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3 Comprehension 
check 
1. F; 2. T; 3. T; 4. T; 5. F; 6. F 
4 
Vocabulary 1
Find the Word 
1. tender
 
2. juicy 
3. widely available 
4. destination 
5. starving 
6. anti-whaling campaigners 
5 
Vocabulary 2
Word formation 
1.
confusion 
2.
research 
3. response
4. provision
5. combination 
6. preservation 
7. reduction
8. agreement
6 Grammar 
Focus 
Superlatives 
1. most beautiful 
2. most popular 
3. angriest 
4. chewiest 
5. most ancient 
6. most widely available 

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Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2005 
Taken from the 
Magazine 
section in 
www.onestopenglish.com
Fill the gaps using these key words from the text: 
chewy 
euphemism 
scarce 
bewildered 
inundated 
ban 
sushi 
whale 
1. If something is ____________ , it is rare or there is not much of it available. 
2. ____________ food is food which is tough and rubbery, and difficult to eat. 
3. If you are ____________ , you are extremely confused. 
4. A ____________ is a very large sea animal that breathes air through a hole on the 
top of its head. 
5. ____________ is a Japanese dish with cold rice and fish, egg or vegetables. 
6. A ____________ is a word that people use when they want to talk about something 
unpleasant or embarrassing without mentioning the word itself. 
7. ____________ means the same as ‘prohibition’. 
8. ____________ literally means ‘flooded’. If you are ____________ with requests, 
for example, it means that you receive an extremely large number of them. 
Decide whether the following statements are True or False. Then look in the text