Alnajah Junior Hight School

3rd Term Task – 8th grade

The Lost World" by Michael Crichton"

Name:______Date:______

Read the "The Lost World" story (pages 111 – 113) and answer the following questions:

  1. Where does this story take place?

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  1. How did Diego and Levine feel?

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  1. What signs of life did the men find?

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  1. Where had Levine seen such footprints?

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  1. What did the animal look like?

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  1. What was this animal?

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  1. Why was Levine shocked to see this animal?

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  1. How did the mussaurus react to Levine?

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  1. What happened to Diego?

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  1. What did Levine think was going to happen to him?

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  1. What do you think is going to happen? Write an ending to the story. ______

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  1. Tick (√) True or False:

True / False
Levine checked the animal droppings.
Levine was frightened when he saw footprints in the mud.
Levine didn't see a living dinosaur.
The creature ran away after it stopped onto Levine's hand.
Diago was probably killed by a large carnivore.
Levine was safe.
  1. A team of explorers said the following sentences about their journey. Match the sentences in A with their endings in B.

A / B
1. On this journey, I was curious to find out / ___ a. very strange.
2. I want to discover creatures that / ___ b. to see a bird that looked like my sister.
3. I saw some footprints in the mud that looked / ___ c. were not in any zoo in the world.
4. I thought we would not succeed but then I heard a movement in / ___ d. watched a big green bird with three heads come out.
5. I stood there frozen and / ___ e. the trees.
6. It was shocking for me / ___ f. the bird began to talk.
7. But I slowly began to step / ___ g. about unusual animals.
8. I thought the situation was hopeless, but / ___ h. away from the strange bird.

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