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You are going to read an article about A Ferret. Seven sentences have been removed from the article.

Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap (1-7).

There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

The last known live black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) in Kansas was spotted on December 31, 1957, near the town of Studley. (1)_______________________ The reintroduction marked the start of an experimental initiative that we hope will enable ferrets to return to the Kansas plains. The tale started in October 2005, when a group of ranchers in Logan County contacted the Fish and Wildlife Service with the intention of offering their ranchlands for ferret recovery. (2)________________________ After all, ferrets rely on prairie dogs (Cynomys sp.) for survival, and many people have worked hard to eradicate prairie dogs during the past century. In reality, a 1901 Kansas statute allows townships to compel prairie dog removal, with or without the agreement of the landowner. Some counties, like Logan, have acquired this power at the county level. (3)_________________________ It is a considerably smaller region than conventional ferret release locations in northern or western states, which generally include tens of thousands of acres of federal or tribal property. Many of those locations, however, have been infected with sylvatic plague, an imported illness that kills both prairie dogs and ferrets.    (4)____________________________ Another important factor was the possibility of establishing a healing partnership based solely on privately held property, including land owned by The Nature Conservancy.   As anticipated, our reintroduction strategy was greeted with considerable opposition in the local population. Many individuals were opposed to anything that might result in uncontrolled prairie dog populations. (5)______________________________ We addressed one issue by doing this operation under an experimental recovery permit, with the Service bearing responsibility for any ferrets killed inadvertently. The prairie dog maintenance problem is more challenging, but a portion of the proposal includes a combination of government and private funds to help landowners around ferret release locations with prairie dog management. (6)_________________ We and our collaborators are prepared to kill some prairie dogs in order to maintain a core complex large enough to sustain ferrets. In December 2007, we learned that a limited number of ferrets were still available for release in Kansas provided we could complete the necessary preparations in time. (7)___________________The animals were raised at three different breeding facilities in the United States and one in Canada before being “finished” in outdoor pre-conditioning pens at the Service’s National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center near Wellington, Colorado, where they learned to hunt prairie dogs on their own.

Using the following options, Fill the Gap ___[1] ___ ?

A. We knew we had chosen a good location when two agitated prairie dogs popped out of that same hole and raced off between onlookers’ feet to find a safer refuge.

B. Ferrets returned to Kansas almost 50 years later, on December 18, 2007.

C. A vehicle transporting 24 captive-bred black-footed ferrets departed northeast Colorado for Kansas on December 18 after a flurry of activity and contacts. 

D. “It’s a sad reality that if you want to preserve prairie dogs, you have to be prepared to kill some,” one of our colleagues pointed out.

E. We assessed the environment on our cooperators’ prairie dog complexes and discovered that it has extremely high-quality habitat for black-footed ferrets.

F. There were also concerns about what an endangered species could imply for the local community.

G. Our enthusiasm for this idea was tempered by a fair dose of skepticism.

H. The lack of plague in local animals was a significant benefit of the Kansas location.

You are going to read an article about A Ferret. Seven sentences have been removed from the article.

Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap (1-7).

There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

The last known live black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) in Kansas was spotted on December 31, 1957, near the town of Studley. (1)_______________________ The reintroduction marked the start of an experimental initiative that we hope will enable ferrets to return to the Kansas plains. The tale started in October 2005, when a group of ranchers in Logan County contacted the Fish and Wildlife Service with the intention of offering their ranchlands for ferret recovery. (2)________________________ After all, ferrets rely on prairie dogs (Cynomys sp.) for survival, and many people have worked hard to eradicate prairie dogs during the past century. In reality, a 1901 Kansas statute allows townships to compel prairie dog removal, with or without the agreement of the landowner. Some counties, like Logan, have acquired this power at the county level. (3)_________________________ It is a considerably smaller region than conventional ferret release locations in northern or western states, which generally include tens of thousands of acres of federal or tribal property. Many of those locations, however, have been infected with sylvatic plague, an imported illness that kills both prairie dogs and ferrets.    (4)____________________________ Another important factor was the possibility of establishing a healing partnership based solely on privately held property, including land owned by The Nature Conservancy.   As anticipated, our reintroduction strategy was greeted with considerable opposition in the local population. Many individuals were opposed to anything that might result in uncontrolled prairie dog populations. (5)______________________________ We addressed one issue by doing this operation under an experimental recovery permit, with the Service bearing responsibility for any ferrets killed inadvertently. The prairie dog maintenance problem is more challenging, but a portion of the proposal includes a combination of government and private funds to help landowners around ferret release locations with prairie dog management. (6)_________________ We and our collaborators are prepared to kill some prairie dogs in order to maintain a core complex large enough to sustain ferrets. In December 2007, we learned that a limited number of ferrets were still available for release in Kansas provided we could complete the necessary preparations in time. (7)___________________The animals were raised at three different breeding facilities in the United States and one in Canada before being “finished” in outdoor pre-conditioning pens at the Service’s National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center near Wellington, Colorado, where they learned to hunt prairie dogs on their own.

