A)Scientists a) have recently identified a new
species of animal in the rainforest of Borneo. They b) have been
searching for this creature for several years, after reports
from local villagers, and say it a type of lemur.
B)Archaeologists in Guatemala c) have found a Mayan
wall painting which they think is more than 2.000 years old.
Archaeologist William Saturno has been exploring the site
since 2002.
C)Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope think they have found two new moons circling the planet Pluto. Astronomers f) have
been looking closely at Pluto since 1978 when they g) spotted its first moon. The telescope has been working
for fifteen years, and i) has produced more than
700,000 images of the universe.
D)Australian scientists j) have discovered a
new coral reef over 60 km long in the Gulf of Carpentaria by using
satellites to spot the reefs in deep water. Recently divers k) have
managed to reach the reefs and take photographs.
A) How a) are you getting on in Paris? Sorry b) I
haven’t written before but c) I’ve been
training hard for my basketball team. We d) played in a
tournament last week – we e) came third! I really f)
enjoyed taking part, but g) I haven’t done anything
else for the past month.
B) Unfortunately, when Sarah’s big day h) arrived , things
i) went disastrously wrong at first. For a start, it j) was
raining and the traffic was so heavy, she k) arrived nearly ten minutes late for the interview. Then while
she l) was crossing the road, a passing bus m) splashed her with water. But inside the building her luck n)
changed . ‘Mr Fortescue o) is expecting me,’
she p) told the receptionist. ‘He q) hasn’t arrived yet,’ she was told. ‘Just take a seat.’ Perhaps
everything would be all right after all!
C) An art historian r) has discovered two missing
paintings by Fra Angelico (c 1395 – 1455) in the home of a pensioner
from Oxford who s) died earlier this year. Jean Preston t)
bought the paintings when she u) was working in America in the 1960s. Shortly before her death, a friend v)
recognized them as part of a group of six small
paintings which Angelico w) painted in 1439. Miss Preston
x) paid about £200 for the pair, but experts y) say
they are now worth around £1 million.