Test 5 Use of English
Test 5 Use of English
Task 8
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hen most of us hear the word chocolate we 39 __________ a bar a box of bonbons or
a bunny The verb that comes to 4 __________ is probably eat not drink and the
most suited adjective would seem to be sweet But for about percent of chocolate s
long history it was 4 __________ a beverage and sugar didn t have anything to do
with it
Etymologists 42 __________ the origin of the word chocolate to the A tec word
xocoatl which referred to a bitter drink brewed from cacao beans
Many modern historians have 43 __________ that chocolate has been around for about
years but recent research 44 __________ that it may be even older The earliest
evidence of chocolate consumption stretches back three or even four millennia to pre-
Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica such as the Olmec Last November anthropologists
from the University of Pennsylvania announced the 45 __________ of cacao remains on
pottery excavated in Honduras that could date back as far as BC
It s hard to pin down 4 __________ when chocolate was born but it s clear that it was
cherished from the start or several centuries in pre-modern Latin America cacao beans
were considered 47 __________ enough to use as currency Both the Mayans and A tecs
believed the cacao bean had magical or even divine properties 48 __________ for use
in the most sacred rituals of birth marriage and death
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Task 9
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Plus there is a star map at the 52 __________ base decorated with several metal
studs representing the sun moon stars planets and other astronomical objects It is
53 __________ that the astronomers from the U S Naval Observatory helped position all
these objects accurately
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The orphaned apes babies in Indonesia will learn how to make nests search for food and
climb trees in the hope they can 54 __________ to the wild The apes spend all day at the
special school area of forest 55 __________ by International Animal Rescue and even
get to spend the night! They 5 __________ to experience the same things wild orangutans
would do if they 57 __________ up in the forest
ild animals are not 58 __________ to be kept as pets no matter how cute they may seem
As well as the illegal pet trade orangutans are under threat from loss of habitat and illegal
poaching
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