Task5. Read the text below. For questions (33–37) choose the correct answer (A,В,C,D)

The Meaning of Monkey Talk

              Krak! Hok! Boom! These might sound (23)________ random noises to us, but to a species of monkey living in Ivory Coast, they (24) ________ a very specific meaning. During (25)________ studies of the Campbell’s monkeys in the Tai National Park, naturalists (26)________ that when the monkeys spotted a leopard on the prowl, they would cry "Krak!" to (27)________ other members of their group of the danger. A hok, by(28)_____, alerted other monkeys that a crowned eagle was circling overhead. Boom seemed only to indicate that a branch had broken (29)________ a nearby tree. What particularly intrigued the researchers, however, was the fact that the creatures weren’t just (30)________ certain sounds to certain events, but seemed to have developed a kind of syntax. Sometimes, for instance, a monkey would add an oo sound to one of the above-mentioned noises, to suggest a(an) (31)________ but more general threat: so krak-oo would mean that there was danger, but not (32)________ from a leopard. The language of the Campbell’s monkeys may be "the most complex example of `proto-syntax` in animal communication known to date", the researchers told.

 

23. A. though               B. like                        C. even                                 D. how

24. A. pass                   B. transport                     C. bring                                D. carry

25. A. intensive            B. hard                       C. busy                                 D. strong

26.  A. looked                B. observed               C. examined                         D. watched

27.  A. say                     B. show                      C. warn                                D. save

28.  A. contrast              B. chance                   C. accident                           D. mistake

29. A. of                       B. away                      C. off                                    D. out

30.  A. combining         B. joining                   C. uniting                             D. linking

31.  A. same                  B. equal                     C. alike                                 D. similar

32.  A. surely                 B. completely            C. necessarily                      D. certainly

 

Task5. Read the text below. For questions (33–37) choose the correct answer (A,В,C,D)

The Leaning Tower of Pisa Has Never Been Straight

Soon after building started in 1173, the foundation of the Pisa tower settled unevenly. Construction (33)_________, and was continued only a 100 year later. It then became visibly clear that the Tower of Pisa is leaning, tilting to the south.

Since regular measuring of the tower began in 1911, the top of the tower (34)_________ 1,2 millimetres per year. In 1989, the Tower of Pisa Project Consortium commissioned engineers (35)_________ the Leaning Tower. Because the Tower tilted in different directions in its first years, it is slightly curved, like a banana. Engineers are working on the footing of the Tower rather than the structure, (36)_________ to ease the top back about 20 cm. But it means that (37)_________ tower will remain leaning.

 

33. A. are stopped            B. has stopped               C. is stopped                  D. stopped  

34. A. has moved             B. was moved                C. was moving             D. had moved                      

35. A. stabilized               B. stabilize                     C. stabilizes                 D. to stabilize   

36. A. hopes                     B. hope                          C. hoping                      D. hoped          

37. A. the 800-years’ old   B. the 800-year old        C. the 800-year’s old    D. the 800-years old