Task 1 Read the text carefully. Three sentences are missing in the text. Choose from the sentences A-D the one which fits each gap 1-3. There is one extra sentence that you do not need. The magic crocodile
There was a big cave in Southern Africa. The top part of the cave was dry and there was water in the bottom part of it. 1and a crocodile lived in the bottom part of it. He liked to lie in the water. Sometimes he came out of the cave for a short time. One day a hunter with his bow and arrow came near the cave. 2and decided to kill him. He aimed at the crocodile but he became blind at once! The hunter dropped his arrow and he began to see again. He saw the smiling crocodile. The hunter aimed at the crocodile a second time and again he became blind. 3.and told the people about the crocodile and what happened to him. The people of the village didn’t believe him. Many of them took their bows and arrows and went off to the cave. They saw the crocodile. They aimed at him and – became blind!
A. He saw the crocodile
B. The hunter ate the crocodile
C. Many animals lived in the dry part
D. The hunter ran back to the village
Find words in the text which have a similar meaning to these definitions.
4 a big reptile with a long mouth and sharp teeth, that lives in lakes and rivers
5 a person who hunts wild animals
6 the clear liquid that falls from the sky as rain and that is in seas, lakes, and rivers
1 C. Many animals lived in the dry part
2 A. He saw the crocodile
3 D. The hunter ran back to the village
4 (a) crocodile
5 (a) hunter
6 water