree in the world. Now it is so famous that it even has a name, "Hyperion". In California there are other giant redwoods which are just a little shorter than Hyperion. The exact (3)........ of many of these enomous trees is kept secret to prevent them from being (4)........ A (5)......... redwood tree lives for 500 to 700 years, although some have been found that are more than 2,000 years old. The National Park Service says that the redwoods' great height is (6)............due to the climate in California; there is heavy rain every year and the temperatures are mild.

We usually expect flowers to have an attractive smell. However, this isn't true of all of them. The flowering plant called the Titan Arum only produces flowers every ten years or so - but when it does. the smell is so (1) .........that most people say they can't stand being near the flower, unless they hold their noses. They say that it's the worst smell they have ever (2)........ The plant, which can grow to over 100 cm tall, is able to produce heat. As this happens,the bad smell is created. But the smell does have a purpose. It's intended to encourage all kinds of insects to travel (3)......... distances to visit the flowers. The flowers always (4) ........a lot of interest because they are produced so(5)...... Scientists wanting to study the plant need to (6)....out their research before the flowers disappear again for another ten years.

　　. Colouring books 　　Many people probably used to spend time adding colour to pictures in colouring books when they were children.However,onnce people get older,very few of them continue with the hobby.Instead, they(21) .........their crayons away in the cupboard forever. 　　However,psychology researchers now think that even for adults,(22)..............as little as ten minutes a day colouring pictures in this way can bring huge (23)..........For example, some people say that it improves their(24)...........for a while by making them feel more cheerful and generally calmer. 　　One reason for this may be that other activities (25)........... with art, such as drawing or painting, can actually be quite stressful,especially if you don't feel very successful at it. But adding colour to a picture that's already drawn for you (26).......only a low level of skill, soyou can relax rather than becoming anxious about it! 　　

CLOZE TEST1 The tallest trees in the world are called redwoods and they grow in California. These trees can (1) .......reach heights of around 91 metres. Among the enormous redwoods,one giant tree beats them all. This tree was discovered and measured in 2006. The National Park Service then (2)....... that at 1 15.7 metres, it was the tallest tree in the world. Now it is so famous that it even has a name, "Hyperion". In California there are other giant redwoods which are just a little shorter than Hyperion. The exact (3)........ of many of these enomous trees is kept secret to prevent them from being (4)........ A (5)......... redwood tree lives for 500 to 700 years, although some have been found that are more than 2,000 years old. The National Park Service says that the redwoods' great height is (6)............due to the climate in California; there is heavy rain every year and the temperatures are mild.

We usually expect flowers to have an attractive smell. However, this isn't true of all of them. The flowering plant called the Titan Arum only produces flowers every ten years or so - but when it does. the smell is so (1) .........that most people say they can't stand being near the flower, unless they hold their noses. They say that it's the worst smell they have ever (2)........ The plant, which can grow to over 100 cm tall, is able to produce heat. As this happens,the bad smell is created. But the smell does have a purpose. It's intended to encourage all kinds of insects to travel (3)......... distances to visit the flowers. The flowers always (4) ........a lot of interest because they are produced so(5)...... Scientists wanting to study the plant need to (6)....out their research before the flowers disappear again for another ten years.

Donna says that the koala bears they saw were

Honey People all over the world enjoy eating honey. But how much do you know about this (21) ..................... food? Most honey is made by bees, but what few people realise is that there are several types of bee which make honey. Bees may have to visit about two million flowers to produce only half a kilo of honey. The type of flower the bees visit (22) .........both how the honey tastes and its colour. In fact, there are (23)....... more than three hundred kinds of honey. In (24).........times, honey was added to food instead of sugar, as sugar was very rare. In many cultures, people have used it for centuries to (25)...........various health problems. (26)...........people all over the world still add it to hot water and drink it when they have a sore throat.

