Were TuS
State three facts about rats.
e.g. They are rodents.
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years. He
First read the following
summary, then listen to the
text of Part 1 and fill in the
missing information.
Michael Dansel has studied rats
for 1)
believes that rats are the most
intelligent mammals after man
and the 2)
Rats
discovered that vitamin K can be
used as an antidote. At three
months rats can give birth to as
many as 3) ............ offspring.
Fifty years of human life is the
equivalent of 4) ........... years for
the rat so they evolve quickly.
The modern urban rat now has a
liking for 5)
......, which it
digests and uses for energy.
This is bad news because rats
can eat through 6)
cables. Rubbish on the streets
from the fast food culture has
given rats a plentiful food supply.
There are up to 7)
rats in
Paris and some 8)
in
London, Poison manufacturers
are testing a new product that
takes 9)
to
10)
days to kill a rat
This bypasses the rat's defence
mechanism. The rat does not
relate its illness to eating the
poison
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