Question

Dolphins are as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories about them who helped drowning

sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins the more we

realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after other

dolphins when they are ill, care for prey-rant mothers and protect the weakest in the community,

as we do. Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is much more

probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Could any of these

mammals be more intelligent than man? Certainly the most common argument in favour of

man's superiority over them is that we can kill them easily than they can kill us is the least

satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures, the less we

appear superior when we destroy them.

(i) Answer the following questions:

a. Why are the stories about dolphins common since Roman times? 1

b. What are the good things we learn about dolphins? 2

c. What did the scientist suggest about thedolphins? 1

d. Why does man consider himselfmore superior than dolphins? 1

(ii) Find words in the passage that have the same meaning as: 3x1=3

a.likely

b.brilliant

c.usual​

Answer 1

Answer:

i)

1) Sailors have been common since the Roman times and dolphins are mammals living in water. So the stories about dolphins have been common since Roman times.

2) the good things we could learn from dolphins is to care for others like the poor, needy and ill and protect the rights of all beings, even the weakest.

3) the scientists suggested that dolphins have their own language, although they perhaps communicate without words.

4) Man considers himself to be superior to dolphins as he can easily kill them whereas the latter can't kill him.

ii)

1. likely - most probable
2. brilliant - remarkable
3. usual - common

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