Read the text below. Choose from (A–H) the one which best fits each space (17–22). There are two choices you do not need to use.

The Boy Scout Who Was Tintin

As with many great fictional heroes, there are several possible models who may or may not have inspired the character of the brave boy reporter Tintin. But one of the most likely was a Danish youngster named Palle Huld, (17) ______ to travel around the world in imitation of Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg. In his case, he was given just 46 days to accomplish the feat, wasn’t allowed a companion and was forbidden to travel by aeroplane. Nevertheless, Huld managed it in 44 days. Nor was it only his age and dauntless spirit (18) ______ . It was also his appearance. He had freckles, a snub nose and unruly bright-red hair.

Huld, (19) ______ , was chosen from applicants, and set off among a storm of publicity in March. His voyage was not without mishaps, yet he made it home - much to the relief of his poor mother, (20) ______ during her boy’s absence to help her cope with the stress.

The following year, the enterprising Huld wrote his own account of his adventures, A Boy Seoul Around the World, (21) ______ . His travels around the globe apparently gave him a taste for fame, too. He went on to become a distinguished actor, (22) ______ , including Three Men In Search of a Troll.

He went on to become a distinguished actor, (22) ______ , including Three Men In Search of a Troll.

Read the text below. For questions (23–32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D)

The Meaning of Monkey Talk

Krak! Hok! Boom! These might sound (23) ______ random noises to us, but to a species of monkey living in Ivory Coast, they (24) ______ a very specific meaning. During (25) ______ studies of the Campbell’s monkeys in the Tai National Park, naturalists (26) ______ that when the monkeys spotted a leopard on the prowl, they would cry "Krak!" to (27) ______ other members of their group of the danger. A hok, by (28) ______ , alerted other monkeys that a crowned eagle was circling overhead. Boom seemed only to indicate that a branch had broken (29) ______ a nearby tree. What particularly intrigued the researchers, however, was the fact that the creatures weren’t just (30) ______ certain sounds to certain events, but seemed to have developed a kind of syntax. Sometimes, for instance, a monkey would add an oo sound to one of the above-mentioned noises, to suggest a(an)(31) ______ but more general threat: so krak-oo would mean that there was danger, but not (32) ______ from a leopard. The language of the Campbell’s monkeys may be "the most complex example of ‘proto-syntax’ in animal communication known to date", the researchers told.

Krak! Hok! Boom! These might sound (23) ______ random noises to us, but to a species of monkey living in Ivory Coast...

Read the text below. For questions (23–32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D)

The Meaning of Monkey Talk

Krak! Hok! Boom! These might sound (23) ______ random noises to us, but to a species of monkey living in Ivory Coast, they (24) ______ a very specific meaning. During (25) ______ studies of the Campbell’s monkeys in the Tai National Park, naturalists (26) ______ that when the monkeys spotted a leopard on the prowl, they would cry "Krak!" to (27) ______ other members of their group of the danger. A hok, by (28) ______ , alerted other monkeys that a crowned eagle was circling overhead. Boom seemed only to indicate that a branch had broken (29) ______ a nearby tree. What particularly intrigued the researchers, however, was the fact that the creatures weren’t just (30) ______ certain sounds to certain events, but seemed to have developed a kind of syntax. Sometimes, for instance, a monkey would add an oo sound to one of the above-mentioned noises, to suggest a(an)(31) ______ but more general threat: so krak-oo would mean that there was danger, but not (32) ______ from a leopard. The language of the Campbell’s monkeys may be "the most complex example of ‘proto-syntax’ in animal communication known to date", the researchers told.

...they (24) ______ a very specific meaning.