Using the following options, Fill the Gap ___[2] ___ ?

A. We knew we had chosen a good location when two agitated prairie dogs popped out of that same hole and raced off between onlookers’ feet to find a safer refuge.

B. Ferrets returned to Kansas almost 50 years later, on December 18, 2007.

C. A vehicle transporting 24 captive-bred black-footed ferrets departed northeast Colorado for Kansas on December 18 after a flurry of activity and contacts. 

D. “It’s a sad reality that if you want to preserve prairie dogs, you have to be prepared to kill some,” one of our colleagues pointed out.

E. We assessed the environment on our cooperators’ prairie dog complexes and discovered that it has extremely high-quality habitat for black-footed ferrets.

F. There were also concerns about what an endangered species could imply for the local community.

G. Our enthusiasm for this idea was tempered by a fair dose of skepticism.

H. The lack of plague in local animals was a significant benefit of the Kansas location.

You are going to read an article about A Ferret. Seven sentences have been removed from the article.

Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap (1-7).

There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

The last known live black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) in Kansas was spotted on December 31, 1957, near the town of Studley. (1)_______________________ The reintroduction marked the start of an experimental initiative that we hope will enable ferrets to return to the Kansas plains. The tale started in October 2005, when a group of ranchers in Logan County contacted the Fish and Wildlife Service with the intention of offering their ranchlands for ferret recovery. (2)________________________ After all, ferrets rely on prairie dogs (Cynomys sp.) for survival, and many people have worked hard to eradicate prairie dogs during the past century. In reality, a 1901 Kansas statute allows townships to compel prairie dog removal, with or without the agreement of the landowner. Some counties, like Logan, have acquired this power at the county level. (3)_________________________ It is a considerably smaller region than conventional ferret release locations in northern or western states, which generally include tens of thousands of acres of federal or tribal property. Many of those locations, however, have been infected with sylvatic plague, an imported illness that kills both prairie dogs and ferrets.    (4)____________________________ Another important factor was the possibility of establishing a healing partnership based solely on privately held property, including land owned by The Nature Conservancy.   As anticipated, our reintroduction strategy was greeted with considerable opposition in the local population. Many individuals were opposed to anything that might result in uncontrolled prairie dog populations. (5)______________________________ We addressed one issue by doing this operation under an experimental recovery permit, with the Service bearing responsibility for any ferrets killed inadvertently. The prairie dog maintenance problem is more challenging, but a portion of the proposal includes a combination of government and private funds to help landowners around ferret release locations with prairie dog management. (6)_________________ We and our collaborators are prepared to kill some prairie dogs in order to maintain a core complex large enough to sustain ferrets. In December 2007, we learned that a limited number of ferrets were still available for release in Kansas provided we could complete the necessary preparations in time. (7)___________________The animals were raised at three different breeding facilities in the United States and one in Canada before being “finished” in outdoor pre-conditioning pens at the Service’s National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center near Wellington, Colorado, where they learned to hunt prairie dogs on their own.

Using the following options, Fill the Gap ___[3] ___ ?

A. We knew we had chosen a good location when two agitated prairie dogs popped out of that same hole and raced off between onlookers’ feet to find a safer refuge.

