Read the text and answer the questions. My school life
When I started at this school, my first impressions weren’t very good. I didn’t know anyone, so I felt worried and shy. I thought my classmates were very quiet, and the school was big and unfriendly. But after a few weeks I felt much better. I was more relaxed, and I started to make new friends.
Now I really enjoy going to school. I see my friends here every day, and I like most of my classes. This year I’m studying ten subjects. My favourite subject is geography. At the moment we’re doing a project about the environment. It’s about the way the world’s temperature is increasing, and its effect on the weather. I’m definitely interested in studying geography at university.
I also go to an after-school club at school. The after-school club is a place where you do other activities, like sports or creative things. I go there twice a week. At the moment we’re learning to edit digital photographs on the computer. I think that it’s really exciting.
Most of my teachers here are nice. The best teacher is Mrs Hammond, my geography teacher. At first, I didn’t like Mrs Hammond because I thought she was too strict. But in fact she’s very friendly. The only teacher I don’t like is Mr Brown. He’s really moody and he gives us too much homework.
Becky (15)

1) Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?

1 Becky always loved her school.
2 Now she enjoys a lot of her classes.
3 Becky wants to study geography at university.
4 Becky goes to the after-school club every day.
5 At first, Becky thought Mrs Hammond was too relaxed.

2) Answer the questions with complete answers.

1 How did Becky feel when she arrived at this school?
2 What is Becky doing in geography?
3 What is the after-school club?
4 What are students doing at the moment in the after -school club?
5 Why doesn’t Becky like Mr Brown?

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Evagevko 02.12.2020 12:50

A Tale of Two Tortoises

In a ZooKeys article published this year, Academy curator emeritus Alan Leviton and colleagues, collaborating with Dr. Robert Murphy of the Royal Ontario Museum, solved the identity crisis of the desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii -- a saga almost as old as the Academy itself. First, by sifting through the original species description in The Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural Sciences (as the Academy used to be called), they determined that the species was first described in 1861, not 1863 as had long been thought. Next, they deduced that one of the three original specimens used to describe the species was likely lost during the most devastating event in the Academy's history -- the 1906 earthquake and fire. (A second specimen is currently housed at the Smithsonian, while the whereabouts of the third remain unknown.) Third, they reviewed the tumultuous taxonomic history of the species, which has changed its genus name five times in the past 150 years. Finally, using DNA analysis, they concluded that G. agassizii is not one, but at least two distinct species -- one that lives to the northwest of the Colorado River in California and Nevada (G. agassizii), and one that lives to the southeast of the river in Arizona and Mexico (a new species, which they named Gopherus morafkai).

This newfound clarity has important implications for conservation, because the geographic range of G. agassizii is now only 30% of its former range. Having significantly declined in numbers over the past three decades, it may warrant a higher level of protection than its current "threatened" status. And now that G. morafkai has a distinct name and its own identity, its conservation status can be evaluated as well.

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