Chilean Farmer Finds 'Chupacabra'; Probably Cat Mummy

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Task 1

1. (noun) a disease affecting animals in which their skin becomes itchy and they start to lose fur.
2. (verb) to preserve a dead body by treating it with special oils and wrapping it in long narrow pieces of cloth to prevent it from decaying
3. (noun) a small animal with a black and white face and a long tail that lives mainly in North and Central America
4.  (adj) not explained or understood
5. (noun) someone who has seen something happen, especially a crime or an accident

Task 2

1. Who has a goat farmer found in Chile?
2. When was the "chupacabra" reported?
3. Whom actually turned the chupacabra out to be in Texas?
4. What does this creature do with small animals?
5. What purposes is the word "chupacabra" used nowadays for?

Task. Read the text. There is a gap in sentences. Try to make a word to fit into the gap using the word. You may need the opposite, or an adjective, or adverb, so read text carefully.

Broken Record: 2014 Was Hottest Year

The final numbers are in: 2014 is officially the _______ year on record in the past 135 years, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Friday.	HOT
The record does not come as a surprise as it’s another marker of the sustained ______________ of heat in the atmosphere thanks to the unabated emissions of greenhouses gases such as carbon dioxide.	ACCUMULATE
Nine of the 10 _______ years on record have all occurred in the 21st century, with the exception of the blockbuster El Nino year of 1998. It also marks 38 straight years of above-average global annual temperatures.	WARM
Limiting Tar Sands, Arctic Oil Is Key To 2 Degree C Goal A Climate Central analysis shows that the 13 hottest years on record have all occurred since 2000 and that the odds of that _________ randomly without the boost of global warming is 1 in 27 million.	HAPPEN
According to NOAA, the average global temperature for 2014 was 1.24°F above the 20th century average of 57°F. The year, capped off by a record warm December __________ the previous record holders, 2005 and 2010, by 0.07°F.	SURPASS
_______ numbers confirm the ranking by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) made earlier this month. Including December, there were seven months in 2014 that set or tied record warmth.	THAT
Seventeen U.S. Cities On Track for Hottest Year The lack of any record cold years since 1911 is another sign of the long-term global warming trend. Over that same period, 19 records for hottest year, including 2014, have been set, _________ to a Climate Central analysis. There are small differences in the way various agencies handle global temperature data, yielding sometimes different rankings for particular months and years. But for 2014, there is broad agreement on the ranking, and for all agencies, nine of the 10 warmest years on record have all occurred since 2000.	ACCORD
'Atmospheric Rivers' to Soak N. Calif. As Climate Warms While unusual warmth was spread across certain land regions this year, ___________ the Russian Far East, the U.S. West, and parts of Australia, it was the warmth of the oceans that really stood out. Sea surface temperatures for the planet were a record 1.03°F above the 20th century average, surpassing 2003 and 1998 (when an extreme El Nino boosted ocean heat) by 0.09°F. Every ocean basin had some part of it with record warmth, said Thomas Karl, director of NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center.	PARTICULAR
How 2015 will shape up is, of course, _________, but that ocean heat will play a role, as water responds much more slowly to changes in heat than land.	CERTAIN
So even if there is an event like a volcano eruption that could cause cooling, that ocean heat isn’t __________ to dissipate anytime soon. “So that gives some added energy for 2015,” Karl said.	LIKE

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