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Alcatraz Island used to be a prison. Prisoners like Al Capone and Scarface used to live there. The people who ran the prison used to chase birds away. Now thousands of birds live there.
Now the island is a National Park. More than a million visitors come to see and hear about prison history and see the ruins. They also see white bird droppings. They hear gulls screeching.
The visitors do not all agree about the birds. Bird lovers think they are wonderful. Other visitors complain about dodging bird droppings. They don't like stepping in it. They say it is scary. They want the National Park Service to clean up the bird droppings.
The National Park Service does not chase the birds away. They have to choose between saving the buildings of the prison or saving the habitat of the birds. They say there haven't been any complaints from visitors about the bird droppings. They say the bird droppings come with the island. There is no water to wash it away.
Visitors to Alcatraz get two for the price of one. They get prison history. They get a bird sanctuary. But they need to wear a hat!
Give a title to the text above.
Say whether these sentences are true or false:
a-Dangerous prisoners are not kept in Alcatraz.
b- Too many birds live in Alcatraz Island.
c- All visitors love visiting the prison.


Choose the best completion:

1. Visitors should wear _____.

a-boots

b-a hat

c- a raincoat

2. Visitors to Alcatraz can get _____.

a-lessons about birds

b- hit by bird droppings

c- free hats

3. The people who ran the prison used to _____.

a-chase birds away

b-eat the birds

c- raise birds as a hobby

4. They have to choose between saving the _____ of the prison or saving the habitat of the birds.

a-buildings

b- history

c- pictures

5. They say there haven't been any _____ from visitors about the bird droppings.

a-telephone calls

b- compliments

c- complaints

6. Prisonners like used to live there.

a-o.J.Simpson and the Unabomber

b-Jabba the Hutt and Darth Vader

c-Al Capone and Scarface

7. Alcatraz Island used to have a .

a-Park

b-Restaurant

c-prison

8. Some people want the National Park Service to _____.

a-clean up the bird droppings

b-free the prisoners

c-paint the buildings

9. The National Park Service does not chase the _____ away.

a-birds

b- prisoners

c- visitors









10. More than a million _____ come to see and hear about prison history.

a-visitors

b-prisoners

c- birds



Match the word with its definition:

word	Definition
1. droppings	a. a jail, a place where criminals are kept.
2. ruins	b. the story of what happened before.
3. history	c. the waste of birds.
4. screech	d. old buildings in poor conditions.
5. prison	e. to make a high, shrill noise.
6. price	f. the sum of money something costs.

Find the questions whose answers are underlined.

What do the underlined words refer to:

1.The people who ran the prison used to chase the birds away.

2.Bird lovers think they are wonderful.

Complete sentence b so that it means the same as sentence a

1. a- The National Park Service does not chase the birds away.

b- The birds …………………………………………………

2. a- They say there have not been any complaints from the visitors about the bird droppings.

b- …………………………………………………, they say.

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