Question

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1.For points 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. Point 0 has been done for you as an example.


Polar bears, the world’s largest land-based carnivores, weigh up (0) to 800 kg and are armed to (1)___ teeth. It would seem then, that it wouldn’t be worth a bear’s while to get involved (2)__ a fight with one of its fellows.

Yet (3)_______ to new evidence from Canada, mutually assured destruction is (4)____ always an effective deterrent, for, (5)____ the formidable risks involved, polar bears may occasionally (6)____ tempted to treat one (7)____ as potential prey.

N.J. Lunn and G.B. Stenhouse, from Northwest Territories Wildlife Service, (8)____ tagging bears at Southampton Island when they came (9)____ a female cub without its mother. Futher exploration revealed an adult female bear lying dead (10)____ the snow nearby, with another polar bear busily devouring her carcass.

The adult bears (11)____ clearly fought an almighty battle, since both had sustained horrific wounds. The dead animal – possibly the cub’s mother – had received (12)____ apparently fatal blow to the head, and her muzzle and neck were punctured by an array (13)____ teeth marks.

The bear-watchers speculated (14)____ the male had attacked the cub but had met (15)_____ stiff resistance from the cub’s mother. A fight to death had ended in cannibalism.

Answer 1

я не уверен на счет 4,5 и 7