2. Read the text about The Monsters of the Sea. Choose “true” or “false”. A) Films have shown sharks as monsters. B) Sharks are in less danger than others. Text: People have always been afraid of sharks. Films like “Jaws” have shown them as monsters. But now these animals are in a big danger, like many others. In recent years, shark meat has become a popular food in America. Too much fishing has begun to reduce the numbers of some kinds of shark. Some people say this is a good thing. Sharks kill about twenty-five people a year near the world’s beaches. Are we going to help sharks, or are they going to become extinct? Sharks are hunters and so they naturally kill. But actually elephants kill more people than sharks every year — and everyone likes elephants. Sharks are very important for the world’s oceans. They eat unhealthy fish and keep the numbers of different kinds of sea animals in balance. Now scientists are trying to find a way to protect these animals. They have been in the oceans for 350 million years.

Перевод задания: Прочитайте текст «Морские чудовища». Выберите «верно» или «неверно».

A) Films have shown sharks as monsters. (Фильмы изображали акул чудовищами.) — True (верно): текст прямо сообщает, что фильмы, например «Челюсти», показывали акул как чудовищ.

B) Sharks are in less danger than others. (Акулы подвергаются меньшей опасности, чем другие.) — False (неверно): сказано, что акулы находятся в большой опасности, как и многие другие животные; чрезмерный вылов сокращает численность некоторых видов.