summative assessment for the unit Natural World English plus 8 grade

summative assessment for the unit Natural World Ana: Hey, Michael. I heard your mom is a zoologist. What is it exactly? Mike: A zoologist. Well, that&true. She is a zoologist. So a zoologist is someone who studies animals. Ana: Oh, interesting. So does she study all animals or does she focus on a specific animal? Mike: Well, she&worked at universities studying animals for a long time. So she&worked on many different kinds of animals. But at the moment, she is studying South African tortoises. Ana: Oh, interesting. Do you have any tortoises in your house? Mike: Yeah. Actually, we have more than 40 tortoises in our garden. Ana: More than 40. Wow. Mike: Yes. People are always very surprised when they visit and they see all our tortoises. Ana: So, do you know a lot about tortoises as well? Mike: I don&know very much about them but I mean, my mom has always got them around at the house or she&often busy with some sort of tortoise&related activity. And so sometimes, as a high school kid, I got home and she would have a tortoise. It is a pregnant tortoise, a female tortoise with eggs inside. And in order to monitor these eggs, she would have it in a bath of water with an ultrasound scanner and a screen up on the dining room table. Ana: Wow. That is really interesting. Mike: I had a very interesting childhood with all of these animals and things around the house. Ana: Oh, that&great. Did you have any other pets? Mike: Yes. We&always had a couple of dogs and I...