Zoo Dentists

Read the paragraph and answer the questions.

(1) Sandy is a rare black jaguar who lives at the San Francisco Zoo. (2) She has a terrible toothache and may
need to have surgery to fix it. (3) Dr. de Sanz and Dr. Brown have been called in to help. (4) However, they
can't treat her until she is given drugs to make her sleep. (5) If they didn't do this, she would almost certainly
injure them. (6) While she is asleep, the dentists can safely do their work. (7) However, the drugs could be
dangerous to an older animal like Sandy who is 21 years old. (8) If they give her too much, she might die. (9)
As they are working on Sandy, they discover that she is breathing too slowly. (10) They have to give her a
different drug to make her breath faster. (11) Luckily it works and the operation is a complete success.

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

Dr. Sanz and Dr. Brown like working together.

Sandy's operation is difficult, but successful.
Drugs can be dangerous to older animals.
Sandy has a terrible toothache which needs treatment.

Sleeping drugs __________.

are difficult to give to wild animals

sometimes don't work on older animals
can be dangerous to older animals
are rarely used by the dentists while treating animals

The dentists probably __________.

didn't want to work on a dangerous animal like Sandy

had never before used the drug they gave Sandy
were not worried about Sandy's slow breathing
gave Sandy too much medicine to make her sleep

What is a good heading for this paragraph?

Sandy's Successful Operation

Dr. Brown Helps His Daughter
Dangerous Drugs
Preparing an Animal for Surgery

The dentists had to give Sandy extra drugs during the treatment because __________.

she started to wake up

her teeth were worse than they expected
they thought that she was feeling pain
she was breathing too slowly
Where does this sentence go?
On the other hand, if they give her too little, she might wake up and hurt the dentists.

after sentence 2
after sentence 4
after sentence 6
after sentence 8
People should have a __________ with a dentist at least once a year.

checkup
toothache
filling
tusk

The pink flesh around the teeth is the __________.

patient
jaw
gums
jaguar

Dr. Brown and Dr. de Sanz enjoy working on both human patients __________ animals.

also
and
but
too
Which underlined word is incorrect?
Neither Dr. de Sanz or Dr. Brown minds working on dangerous zoo animals.

Neither
or
working
dangerous

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