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READING & WRITING

1 READING

a Read the texts about the current news
of the world. Fill in the blanks with
“who, which, when” and “where”.

2. A Large Seal Smashes the Car in Tasmania

Yesterday, the residents ______________ live in Tasmania got
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shocked when they see a large seal which was wandering
in the streets. After wandering around the street for a
while, it climbed to a car and smashed the wind screen
of it. The distance between its natural habitat and the
city is about 50 kilometers, so it is estimated that it used
1. Zika Virus Alarm in the Usa the river ________________ is located between the suburb and
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Zika virus ________________ got its name from its habitat for its transfer to the city center. The crazy
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Uganda’s Zika Forest is a dangerous virus. seal is named Mr Lou-Seal and in a few hours it was
It is a virus transmitted by a special kind tranquilized and released to its habitat after a check-up.
of female mosquitoes called Aedes. 1947 It is important to note that these fur seals can grow up
was the year ______________the virus was to 2 meters long and can weigh more than 360 kilos!
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first discovered. Since 2014, it has been
seen in Asian and African countries
3 ________________ a lot of people suffered from
the disease. This year the epidemic spread
to Mexico and the USA. There has been
no treatment or vaccine for the virus until
now. The World Health Organization
(WHO) is working on the vaccine, but
they announced that it can take years to
complete the study. It is difficult to notice
the illness because the symptoms are a 3. An Amazing Discovery From High School Students
mild fever, skin rash, fatigue, and muscle in Turkey
pain. The virus is extremely dangerous Two high school students from Turkey, Doruk Tatlıdil
for pregnant woman as it causes babies and Faruk Ekin, discovered an amazing substance for
to be born with “microcephaly”. It is an the treatment of cancer. They found out a medicine
illness ________________ causes severe brain 8 _______________ they produce from the skin of insects and
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damage on babies. Babies who have then they injected it into one of the strongest medicine
this illness have smaller heads than the which is used in chemotherapy. As it is known the
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healthy babies. Brazil is the country medicines ____________ are used in chemotherapy destroy
5 ________________ there are many people with not only cancer cells but also healthy cells as well. By
this disease. It is estimated that 1 in means of this medicine, the healthy cells were not harmed
150 babies were born with the illness in while cancer cells got destroyed. With their studies, they
the country last year. What’s worse, the got a local award from TÜBITAK (the Scientific and
virus spreads out very quickly and the Technological Research Council of Turkey) in March,
long term consequences of the virus are 2016 and they are going on with the experimental studies.
not clear. It is clear that it is going to be a breakthrough in medicine.

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