1) A listening comprehension and reading comprehension test was given to students about life as a hunter in Greenland. 2) The document describes the challenges facing Greenland hunters as climate change causes sea ice to disappear and become more unstable. 3) One hunter, Jens Danielsen, struggles to navigate his dog sled across cracking ice pans that have formed dangerously early in the season due to warming weather.

1. PRUEBA NACIONAL DE INGLES DE ADELANTO DE 3ero BD
PERIODO - MARZO 2009
Liceo Nº: MARKS
Group: WRITTEN TEST: / 60
Name: ORAL EXAM:
Date: FINAL MARK:
Listening Comprehension
HEART OF A HUNTER
1. While you listen to the first part of the article cross out the extra words
Avigiaq Kristiansen, aged 15 left school to hunt. In 2004 he killed his first polar white bear.
Now his teachers are older hunters, including Dr. Jens Danielsen. “He has the will to be a
great hunter,” says Jens. “All we can do now is teach him what we know”.
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2. Now, listen to the second part and tick the right option.
1) This passage describes the a) eastern Greenland b) western Greenland c)north –
western Greenland
2) In this remote area ice finishes a) in June b) in September c) in March
3) Lately hunting has been a) good b) bad c) excellent for a few weeks.
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2. Reading Comprehension
3. Continue reading the article and write (T) True or (F) False. Underline the
evidence.
Last days of the Ice hunters?
Part A
Cracking the frigid air with a sealskin whip, a Greenland hunter urges his dogs across sea
ice that gets thinner and less stable each year. Out
here he´s always found game for his family – until now.
The problem: The ice is disappearing.
Jens Danielsen´s kneels on his dogsled as it bumps
through the glinting ruins of a frozen sea. “Harru,
harru,” he calls out. “Go left, go left” “Atsuk, atsuk”. Go
right, go right.” His voice carries a note of emergency.
The fifteen dogs in his team move slowly, picking their
way between lanes of open water and translucent ice. Despite bitter cold in late March,
the ice pans have cracked, making travel dangerous.
1) A Greenland hunter used to have fun with his family in his homeland.
2) Jens is very pleased with the late weather changes.
3) “ Harru” and “Atsuk” are two of J. Danielsen´s dogs´names.
4) Jen and the dogs work cooperatively.
5) Travelling across Greenland has become less dangerous as ice is getting thinner and
thinner.
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4. Match the beginning of the sentences ( 1 to 4) to their endings ( a – d) to continue
the article.
Part B
1) As big as a bear, with a boyish face and an elegant mind …
2) This village, at latitude 77ºN whose brightly painted houses climb a hillside …
3) Jens usually heads toward the ice edge on Smith Sound looking for food along with his
brothers – in law…
4) As they have a lot of dogs to feed as well as a large family, …
a) who each has his own dog team and sled.
b) they´ll need to kill several arctic animals to bring home any meat.
c) Jen´s is a 45 –year –old hunter from Qaanaaq.
d) has a population of about 650 people.
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3. Vocabulary
5. Find a synonym or an opposite to these words in PART A of the text .
1) Very cold = ___________________
2) Thicker # __________________________
3) Vanishing = ___________________
4) Quickly # __________________________
5) Sweeter # __________________________
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6. Fill in the blanks of another part of the article using the words provided. Be
careful, there is an extra word.
shoulders - clothes – dogs – energy - sled runners –weather
Waiting for the ……………………….. to clear , hunters remove ice from their ………………. to
make them faster. They also mend …………………………..and sharpen harpoons all while
trying to conserve ………………………….. . In the hut, Mamarut looks over Joe´s ……………………
as he plays a video game.
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Language
Now, continue reading and choose the correct option.
Hunters prepare 1) ………………. a walrus which they harpooned as it 2) ……………….. to
breathe at the ice edge. “ Not long ago we 3) ……………………. walruses from kayaks”, says
Jens. In camp the dogs 4) ………………… some of the 800- pound kill, each 5) ………………. a
portion based on its size and its rank in the pack. One walrus 6) …………..the hunting party
for four days.
1. a. to butcher b. butcher c. butchered
2. a. has come b. came c. will come
3. a. had hunted b. have hunted c. used to hunt
4. a. give b. are given c. were given
5. a. received b. is receiving c. receiving
6. a. feeds b. feed c. will feed

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8. A photographer from National Geographic visits the area and interviews Jen. This
is part of the dialogue they have.
Photographer: What do dogs mean to your community?
Jen: They are like us, they love to eat. They´re like running stomachs.
Photographer: Lately, members of this community have had some problems with dogs,
hadn´t they?
Jen: Yes, you´re right. A few hunters had to shoot some dogs because they had no meat
for them.
Photographer: Too bad! Does the weather change play an important role in this problem?
Jen: Well, in some way it does; if the weather keeps changing the ice will disappear,
therefore the situation will become more dramatic.
Jens arrives home and tells his wife about the conversation with the photographer,
please report ONLY the sentences underlined.
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9. Writing : Choose 1 one of these options
a) Being a hunter in the Arctic is a very difficult and risky job. Think of other hard
or risky jobs and describe them in a composition of about 120 words. Include
the following:
 Description of the job
 Risks run by workers
 Skills needed
 Positive aspects
b) “I know humans are changing the world. I heard they are even changing the
weather”. Agree or disagree with these words said by an elderly woman from
the Arctic. Express your opinion on the topic.
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