Use of English
Open Cloze - Example 3

Part 2

For questions 9-16, 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 (0).

Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Kangaroos

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 kangaroos is that 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.