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Test

Nature Ystill has many secrets. We uncovered one of them last week. A
(1)____________ lover found a new species of orchid in Japan. It is unusual to
find (2) ____________ plants in Japan. Scientists studied the new orchid. They
believe it grows all over (3) ____________ . It is pink and white. Its thin petals
look like they are made from glass. A professor said: "The discovery of new
species in common places means it is necessary to keep exploring, even in
everyday places. There are 28,000 orchids (4) ____________ worldwide. The new
orchid belongs to a class that is common in Japan. The (5) ____________ is in a

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Japanese poem from the year 759. The professor was "thrilled to have identified
a new species". He was excited because it wasn't found in a rainforest or jungle.
The discovery of the new (6) ____________ is good news. However, many
orchids are in danger. We need to protect nature. If we lose more orchids, the
world will be less colorful.

Test 12
Plant lovers believe that talking to plants helps them grow. Scientists have
discovered there could be a grain of truth in this belief. Researchers ^ ia v e
discovered that (1)____________ emit sounds when they are stress^d***Njjhe
noises are akin to a human cry or scream. The scientists talievW the
(2)____________ are specific enough for us to be able to interpret theta and to
attend to their needs. Unfortunately, plant sounds are at too high a frequency for
the human ear to pick up. Humans can only hear frequencies./S>f up to 16
kilohertz. The (3) ____________ used special A1 algorithms to\d etect ultrasonic
sounds emitted by plants that were up to 250 kilohertz. The \A\ also differentiated
between different types of plant sounds. The re s e a rd i^ w a \ conducted in an
acoustic chamber in an adapted greenhouse at IsraU rV Tel Aviv University.
Scientists discovered that vibrations from (4) __ \ / tobacco and tomato
plants turned into sound waves. Lead research fessor Lilach Hadany said:
"Plants usually (5) ____________ sounds whenvt re under stress. Each plant
and each type of stress is associated with a specific identifiable sound." She
suggested that fields of crops could be ^mite noisy, saying: "While imperceptible
to the human ear, the sounds emitted by plants can be heard by...bats, mice, and
insects.' Interpreting these sou could help us understand when
( 6)___ ____ are dehydrated could irrigate their crops more
efficiently, and thus conserve water

Test 13
Polymers are in imp part of our world. They make up products such as our
food, our clothes our money! (Ql) ____________ are large molecules
that are long с repeating units. Polymers can be synthetic, which means
humans made th ne of the most common (Q2) ____________ polymers is
plastic. (Q3 ___ so common, because it is strong and can be made of
all kinds of »fS^e£tl
Л^е^Й (Q4) ___________ from car parts to milk containers. Polymers
are s u c h \nn important
import part of the way we make things now and will in the future.
That ho1
low we design them is also (Q5) As we throw things
away, ^ e need to be aware that they might not damage the environment. Or
when they do, they might negatively impact our (Q6) ____________ . That is why
making polymers is so important.

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Test 14
Many people are allergic to eggs and peanuts. An allergy to peanuts can be
deadly. Researchers from a London university say that feeding eggs and peanuts
to babies may stop them getting allergies when they are older. The
(1 ) looked at studies of more than 200,000 children to see when
they first ate eggs and peanuts. They found that if 4-6-month-old babies ate
(2 ) , they were 40 per cent less likely to get an egg allergy than
children who ate eggs later. (3) ____________ aged four-to-11 months old who
ate peanut products were 70 per cent less likely to get an (4) __________^ to
peanuts. Egg and peanut allergies are the two most common childhc
allergies. Parents must be careful when feeding babies eggs and rmts.
should never have whole nuts because they might choke. They should only eat
smooth and not crunchy peanut butter. Other (5) ____________ ^allergig/ are to
soy, wheat, sesame, fish and seafood. Giving these foods to babies/Saie* at a time
may protect them from allergies. (6) ____________ should сЯцск their baby's
health after each new food. The researchers say that more research is needed to
find the best ages to start feeding eggs and peanuts to babies.

Test 15 ж
There are many movies with dinosaurs making all kyiflis of noises. However, these
1____________ are just guesses. A new i^ i^ v g jy lias given scientists a
better idea of the kinds of soi|»ds*S^ 2____________ made. The
3 examined a rare fossil q f \^ ^ in o s a u r called an ankylosaur The
4 is around 78 million y^N^Nold. It includes a record of the
ankylosaur's voice box. It is the worJd'^ oldest fossil of a voice box. The research
was led by a dinosaur researcher at the Fukushima Museum in Japan. He now has
a good idea of what the rtftfsEtes around the voice box looked like. The
5 controlled the^s^m d )of the voice box. It means that movies like
Jurassic Park got it wrong. Dinosaurs may actually have made a 6
like a bird-tweet.

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