Donna's Dad decided not to drive the Great Ocean Road himself because

Inventing the telephone The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. His first career involved teachingpeople how to use a system which his father had (21)........ to help deaf people communicate. Because of this, Bel became more and more interested in all types of communication. Bell wanted to (22) .......it possible for people to talk to each other over (23)............ distances. He realised that he had to turn sound into electricity and then back to sound again. This was a big engineering (24) .......... In 1876, after several months of hard work on this problem, Bell and his assistant ThomasWatson (25).........it. The first words ever spoken on the telephone are famous. Bell was working on their new invention in his laboratory when he accidentally (26)........ dangerous liquid on his clothes. He called Watson and said, 'Come here, I want to see you!'

What might guests find strange about staying at the hotel?

Honey People all over the world enjoy eating honey. But how much do you know about this (21) ..................... food? Most honey is made by bees, but what few people realise is that there are several types of bee which make honey. Bees may have to visit about two million flowers to produce only half a kilo of honey. The type of flower the bees visit (22) .........both how the honey tastes and its colour. In fact, there are (23)....... more than three hundred kinds of honey. In (24).........times, honey was added to food instead of sugar, as sugar was very rare. In many cultures, people have used it for centuries to (25)...........various health problems. (26)...........people all over the world still add it to hot water and drink it when they have a sore throat.

　. 　A brief history of apples 　　Do you always have a piece of fruit for your lunch? If you do, it's probably an apple! This is true particularly in places like western Europe,where apples have grown for hundreds of years. So it would be easy to (21) ...........that's where they came from originally. 　　In fact, though, the fruit we know today has been on an extraordinary (22).............over the centuries. 　　Research suggests modern apples originally came all the way from Kazakhstan in Asia,and(23).........up in Europe partly because of people carrying goods along the famous Silk Road, from western Europe all the way to China in the east. This helped to spread apples in both (24)...........People (25)...........down their apples after they'd finished eating them, and the seeds entered the ground and produced new types of apple trees. Farmers were then able to start developing a much (26)...........range of apples.

What was Donna's opinion of the place where they stayed

Inventing the telephone The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. His first career involved teachingpeople how to use a system which his father had (21)........ to help deaf people communicate. Because of this, Bel became more and more interested in all types of communication. Bell wanted to (22) .......it possible for people to talk to each other over (23)............ distances. He realised that he had to turn sound into electricity and then back to sound again. This was a big engineering (24) .......... In 1876, after several months of hard work on this problem, Bell and his assistant ThomasWatson (25).........it. The first words ever spoken on the telephone are famous. Bell was working on their new invention in his laboratory when he accidentally (26)........ dangerous liquid on his clothes. He called Watson and said, 'Come here, I want to see you!'

CLOZE TEST1 The tallest trees in the world are called redwoods and they grow in California. These trees can (1) .......reach heights of around 91 metres. Among the enormous redwoods,one giant tree beats them all. This tree was discovered and measured in 2006. The National Park Service then (2)....... that at 1 15.7 metres, it was the tallest tree in the world. Now it is so famous that it even has a name, "Hyperion". In California there are other giant redwoods which are just a little shorter than Hyperion. The exact (3)........ of many of these enomous trees is kept secret to prevent them from being (4)........ A (5)......... redwood tree lives for 500 to 700 years, although some have been found that are more than 2,000 years old. The National Park Service says that the redwoods' great height is (6)............due to the climate in California; there is heavy rain every year and the temperatures are mild.

　. 　A brief history of apples 　　Do you always have a piece of fruit for your lunch? If you do, it's probably an apple! This is true particularly in places like western Europe,where apples have grown for hundreds of years. So it would be easy to (21) ...........that's where they came from originally. 　　In fact, though, the fruit we know today has been on an extraordinary (22).............over the centuries. 　　Research suggests modern apples originally came all the way from Kazakhstan in Asia,and(23).........up in Europe partly because of people carrying goods along the famous Silk Road, from western Europe all the way to China in the east. This helped to spread apples in both (24)...........People (25)...........down their apples after they'd finished eating them, and the seeds entered the ground and produced new types of apple trees. Farmers were then able to start developing a much (26)...........range of apples.

