Ⅰ. Match each word in the passage with the correct meaning.
1. increase
d
2. region
a
3. research
f
4. discover
e
5. popular
c
6. attractive
b
Ⅱ. Tell whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).
(
T
) 1. Scientists studied the colour of people's eyes in Britain.
(
T
) 2. Thousands of years ago, all British people's eyes were brown.
(
F
) 3. London has the highest percentage of blue-eyed people in Britain.
(
F
) 4. Scientists know why different areas of Britain have different numbers of blue-eyed people.
(
F
) 5. The number of blue-eyed British people is falling.
(
T
) 6. A scientist said blue-eyed people find partners more easily.
(
F
) 7. The scientist said people like the way light reacts in brown eyes.
(
T
) 8. A scientist said blue eyes are popular maybe because they used to be rare.
Ⅲ. Answer the following questions.
1. Where are the 57% of blue-eyed people?
In and around Edinburgh.
2. What questions would you like to ask the researchers?
(Any reasonable question is acceptable, e.g.) How long did the research take? / Are there other factors affecting eye colour changes besides attractiveness?
