Many test-takers find the Speaking Section— especially the Integrated Tasks—the most challenging section of the test. One reason is simply that test-takers have little experience with this type of task. The new Guide to Speaking in this book provides extensive practice and hints for scor¬ ing well on this section | 122 Section 1 Guide to Reading 9. In the passage the word that refers to O forests O wildflowers O alpine meadows O glacial valleys 10. What does the word there in the passage refer to O Paradise Valley O Wonderland Trail O Nisqually Glacier O Mount Rainier Passage 3 Some people associate migration mainly with birds. Birds do travel vast distances but mammals also migrate. An example is caribou reindeer that graze on the grassy slopes of northern Canada. When the weather turns cold they travel south until spring. Their tracks are so worn into the land that they are clearly visible from the air. Another migrating mammal is the Alaskan fur seal. These seals breed only in the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea. The young are born in June and by September are strong enough to go with their mothers on a journey as far as southern California. The males do not journey so far. They swim only to the Gulf of Alaska. In the spring males and females all return to the island and there the cycle begins again. Whales are among the greatest migrators of all. The humpback fin and blue whales migrate thousands of miles each year from the polar seas to the tropics. Whales eat huge quantities of tiny plants and animals called plankton . These are most abundant in cold polar waters. In winter the whales move to warm waters to breed and give birth to their young. l 11. The phrase An example in the passage is an example of a O migratory mammal O place where mammals migrate O migratory bird O person who associates migration with birds 12. The word Their in the passage refers to O caribou O tracks O birds O grassy slopes Lesson 6 Reference Questions 123 13. The word They in the passage refers to O female seals O young seals O the islands O male seals 14. The word there in the passage refers to O the Gulf of Alaska O the Pribilof Islands O southern California O the Pacific Coast of North America 15. The word
