Read the text below. For questions (39–48) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).
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The Meaning of Monkey Talk
Krak! Hok! Boom! These might sound (39) ________ random noises to us, but to a species of monkey living in Ivory Coast, they (40) ________ a very specific meaning. During (41) ________ study of the Campbell’s monkeys in the Tai National Park, naturalists (42) ________ that when the monkeys spotted a leopard on the prowl, they would cry “Krak!” to (43) ________ other members of their group of the danger. A hok, by (44) ________, alerted other monkeys that a crowned eagle was circling overhead. Boom seemed only to indicate that a branch had broken (45) ________ a nearby tree. What particularly intrigued the researchers, however, was the fact that the creatures weren’t just (46) ________ 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 abovementioned noises, to suggest a(an) (47) ________ but more general threat: so krak-oo would mean that there was danger, but not (48) ________ 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.