ENGLISH TESTS
TEST 1
READING 2
Read an article about a bird called kingfisher. Seven sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A - H the one which fits each gap (9 - 15). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.
- Question 9
- This is why a kingfisher may appear to change from bright blue to rich emerald green with only a slight change in the angle at which light falls on it.
- But his interest in this, the world's most widespread kingfisher and the only member of its cosmopolitan family to breed in Europe, was getting noticed.
- A sure sign of his depth of feeling for this little bird is his inability to identify just what it is that draws him to it.
- The movement sends a highly visible signal to rivals, both males and females, as it defends its stretch of water against neighbours.
- The bird came back within minutes and sat only a metre away.
- The photographs succeed in communicating something of his feelings.
- "No speech, just beautiful images which say it all," he says
- There is some scientific truth in that story.
- Question 10
- This is why a kingfisher may appear to change from bright blue to rich emerald green with only a slight change in the angle at which light falls on it.
- But his interest in this, the world's most widespread kingfisher and the only member of its cosmopolitan family to breed in Europe, was getting noticed.
- A sure sign of his depth of feeling for this little bird is his inability to identify just what it is that draws him to it.
- The movement sends a highly visible signal to rivals, both males and females, as it defends its stretch of water against neighbours.
- The bird came back within minutes and sat only a metre away.
- The photographs succeed in communicating something of his feelings.
- "No speech, just beautiful images which say it all," he says
- There is some scientific truth in that story.
- Question 11
- This is why a kingfisher may appear to change from bright blue to rich emerald green with only a slight change in the angle at which light falls on it.
- But his interest in this, the world's most widespread kingfisher and the only member of its cosmopolitan family to breed in Europe, was getting noticed.
- A sure sign of his depth of feeling for this little bird is his inability to identify just what it is that draws him to it.
- The movement sends a highly visible signal to rivals, both males and females, as it defends its stretch of water against neighbours.
- The bird came back within minutes and sat only a metre away.
- The photographs succeed in communicating something of his feelings.
- "No speech, just beautiful images which say it all," he says
- There is some scientific truth in that story.
- Question 12
- This is why a kingfisher may appear to change from bright blue to rich emerald green with only a slight change in the angle at which light falls on it.
- But his interest in this, the world's most widespread kingfisher and the only member of its cosmopolitan family to breed in Europe, was getting noticed.
- A sure sign of his depth of feeling for this little bird is his inability to identify just what it is that draws him to it.
- The movement sends a highly visible signal to rivals, both males and females, as it defends its stretch of water against neighbours.
- The bird came back within minutes and sat only a metre away.
- The photographs succeed in communicating something of his feelings.
- "No speech, just beautiful images which say it all," he says
- There is some scientific truth in that story.
- Question 13
- This is why a kingfisher may appear to change from bright blue to rich emerald green with only a slight change in the angle at which light falls on it.
- But his interest in this, the world's most widespread kingfisher and the only member of its cosmopolitan family to breed in Europe, was getting noticed.
- A sure sign of his depth of feeling for this little bird is his inability to identify just what it is that draws him to it.
- The movement sends a highly visible signal to rivals, both males and females, as it defends its stretch of water against neighbours.
- The bird came back within minutes and sat only a metre away.
- The photographs succeed in communicating something of his feelings.
- "No speech, just beautiful images which say it all," he says
- There is some scientific truth in that story.
- Question 14
- This is why a kingfisher may appear to change from bright blue to rich emerald green with only a slight change in the angle at which light falls on it.
- But his interest in this, the world's most widespread kingfisher and the only member of its cosmopolitan family to breed in Europe, was getting noticed.
- A sure sign of his depth of feeling for this little bird is his inability to identify just what it is that draws him to it.
- The movement sends a highly visible signal to rivals, both males and females, as it defends its stretch of water against neighbours.
- The bird came back within minutes and sat only a metre away.
- The photographs succeed in communicating something of his feelings.
- "No speech, just beautiful images which say it all," he says
- There is some scientific truth in that story.
- Question 15
- This is why a kingfisher may appear to change from bright blue to rich emerald green with only a slight change in the angle at which light falls on it.
- But his interest in this, the world's most widespread kingfisher and the only member of its cosmopolitan family to breed in Europe, was getting noticed.
- A sure sign of his depth of feeling for this little bird is his inability to identify just what it is that draws him to it.
- The movement sends a highly visible signal to rivals, both males and females, as it defends its stretch of water against neighbours.
- The bird came back within minutes and sat only a metre away.
- The photographs succeed in communicating something of his feelings.
- "No speech, just beautiful images which say it all," he says
- There is some scientific truth in that story.