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The Shark on the Motorway

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The Shark on the Motorway

During a storm last spring, a photo exploded across social media. It showed a large shark swimming beside cars on a flooded motorway. Within hours it had been shared more than 80,000 times, often with captions such as "Stay indoors — sharks in the streets!" Fourteen-year-old Amira Haddad saw the photo in her family group chat. Something felt wrong. "The shark looked too sharp compared with the blurry water," she said. "So I decided to check." First, Amira ran a reverse image search. She found the same shark in a wildlife photo published years earlier, on a website about ocean animals. Next, she checked two local news sites. Neither mentioned sharks; both reported flooding and road closures. Finally, she found an article from a fact-checking organisation explaining that the image had been edited and had appeared during several different storms in different countries. Amira posted the fact-check in the group chat. "My uncle had already shared the photo," she laughed. "He was embarrassed, but he thanked me." Fact-checkers say edited images spread fastest when they are shocking and arrive during real emergencies, when people are anxious and want to warn others. Their advice is simple: pause before you share, look for the original source, and check whether reliable outlets are reporting the same thing.

  1. Question 1

    Read "The Shark on the Motorway". What was the first step Amira took to check the photo?

    • A. a reverse image search
    • B. visiting the motorway
    • C. asking a teacher
    • D. calling her uncle

  2. Question 2

    Read "The Shark on the Motorway". Which detail best shows the photo had been edited?

    • A. the same shark appeared in a wildlife photo published years earlier
    • B. it was shared more than 80,000 times
    • C. the water was blurry
    • D. her uncle shared it

  3. Question 3

    Read "The Shark on the Motorway". How is paragraph 3 mainly organised?

    • A. as a comparison of two sharks
    • B. as a list of opinions
    • C. as a problem with no solution
    • D. as a sequence of steps (first, next, finally)

  4. Question 4

    Read "The Shark on the Motorway". Why do edited images spread fastest during real emergencies, according to the article?

    • A. Phones work better in storms.
    • B. People are anxious and want to warn others, so they share without checking.
    • C. Fact-checkers are on holiday.
    • D. News sites stop working.

  5. Question 5

    Read "The Shark on the Motorway". Which headline best fits this article?

    • A. Teen uses simple checks to expose viral storm photo
    • B. Uncle bans phones in family chat
    • C. Sharks invade city during storm
    • D. Social media to close after storm

  6. Question 6

    Read "The Shark on the Motorway". What is the writer's main purpose in the final paragraph?

    • A. to describe sharks
    • B. to give readers practical advice for checking images
    • C. to make readers afraid of storms
    • D. to criticise Amira's uncle

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Answer key: The Shark on the Motorway

  1. 1. A. a reverse image search

  2. 2. A. the same shark appeared in a wildlife photo published years earlier

  3. 3. D. as a sequence of steps (first, next, finally)

  4. 4. B. People are anxious and want to warn others, so they share without checking.

  5. 5. A. Teen uses simple checks to expose viral storm photo

  6. 6. B. to give readers practical advice for checking images