Read the text below. For questions (23–32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D)

The Meaning of Monkey Talk

Krak! Hok! Boom! These might sound (23) ______ random noises to us, but to a species of monkey living in Ivory Coast, they (24) ______ a very specific meaning. During (25) ______ studies of the Campbell’s monkeys in the Tai National Park, naturalists (26) ______ that when the monkeys spotted a leopard on the prowl, they would cry "Krak!" to (27) ______ other members of their group of the danger. A hok, by (28) ______ , alerted other monkeys that a crowned eagle was circling overhead. Boom seemed only to indicate that a branch had broken (29) ______ a nearby tree. What particularly intrigued the researchers, however, was the fact that the creatures weren’t just (30) ______ certain sounds to certain events, but seemed to have developed a kind of syntax. Sometimes, for instance, a monkey would add an oo sound to one of the above-mentioned noises, to suggest a(an)(31) ______ but more general threat: so krak-oo would mean that there was danger, but not (32) ______ from a leopard. The language of the Campbell’s monkeys may be "the most complex example of ‘proto-syntax’ in animal communication known to date", the researchers told.

During (25) ______ studies of the Campbell’s monkeys in the Tai National Park...

Read the text below. For questions (23–32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D)

The Meaning of Monkey Talk

Krak! Hok! Boom! These might sound (23) ______ random noises to us, but to a species of monkey living in Ivory Coast, they (24) ______ a very specific meaning. During (25) ______ studies of the Campbell’s monkeys in the Tai National Park, naturalists (26) ______ that when the monkeys spotted a leopard on the prowl, they would cry "Krak!" to (27) ______ other members of their group of the danger. A hok, by (28) ______ , alerted other monkeys that a crowned eagle was circling overhead. Boom seemed only to indicate that a branch had broken (29) ______ a nearby tree. What particularly intrigued the researchers, however, was the fact that the creatures weren’t just (30) ______ certain sounds to certain events, but seemed to have developed a kind of syntax. Sometimes, for instance, a monkey would add an oo sound to one of the above-mentioned noises, to suggest a(an)(31) ______ but more general threat: so krak-oo would mean that there was danger, but not (32) ______ from a leopard. The language of the Campbell’s monkeys may be "the most complex example of ‘proto-syntax’ in animal communication known to date", the researchers told.

...naturalists (26) ______ that when the monkeys spotted a leopard on the prowl...

Read the text below. For questions (23–32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D)

The Meaning of Monkey Talk

Krak! Hok! Boom! These might sound (23) ______ random noises to us, but to a species of monkey living in Ivory Coast, they (24) ______ a very specific meaning. During (25) ______ studies of the Campbell’s monkeys in the Tai National Park, naturalists (26) ______ that when the monkeys spotted a leopard on the prowl, they would cry "Krak!" to (27) ______ other members of their group of the danger. A hok, by (28) ______ , alerted other monkeys that a crowned eagle was circling overhead. Boom seemed only to indicate that a branch had broken (29) ______ a nearby tree. What particularly intrigued the researchers, however, was the fact that the creatures weren’t just (30) ______ certain sounds to certain events, but seemed to have developed a kind of syntax. Sometimes, for instance, a monkey would add an oo sound to one of the above-mentioned noises, to suggest a(an)(31) ______ but more general threat: so krak-oo would mean that there was danger, but not (32) ______ from a leopard. The language of the Campbell’s monkeys may be "the most complex example of ‘proto-syntax’ in animal communication known to date", the researchers told.

...they would cry "Krak!" to (27) ______ other members of their group of the danger.

Read the text below. For questions (23–32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D)

The Meaning of Monkey Talk

Krak! Hok! Boom! These might sound (23) ______ random noises to us, but to a species of monkey living in Ivory Coast, they (24) ______ a very specific meaning. During (25) ______ studies of the Campbell’s monkeys in the Tai National Park, naturalists (26) ______ that when the monkeys spotted a leopard on the prowl, they would cry "Krak!" to (27) ______ other members of their group of the danger. A hok, by (28) ______ , alerted other monkeys that a crowned eagle was circling overhead. Boom seemed only to indicate that a branch had broken (29) ______ a nearby tree. What particularly intrigued the researchers, however, was the fact that the creatures weren’t just (30) ______ certain sounds to certain events, but seemed to have developed a kind of syntax. Sometimes, for instance, a monkey would add an oo sound to one of the above-mentioned noises, to suggest a(an)(31) ______ but more general threat: so krak-oo would mean that there was danger, but not (32) ______ from a leopard. The language of the Campbell’s monkeys may be "the most complex example of ‘proto-syntax’ in animal communication known to date", the researchers told.

