Grammar (2)11-A

Horatio Nelson is Britain’s  __________ naval hero who is most often associated with the Battle of Trafalgar

Have you ever wondered about the system used for naming hurricanes? Where did those names come from, anyway? Will we have to suffer through __________ “Hurricane Andrew”? 

Hurricanes used to be designated by a system of latitude-longitude, __________ was a great way for meteorologists to track them.

In 1953, the National Weather Service picked up on the habit of Naval meteorologists of naming the storms after women. In 1979, male names  __________ to alternate with female names.

No one knows for sure why pigs have their bad names. However, they have been slandered for thousands of years. Actually, pigs are smart, clean, curious, and social.

Smart pigs __________ to hunt small game and sniff out truffles, the delicious, hard-to-find mushrooms

Madison McNutt, 12, and his brother Wilder, 8, live in the southern African country of Botswana at Wild Dog Research Camp, __________ and their mother works with local children, teaching them about conservation of the natural world.

The Cats Protection Centre says it is likely that Ozzie was brought to London by its owner, before he _____ then crossed the Irish Sea to Northern Ireland some 450 miles away.

Cats Protection co-ordinator, Gilian McMullen, said: “I responded to a call from a member of the public who was _____ about a poorly stray cat that had been hanging around her garden for several days.

Ozzie was also found to have been born in 1989, making him 25 — 10 years older than the age of the average cat. Ms McMullen added: “If only he could _____ us about his life and how he got here.”

The street has an average slope of just over 1:5, which means that for every 5 metres travelled horizontally, you also travel 1 metre vertically. Walking up and down Baldwin Street is Dunedin’s best attraction for tourists. It takes about ten minutes_____ just about 350 metres! 

In 1943, the Texas coast was devastated by a “surprise hurricane” no one _____ coming.

NOAA and NASA satellites are some of the best tools for understanding them. Both agencies have systems_____ precise data and imagery of hurricanes. 

Recently, NASA _____ eight micro-satellites to improve our understanding of hurricane formation.

Elephant ears _____ heat to help keep these large animals cool, but sometimes the African heat is too much.

Elephants are fond of water and enjoy _____ by sucking water into their trunks and spraying it all 

Because ivory is so ______ to some humans, many elephants have been killed for their tusks.

This trade is illegal today, but it has not been completely eliminated, and some African elephant populations remain ______ .

Music also has the power to express opinion. Opinions on politics, religion, and people can _____ in some of my music, but the music I like most is free of any politics since I feel there is too much politics in everything else. 

Music helps me and many other people my age cope with the daily stresses of high school and lets us _____ the pressure from our peers.

Music should be a unique expression of an _____ feelings and views on the world.

Dolphins are a great _______ to any whale watch trip. The most commonly observed species in our area is the Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins.

The largest and one of the most abundant whales in our area is the mighty finback whale. The elegant Finback or “Fin whale” can _______ lengths of 75 feet and swim at 30 miles per hour!

Nerves are a part of your nervous system, _____ .

Egg-and-spoon race originated at the end of the 19th century in the United Kingdom. Each competitor is _____ a spoon and an egg.

When Roald was sixteen, he decided to go off on his own to holiday in France. He __________ the Channel from Dover to Calais with £24 in his pocket (a lot of money in 1933).

Roald wanted to see the Mediterranean Sea, so he took the train first to Paris, then to Marseilles where he __________ a bus that went all the way along the coastal road towards Monte Carlo. 

Schools in the UK often have a particular reputation abroad. They __________ as places dedicated to friendship and excitement, to producing tomorrow’s élite.

First of all, less than 8% of all students can afford __________ one of the private schools in the UK, and not all of the latter are boarding schools. 

The study has also found that __________consumers in the United Kingdom shop online, the laptop is the device most commonly __________ in the evening

This might just be the _____ thing you’ll read today. Recent Twitter public service has drawn attention to falling  asleep with your cell phone in bed with you.