CONSERVATIONPRACTICE TEST 1A. PHONETICSI. PICK OUT THE WORD WHOSE UNDE...

45. A. world B. region C. area D. landII. Read the text and questions below. For each question, circle the letter you choose A, B, C or D. A recent investigation by scientists at the U.S Geological Survey shows that strange animal behaviour might helppredict future earthquakes. Investigators found such occurrences about ten kilometres from where a fairly recentearthquake took place. Some birds made strange sounds and flew about wildly, dogs barked and ran arounduncontrollably. Scientists believe that animals can sense these environmental changes as early as several days before the disaster. In 1976 after observing animal behaviour, the Chinese scientists were able to predict a terrifying earthquake. Althoughhundreds of thousands of people were killed, the government was able to evacuate millions of other people and thus keepthe death toll at a lower level.