Read the texts below. Match choices (A–H) to (1–5). There are three choices you do not need to use. Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.

David de Rothschild is an adventurer, an environmentalist, and an explorer. He has travelled across Antarctica, set a speed record crossing the Greenland ice cap, and reached the North Pole with hungry polar bears following him. Now he’s getting ready for his next adventure: Sailing to Australia in a boat made from recycled plastic bottles!

How did he become an explorer and environmentalist? David answers questions from National Geographic Kids:

4 __________

David: It is the one that I haven’t been to. The world is so vast. I mean I’d love to go to Madagascar and back down to Antarctica again. So ask me that again when I am 70 years old!

Read the texts below. Match choices (A–H) to (1–5). There are three choices you do not need to use. Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.

David de Rothschild is an adventurer, an environmentalist, and an explorer. He has travelled across Antarctica, set a speed record crossing the Greenland ice cap, and reached the North Pole with hungry polar bears following him. Now he’s getting ready for his next adventure: Sailing to Australia in a boat made from recycled plastic bottles!

How did he become an explorer and environmentalist? David answers questions from National Geographic Kids:

3 __________

David: I usually start very early in the morning and end very late at night. I spend a lot of time talking to people, writing, responding to lots of e-mails, and meeting with scientists and engineers working on the boat. And I take time to stay fit and healthy.

Read the texts below. Match choices (A–H) to (1–5). There are three choices you do not need to use. Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.

David de Rothschild is an adventurer, an environmentalist, and an explorer. He has travelled across Antarctica, set a speed record crossing the Greenland ice cap, and reached the North Pole with hungry polar bears following him. Now he’s getting ready for his next adventure: Sailing to Australia in a boat made from recycled plastic bottles!

How did he become an explorer and environmentalist? David answers questions from National Geographic Kids:

2 __________

David: I studied natural medicine, or naturopathy, and it led me to questions of why we use the things we do and thoughts of you are what you breathe. These kinds of questions led me to where I am today and led me on an adventure.

Read the texts below. Match choices (A–H) to (1–5). There are three choices you do not need to use. Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.

David de Rothschild is an adventurer, an environmentalist, and an explorer. He has travelled across Antarctica, set a speed record crossing the Greenland ice cap, and reached the North Pole with hungry polar bears following him. Now he’s getting ready for his next adventure: Sailing to Australia in a boat made from recycled plastic bottles!

How did he become an explorer and environmentalist? David answers questions from National Geographic Kids:

1 __________

David: I was very inquisitive, curious, and mischievous. I was always asking questions. Asking questions leads you on adventures and adventures are breeding grounds for stories. From stories we create our dreams.

Read the texts below. For questions (38-42) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Are All Deserts Hot?

The geological definition of a desert is a place that (38)________ less than ten inches of rain each year. Low rainfall isn’t (39)________ on heat, though. (40)________ place on the planet isn’t the sand-swept Sahara, Kalahari, or even the Australian outback: it’s Antarctica, Earth’s southernmost continent (41)________ the South Pole. In some parts of this giant frozen desert, it (42)________ for two million years.

Read the texts below. For questions (38-42) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Are All Deserts Hot?

The geological definition of a desert is a place that (38)________ less than ten inches of rain each year. Low rainfall isn’t (39)________ on heat, though. (40)________ place on the planet isn’t the sand-swept Sahara, Kalahari, or even the Australian outback: it’s Antarctica, Earth’s southernmost continent (41)________ the South Pole. In some parts of this giant frozen desert, it (42)________ for two million years.

Read the texts below. For questions (38-42) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Are All Deserts Hot?

The geological definition of a desert is a place that (38)________ less than ten inches of rain each year. Low rainfall isn’t (39)________ on heat, though. (40)________ place on the planet isn’t the sand-swept Sahara, Kalahari, or even the Australian outback: it’s Antarctica, Earth’s southernmost continent (41)________ the South Pole. In some parts of this giant frozen desert, it (42)________ for two million years.

Read the texts below. For questions (38-42) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Are All Deserts Hot?

The geological definition of a desert is a place that (38)________ less than ten inches of rain each year. Low rainfall isn’t (39)________ on heat, though. (40)________ place on the planet isn’t the sand-swept Sahara, Kalahari, or even the Australian outback: it’s Antarctica, Earth’s southernmost continent (41)________ the South Pole. In some parts of this giant frozen desert, it (42)________ for two million years.

Read the texts below. For questions (38-42) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Are All Deserts Hot?

The geological definition of a desert is a place that (38)________ less than ten inches of rain each year. Low rainfall isn’t (39)________ on heat, though. (40)________ place on the planet isn’t the sand-swept Sahara, Kalahari, or even the Australian outback: it’s Antarctica, Earth’s southernmost continent (41)________ the South Pole. In some parts of this giant frozen desert, it (42)________ for two million years.