Reading Comprehension Practice
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Reading Comprehension Practice
The Quietest Team in the Forest
At dusk, Maia clipped a small torch to her jacket and followed Ranger Hana along a marked track in Pīpī Forest. They were helping with a kiwi-counting survey. Their job was to listen, record calls and check that the tracking equipment was working—not to chase or touch any birds. “Why do we come at night?” Maia whispered. “Kiwi are mostly active after dark,” Hana replied. “Their strong legs carry them over the forest floor, and their long, sensitive beaks help them find worms and insects in the soil. Their wings are too small for flight.” The pair stopped beside a patch of damp leaves. Hana pointed to a tiny transmitter attached to a kiwi’s leg. It sent a signal to a receiver, helping the team learn where the bird travelled. The transmitter did not tell them everything, though. They still had to listen and look for clues, such as fresh footprints near a burrow. A soft, rasping call floated through the trees. Hana wrote the time and direction in her notebook. Maia listened carefully, then heard another call farther away. “Does that mean there are two kiwi?” she asked. “Possibly,” said Hana. “But one bird can call more than once, so we record what we hear and check the other clues before drawing a conclusion.” Before leaving, they checked a row of predator traps. The traps were designed to catch introduced predators, such as stoats, which can harm kiwi and their eggs. Hana explained that protecting kiwi takes many people working together: rangers, local volunteers and nearby communities. On the walk back, Maia felt proud. They had not seen a kiwi, but they had added useful information to the survey. “Listening carefully is still helping,” she said. Hana smiled. “Exactly. Good conservation work is patient work.”
Read Between the Lines
Use details from the story to support your answers.
- Maia learns that careful surveys and teamwork help protect kiwi.
- Maia and Hana try to catch a kiwi in the forest.
- A transmitter can answer every question about a kiwi.
- Kiwi are easiest to find during the day.
- Animals brought to New Zealand from somewhere else
- Animals that have just woken up
- Animals that live only underground
- Animals that are being introduced to the survey team
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