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Acadsoc New Classic English 3 (A)

U1L1 A puma at large

(1) Pre-reading

(2) During-reading
(3) Post-reading

Learning Content:
A passage: A puma at large

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A. Reading Listen and read through the passage first. Then answer some 5mins
questions about the key sentences in the passage.

Pumas are large, cat-like animals which

are found in America. When reports came 1. “For” means :
A. about
into London Zoo that a wild puma had been
B. as to
spotted forty-five miles south of London, C. because
2. What were very similar?
they were not taken seriously. However, as
_______________________
1. What do the reports tell?
the evidence began to accumulate, experts
_______________________
2. “They” refers to : from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate, for
A. pumas
the descriptions given by people who
B. reports
C. people claimed to have seen the puma were
extraordinarily similar.

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 Key:
A. Reading

Pumas are large, cat-like animals which

are found in America. When reports came 1. “For” means :
A. about
into London Zoo that a wild puma had been
B. as to
spotted forty-five miles south of London, C. because
2. What were very similar?
they were not taken seriously. However, as
_______________________
The descriptions.
1. What do the reports tell?
the evidence began to accumulate, experts
_______________________
A wild puma had … London.
2. “They” refers to : from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate, for
A. pumas
the descriptions given by people who
B. reports
C. people claimed to have seen the puma were
extraordinarily similar.

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(5mins)

The hunt for the puma began in a small village

where a woman picking blackberries saw “a large 1. The first “it” means
_________ ; the second
cat” only five yards away from her. It immediately “it” means _________.
ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed 2. When it went
that a puma will not attack a human being unless somewhere, it would
it is cornered. The search proved difficult, for the leave
_____________________
puma was often observed at one place in the _______________ behind.
1. “Picking” here can be morning and at another place twenty miles away
replaced by : in the evening. Wherever it went, it left behind it
A. picked a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.
B. who had picked
Paw prints were seen in a number of places and
C. who was picking
puma fur was found clinging to bushes.

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 Key:

The hunt for the puma began in a small village

where a woman picking blackberries saw “a large 1. The first “it” means
_________
the puma ; the second
cat” only five yards away from her. It immediately “it” means _________.
the puma
ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed 2. When it went
that a puma will not attack a human being unless somewhere, it would
it is cornered. The search proved difficult, for the leave
_____________________
a trail of dead deer and
puma was often observed at one place in the _______________ behind.
small animals
1. “Picking” here can be morning and at another place twenty miles away
replaced by : in the evening. Wherever it went, it left behind it
A. picked a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.
B. who had picked
Paw prints were seen in a number of places and
C. who was picking
puma fur was found clinging to bushes.

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(5mins)

Several people complained of “cat-like noises” at

1. “As” here means : night and a businessman on a fishing ship saw the 1. What is disturbing?
A. when _______________________
puma up a tree.
B. because _______________________
C. if The experts were now fully convinced that the _______________________
2. The phrase “must animal was a puma, but where had it come from?
have been” indicates : As no pumas had been reported missing from any
A. a speculation about
zoo in the country, this one must have been in the
something in the past
B. a fact about possession of a private collector and somehow
something in the past managed to escape. The hunt went on for several
weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is
disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is
still at large in the quiet countryside.

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 Key:

Several people complained of “cat-like noises” at

1. “As” here means : night and a businessman on a fishing ship saw the 1. What is disturbing?
A. when _______________________
To think that a wild animal is
puma up a tree.
B. because _______________________
still at large in the quiet
C. if The experts were now fully convinced that the _______________________
countryside.
2. The phrase “must animal was a puma, but where had it come from?
have been” indicates : As no pumas had been reported missing from any
A. a speculation about
zoo in the country, this one must have been in the
something in the past
B. a fact about possession of a private collector and somehow
something in the past managed to escape. The hunt went on for several
weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is
disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is
still at large in the quiet countryside.

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B. Comprehending Questions 4mins

1. Experts eventually decide to investigate _________________.

 because they did not believe that pumas existed in England
 because they wanted a puma for the London Zoo
 when a woman saw a puma in a small village
 because people’s descriptions of the puma had a lot in common

2. Why was the search for the puma difficult?

 The puma was seen in different places in a day.
 The woman had described the animal she had seen as “a large cat”.
 A puma had come very close to a human being.
 The puma had behaved like a cat.

3. What was the problem the experts were unable to solve?

 How the puma had managed to cover such great distance within a day.
 How the puma had escaped from a zoo.
 Whom the puma had belonged to.
 How the puma had climbed a tree.

Check the text again to find the answers to each question. 8

 Key:
B. Comprehending Questions
1. Experts eventually decide to investigate _________________.
 because they did not believe that pumas existed in England
 because they wanted a puma for the London Zoo
 when a woman saw a puma in a small village
 because people’s descriptions of the puma had a lot in common


2. Why was the search for the puma difficult?

 The puma was seen in different places in a day.

 The woman had described the animal she had seen as “a large cat”.
 A puma had come very close to a human being.
 The puma had behaved like a cat.

3. What was the problem the experts were unable to solve?

 How the puma had managed to cover such great distance within a day.
 How the puma had escaped from a zoo.
 Whom the puma had belonged to.

 How the puma had climbed a tree.
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C. Structure 4mins Number the sentences by the order in which they occurred.

The search began in a small

village where the puma was
said to have appeared.
Evidence about the puma’s
appearance began to Experts were convinced that
accumulate. the animal was a puma.

1
London Zoo received The puma was believed to
the reports. have come from a private
collector.

Paw prints and puma Experts began to

fur were found. investigate.
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 Key:
C. Structure
4
The search began in a small
village where the puma was
said to have appeared.
2
Evidence about the puma’s 6
appearance began to Experts were convinced that
accumulate. the animal was a puma.

1 7
London Zoo received The puma was believed to
the reports. have come from a private
collector.

5 3
Paw prints and puma Experts began to
fur were found. investigate.
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D. Review 2mins

Experts began to
investigate.
Descriptions of it were The search was difficult, but • The puma was
very similar: more evidence was found: believed to have come
• it looked like a large cat • dead deer and small animals from a private collector.
• it would not easily like rabbits • The puma was still
attack a human being uncaught.
• paw prints and puma fur
It’s reported that a • “cat-like” noises at night Experts were convinced
wild puma appeared • it being seen up a tree that the animal was
in the countryside. truly a puma.

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Go through the plot of the passage with S.
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Acadsoc New Classic English 3 (A)

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