B. Ferrets returned to Kansas almost 50 years later, on December 18, 2007.

C. A vehicle transporting 24 captive-bred black-footed ferrets departed northeast Colorado for Kansas on December 18 after a flurry of activity and contacts. 

D. “It’s a sad reality that if you want to preserve prairie dogs, you have to be prepared to kill some,” one of our colleagues pointed out.

E. We assessed the environment on our cooperators’ prairie dog complexes and discovered that it has extremely high-quality habitat for black-footed ferrets.

F. There were also concerns about what an endangered species could imply for the local community.

G. Our enthusiasm for this idea was tempered by a fair dose of skepticism.

H. The lack of plague in local animals was a significant benefit of the Kansas location.

You are going to read an article about A Ferret. Seven sentences have been removed from the article.

Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap (1-7).

There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

The last known live black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) in Kansas was spotted on December 31, 1957, near the town of Studley. (1)_______________________ The reintroduction marked the start of an experimental initiative that we hope will enable ferrets to return to the Kansas plains. The tale started in October 2005, when a group of ranchers in Logan County contacted the Fish and Wildlife Service with the intention of offering their ranchlands for ferret recovery. (2)________________________ After all, ferrets rely on prairie dogs (Cynomys sp.) for survival, and many people have worked hard to eradicate prairie dogs during the past century. In reality, a 1901 Kansas statute allows townships to compel prairie dog removal, with or without the agreement of the landowner. Some counties, like Logan, have acquired this power at the county level. (3)_________________________ It is a considerably smaller region than conventional ferret release locations in northern or western states, which generally include tens of thousands of acres of federal or tribal property. Many of those locations, however, have been infected with sylvatic plague, an imported illness that kills both prairie dogs and ferrets.    (4)____________________________ Another important factor was the possibility of establishing a healing partnership based solely on privately held property, including land owned by The Nature Conservancy.   As anticipated, our reintroduction strategy was greeted with considerable opposition in the local population. Many individuals were opposed to anything that might result in uncontrolled prairie dog populations. (5)______________________________ We addressed one issue by doing this operation under an experimental recovery permit, with the Service bearing responsibility for any ferrets killed inadvertently. The prairie dog maintenance problem is more challenging, but a portion of the proposal includes a combination of government and private funds to help landowners around ferret release locations with prairie dog management. (6)_________________ We and our collaborators are prepared to kill some prairie dogs in order to maintain a core complex large enough to sustain ferrets. In December 2007, we learned that a limited number of ferrets were still available for release in Kansas provided we could complete the necessary preparations in time. (7)___________________The animals were raised at three different breeding facilities in the United States and one in Canada before being “finished” in outdoor pre-conditioning pens at the Service’s National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center near Wellington, Colorado, where they learned to hunt prairie dogs on their own.

Using the following options, Fill the Gap ___[4] ___ ?

A. We knew we had chosen a good location when two agitated prairie dogs popped out of that same hole and raced off between onlookers’ feet to find a safer refuge.

B. Ferrets returned to Kansas almost 50 years later, on December 18, 2007.

C. A vehicle transporting 24 captive-bred black-footed ferrets departed northeast Colorado for Kansas on December 18 after a flurry of activity and contacts. 

D. “It’s a sad reality that if you want to preserve prairie dogs, you have to be prepared to kill some,” one of our colleagues pointed out.

E. We assessed the environment on our cooperators’ prairie dog complexes and discovered that it has extremely high-quality habitat for black-footed ferrets.

F. There were also concerns about what an endangered species could imply for the local community.

G. Our enthusiasm for this idea was tempered by a fair dose of skepticism.

H. The lack of plague in local animals was a significant benefit of the Kansas location.

You are going to read an article about A Ferret. Seven sentences have been removed from the article.

Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap (1-7).

