Man's best friend - Module 5

C1 Advanced · Multiple Choice Cloze · Advanced Expert Student's Resource Book, 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.

laid down

set about

put forward

made up

closely

relatively

approximately

respectively

As well as

Apart from

In addition to

According to

nature

character

habit

personality

exploitation

benefit

advantage

profit

move

contact

touch

turn

arrived

deposited

dumped

accumulated

change

differ

alter

contrast

There are various theories to (0) ___ for the close relationship that exists between people and dogs. Scientists agree that this bond has its origins in prehistory but various explanations have been (1) ___ to suggest how it first came about. Until (2) ___ recently, the prevailing theory was that primitive people had been the instigators of the process of domestication. (3) ___ this view, primitive people realised that not only were some species of wild dogs good hunters, but that they were also fiercely territorial by (4) ___ . In order to take (5) ___ of these instinctive skills, people captured young animals, trained them and then bred them in captivity. Recent research, however, suggests that it may have been the dogs which made the first (6) ___ , attracted to human settlements by the opportunities to scavenge amongst the waste material that (7) ___ there. Like domestic cats, dogs (8) ___ from their wild cousins in their ability to digest carbohydrates and starch, and it is thought that such digestive changes facilitated the process of domestication.

Man's best friend

account

explain

describe

justify

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