Упр.10 Юнит 2.4 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 11 класс
Read the text and complete the gaps.
Animals in the Know?
If anyone were to tell you that animals had some kind of sixth 1) ______ that allowed them to predict when a disaster was about to happen, would you think you were being teased? Many people would, but an increasing 2) ______ of animal behaviour experts are beginning to suspect that animals have some sort of ability to sense impending danger.
As an example 3) ______, it has been reported that on the morning of the catastrophic tsunami in Thailand, a 4) ______ of elephants that were feeding on a beach near the village of Bang Koey seemed to be aware that something terrible was about to occur.
To the surprise of the villagers who were in 5) ______ of them, the elephants suddenly stopped feeding, looked at the sea and then began running 6) ______ higher ground. Mystified by this peculiar behaviour, many of the villagers chose to follow them, a decision that probably saved their lives.
It wasn’t long afterwards, only minutes in fact, that the huge 7) ______ swept in from the sea destroying everything in its path.
1) sense — устойчивое выражение sixth sense.
2) number — выражение an increasing number of.
3) of — as an example of this.
4) herd — a herd of elephants.
5) charge — in charge of them.
6) towards — движение в направлении чего-либо.
7) wave — речь о цунами, то есть о большой волне.
Ответ: 1) sense 2) number 3) of 4) herd 5) charge 6) towards 7) wave
