Контрольные задания > Part II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Read the text and choose the right options.
Can Red Wood Ants Predict Earthquakes?
The scientists (1) ______ up video cameras that monitored the (2) ______ movements, day and night. A special software also kept track of any (3) ______ of the normal behavior pattern of the ants. What they (4) ______ was fascinating.
The ants (5) ______ pretty much the same routine every day busy with their (6) ______ and then resting inside their mounds (муравейники) at night. However, before an earthquake they seemed to (7) ______ that routine by staying the entire night outside their mounds. Only after the earthquake was (8) ______ they relaxed and went back to their regular way of life.
What was even (9) ______ is that they did not change their behavior for they earthquake below 2.0 What the scientists are not sure (10) ______ is how ants are able to anticipate the shakes. Now, if only these amazing insects could talk!
1) A) kept b) set c) took d) made
2) A) insect b) insect's c) insects' d) insects
3) A) innovation b) difference c) turn d) change
4) A) invented b) made up c) discovered d) thought
5) A) took b) preferred c) followed d) kept
6) A) duty b) chores c) jobs d) task
7) A) interrupt b) burst c) disobey d) break
8) A) finished b) over c) above d) left
9) A) interesting b) more interesting c) most interesting d) too interesting
10) A) of b) in c) by d) with
Вопрос:
Part II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Read the text and choose the right options.
Can Red Wood Ants Predict Earthquakes?
The scientists (1) ______ up video cameras that monitored the (2) ______ movements, day and night. A special software also kept track of any (3) ______ of the normal behavior pattern of the ants. What they (4) ______ was fascinating.
The ants (5) ______ pretty much the same routine every day busy with their (6) ______ and then resting inside their mounds (муравейники) at night. However, before an earthquake they seemed to (7) ______ that routine by staying the entire night outside their mounds. Only after the earthquake was (8) ______ they relaxed and went back to their regular way of life.
What was even (9) ______ is that they did not change their behavior for they earthquake below 2.0 What the scientists are not sure (10) ______ is how ants are able to anticipate the shakes. Now, if only these amazing insects could talk!
1) A) kept b) set c) took d) made
2) A) insect b) insect's c) insects' d) insects
3) A) innovation b) difference c) turn d) change
4) A) invented b) made up c) discovered d) thought
5) A) took b) preferred c) followed d) kept
6) A) duty b) chores c) jobs d) task
7) A) interrupt b) burst c) disobey d) break
8) A) finished b) over c) above d) left
9) A) interesting b) more interesting c) most interesting d) too interesting
10) A) of b) in c) by d) with
Ответ:
Here are the answers with explanations:
1. A) kept
*Explanation:* The scientists *kept* up with video cameras, meaning they continuously used them.
2. B) insect's
*Explanation:* We need a possessive form here to describe the movements *of the insect*.
3. B) difference
*Explanation:* The software tracked the *difference* from the normal behavior pattern.
4. C) discovered
*Explanation:* They *discovered* it was fascinating, because it's something they found out.
5. C) followed
*Explanation:* The ants *followed* the same routine.
6. B) chores
*Explanation:* *Chores* is the most suitable word to describe daily activities.
7. A) interrupt
*Explanation:* The ants *interrupt* their routine.
8. B) over
*Explanation:* The earthquake was *over* after a certain period of time.
9. B) more interesting
*Explanation:* Something being *more interesting*.
10. A) of
*Explanation:* Not sure *of*.