1. Complete the article with the words in the box .
attacking ; clear ; eventually ; professional ; screamed ; swimming ; thought
One morning in November 2004, four people were .................. in the sea about 100metres from the beach near Auckland, New Zealand. They were ................... lifeguards on a training swim. Suddenly, about ten dolphins appeared and started to swim arround them in circles. At first the swimmers were worried - they .............. that the dolphins were ................... them. One of the smimmers, Ron Howes, tried to swim back to the beach, but the dolphins stopped him and pushed im back to other swimmers. Suddenly, one of the swimmers .................. . There was a three-metre shark and it was swimming towards them trought the ......................... blue water. It came very close to the swimmers. It was only metres away but it couldn't attack them because the dolphins were there. The dolpsins stayed with the swimmers for 40 minutes. ......................... the shark swam away and the dolphins let the swimmers return to the beach. A scientist, Rosemary Finn, who studies the behavior of dolphins wasn't surprised when she heard the story. 'Dolphins often help other animals and fish when they are in trouble in the sea', she said.
2. Answer the questions .
a) Where were the swimmers ?
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b) How many dolphins appeared ?
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c) Why werethe swimmers worried at first ?
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d) What did one of the swimmers try to do ?
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e) Why did one of the swimmers scream ?
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f) How long did the dolphins stay with the swimmers ?
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