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English Reading Comprehension Test Time: 40 Minutes Sharks In the film Jaws, a big dangerous shark attacks and kills people in the water. Jaws is a scary film, but is it realistic? What are sharks really like? Not all the same Sharks are not all the same. In fact, there are nearly 400 different kinds. Some are very big and some are small. Whale sharks are the biggest fish in the world. They are about fifteen metres long. But pygmy sharks are only a few centimetres long. You can keep a pygmy shark in an aquarium in your bedroom! Many people do! The shark in Jaws is a great white shark. Great whites are usually four or five metres long. More facts Sharks live in all the oceans of the world, in warm water and cold water. They can see in dark water, they can hear well, and they can smell very well. Sharks have soft bones. They have a lot of teeth, and they can grow new teeth when old teeth break. Great whites eat other fish, sea animals and other sharks. But many sharks do not eat other fish: for example, the big whale sharks eat plankton and krill. Dangerous? Most sharks never attack people. But a few sharks are sometimes dangerous. These sharks kill about forty people in the world every year. Let's compare sharks with snakes. Snakes kill about 60,000 people every year. And let's not forget that people kill 25,000,000 sharks every year. Safety tip Always swim with a friend. Sharks do not usually attack groups of people - except in films!

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English Reading Comprehension Test Time: 40 Minutes

Sharks In the film Jaws, a big dangerous shark attacks and kills people in the water. Jaws is a scary film, but is it realistic? What are sharks really like?

Not all the sameSharks are not all the same. In fact, there are nearly 400 different kinds. Some are very big and some are small. Whale sharks are the biggest fish in the world. They are about fifteen metres long. But pygmy sharks are only a few centimetres long. You can keep a pygmy shark in an aquarium in your bedroom! Many people do! The shark in Jaws is a great white shark. Great whites are usually four or five metres long.

More factsSharks live in all the oceans of the world, in warm water and cold water. They can see in dark water, they can hear well, and they can smell very well. Sharks have soft bones. They have a lot of teeth, and they can grow new teeth when old teeth break. Great whites eat other fish, sea animals and other sharks. But many sharks do not eat other fish: for example, the big whale sharks eat plankton and krill.

Dangerous?Most sharks never attack people. But a few sharks are sometimes dangerous. These sharks kill about forty people in the world every year. Let's compare sharks with snakes. Snakes kill about 60,000 people every year. And let's not forget that people kill 25,000,000 sharks every year.

Safety tipAlways swim with a friend. Sharks do not usually attack groups of people - except in films!

English Reading Comprehension Test Time: 40 Minutes

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