There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

The last known live black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) in Kansas was spotted on December 31, 1957, near the town of Studley. (1)_______________________ The reintroduction marked the start of an experimental initiative that we hope will enable ferrets to return to the Kansas plains. The tale started in October 2005, when a group of ranchers in Logan County contacted the Fish and Wildlife Service with the intention of offering their ranchlands for ferret recovery. (2)________________________ After all, ferrets rely on prairie dogs (Cynomys sp.) for survival, and many people have worked hard to eradicate prairie dogs during the past century. In reality, a 1901 Kansas statute allows townships to compel prairie dog removal, with or without the agreement of the landowner. Some counties, like Logan, have acquired this power at the county level. (3)_________________________ It is a considerably smaller region than conventional ferret release locations in northern or western states, which generally include tens of thousands of acres of federal or tribal property. Many of those locations, however, have been infected with sylvatic plague, an imported illness that kills both prairie dogs and ferrets.    (4)____________________________ Another important factor was the possibility of establishing a healing partnership based solely on privately held property, including land owned by The Nature Conservancy.   As anticipated, our reintroduction strategy was greeted with considerable opposition in the local population. Many individuals were opposed to anything that might result in uncontrolled prairie dog populations. (5)______________________________ We addressed one issue by doing this operation under an experimental recovery permit, with the Service bearing responsibility for any ferrets killed inadvertently. The prairie dog maintenance problem is more challenging, but a portion of the proposal includes a combination of government and private funds to help landowners around ferret release locations with prairie dog management. (6)_________________ We and our collaborators are prepared to kill some prairie dogs in order to maintain a core complex large enough to sustain ferrets. In December 2007, we learned that a limited number of ferrets were still available for release in Kansas provided we could complete the necessary preparations in time. (7)___________________The animals were raised at three different breeding facilities in the United States and one in Canada before being “finished” in outdoor pre-conditioning pens at the Service’s National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center near Wellington, Colorado, where they learned to hunt prairie dogs on their own.

Using the following options, Fill the Gap ___[5] ___ ?

A. We knew we had chosen a good location when two agitated prairie dogs popped out of that same hole and raced off between onlookers’ feet to find a safer refuge.

B. Ferrets returned to Kansas almost 50 years later, on December 18, 2007.

C. A vehicle transporting 24 captive-bred black-footed ferrets departed northeast Colorado for Kansas on December 18 after a flurry of activity and contacts. 

D. “It’s a sad reality that if you want to preserve prairie dogs, you have to be prepared to kill some,” one of our colleagues pointed out.

E. We assessed the environment on our cooperators’ prairie dog complexes and discovered that it has extremely high-quality habitat for black-footed ferrets.

F. There were also concerns about what an endangered species could imply for the local community.

G. Our enthusiasm for this idea was tempered by a fair dose of skepticism.

H. The lack of plague in local animals was a significant benefit of the Kansas location.

You are going to read an article about A Ferret. Seven sentences have been removed from the article.

Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap (1-7).

There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

The last known live black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) in Kansas was spotted on December 31, 1957, near the town of Studley. (1)_______________________ The reintroduction marked the start of an experimental initiative that we hope will enable ferrets to return to the Kansas plains. The tale started in October 2005, when a group of ranchers in Logan County contacted the Fish and Wildlife Service with the intention of offering their ranchlands for ferret recovery. (2)________________________ After all, ferrets rely on prairie dogs (Cynomys sp.) for survival, and many people have worked hard to eradicate prairie dogs during the past century. In reality, a 1901 Kansas statute allows townships to compel prairie dog removal, with or without the agreement of the landowner. Some counties, like Logan, have acquired this power at the county level. (3)_________________________ It is a considerably smaller region than conventional ferret release locations in northern or western states, which generally include tens of thousands of acres of federal or tribal property. Many of those locations, however, have been infected with sylvatic plague, an imported illness that kills both prairie dogs and ferrets.    (4)____________________________ Another important factor was the possibility of establishing a healing partnership based solely on privately held property, including land owned by The Nature Conservancy.   As anticipated, our reintroduction strategy was greeted with considerable opposition in the local population. Many individuals were opposed to anything that might result in uncontrolled prairie dog populations. (5)______________________________ We addressed one issue by doing this operation under an experimental recovery permit, with the Service bearing responsibility for any ferrets killed inadvertently. The prairie dog maintenance problem is more challenging, but a portion of the proposal includes a combination of government and private funds to help landowners around ferret release locations with prairie dog management. (6)_________________ We and our collaborators are prepared to kill some prairie dogs in order to maintain a core complex large enough to sustain ferrets. In December 2007, we learned that a limited number of ferrets were still available for release in Kansas provided we could complete the necessary preparations in time. (7)___________________The animals were raised at three different breeding facilities in the United States and one in Canada before being “finished” in outdoor pre-conditioning pens at the Service’s National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center near Wellington, Colorado, where they learned to hunt prairie dogs on their own.