Whale songs Did you know that a kind of whale, called a humpback whale, sings? In the 1960s it was (21) ...... ........... that humpbacks communicate with each other by making beautiful noises. A record was (22)….......in 1970 called Songs of the humpback whale, which sold millions of copies. People were absolutely amazed to learn that some whales in the deep oceans were so intelligent: in (23)............centuries people had thought that whales had simple brains, like fish. The songs of the whales were so popular that they were (24)..........in recordings of sounds from our planet which were (25) .....into space in 1977. The recordings were chosen to show the wide (26)..........of life on our planet. People hoped that, in the future, they might be found by intelligent creatures far out in space.

CLOZE TEST1 The tallest trees in the world are called redwoods and they grow in California. These trees can (1) .......reach heights of around 91 metres. Among the enormous redwoods,one giant tree beats them all. This tree was discovered and measured in 2006. The National Park Service then (2)....... that at 1 15.7 metres, it was the tallest tree in the world. Now it is so famous that it even has a name, "Hyperion". In California there are other giant redwoods which are just a little shorter than Hyperion. The exact (3)........ of many of these enomous trees is kept secret to prevent them from being (4)........ A (5)......... redwood tree lives for 500 to 700 years, although some have been found that are more than 2,000 years old. The National Park Service says that the redwoods' great height is (6)............due to the climate in California; there is heavy rain every year and the temperatures are mild.

The invention of crisps Potato crisps were invented by accident in 1853, by a chef called George Crum. He was extremely (21)...........of his cookery skills, and the expensive hotel where he worked attracted customers who were (22) ........... to eating only the best food. One evening, a particularly difficult-to-please guest complained about Crum's fried potatoes. 'They're too thick,' he said, 'too soft, and have no flavour.' He(23)........... that they should be replaced. The customer's negative (24)......... made Crum extremely angry, so he decided to annoy the customer. He cut a potato into paper-thin slices, fried the pieces until they were hard, then put far too much salt on them. 'He'll hate them,' Crum thought. But the customer loved them and ordered more. News of this new snack travelled fast and an absolutely (25) ..........global industry has grown from Crum's invention - even though his fried potatoes were actually (26) .......... to taste disgusting!

MUSIC CAN CHANGE THE TASTE OF VEGETABLES! This instrument often (24).........in people's gardens, and plays sweet notes when the wind blows through it. These notes may make the food seem to taste sweeter than it would do normally. However, many adults (25)...........…...….….. that their tastes developed as they grew up, so they now enjoy a far greater range of food. As a result, they're much more (26)................to eat the kind of vegetables they always hated during their childhood.

CLEVER BIRDS The wild birds known as ravens are thought to be very clever. In fact, they can solve some quite (21) ....... problems, especially when they're trying to get food. For example, one bird was filmed taking a box of nuts from a bird table and (22)................. it onto the ground, so that it would break and the bird could eat the nuts inside! Scientists also (23).... that the birds could actually use stones as tools to (24)........out simple tasks. So in an experiment, they taught five birds to use a tool to open a box with food inside. The birds became very (25)............ at doing this. So for the next experiment, the birds were given a small (26)................of tools to choose from. They always picked the tool that scientists had given them for the first task. And hours later, they could still remember which tool they'd used!

CLEVER BIRDS The wild birds known as ravens are thought to be very clever. In fact, they can solve some quite (21) ....... problems, especially when they're trying to get food. For example, one bird was filmed taking a box of nuts from a bird table and (22)................. it onto the ground, so that it would break and the bird could eat the nuts inside! Scientists also (23).... that the birds could actually use stones as tools to (24)........out simple tasks. So in an experiment, they taught five birds to use a tool to open a box with food inside. The birds became very (25)............ at doing this. So for the next experiment, the birds were given a small (26)................of tools to choose from. They always picked the tool that scientists had given them for the first task. And hours later, they could still remember which tool they'd used!

