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    Reading Progress Test 12

    YEAR 6

    Sheep-drones
    TEST 12 YEAR 6

    Sheep-drones

    The Daily News


    Drones that Bark
    The age-old skills of the shepherd and his
    trusty dog are being given a new look with the
    help of modern technology.
    The fact that humans are being slowly
    replaced by robots is not news. It’s been
    happening in the car industry for years. Now
    farmers’ dependable dogs could be about to flock,” she said.
    lose their jobs as well to robots of the air. On the other hand, Mike Thomas from
    In parts of the world such as New Zealand Wales told us, “A drone is not a companion,
    and the UK, farmers are experimenting with but during harsh, winter weather, I can sit
    drones to see how well they can be used to inside with a mug of tea and control the drone.
    herd large flocks of sheep and keep a check on Using the monitor at my desk, I can check
    their well-being. where all the sheep are.”
    Could it mean that the smart Border Collie Using modern technology, Mike can see if
    will become unemployed? Will the shepherd’s the new lambs are all right. The ewes don't
    whistles and calls to his canine companion be seem to get disturbed or stressed by using
    replaced by the buzz of flying machines? drones.
    If that weren’t enough, now we can report You might not be aware that the Border
    that drones can be programmed to sound like Collie controls sheep by glaring at them in
    sheepdogs, by recording actual sheepdog a predatory way like its ancestor, the wolf.
    sounds and playing them back using a remote Careful breeding over time has changed the
    control. sheepdog’s natural instinct to attack the sheep
    Yes! Drones can bark like a dog! or lambs, so that it rounds them up instead.
    We spoke to farmer, Susan Hardy, in No longer a predator, the sheepdog obeys
    Cumbria for her opinion. “Summer or the calls of its handler, who tells it when to
    winter, sheepdogs are highly skilled and very move, lie still and which direction to go in -
    accurate when herding and looking after my crucial moves when controlling sheep.

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    Reading Progress Test 12

    Pupil Answer Booklet


    YEAR 6
    Name:

    Class:

    Date:

    Sheep-drones

    Score: / 30
    TEST 12 YEAR 6

    1 Which of the following words means the same as age-old?


    Tick one box.

    retired

    traditional

    unattractive
    1 mark

    2 Find in the text and write down two words that mean loyal.

    1)

    2)
    2 marks

    3 Find in the text and write down a phrase that means the same as
    to lose their job.

    1 mark

    4 The writer points out that robots are already being used.
    Where?

    2 marks

    5 Where are farmers and shepherds already experimenting


    with drones?

    2 marks

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    TEST 12 YEAR 6

    6 Experiments are being carried out to test how good drones are at
    doing the work of sheepdogs.
    What two activities are being tested?

    1)

    2) 2 marks

    7 How can drones bark like a dog?

    2 marks

    8 Read the two paragraphs about Mike Thomas's use of drones.


    What is the main point he is making?
    Tick one box.

    A drone is not a companion.

    Winter weather is harsh in Wales.

    Drones are useful in some ways.


    2 marks

    9 Find the last two paragraphs about the Border Collie.


    What are these paragraphs mainly about?

    2 marks

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    TEST 12 YEAR 6

    10 Do you think Susan Hardy is likely to swap her sheepdog for a drone?
    Explain why.

    3 marks

    11 Do you think Mike Thomas will ever give up using sheepdogs


    completely? Explain your answer.

    3 marks

    12 What might happen, when a shepherd is trying to control sheep, if his


    or her sheepdog is not well-trained?

    2 marks

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    TEST 12 YEAR 6

    13 Do you think the headlines, Sheep-drones and Drones that Bark,


    go well together? Explain your answer.

    2 marks

    14 The writer uses other phrases in place of drones.


    Write down two of them.

    1)

    2)
    2 marks

    15 Susan Hardy and Mike Thomas have different opinions about their
    work in the winter.
    How do they differ?

    2 marks

    END OF TEST 12

    Page Total
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