Read a text about penguins. Some words are missing from the text. Choose the most appropriate word from the list (a-o) for each gap (1-13) in the text. There are words that you do not need to use. Write yours answers in the boxes after the list of words.
PENGUINS
Have you ever seen a man all dressed ...(1) for a fancy party? He wears a white shirt and a long
black jacket and pants. Charlie Chaplin, the old-time movie comic, ...(2) dress that way. He had a
funny walk too. People enjoyed watching him. Maybe that is why people ...(3) watching
penguins. Penguins look like men in fancy clothes at a party. They walk like Charlie Chaplin
...(4). Penguins do not ...(5) people. People are not ...(6) them, and the birds are not afraid of
people. That is ...(7) reason that everybody likes penguins.
Penguins have wings, but these birds cannot fly. Penguins are ...(8) on land, but in the water
they are graceful. In fact, they swim as well as seals. Penguins’ wings are hard and stiff. They
...(9) the flat parts of oars. The penguins use their wings like oars to move them ...(10) the water.
They can speed at 25 miles (40 kilometers) an hour. They can swim hundreds of feet ...(11) the
water in their search for the fish they eat. When they come to the surface, they pop ...(12) the air
like corks. When they want to land on a piece of ice that is high ...(13) the water, penguins can
shoot 6 feet (1,8 meters) into the sky from the water.
a) below
b) up
c) other
d) through
e) too
f) awkward
g) afraid of
h) into
i) beyond
j) another
k) above
l) harm
m) used to
n) look like
o) enjoy