We usually expect flowers to have an attractive smell. However, this isn't true of all of them. The flowering plant called the Titan Arum only produces flowers every ten years or so - but when it does. the smell is so (1) .........that most people say they can't stand being near the flower, unless they hold their noses. They say that it's the worst smell they have ever (2)........ The plant, which can grow to over 100 cm tall, is able to produce heat. As this happens,the bad smell is created. But the smell does have a purpose. It's intended to encourage all kinds of insects to travel (3)......... distances to visit the flowers. The flowers always (4) ........a lot of interest because they are produced so(5)...... Scientists wanting to study the plant need to (6)....out their research before the flowers disappear again for another ten years.

CLEVER BIRDS The wild birds known as ravens are thought to be very clever. In fact, they can solve some quite (21) ....... problems, especially when they're trying to get food. For example, one bird was filmed taking a box of nuts from a bird table and (22)................. it onto the ground, so that it would break and the bird could eat the nuts inside! Scientists also (23).... that the birds could actually use stones as tools to (24)........out simple tasks. So in an experiment, they taught five birds to use a tool to open a box with food inside. The birds became very (25)............ at doing this. So for the next experiment, the birds were given a small (26)................of tools to choose from. They always picked the tool that scientists had given them for the first task. And hours later, they could still remember which tool they'd used!

What is the best thing about the hotel, according to the designers?

　　. Colouring books 　　Many people probably used to spend time adding colour to pictures in colouring books when they were children.However,onnce people get older,very few of them continue with the hobby.Instead, they(21) .........their crayons away in the cupboard forever. 　　However,psychology researchers now think that even for adults,(22)..............as little as ten minutes a day colouring pictures in this way can bring huge (23)..........For example, some people say that it improves their(24)...........for a while by making them feel more cheerful and generally calmer. 　　One reason for this may be that other activities (25)........... with art, such as drawing or painting, can actually be quite stressful,especially if you don't feel very successful at it. But adding colour to a picture that's already drawn for you (26).......only a low level of skill, soyou can relax rather than becoming anxious about it! 　　

MUSIC CAN CHANGE THE TASTE OF VEGETABLES! Many children, and some adults too, dislike the taste of certain vegetables. The flavours of foods such as cabbage and broccoli are generally the ones people mention as their least (21) ........... vegetables, as these vegetables are believed to have an extremely (22).......taste

The invention of crisps Potato crisps were invented by accident in 1853, by a chef called George Crum. He was extremely (21)...........of his cookery skills, and the expensive hotel where he worked attracted customers who were (22) ........... to eating only the best food. One evening, a particularly difficult-to-please guest complained about Crum's fried potatoes. 'They're too thick,' he said, 'too soft, and have no flavour.' He(23)........... that they should be replaced. The customer's negative (24)......... made Crum extremely angry, so he decided to annoy the customer. He cut a potato into paper-thin slices, fried the pieces until they were hard, then put far too much salt on them. 'He'll hate them,' Crum thought. But the customer loved them and ordered more. News of this new snack travelled fast and an absolutely (25) ..........global industry has grown from Crum's invention - even though his fried potatoes were actually (26) .......... to taste disgusting!

Inventing the telephone The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. His first career involved teachingpeople how to use a system which his father had (21)........ to help deaf people communicate. Because of this, Bel became more and more interested in all types of communication. Bell wanted to (22) .......it possible for people to talk to each other over (23)............ distances. He realised that he had to turn sound into electricity and then back to sound again. This was a big engineering (24) .......... In 1876, after several months of hard work on this problem, Bell and his assistant ThomasWatson (25).........it. The first words ever spoken on the telephone are famous. Bell was working on their new invention in his laboratory when he accidentally (26)........ dangerous liquid on his clothes. He called Watson and said, 'Come here, I want to see you!'

