martes, 10 de mayo de 2011

16 lambs found inside two cars



Sixteen lambs have been discovered by police crammed inside two cars on a motorway.

The vehicles were stopped by cops on the M5 near Oldbury in the West Midlands in the middle of the night.

Some of the animals were on the backseat, while others had been put inside the boot.

The lambs are now being cared for by a nearby farmer, before they get reunited with their owner in Gloucestershire.

Six men have been arrested.

Match the words below to their definitions

arrested / boot / cops / crammed / discovered / reunited

found
force a lot of things into a small space
name in the UK for covered space at the back of a car
brought together again
taken away by the police to be questioned about a crime
policemen or policewomen

True or false?

1. The lambs were discovered in the morning.
2. The lambs will be returned to their owner.
3. All of the lambs were on the back seats of the cars.
4. The lambs were stolen.
5. The owner of the lambs was arrested.
6. Oldbury is in Gloustershire.
7. The cars were parked when they were found.
8. The lambs were wearing boots.

Which word or phrase means the same as the one in italics?
motorway
a) the same as driveway
b) the same as highway
c) the same as underway
animals
a) the same as animators
b) the same as creatures
c) the same as minerals
cared for
a) the same as transported
b) the same as concerned about
c) the same as looked after
nearby
a) the same as local
b) the same as underneath
c) the same as above




KEY
Vocabulary

discovered found
crammed force a lot of things into a small space
boot name in the UK for covered space at the back of a car
reunited brought together again
arrested taken away by the police to be questioned about a crime
cops policemen or policewomen

True or false?

1. False
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. False
6. False
7. False
8. False

Which word or phrase means the same as the one in italics?

1.b) the same as highway
2.b) the same as creatures
3.c) the same as looked after
4.a) the same as local

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