Kangaroos - Test 2
B2 First · Open Cloze · Cambridge English First 3, 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.
Kangaroos (0) ___ found in the wild only in Australia and its surrounding islands. There are several species of kangaroo but the best known are the large red, grey and antilopine kangaroos. They all have large feet and extremely strong back legs as (9) ___ as a long tail, and can grow up to 1.6 metres tall. They tend to jump rather (10) ___ walk because their large feet make walking difficult. The one fact that almost (11) ___ knows about young kangaroos, joeys, live in a kind of pocket at the front of their mother's body. Although they may come (12) ___ of the pocket to play or explore, the pocket is (13) ___ they live for many months after their birth. Kangaroos feed on grasses, leaves, flowers and moss. They live in groups known (14) ___ mobs and protect one (15) ___ from danger. They present (16) ___ serious threat to human beings because they rarely attack people, and only if provoked.
Kangaroos
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