Honey People all over the world enjoy eating honey. But how much do you know about this (21) ..................... food? Most honey is made by bees, but what few people realise is that there are several types of bee which make honey. Bees may have to visit about two million flowers to produce only half a kilo of honey. The type of flower the bees visit (22) .........both how the honey tastes and its colour. In fact, there are (23)....... more than three hundred kinds of honey. In (24).........times, honey was added to food instead of sugar, as sugar was very rare. In many cultures, people have used it for centuries to (25)...........various health problems. (26)...........people all over the world still add it to hot water and drink it when they have a sore throat.

What might a guest in this hotel say?

Inventing the telephone The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. His first career involved teachingpeople how to use a system which his father had (21)........ to help deaf people communicate. Because of this, Bel became more and more interested in all types of communication. Bell wanted to (22) .......it possible for people to talk to each other over (23)............ distances. He realised that he had to turn sound into electricity and then back to sound again. This was a big engineering (24) .......... In 1876, after several months of hard work on this problem, Bell and his assistant ThomasWatson (25).........it. The first words ever spoken on the telephone are famous. Bell was working on their new invention in his laboratory when he accidentally (26)........ dangerous liquid on his clothes. He called Watson and said, 'Come here, I want to see you!'

Whale songs Did you know that a kind of whale, called a humpback whale, sings? In the 1960s it was (21) ...... ........... that humpbacks communicate with each other by making beautiful noises. A record was (22)….......in 1970 called Songs of the humpback whale, which sold millions of copies. People were absolutely amazed to learn that some whales in the deep oceans were so intelligent: in (23)............centuries people had thought that whales had simple brains, like fish. The songs of the whales were so popular that they were (24)..........in recordings of sounds from our planet which were (25) .....into space in 1977. The recordings were chosen to show the wide (26)..........of life on our planet. People hoped that, in the future, they might be found by intelligent creatures far out in space.

　　. Colouring books 　　Many people probably used to spend time adding colour to pictures in colouring books when they were children.However,onnce people get older,very few of them continue with the hobby.Instead, they(21) .........their crayons away in the cupboard forever. 　　However,psychology researchers now think that even for adults,(22)..............as little as ten minutes a day colouring pictures in this way can bring huge (23)..........For example, some people say that it improves their(24)...........for a while by making them feel more cheerful and generally calmer. 　　One reason for this may be that other activities (25)........... with art, such as drawing or painting, can actually be quite stressful,especially if you don't feel very successful at it. But adding colour to a picture that's already drawn for you (26).......only a low level of skill, soyou can relax rather than becoming anxious about it! 　　

MUSIC CAN CHANGE THE TASTE OF VEGETABLES! Many children, and some adults too, dislike the taste of certain vegetables. The flavours of foods such as cabbage and broccoli are generally the ones people mention as their least (21) ........... vegetables, as these vegetables are believed to have an extremely (22).......taste

Inventing the telephone The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. His first career involved teachingpeople how to use a system which his father had (21)........ to help deaf people communicate. Because of this, Bel became more and more interested in all types of communication. Bell wanted to (22) .......it possible for people to talk to each other over (23)............ distances. He realised that he had to turn sound into electricity and then back to sound again. This was a big engineering (24) .......... In 1876, after several months of hard work on this problem, Bell and his assistant ThomasWatson (25).........it. The first words ever spoken on the telephone are famous. Bell was working on their new invention in his laboratory when he accidentally (26)........ dangerous liquid on his clothes. He called Watson and said, 'Come here, I want to see you!'

　. 　A brief history of apples 　　Do you always have a piece of fruit for your lunch? If you do, it's probably an apple! This is true particularly in places like western Europe,where apples have grown for hundreds of years. So it would be easy to (21) ...........that's where they came from originally. 　　In fact, though, the fruit we know today has been on an extraordinary (22).............over the centuries. 　　Research suggests modern apples originally came all the way from Kazakhstan in Asia,and(23).........up in Europe partly because of people carrying goods along the famous Silk Road, from western Europe all the way to China in the east. This helped to spread apples in both (24)...........People (25)...........down their apples after they'd finished eating them, and the seeds entered the ground and produced new types of apple trees. Farmers were then able to start developing a much (26)...........range of apples.

