Wasps and Picnics

Part 1: For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A B, C, or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning.

 

Example:

0.

A. hunt

B. look

C. search (correct)

D. quest

 

Wasps and picnics

 

How can you stop a pleasant summer picnic from being ruined by wasps in (0)_C. search  of a surgery treat? Well, scieentes have (1)________ some interesting information on the subject. The (2)_______ is evidently to spot any single wasps which arrive on the (3)_______ unaccompanied. Such wasps are likely to be ‘scout’ wasps which are out looking for suitable food, with the intention of reporting back to the nest  and getting other wasps to help come and collect the food. Scientisgs advise people to simply trap to scout wasp under a glass for he (4)_____ of the picnic, before freeing it again. The adivse makes good (5)______ but supposes that several spare glasses have been packed or this (6)________.

 

The scientists also (7)_______ what may picnickers have discovered from experience. If wasps are circling around your picnic, the worst thing you can do is start waving your arms to get them away. They will interpret this as an aggressive (8)_______ and may sting you to defend themselves.

1.  

A. got through to

B. come up with

C. made up for

D. gone over to

 

2.

A. craft

B. trick

C. result

D. art

 

3.

A. scene

B. location

C. place

D. situation

 

4.

A. time

B. duration

C. term

D. interval

 

5.

A. worth

B. point

C. sense

D. reason

 

6.

A. view

B. purpose

C. idea

D. sim

7.

A. agree

B. witness

C. settle

D. confirm

 

8.

A. threat

B. effort

C. fear

D. risk