The trackless area of 3,000 sq. km — roughly the size of Luxembourg or

the U.S. state of Rhode Island. ≪We just scratched the surface,≫ Beehler

told Reuters. ≪Anyone who goes there will come back with a mystery.≫

The expedition found a new type of honey-eating bird with a bright

Orange patch on its face, known only to local people and the first new

Bird species documented on the island in more than 60 years. It also

Found more than 20 new species of frog, four new species of butterfly

And plants including five new palms. It found a rare tree kangaroo, previously

Unsighted in Indonesia. Animals there were afraid of humans.

≪I suspect there are some areas like this in Africa, and am sure that

there are similar places in South America,≫ Beehler said. He added that

The Indonesian government was doing the right thing by keeping the area

Off limits to most visitors — including loggers and mineral prospectors.

(From ≪ Lost World: Found in Indonesian Jungle»,

Reuters, 9 February, 2006)

True False

Luxembourg is involved in the exploration of the

≪Lost World≫.

Scientists have found more than twenty new

Species of frog.

Scientists have discovered five species of

Butterflies.

The last new bird species to be recorded on the

Island was less than 60 years ago.

Only the native people knew about the honeyeating

Bird.

The text indicates that the bird only eats honey

And oranges.

7 A synonym for the word ≪pristine≫ is

≪untouched≫.

The animals there were not scared of humans.

The Indonesian government is banning loggers

From exploring the area.

The Indonesian government is doing nothing to

Protect the area.

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2 Complete the text with the words from the box.

Profession assistants famous city journalist

Agents personal first people paying

Assistants to the Stars

It stands to reason that a (1) like Los Angeles, which is

Home to so many of the (2) and the semi-famous, would have

An Association of Celebrity Personal Assistants (ACPA). The organization

describes (3) assistants as ≪multitasking≫, as ≪possessing

the most resourceful, creative, insightful, and results-driven abilities≫.

When I (4) got in touch with Josef Csongei, the

Organization’s president, he didn’t want to talk to me because I was

A (5). As he sees it, celebrity personal (6) have

Not always been treated fairly by the press. But despite this, and all

The hard work and lack of appreciation that can come with this line of

Work, he explained, the jobs were still widely sought after. He noted that

(7) regularly travelled great distances to attend a seminar

titled ≪Becoming a Celebrity 21 Personal Assistant≫, run by the ACPA.

Of the thousands of people who work in Hollywood: (8),

Lawyers, stylists, publicists, business managers and others, many hope to

rub shoulders with the biggest stars. Most describe their work as difficult:

Doing laundry, fetching groceries, (9) bills. Assistants

typically make about $56,000 a year — hardly a fortune by Hollywood

Standards, especially given the round-the-clock obligations they often

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