　. 　A brief history of apples 　　Do you always have a piece of fruit for your lunch? If you do, it's probably an apple! This is true particularly in places like western Europe,where apples have grown for hundreds of years. So it would be easy to (21) ...........that's where they came from originally. 　　In fact, though, the fruit we know today has been on an extraordinary (22).............over the centuries. 　　Research suggests modern apples originally came all the way from Kazakhstan in Asia,and(23).........up in Europe partly because of people carrying goods along the famous Silk Road, from western Europe all the way to China in the east. This helped to spread apples in both (24)...........People (25)...........down their apples after they'd finished eating them, and the seeds entered the ground and produced new types of apple trees. Farmers were then able to start developing a much (26)...........range of apples.

　　. Colouring books 　　Many people probably used to spend time adding colour to pictures in colouring books when they were children.However,onnce people get older,very few of them continue with the hobby.Instead, they(21) .........their crayons away in the cupboard forever. 　　However,psychology researchers now think that even for adults,(22)..............as little as ten minutes a day colouring pictures in this way can bring huge (23)..........For example, some people say that it improves their(24)...........for a while by making them feel more cheerful and generally calmer. 　　One reason for this may be that other activities (25)........... with art, such as drawing or painting, can actually be quite stressful,especially if you don't feel very successful at it. But adding colour to a picture that's already drawn for you (26).......only a low level of skill, soyou can relax rather than becoming anxious about it! 　　

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　　. Colouring books 　　Many people probably used to spend time adding colour to pictures in colouring books when they were children.However,onnce people get older,very few of them continue with the hobby.Instead, they(21) .........their crayons away in the cupboard forever. 　　However,psychology researchers now think that even for adults,(22)..............as little as ten minutes a day colouring pictures in this way can bring huge (23)..........For example, some people say that it improves their(24)...........for a while by making them feel more cheerful and generally calmer. 　　One reason for this may be that other activities (25)........... with art, such as drawing or painting, can actually be quite stressful,especially if you don't feel very successful at it. But adding colour to a picture that's already drawn for you (26).......only a low level of skill, soyou can relax rather than becoming anxious about it! 　　

CLOZE TEST1 The tallest trees in the world are called redwoods and they grow in California. These trees can (1) .......reach heights of around 91 metres. Among the enormous redwoods,one giant tree beats them all. This tree was discovered and measured in 2006. The National Park Service then (2)....... that at 1 15.7 metres, it was the tallest tree in the world. Now it is so famous that it even has a name, "Hyperion". In California there are other giant redwoods which are just a little shorter than Hyperion. The exact (3)........ of many of these enomous trees is kept secret to prevent them from being (4)........ A (5)......... redwood tree lives for 500 to 700 years, although some have been found that are more than 2,000 years old. The National Park Service says that the redwoods' great height is (6)............due to the climate in California; there is heavy rain every year and the temperatures are mild.

We usually expect flowers to have an attractive smell. However, this isn't true of all of them. The flowering plant called the Titan Arum only produces flowers every ten years or so - but when it does. the smell is so (1) .........that most people say they can't stand being near the flower, unless they hold their noses. They say that it's the worst smell they have ever (2)........ The plant, which can grow to over 100 cm tall, is able to produce heat. As this happens,the bad smell is created. But the smell does have a purpose. It's intended to encourage all kinds of insects to travel (3)......... distances to visit the flowers. The flowers always (4) ........a lot of interest because they are produced so(5)...... Scientists wanting to study the plant need to (6)....out their research before the flowers disappear again for another ten years.

