SECRET AGENT
JACK STALWART 1
Listening Comprehension
Destination: USA
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1. New York City is located on the continent of North America.
2. Less than eight million people live in the city.
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3. What is New York City also known as?
a) the Big Peach b) the Big Pie c) the Big Apple
4. When did the dinosaurs die out?
a) 65 million years ago b) 65 thousand years ago c) 65 years ago
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5. Dinosaurs first appeared on Earth about 230 million years ago
Chapter 1: The Mysterious Package
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1. Jack’s mum gave him a package wrapped in brown paper.
2. Inside the package, there was a book with a picture of a bear on the front.
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3. What was inside when Jack unwrapped the package?
a) There was a book with a picture of a lion
b) There was a book with a picture of a crocodile.
c) There was a book with a picture of a dinosaur.
4. Who wrote the book about the Allosaurus?
a) Harry Potter
b) Lewis Porter
c) Jack Stalwart
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5. Jack and his mum looked at the address together.
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Chapter 2: The Big Apple
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1. Jack was a secret agent working for the Global Protection Force.
2. The GPS often sent Jack secret critical information through the email.
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3. What was Whizzy?
a) Jack’s cell phone b) Jack’s miniature globe c) Jack’s machine gun
4. Which city was Jack going to?
a) Los Angeles b) Washington D.C. c) New York City
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5. This time they had disguised it as a package from a children’s book club.
Chapter 3: The Big Toe
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1. When Jack arrived, he saw three massive ostriches.
2. Lewis Porter was in charge of the dinosaur exhibit at the museum.
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3. Which part was missing from the dinosaur’s skeleton?
a) toe b) head c) elbow
4. What was the first order of investigation?
a) find the witnesses b) seek for the fingerprints c) view the surveillance cameras
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5. Lewis extended his hand to Jack and nodded hello.
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Chapter 4: The Security Meeting
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1. Jack followed Lewis down into a large room filled with high-tech surveillance equipment.
2. Hal said that he saw something unusual yesterday.
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3. What didn’t the security officer do with the image?
a) watch b) record c) sell
4. What day’s footage did they want to review?
a) last week’s b) yesterday’s c) tomorrow’s
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5. If Lewis is right, and the toe’s been stolen, then we have crime on
our hands.
Chapter 5: The Hook
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1. Jack and Lewis had watched the video for about three hours when Hal turned to Jack.
2. There was an outing of school children whose teacher was showing them the magnificent dinosaur skeletons.
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3. Who lingered behind and reached out quickly towards the dinosaur?
a) a girl b) a boy c) a teacher
4. Which tool was used to yank the toe off the dinosaur?
a) a hammer b) a screwdriver c) a hook
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5. It was a slim, rectangular silver box that when plugged into the back of a computer or TV, could take a still picture.
Listening Comprehension
Chapter 6: The Halls of Science
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1. When Jack arrived at East Side Grammar, it was 1 o’ clock in the afternoon.
2. Thomas was at school today.
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3. At the school, who did Jack talk with?
a) Principal Danner b) his teacher c) his classmate
4. What did Thomas win for the last two years?
a) a science fair b) a quiz competition c) a musical contest
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5. The boy who took the bone from the museum was definitely a student at this school.
Chapter 7: The Experiment
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1. There was a swarm of blue taxis lining the street and hundreds of people walking around. T / F
2. Jack realized that New York City was definitely one of the busiest cities he’d ever seen. T / F
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3. What was New York City’s underground railway called?
a) a cave b) a subway c) an intersection
4. When Jack got to Thomas’ home, who greeted Jack?
a) Thomas’s sister b) Thomas’s grandmother c) Thomas’s mother
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5. Jack had interrupted her in the middle of baking something.
Listening Comprehension
Chapter 8: The Escape
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1. The dinosaur had broken through and was walking on its hind legs down the Eberly’s hallway.
2. Mrs. Eberly tried very hard to scream.
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3. What did the GPF’s Neutralizing Spray get rid of?
a) dust b) stress c) scent
4. Where did the dinosaur finally make its way out?
a) the street b) the building c) Thomas’s bedroom
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5. Jack could hear the screams of frightened New Yorkers as they encountered the
unbelievable sight of a dinosaur running toward them.
Chapter 9: The Hope
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1. Thomas turned his dog, Freddie, into a living, breathing dinosaur.
2. In order to change the dinosaur back into Freddie, they needed a reversal serum.
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3. What did Thomas extract from the dinosaur fossils?
a) blood b)DNA c) liquid
4. What did Thomas do to his mother before he left his house?
a) He hugged her. b) He kissed her. c) He said nothing.
