Assignment 1
Read the assignment and write down the answers in English. You may use English-language Internet sources to help you.
a Write down the names of insects you know.
b List the names of colours you know.
| Butterfly Invasion
Queensland is a state in Australia. Insect scientists in Queensland are studying a special kind of butterfly. It is called a caper white butterfly. Read all about it here. |
Assignment 2
Read the text. Connect the words and expressions that have the same meaning in the text.
| 1. hundreds of thousands | a. a kind of insect with a long thin body and brightly coloured wings |
| 2. butterfly | b. a person who studies insects |
| 3. phenomenon | c. a kind of worm with many legs that changes to become a butterfly |
| 4. entomologist | d. a town or other area where people live in houses near a larger city |
| 5. due to | e. an interesting fact or event that is unusual or difficult to explain fully |
| 6. caterpillar | f. because of |
| 7. suburb | g. difficult in a way that tests your abilities |
| 8. random | h. existing or happening in many places |
| 9. predict | i. most important aspect |
| 10. normal habitat | j. something between 100,000 and 1,000,000 |
| 11. widespread | k. the outside lines |
| 12. challenging | l. the place where a plant or animal usually lives or grows |
| 13. edging | m. to know and say that something will happen in the future |
| 14. key thing | n. with many special details |
| 15. complicated | o. without a particular plan or pattern |
Assignment 3
a Choose the best summary.
1 Because of heavy rains, thousands of butterflies have returned to western Queensland.
2 Insect researchers suspect that lots of butterfly caterpillars travel in only one direction.
3 Once every few years thousands of white butterflies appear in southeast Queensland.
4 Queensland is having problems with thousands of caper white butterflies.
b What do entomologists know about caper white butterflies? Select all correct answers.
1 There are usually more of them after it has rained a lot.
2 They are difficult to identify.
3 They are mostly white, but some of them are black.
4 They are well known for flying long distances.
5 They come to Queensland because they are hungry.
6 They have black and yellow spots underneath their wings.
7 They return to Queensland every year.
c When was the last time the white butterflies travelled from western to southeast Queensland?
1 In 2016.
2 Last year.
3 Six years ago.
4 Ten years ago.
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