One Word Substitution

A shoal of fish can be substituted by ________.

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage:

Central and South America have some of the world’s most unique species of wildlife. Perhaps, some are more familiar than others. Central and South America has many different groups of species, which include: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and insects. These groups of animals need to live in specific types of climates and habitats in order to ensure their survivorship.

South America is the home to some of the strangest, some of the loveliest and some of the most horrifying animals in the world. There can be few creatures more improbable than the sloth which spends its life in a permanent state of mute slow motion, hanging upside down in the tall forest trees: few more bizarre than the giant ant eater of the Savannahs, its tail enlarged into a shaggy banner and its jaws elongated into a curved and toothless tube.  On the other hand, beautiful birds are so common as to become almost unremarkable. Gaudy macaws flap through the forest, their splendid plumage contrasting incongruously with their harsh cries; and humming–birds, like tiny jewels, flit from flower to flower sipping nectar, their iridescent feathers flashing the colors of the rainbow as they fly.

The Amazonian rain forest, in Brazil alone, is the largest rain forest in the world. Many species of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and birds occupy the canopy of this magnificent rain forest. The iguana lives in the trees high above from the ground. It has flattened sides and a long, strong tail, which gives it balance and stability when it leaps. It also has clawed feet, which allows the iguana to grip branches.

The poison dart frog is a tree frog that secretes poison when it gets attacked. Even a small amount of the toxin can be lethal to humans. Today, South American Indians use the poison to tip their arrowheads before hunting.

Many of the South American animals inspire the fascination which comes from revulsion.  Shoals of cannibal fish infest the rivers waiting to rip the flesh from any animal which tumbles among them, and vampire bats, a legend in Europe but a grim reality in South America, fly out at night from their roosts in the forests to suck blood from cows and men.

What is the meaning of the phrase a lot of?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the following questions:

Tom was an ordinary seven-year-old boy, who had a big sister called Sarah. He also had a friend, a perfectly ordinary dragon
On Saturday morning, Tom and Sarah went with their parents to do the weekly shopping. As they went round the supermarket, Tom kept his eyes open for food that might interest a dragon. It was very difficult.
Take vegetables, for a start. Tom couldn’t convince himself that a dragon with taste for girls was going to look with much enthusiasm at cabbage or cauliflower. The same went for carrots – however good for the scales. Chips might be better, but how could Tom organize cooking them?
Tom’s mother paused in front of the meat counter.
“What shall we get for Sunday lunch?” she asked Tom. Secretly she was amazed at the interest he was taking in choosing food. He was being especially good if you compared him with Sarah, who hated food shopping and had already had to be bribed with stick of bubblegum to silence her complaints. “Shall we have chicken? Or a shoulder of lamb? Or what about a joint of pork?”
This required serious thought. The sort of meat that a dragon would like would have to taste rather Sarah. It was a pity that he couldn’t see what she looked like inside. Would she be pale colour like chicken, or a dark brown, like roast lamb? He looked at her with narrowed eyes. At the moment Sarah blew an enormous pink bubble, and then popped it with her tongue, making a noise like a balloon bursting.
If Sarah were an animal, thought Tom, what would she be? Not a chicken, certainly not a lamb …Suddenly the answer came to him.
“Can we have pork for dinner tomorrow?” he asked his mother.
She bought the pork, and a lot of other things, until the trolley was almost too heavy to push. Tom went on being good for the rest of the trip. He was concentrating on how best to hide some of his Sunday lunch, and thinking how pleased the dragon would be when he tasted the Sarah - substitute