Can whales predict disasters? - Module 5

C1 Advanced · Multiple Choice Cloze · Advanced Expert Coursebook, Pearson Education

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.

unaware

unconscious

oblivious

ignorant

ranging

reaching

ranking

running

duration

space

time

length

Whilst

Yet

However

Despite

vanished

fled

disappeared

escaped

point

setting

place

site

expectations

propositions

assumptions

implications

approaching

prior

previous

leading

As photographer Andrew Sutton was filming whales just off the coast of Sri Lanka, warnings were given on land that a tsunami was (0) ___ in the area. However, Andrew and his crew were totally (1) ___ to what was about to happen, and so watched in amazement as every species of cetacean, (2) ___ from massive blue whales to tiny spinner dolphins, disappeared within the (3) ___ of around five minutes. (4) ___ the humans on the boat felt nothing, the animals had obviously sensed the shocks from beneath the sea and (5) ___ the area seconds after the earthquake had begun and minutes before the tsunami actually took place. In a similar incident, a recent scientific report from Mexico appears to prove that a fin whale accelerated quickly away from the (6) ___ of an underwater earthquake. The (7) ___ of all this are very interesting to scientists, because it suggests that sea mammals might be able to give crucial warnings a few seconds (8) ___ to a potentially dangerous seismic activity in the same way that some animals are alleged to be able to do on land.

Can whales predict disasters?

forthcoming

expectant

imminent

gathering

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