A hok, by (28) ______ , alerted other monkeys that a crowned eagle was circling overhead.

Read the text below. For questions (23–32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D)

The Meaning of Monkey Talk

Krak! Hok! Boom! These might sound (23) ______ random noises to us, but to a species of monkey living in Ivory Coast, they (24) ______ a very specific meaning. During (25) ______ studies of the Campbell’s monkeys in the Tai National Park, naturalists (26) ______ that when the monkeys spotted a leopard on the prowl, they would cry "Krak!" to (27) ______ other members of their group of the danger. A hok, by (28) ______ , alerted other monkeys that a crowned eagle was circling overhead. Boom seemed only to indicate that a branch had broken (29) ______ a nearby tree. What particularly intrigued the researchers, however, was the fact that the creatures weren’t just (30) ______ certain sounds to certain events, but seemed to have developed a kind of syntax. Sometimes, for instance, a monkey would add an oo sound to one of the above-mentioned noises, to suggest a(an)(31) ______ but more general threat: so krak-oo would mean that there was danger, but not (32) ______ from a leopard. The language of the Campbell’s monkeys may be "the most complex example of ‘proto-syntax’ in animal communication known to date", the researchers told.

Boom seemed only to indicate that a branch had broken (29) ______ a nearby tree.

Read the text below. For questions (23–32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D)

The Meaning of Monkey Talk

Krak! Hok! Boom! These might sound (23) ______ random noises to us, but to a species of monkey living in Ivory Coast, they (24) ______ a very specific meaning. During (25) ______ studies of the Campbell’s monkeys in the Tai National Park, naturalists (26) ______ that when the monkeys spotted a leopard on the prowl, they would cry "Krak!" to (27) ______ other members of their group of the danger. A hok, by (28) ______ , alerted other monkeys that a crowned eagle was circling overhead. Boom seemed only to indicate that a branch had broken (29) ______ a nearby tree. What particularly intrigued the researchers, however, was the fact that the creatures weren’t just (30) ______ certain sounds to certain events, but seemed to have developed a kind of syntax. Sometimes, for instance, a monkey would add an oo sound to one of the above-mentioned noises, to suggest a(an)(31) ______ but more general threat: so krak-oo would mean that there was danger, but not (32) ______ from a leopard. The language of the Campbell’s monkeys may be "the most complex example of ‘proto-syntax’ in animal communication known to date", the researchers told.

What particularly intrigued the researchers, however, was the fact that the creatures weren’t just (30) ______ certain sounds to certain events, but seemed to have developed a kind of syntax.

Read the text below. For questions (23–32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D)

The Meaning of Monkey Talk

Krak! Hok! Boom! These might sound (23) ______ random noises to us, but to a species of monkey living in Ivory Coast, they (24) ______ a very specific meaning. During (25) ______ studies of the Campbell’s monkeys in the Tai National Park, naturalists (26) ______ that when the monkeys spotted a leopard on the prowl, they would cry "Krak!" to (27) ______ other members of their group of the danger. A hok, by (28) ______ , alerted other monkeys that a crowned eagle was circling overhead. Boom seemed only to indicate that a branch had broken (29) ______ a nearby tree. What particularly intrigued the researchers, however, was the fact that the creatures weren’t just (30) ______ certain sounds to certain events, but seemed to have developed a kind of syntax. Sometimes, for instance, a monkey would add an oo sound to one of the above-mentioned noises, to suggest a(an)(31) ______ but more general threat: so krak-oo would mean that there was danger, but not (32) ______ from a leopard. The language of the Campbell’s monkeys may be "the most complex example of ‘proto-syntax’ in animal communication known to date", the researchers told.

