22.01.2021

 

Task 9

Are Bats Really Blind?

The expression “blind (49)_____ a bat” is completely inaccurate because bats aren’t blind. They (50)_____ see reasonably well with their eyes (in laboratory tests they have been shown (51)_____ shapes and colours), and when it (52)_____ dark they navigate using a sophisticated sonar (53)_____ called echolocation.

A)  how

B)  as

C) as if

D) such as

 

50

A) can

B) may

C) might

D) must

 

51 

A) distinguished

B) distinguishing

C) distinguish

D) to distinguish

 

52 

A) get

B) will get

C) gets

D) getting

  

53

A) system

B) systematic

C) systematically

D) systematize

 

A View from Space

The Great Wall of China isn’t visible from the moon with the naked eye. Space begins about sixty miles from Earth’s surface, which is (54)_____ close. The British astronomer Fred Hoyle (55)_____ to have remarked, “Space isn’t remote at all. It’s only an hour’s drive away if your car (56)_____ go straight upwards.” From this short distance away, it is possible to pick out many man-made objects such as motorways, railways, cities, fields, and the Great Wall. However, you only have to travel (57)_____ few thousand miles away before all man-made objects (58)_____ from view.

A) surprisingly

B) surprised

C) surprise

D) surprising

 

55

A ) reported

B) is reported

C) reports

D) had been reported

 

56

A) need

B) must

C) should

D) could

 

57

A) the others

B) the other

C) others

D) another

 

58 

A) fade

B) will fade

C) fades

D) would fade