Answers to the passage "SHARK ATTACK"

41. 3 there have been two serious shark attacks on people off Maui.

42. 2 Because the sea conditions were very dangerous.

43. 4 because she bled a lot and couldn't get first-aid treatment.

44. 3 Sharks attracted by the births like to eat baby whales.

45. 3 because sharks have weak eyesight and low intelligence.

Vocabularies:

- Maui ( (/ˈmaʊ.i/; Hawaiian: [ˈmɐwwi]) - the second largest island of the Hawaiian islands.

- whether or not - used when someone does not know which of two possibilities is true.

Example: I still don't know whether or not I'm going back to school. I want more holidays.

- unavoidable (adj.) - impossible to stop from happening; something you can't avoid.

- yard (noun) - a unit of measurement. There are 3 feet in a yard. One yard is equal to 0.91 metres.