The Kiwi

Pre-reading Questions

1. What is a kiwi?
2. Where does it live?
3. How many toes does it have?

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The kiwi live only in New Zealand. It is a very strange bird because it cannot fly. The kiwi is the same size as a chicken. It has no wings or tail. It does not have any feathers like other birds. It has hair on its body. Each foot has four toes. Its beak (mouth) is very long. A kiwi likes a lot of trees around it. It sleeps during the day because the sunlight hurts its eyes. It can smell things with its nose. It is the only bird in the world that can smell things. The kiwi’s eggs are very big. There are only a few kiwis in New Zealand now. People never see them. The government says that people cannot kill kiwis. New Zealanders want their kiwis to live. There is a picture of a kiwi on New Zealand money. People from New Zealand are sometimes called kiwis.


A. Vocabulary
Put the right word in the blanks. The sentences are from the text.

government	smell	during	kiwi	kill	size
fly	only	wings	chicken	beak	tail
strange	hurts	feathers	body

1. It sleeps ............... government smell during kiwi kill size fly only wings chicken beak tail strange hurts body . the day because the sunlight ............... government smell during kiwi kill size fly only wings chicken beak tail strange hurts body . its eyes.


2. It is a very ............... government smell during kiwi kill size fly only wings chicken beak tail strange hurts body . Bird because it cannot ............... government smell during kiwi kill size fly only wings chicken beak tail strange hurts body .


3. The ............... government smell during kiwi kill size fly only wings chicken beak tail strange hurts body . says that people cannot kill kiwis.


4. It can ............... government smell during kiwi kill size fly only wings chicken beak tail strange hurts body . things with its nose.


5. It has no ............... government smell during kiwi kill size fly only wings chicken beak tail strange hurts body . or  ............... government smell during kiwi kill size fly only wings chicken beak tail strange hurts body .


6. The ............... government smell during kiwi kill size fly only wings chicken beak tail strange hurts body . lives ............... government smell during kiwi kill size fly only wings chicken beak tail strange hurts body . in New Zealand.


7. It does not have any ............... government smell during kiwi kill size fly only wings chicken beak tail strange hurts body . like other birds.


8. Its ............... government smell during kiwi kill size fly only wings chicken beak tail strange hurts body . (mouth) is very long.


9. The kiwi is the same ............... government smell during kiwi kill size fly only wings chicken beak tail strange hurts body . as a chicken.

B. Vocabulary (New context)
Put the right word in the blanks. These are new sentences for the same words.

During	pictures	kiwi	only	size	mells
wings	hair	hurts	strange	tail	feathers
tree	fly	beak	government

1. The  ............... During pictures kiwi only size smells wings hair hurts strange tail feathers tree fly beak government and a few other birds cannot fly.


2. A bluebird has blue  ............... During pictures kiwi only size smells wings hair hurts strange tail feathers tree fly beak government .


3. Some students have a scholarship from their  ............... During pictures kiwi only size smells wings hair hurts strange tail feathers tree fly beak government .


4. An airplane can  ............... During pictures kiwi only size smells wings hair hurts strange tail feathers tree fly beak government . because it has  ............... During pictures kiwi only size smells wings hair hurts strange tail feathers tree fly beak government .


5. What are you cooking? It  ............... During pictures kiwi only size smells wings hair hurts strange tail feathers tree fly beak government . good.


6. My leg  ............... During pictures kiwi only size smells wings hair hurts strange tail feathers tree fly beak government . I can’t work on it.


7. Most of cats have a long  ............... During pictures kiwi only size smells wings hair hurts strange tail feathers tree fly beak government .


8. A person has a mouth. A bird has a  ............... During pictures kiwi only size smells wings hair hurts strange tail feathers tree fly beak government .


9. Some students are very  ............... During pictures kiwi only size smells wings hair hurts strange tail feathers tree fly beak government . They want to learn English but they don’t come to class.
10. I cannot buy this shirt I have  ............... During pictures kiwi only size smells wings hair hurts strange tail feathers tree fly beak government . Three dollars.


11. What  ............... During pictures kiwi only size smells wings hair hurts strange tail feathers tree fly beak government shoes do you wear?


12. Most people work  ............... During pictures kiwi only size smells wings hair hurts strange tail feathers tree fly beak government . the day and sleep at night.

C. Questions
The (*) means you have to think of the answer. You cannot find it in the text.

1. Where does the kiwi live?
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2. What is a kiwi?
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3. How big is a kiwi?
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4. Does a kiwi have feather?
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5. Does it have a tail and wings?
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6. *How many toes does it have?
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7. When does a kiwi sleep?
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8. Can most birds smell?
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9. Why can’t people kill kiwis?
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10. Why does New Zealand have a picture of a kiwi on its money?
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D. Comprehension: True/False
Write True if the sentence is true. Write False if it is not true. The asterisk (*) means you have to think of the answer. You cannot find it in the text.

........TrueFalse  1. Kiwis live in Australia and New Zealand.

........TrueFalse  2. A kiwi has a tail but no wings.

........TrueFalse  3. A kiwi has a big beak.

........TrueFalse  4. It sleeps during the day because light hurts its eyes.

........TrueFalse  *5. You can see a kiwi in some zoos in New Zealand.

........TrueFalse  6. The New Zealand government does not want all the kiwis to die.

........TrueFalse  7. A kiwi is like most other birds.

E. choose the number of the main idea of the text.

1. The kiwi is a strange New Zealand bird.

2. The kiwi sleeps during the day and has no tail or wings.

3. New Zealanders like kiwis.

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