The Homing Instinct - Test 5
B2 First · Open Cloze · Cambridge English First 2, Cambridge University Press
For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning.
The homing instinct is what makes certain animals, birds and fish return (0) ___ the place they consider home. Cats often have this instinct. It was particularly strong in an American cat called Ninja, which disappeared shortly (1) ___ its owners had taken it to their new home; a year later the cat turned up at its old home even (2) ___ this was 1,360 kilometres away from (3) ___ its owners were now living. Other cats may not travel so far but many (4) ___ on going back to their old home. Pilsbury, an English cat, made a 13-kilometre journey back to its former home 40 times in spite of having to cross several busy roads to (5) ___ so. Pigeons also have the homing instinct and, ever (6) ___ ancient times, human beings have used them to carry messages back home. However, cat owners, (7) ___ have to keep returning to their old address in (8) ___ to bring their cat home, tend to find the homing instinct simply irritating rather than useful or interesting!
The homing instinct
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