Cover of the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9.2 - Into the wild for the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

Look at the picture and the title of the story. What do you think happened?

Answer

When Marisa was visiting a tribe in the Amazon, she was tested by the medicine man. She was taken to a clearing in the forest and asked to close her eyes. Then a large anaconda snake was placed on her shoulders. She was terrified, but she tried to breathe to stop her fear. The anaconda relaxed and she passed the test.