SOME ANIMALS MAKE IDENTICAL SOUNDS WHEN THEY SENSE DANGER. THUS, T...

22. Some animals make

identical

sounds when they sense danger. Thus, they appear to

be communicating with each other

A. Loud

B. Similar

C. Different

D. Frightening

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to

indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks

According to some scientists, high-risk sports can be particularly valuable for certain

types of people. Such activities help them to learn that being frightened doesn’t mean that

they have to _____ (23) control. The recent fashion for jumping from bridges attached to

a length of elastic rope, known as “bungee jumping”, has now been tried by over one

million people world-wide, and ______ (24) in it is continuing to grow.

Before the special elastic rope tightened around them, jumpers reach speeds of nearly

160kph. First-timers are usually too ______ (25) to open their mouths, and when they are

finally lowered safely to the ground, they walk around with broad smiles on their faces,

saying ______ (26) how amazing it was. However, for some people, it is only the

embarrassment of refusing to jump at the last _____ (27) that finally persuades them to

conquer their fear of heights and push themselves off into space.