Vocabulary Test About ANIMALS Choose The Best Answer MCQ Exercise 4

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Question 1

The horse hurt one of its _____ in the race.

A	claws
B	heels
C	hooves
D	paws

Question 1 Explanation:

Horses have hard feet called hooves (singular hoof). Claws and paws belong to animals like cats and dogs, and heels are part of the human foot.

Question 2

A _____ of sheep crossed in front of our car and blocked the road.

A	bunch
B	crowd
C	flock
D	pack

Question 2 Explanation:

A group of sheep (or birds) is a flock. Not pack, because that word is used for dogs and wolves.

Question 3

The wild animal _____ savagely at the piece of meat.

A	eat
B	severed
C	split
D	tore

Question 3 Explanation:

Tear at something means to pull it violently into pieces, often with teeth or claws. Tore is the past tense: The lion tore at the meat. Eat is the wrong tense, and we don't say eat at here.

Question 4

Modern farm animals are the result of centuries of selective _____.

A	breeding
B	cultivation
C	mating
D	reproduction

Question 4 Explanation:

Selective breeding is a fixed phrase: farmers choose which animals produce young so that useful qualities are passed on. Cultivation is used for plants, and mating or reproduction don't combine with selective in this sense.

Question 5

The koala bear's _____ consists almost entirely of eucalyptus leaves and shoots.

A	diet
B	digestion
C	nourishment
D	nutrition

Question 5 Explanation:

An animal's diet is the food it usually eats: A koala's diet is mostly eucalyptus leaves. Not nutrition or nourishment, which mean the goodness that food gives you, not the type of food eaten.

Question 6

He was _____ by a bee when he went too close to the hive.

A	bitten
B	pricked
C	stung
D	torn

Question 6 Explanation:

Bees, wasps and scorpions sting (past participle stung). Dogs and snakes bite, so bitten is wrong for a bee.

Question 7

A leopard has spots and a tiger has _____.

A	bands
B	streaks
C	stripes
D	strips

Question 7 Explanation:

A tiger's coat has long dark lines called stripes. Be careful: strips are long narrow pieces of material, such as strips of paper.

Question 8

A good hen _____ six or seven eggs a week.

A	lays
B	lies
C	places
D	reproduces

Question 8 Explanation:

Birds lay eggs: The hen lays an egg every day. Not lies, because lie means to be in a flat position and does not take an object.

Question 9

The children went to the zoo and saw the monkeys in their _____.

A	boxes
B	cages
C	dens
D	pits

Question 9 Explanation:

In a zoo, animals are often kept in cages, boxes or rooms with bars. A den is a wild animal's home, such as a lion's or a fox's, not a place in a zoo.

Question 10

One of the tigers has got _____! Warn everyone of the danger!

A	escaped
B	loose
C	loosened
D	lost

Question 10 Explanation:

Get loose means to escape and be free: The dog got loose and ran away. Not escaped, because we say has escaped, not has got escaped.

Question 11

The elephant fell into the _____ the hunters had set for it.