• Exam: PET-O
  • Course:
    READING
  • Part 5, Exam 4

Instructions

For questions 1 - 10, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
Choose the correct answer, drag it and drop it, or type the corresponding letter into the corresponding box.

The pass mark for this exam is 60% or over.

The recommended time for this exam is 10 minutes or under.

Example:

  • (0) :
  • A) STAY
  • B) KEEP
  • C) HOLD
  • D) REST

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Animals in Zoos

The oldest known zoological collection, where people began to (0) animals, was revealed during excavations in Egypt dating back (1) 3000 years. Originally, animals (2) taught to perform for visitors, but this no longer (3) and now the purpose of zoos is to enable people to see animals behaving naturally. There are some very important zoos in big cities like Berlin and Vienna, but not (4) approves of zoos, althought is often argued that they (5) us with the opportunity to (6) about the natural world and to be close to wild animals. Both of (7) would not be possible (8) zoos. Some people are against zoos because they (9) it is wrong to put animals in cages, and they argue that in zoos which are not (10) properly, animals live in filth and are given unsuitable food to eat.

(0) A) stay B) keep C) hold D) rest
(1) A) above B) over C) more D) beyond
(2) A) are B) have C) were D) had
(3) A) appears B) becomes C) develops D) happens
(4) A) somebody B) everybody C) nobody D) anybody
(5) A) produce B) bring C) provide D) make
(6) A) discover B) learn C) find D) realise
(7) A) that B) what C) whose D) these
(8) A) without B) instead C) except D) unless
(9) A) hope B) feel C) imagine D) believe
(10) A) ordered B) managed C) decided D) aimed

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