Question

Bird-watching
The relationship between birds and human beings goes back a very long way - in fact, for thousands of years. Birds have always (1) us with food, but people have only been (2) in bird-watching since the late 1700s. In the following century, the (3) of birds became popular, although in those days it really only (4) collecting birds' eggs. Rich collectors often (5) use of their contacts in other countries, (6) for eggs and birds to be sent to them. (7) the end of the century, people began to realise that birds needed protection. Many people now watched living birds, helped by cheaper equipment for watching them at a distance.
As cars became more common, increasing (8) of bird-watchers started travelling from place to place (9) the country to see birds that were unknown in their own area. And in the 1960s, cheap air travel (10) people to go abroad to watch birds.

1. a) provided
b) given
c) offered
d) delivered
2. a) curious
b) fond
c) keen
d) interested
3. a) search
b) study
c) exploration
d) enquiry
4. a) contained
b) added
c) involved
d) included
5. a) made
b) brought
c) kept
d) took
6. a) requesting
b) insisting
c) asking
d) demanding
7. a) Towards
b) Into
c) Through
d) Over
8. a) quantities
b) amounts
c) totals
d) numbers
9. a) against
b) between
c) around
d) beside
10. a) confirmed
b) encouraged
c) promised
d) excited

Answer 1

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Пояснення:

1 .a) provided

2. d) interested

3. b) study

4. c) involved

5. b) brought

6. a) requesting

7. a) Towards

8. d) numbers

9. c) around

10. b) encouraged