B1 Reading Part 5

It was hard work, and at first, he had to ___________ people to send their children to the new school.

When they first told him of the plan, Jon felt sad about _______________ his friends.

City School in India is the world's largest school. Nearly 50,000 pupils _______________ classes there every day.

Since then, Jon has sailed over 8,000km and ______________ that he loves living on a boat.

The exact _____________ location of these trees is kept secret.

It's kept secret to prevent the trees from being ______________.

The boat has two sleeping cabins and Jon's cabin has just enough ___________ to sit up in.

The school _______________ nearly 4,000 staff, including teachers, cleaners, and electricians.

Dr Jagdish Gandhi set ___________ the school in 1959.

The flowering plant called Titan Arum only produces flowers every ten years or so - but when it does, the smell is so ________________ that most people say they can't stand being near the flower.

The flowers always ______________ a lot of interest.

One pupil says: 'If you're chosen for a school team, you can certainly feel _________ of that.'

His parents had always intended to buy a boat and sail around the world, and when Jon was eight they did _____________ that.

The National Park Service says that the redwoods' great height is _____________ due to the climate in California.

Scientists wanting to study the plant need to _____________ out their research before the flowers disappear again for another ten years.

The tallest trees in the world are called redwoods and they can ____________ reach heights of around 91 metres.

The bad smell is intended to encourage all kinds of insects to travel _______________ distances to visit the flowers.

People are very interested in the flowers because they are produced so _____________.

They say it's the worst smell they have ever _______________.

A _______________ redwood tree lives for 500 to 700 years, although some have been found that are more than 2,000 years old.

He was also excited because of the adventures he would _____________.

One tree was discovered and measured in 2006. The National Park Service then ________________ that at 115.7 metres, it was the tallest tree in the world.

At such a large school, pupils have to work hard to get _____________ by the teachers.

Although Jon doesn't have any teachers, he doesn't think his lifestyle will _______________ his future choices.