Improving your skills (imprúvin llor skíls)

Part A (part éi)

Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. For each question mark the correct letter A, B, C or D.

The Golden toad

A golden toad was a small toad that (1)  been once abundant in a small area (2)  Monteverde, Costa Rica. This toad was first described (3)  1966 by Jay Savage. The last sighting (4)  this toad was (5)  15 May 1989, and it was classified as extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Males were orange while females showed a greater variety of colors, including black, yellow, red, green (6)  white. Females were typically larger (7)  males.

The average lifespan of the golden toad is unknown (8),  other amphibion species in the family had had an average lifespan of 10 – 12 years. This specie had preferred to live in humid areas (9)  they had smooth skin.

Since they need to protect their skin (10)  the sun, they used to live in the deep part of the forest; however, they would emerge in April to mate for the first few weeks in rainwater pools amongst tree roots, where they also laid (11)  eggs.

During many years, people (12)  thought that these animals had disappeared because of their predators, (13)  the shift of climate had been a cause of their extinction (14)  our indifference to protect (15)  respect these animals’ habitat.

1.	a. was	b. had	c. it	d. is
2.	a. on	b. at	c. in	d. of
3.	a. in	b. on	c. in	d. of
4.	a. in	b. on	c. at	d. of
5.	a. in	b. on	c. at	d. of
6.	a. or	b. and	c. but	d. yet
7.	a. than	b. that	c. this	d. more
8.	a. and	b. or	c. yet	d. but
9.	a. however	b. moreover	c. because	d. and
10.	a. from	b. off	c. to	d. too
11.	a. its	b. their	c. his	d. their
12.	a. did	b. didn’t	c. had	d. were
13.	a. and	b. moreover	c. first	d. however
14.	a. as well as	b. nevertheless	c. nonetheless	d. otherwise
15.	a. or	b. yet	c. for	d. and

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