Sometimes, for instance, a monkey would add an oo sound to one of the above-mentioned noises, to suggest a(an) (31) ______ but more general threat: so krak-oo would mean that there was danger...

Read the text below. For questions (23–32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D)

The Meaning of Monkey Talk

Krak! Hok! Boom! These might sound (23) ______ random noises to us, but to a species of monkey living in Ivory Coast, they (24) ______ a very specific meaning. During (25) ______ studies of the Campbell’s monkeys in the Tai National Park, naturalists (26) ______ that when the monkeys spotted a leopard on the prowl, they would cry "Krak!" to (27) ______ other members of their group of the danger. A hok, by (28) ______ , alerted other monkeys that a crowned eagle was circling overhead. Boom seemed only to indicate that a branch had broken (29) ______ a nearby tree. What particularly intrigued the researchers, however, was the fact that the creatures weren’t just (30) ______ certain sounds to certain events, but seemed to have developed a kind of syntax. Sometimes, for instance, a monkey would add an oo sound to one of the above-mentioned noises, to suggest a(an)(31) ______ but more general threat: so krak-oo would mean that there was danger, but not (32) ______ from a leopard. The language of the Campbell’s monkeys may be "the most complex example of ‘proto-syntax’ in animal communication known to date", the researchers told.

...but not (32) ______ from a leopard.

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The Leaning Tower of Pisa Has Never Been Straight

Soon after building started in 1173, the foundation of the Pisa tower settled unevenly. Construction ______ , and was continued only a 100 year later. It then became visibly clear that the Tower of Pisa is leaning, tilting to the south.

Since regular measuring of the tower began in 1911, the top of the tower  ______ 1,2 millimeters per year. In 1989, the Tower of Pisa Project Consortium commissioned engineers ______ the Leaning Tower. Because the Tower tilted in different directions in its first years, it is slightly curved, like a banana. Engineers are working on the footing of the Tower rather than the structure, ______ to ease the top back about 20 cm. But it means that ______ tower will remain leaning.

Soon after building started in 1173, the foundation of the Pisa tower settled unevenly. Construction ______ , and was continued only a 100 year later.

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The Leaning Tower of Pisa Has Never Been Straight

Soon after building started in 1173, the foundation of the Pisa tower settled unevenly. Construction  ______ , and was continued only a 100 year later. It then became visibly clear that the Tower of Pisa is leaning, tilting to the south.

Since regular measuring of the tower began in 1911, the top of the tower ______ 1,2 millimeters per year. In 1989, the Tower of Pisa Project Consortium commissioned engineers ______ the Leaning Tower. Because the Tower tilted in different directions in its first years, it is slightly curved, like a banana. Engineers are working on the footing of the Tower rather than the structure, ______ to ease the top back about 20 cm. But it means that ______ tower will remain leaning.

Since regular measuring of the tower began in 1911, the top of the tower ______ 1,2 millimeters per year.

Read the text below. For questions choose the correct answer (A, B, C и D)

The Leaning Tower of Pisa Has Never Been Straight

Soon after building started in 1173, the foundation of the Pisa tower settled unevenly. Construction ______ , and was continued only a 100 year later. It then became visibly clear that the Tower of Pisa is leaning, tilting to the south.

Since regular measuring of the tower began in 1911, the top of the tower ______ 1,2 millimeters per year. In 1989, the Tower of Pisa Project Consortium commissioned engineers ______ the Leaning Tower. Because the Tower tilted in different directions in its first years, it is slightly curved, like a banana. Engineers are working on the footing of the Tower rather than the structure,  ______ to ease the top back about 20 cm. But it means that ______ tower will remain leaning.

In 1989, the Tower of Pisa Project Consortium commissioned engineers ______ the Leaning Tower.