Read the text below. For questions choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).
The Beak of the Toucan
Why does the toucan ______ ______ such an enormous beak? The answer, we learned in August, may be that it uses it ______ ______ body temperature. Infrared measurement ______ ______ just before sleep shows that the bird’s long beak — which can grow to ______ ______ of its body size — gets hotter, ______ ______ the bird uses it in the presleep cooling process. At other times, as the external heat rises, so too does the heat of the toucan’s beak, while its core body heat stays the same.
Infrared measurement ______ ______ just before sleep shows that the bird’s long beak
Unique Albert Einstein Memorial
This interesting memorial showing Albert Einstein (49)______ on a (50)_____ bench of Mount Airy Worth Carolina) is present at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC. The bronze statue is shown (51)______ a paper with mathematical calculations.
Plus, there is a star map at the (52)______ base decorated with several metal studs representing the sun, moon, stars, planets, and other astronomical objects. It is (53)______ that the astronomers from the US. Naval Observatory helped position all these objects accurately.
The Cabbies are Smarter than Google Maps
London has the most informed cab drivers in the world – and they’ve got the diplomas to prove it. To become a certified taxi operator in London a driver must first pass «the Knowledge» an extraordinarily difficult exam that 54__________ detailed recall of streets and locations within a 55__________ radius of London’s Charing Cross railway station. Plus, they have to be fluent in English. Most drivers take three years 56__________ the Knowledge and many practice 57__________ tracing the routes on a bicycle. Drivers must know their directions backwards and forwards which is a 58__________ task in the maze of London’s one-way streets and blocked-o pedestrian zones.
Read the text below. For questions (33 – 42) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Your Amazing Brain
Your brain is faster and more powerful than a supercomputer
You carry around a (38) __________ mass of wrinkly material in your head that controls every single thing you will ever do. From enabling you to think, learn, create, and feel emotions to (39) __________ every blink, breath, and heartbeat – this (40) __________ control center is your brain. It is a structure so (41) __________ that a famous scientist once called it “the most complex thing we (42) __________ in our universe yet.”
He is a 47___________old guy, who wants to pass his exam next year.
Hey, how old are you?
I am 53________old.
In my dream house there are 23_______ and a bed.
Children in these remote areas do their schooling over Schools of the Air, using the Flying Doctor's (58) ____ radios. In times of emergency, the service helps to drop supplies and mounts search and rescue operations.
46A__________boy frightens the ducks.
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