Whale songs Did you know that a kind of whale, called a humpback whale, sings? In the 1960s it was (21) ...... ........... that humpbacks communicate with each other by making beautiful noises. A record was (22)….......in 1970 called Songs of the humpback whale, which sold millions of copies. People were absolutely amazed to learn that some whales in the deep oceans were so intelligent: in (23)............centuries people had thought that whales had simple brains, like fish. The songs of the whales were so popular that they were (24)..........in recordings of sounds from our planet which were (25) .....into space in 1977. The recordings were chosen to show the wide (26)..........of life on our planet. People hoped that, in the future, they might be found by intelligent creatures far out in space.

The invention of crisps Potato crisps were invented by accident in 1853, by a chef called George Crum. He was extremely (21)...........of his cookery skills, and the expensive hotel where he worked attracted customers who were (22) ........... to eating only the best food. One evening, a particularly difficult-to-please guest complained about Crum's fried potatoes. 'They're too thick,' he said, 'too soft, and have no flavour.' He(23)........... that they should be replaced. The customer's negative (24)......... made Crum extremely angry, so he decided to annoy the customer. He cut a potato into paper-thin slices, fried the pieces until they were hard, then put far too much salt on them. 'He'll hate them,' Crum thought. But the customer loved them and ordered more. News of this new snack travelled fast and an absolutely (25) ..........global industry has grown from Crum's invention - even though his fried potatoes were actually (26) .......... to taste disgusting!

What do we learn about the hotel?

　　. Colouring books 　　Many people probably used to spend time adding colour to pictures in colouring books when they were children.However,onnce people get older,very few of them continue with the hobby.Instead, they(21) .........their crayons away in the cupboard forever. 　　However,psychology researchers now think that even for adults,(22)..............as little as ten minutes a day colouring pictures in this way can bring huge (23)..........For example, some people say that it improves their(24)...........for a while by making them feel more cheerful and generally calmer. 　　One reason for this may be that other activities (25)........... with art, such as drawing or painting, can actually be quite stressful,especially if you don't feel very successful at it. But adding colour to a picture that's already drawn for you (26).......only a low level of skill, soyou can relax rather than becoming anxious about it! 　　

We usually expect flowers to have an attractive smell. However, this isn't true of all of them. The flowering plant called the Titan Arum only produces flowers every ten years or so - but when it does. the smell is so (1) .........that most people say they can't stand being near the flower, unless they hold their noses. They say that it's the worst smell they have ever (2)........ The plant, which can grow to over 100 cm tall, is able to produce heat. As this happens,the bad smell is created. But the smell does have a purpose. It's intended to encourage all kinds of insects to travel (3)......... distances to visit the flowers. The flowers always (4) ........a lot of interest because they are produced so(5)...... Scientists wanting to study the plant need to (6)....out their research before the flowers disappear again for another ten years.

Whale songs Did you know that a kind of whale, called a humpback whale, sings? In the 1960s it was (21) ...... ........... that humpbacks communicate with each other by making beautiful noises. A record was (22)….......in 1970 called Songs of the humpback whale, which sold millions of copies. People were absolutely amazed to learn that some whales in the deep oceans were so intelligent: in (23)............centuries people had thought that whales had simple brains, like fish. The songs of the whales were so popular that they were (24)..........in recordings of sounds from our planet which were (25) .....into space in 1977. The recordings were chosen to show the wide (26)..........of life on our planet. People hoped that, in the future, they might be found by intelligent creatures far out in space.

CLOZE TEST1 The tallest trees in the world are called redwoods and they grow in California. These trees can (1) .......reach heights of around 91 metres. Among the enormous redwoods,one giant tree beats them all. This tree was discovered and measured in 2006. The National Park Service then (2)....... that at 1 15.7 metres, it was the tallest tree in the world. Now it is so famous that it even has a name, "Hyperion". In California there are other giant redwoods which are just a little shorter than Hyperion. The exact (3)........ of many of these enomous trees is kept secret to prevent them from being (4)........ A (5)......... redwood tree lives for 500 to 700 years, although some have been found that are more than 2,000 years old. The National Park Service says that the redwoods' great height is (6)............due to the climate in California; there is heavy rain every year and the temperatures are mild.