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Manh Nguyen Posted 12 years ago
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heard/known/considered?
Please help me with this exercise:
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks
Parrots and macaws have become so (46)......... that special varieties of these birds are (47) ......... up to £9,000 each on the black market in Britain. Macaws from Brazil cost from £1,000 and parrots from Australia can cost £7,500 a pair. The demand for parrots, cockatoos and macaws has led to a (48)......... increase in thefts from zoos, wildlife parks and pet shops. London and Whipsnade zoos are among the many places from which parrots have been stolen. Some thefts have not been (49)......... in an effort to prevent further (50).......... Parrot rustling, as it is known among bird fanciers, has increased rapidly in Britain since 1976 when imports and exports of (51)......... birds became (52)......... controlled. Quarantine controls, (53)......... with the scarcity of many types of parrots in the wild in Africa, Australia, Indonesia, and South America, have caused a shortage of birds which can be sold legally under (54)..........This has sent prices to (55)......... levels. Working at night and equipped with wire-cutters, nets and substances to dope the birds, the rustlers are prepared to (56)......... serious risks to capture the parrots they want. At Birdworld, a specialist zoo, thieves (57)......... two parrots after picking their (58)......... through an enclosure containing cassowaries, The cassowary is a large flightless bird, related to the emu, which can be extremely (59)........., and has been (60)......... to kill humans with blows from its powerful legs.
Question 48. A. acute B. peak C. sharp D. high
Question 57. A. thieved B. robbed C. misappropriated D. stole Question 60. A. heard B. known C. considered D. able
I'm confused between C and D in Q48, A and D in Q57, among A, B and C in Q60. The key says 48. C, 57. D and 60. B.
Please explain for me the reason why the key choose so.
Thanks in advance.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks
Parrots and macaws have become so (46)......... that special varieties of these birds are (47) ......... up to £9,000 each on the black market in Britain. Macaws from Brazil cost from £1,000 and parrots from Australia can cost £7,500 a pair. The demand for parrots, cockatoos and macaws has led to a (48)......... increase in thefts from zoos, wildlife parks and pet shops. London and Whipsnade zoos are among the many places from which parrots have been stolen. Some thefts have not been (49)......... in an effort to prevent further (50).......... Parrot rustling, as it is known among bird fanciers, has increased rapidly in Britain since 1976 when imports and exports of (51)......... birds became (52)......... controlled. Quarantine controls, (53)......... with the scarcity of many types of parrots in the wild in Africa, Australia, Indonesia, and South America, have caused a shortage of birds which can be sold legally under (54)..........This has sent prices to (55)......... levels. Working at night and equipped with wire-cutters, nets and substances to dope the birds, the rustlers are prepared to (56)......... serious risks to capture the parrots they want. At Birdworld, a specialist zoo, thieves (57)......... two parrots after picking their (58)......... through an enclosure containing cassowaries, The cassowary is a large flightless bird, related to the emu, which can be extremely (59)........., and has been (60)......... to kill humans with blows from its powerful legs.
Question 48. A. acute B. peak C. sharp D. high
Question 57. A. thieved B. robbed C. misappropriated D. stole Question 60. A. heard B. known C. considered D. able
I'm confused between C and D in Q48, A and D in Q57, among A, B and C in Q60. The key says 48. C, 57. D and 60. B.
Please explain for me the reason why the key choose so.
Thanks in advance.
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks Parrots and macaws have become so (46)......... that special varieties of these birds are (47) ......... up to £9,000 each on the black market in Britain.
- Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks Parrots and macaws have become so (46).........
- that special varieties of these birds are (47) .........
- up to £9,000 each on the black market in Britain.
- Macaws from Brazil cost from £1,000 and parrots from Australia can cost £7,500 a pair.
- The demand for parrots, cockatoos and macaws has led to a (48)..
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks
Parrots and macaws have become so (46)......... that special varieties of these birds are (47) ......... up to £9,000 each on the black market in Britain. Macaws from Brazil cost from £1,000 and parrots from Australia can cost £7,500 a pair. The demand for p
Parrots and macaws have become so (46)......... that special varieties of these birds are (47) ......... up to £9,000 each on the black market in Britain. Macaws from Brazil cost from £1,000 and parrots from Australia can cost £7,500 a pair. The demand for p
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