ЗНО/НМТ Reading. Use of English

Cows and Emotions

Cows seem like animals, merely            [concern, concern, concerning, concerned]with eating grass. As it turns out, they possess a rich and complex emotional life. The Times               [report, reports, had reported, was reporting]that scientistshave found that cows have friends and enimies.          [Farther, Further, Farthest, Furthest], cows are also capable     [of, in, for, at]feeling strong emotions         [so as, as, such as, as if]pain, fear and even anxiety - they worry about the future.

The Remarkable Gadget

Developed in Sweden, the device can                  [pick up, to pick up, picking up, to be picking up]signals from a dog's brain by placing it on the animal's head. Special software then analyses the signals and translates them into an English language version.

The device is not able to provide a comprehensive                [interpretation, interpret, interpreter, interpretive]of a dog's thoughts but instead        [aim, aims, aiming, aimed]to pick up what the dog              [think, is thought, have thought, is thinking]about in more genetic, simple terms            [as if, as well as, such as, so as]"I am tired" or " I am hungry".

Cheese-Rolling Festival

Cheese-Rolling on Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire may not          [to sound, sound, sounding, sounds]dangerous but this annual event is no walk in the park. Once a year, as they have done for               [hundred, a hundred, the hundredth, hundreds]of years, young men and women hurl themselves down a hill      [so, such, as, too]steepthat it is impossible to remain standing , in pursuitof a seven-         [pounds, pound, pound's, pounds']wheel of locally made cheese. There is simply no way participants        [must, can, need, should]come down Cooper's Hill on their feet.And the prize? The wheel of cheese, of course.