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5. The transformation was almost instantaneous.
Listening Comprehension
Chapter 10: The First Encounter
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1. Jack and Thomas didn’t need to get the reversal serum into the allosaurus.
2. Jack was face-to-face with the most terrifying creature that he had ever seen.
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3. How did Jack distract the dinosaur to save the man?
a) He used a Virtual Protection Camera.
b) He used a reversal serum.
c) He used a Neutralizing Spray.
4. What was the virtual image of the dinosaur doing when it appeared on the white wall?
a) It was eating an animal. b) It was eating plants. c) It was sleeping.
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5. The only indication that the dinosaur existed were the huge pieces of glass strewn everywhere.
Chapter 11: The Goo
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1. The dinosaur’s powerful roar blew Jack off his feet and backward onto the street.
2. The dinosaur crept backward and went away.
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3. What was hidden inside the Goo tube?
a) a glue-like substance
b) a poison-like substance
c) a powder-like substance
4. What was the name of the most famous building in New York City?
a) The Eiffel Tower b) The Opera House c) The Empire State Building
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5. A throbbing pain shot through his skull.
Listening Comprehension
Chapter 12: The Dreamy World of Biscuits
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1. Thomas rifled through his trouser pockets and pulled out a half-eaten bag of dog biscuits.
2. As soon as it smelled the biscuits, the dinosaur ran away.
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3. Who did the dinosaur act like as it smelled the biscuits?
a) Freddie b) Thomas c) Jack
4. Where did the terrified people quickly go into?
a) the Empire State Building b) a department store c) the subway
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5. “Huh?” said Thomas, with a confused expression on his face.
Chapter 13: The Flyboard
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1. Jack pulled out the GPF’s Flyboard, which was one of the older gadgets in the GPF’s arsenal. T / F
2. The jet engines fired up and he and Thomas were speeding toward the dinosaur. T / F
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3. What did Jack scream to the people up ahead?
a) “Get outside.” b) “Stay where you are.” c) “Get inside.”
4. Where was the dinosaur heading to?
a) the zoo b) the swimming pool c) the playground.
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5. There were giant television screens flickering on the top of building.
Listening Comprehension
Chapter 14: The Hero
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1. Jack and Thomas sped towards the main street.
2. On the other side of the road was an enormous ice-skating rink.
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3. As Jack and Thomas reached the opposite side of the rink, what happened to the Flyboard?
a) It began to speed up b) It stopped c) It began to bleep
4. What did Jack and Thomas ride after they saw hydrogen running out of their Flyboard?
a) a taxi b) a bus c) a train
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5. Jack and Thomas watched as its swaying tail disappeared underneath the trees.
Chapter 15: The Dilemma
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1. Jack looked out at the park from inside the moving bus.
2. Jack and Thomas ran into the zoo, over the turnstiles.
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3. What did the sign say as Jack and Thomas ran towards the entrance?
a) “The zoo is now open.”
b) “The zoo is under construction.”
c) “The zoo is now closed.”
4. How did Jack and Thomas get into the zoo?
a) They bought tickets.
b) They jumped over the turnstiles.
c) They shattered the entrance.
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5. Jack could see the dinosaur running through the trees and over the
ancient boulders that littered the grass.
Listening Comprehension
Chapter 16: The Transformation
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1. Jack told Thomas to run for cover while he prepared for the dinosaur to arrive.
2. The dinosaur ripped through the entrance and smashed the turnstiles.
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3. How did the reversal serum get inside the dinosaur’s stomach?
a) Jack placed a vial into the catapult and aimed at its mouth and fired.
b) Jack jumped high and threw the vial into its mouth.
c) Jack knocked dinosaur down and put it into its mouth.
4. After the dinosaur turned into dust, what was it changed into?
a) a dog b) a cat c) a rat
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5. Jack thought about how shocked they would be to find that it had
completely vanished.
Chapter 17: The Apology.
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1. Thomas wanted to say that he would keep the bone.
2. Lewis was so upset and forced Thomas to help out the museum.
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3. How did Lewis hear about the commotion?
a) He heard it from his friend.
b) He heard it on the news.
c) He heard it on the phone.
4. What was Thomas going to do first to help out the museum?
a) sweep b) mop c) dust
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5. The police might even look more kindly on Thomas if they knew Thomas was making amends.
Listening Comprehension
Chapter 18: The Last Look
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