Using the following options, Fill the Gap ___[6] ___ ?

A. We knew we had chosen a good location when two agitated prairie dogs popped out of that same hole and raced off between onlookers’ feet to find a safer refuge.

B. Ferrets returned to Kansas almost 50 years later, on December 18, 2007.

C. A vehicle transporting 24 captive-bred black-footed ferrets departed northeast Colorado for Kansas on December 18 after a flurry of activity and contacts. 

D. “It’s a sad reality that if you want to preserve prairie dogs, you have to be prepared to kill some,” one of our colleagues pointed out.

E. We assessed the environment on our cooperators’ prairie dog complexes and discovered that it has extremely high-quality habitat for black-footed ferrets.

F. There were also concerns about what an endangered species could imply for the local community.

G. Our enthusiasm for this idea was tempered by a fair dose of skepticism.

H. The lack of plague in local animals was a significant benefit of the Kansas location.

You are going to read an article about A Ferret. Seven sentences have been removed from the article.

Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap (1-7).

There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

The last known live black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) in Kansas was spotted on December 31, 1957, near the town of Studley. (1)_______________________ The reintroduction marked the start of an experimental initiative that we hope will enable ferrets to return to the Kansas plains. The tale started in October 2005, when a group of ranchers in Logan County contacted the Fish and Wildlife Service with the intention of offering their ranchlands for ferret recovery. (2)________________________ After all, ferrets rely on prairie dogs (Cynomys sp.) for survival, and many people have worked hard to eradicate prairie dogs during the past century. In reality, a 1901 Kansas statute allows townships to compel prairie dog removal, with or without the agreement of the landowner. Some counties, like Logan, have acquired this power at the county level. (3)_________________________ It is a considerably smaller region than conventional ferret release locations in northern or western states, which generally include tens of thousands of acres of federal or tribal property. Many of those locations, however, have been infected with sylvatic plague, an imported illness that kills both prairie dogs and ferrets.    (4)____________________________ Another important factor was the possibility of establishing a healing partnership based solely on privately held property, including land owned by The Nature Conservancy.   As anticipated, our reintroduction strategy was greeted with considerable opposition in the local population. Many individuals were opposed to anything that might result in uncontrolled prairie dog populations. (5)______________________________ We addressed one issue by doing this operation under an experimental recovery permit, with the Service bearing responsibility for any ferrets killed inadvertently. The prairie dog maintenance problem is more challenging, but a portion of the proposal includes a combination of government and private funds to help landowners around ferret release locations with prairie dog management. (6)_________________ We and our collaborators are prepared to kill some prairie dogs in order to maintain a core complex large enough to sustain ferrets. In December 2007, we learned that a limited number of ferrets were still available for release in Kansas provided we could complete the necessary preparations in time. (7)___________________The animals were raised at three different breeding facilities in the United States and one in Canada before being “finished” in outdoor pre-conditioning pens at the Service’s National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center near Wellington, Colorado, where they learned to hunt prairie dogs on their own.

Using the following options, Fill the Gap ___[7] ___ ?

A. We knew we had chosen a good location when two agitated prairie dogs popped out of that same hole and raced off between onlookers’ feet to find a safer refuge.

B. Ferrets returned to Kansas almost 50 years later, on December 18, 2007.

C. A vehicle transporting 24 captive-bred black-footed ferrets departed northeast Colorado for Kansas on December 18 after a flurry of activity and contacts. 

D. “It’s a sad reality that if you want to preserve prairie dogs, you have to be prepared to kill some,” one of our colleagues pointed out.

E. We assessed the environment on our cooperators’ prairie dog complexes and discovered that it has extremely high-quality habitat for black-footed ferrets.

F. There were also concerns about what an endangered species could imply for the local community.

G. Our enthusiasm for this idea was tempered by a fair dose of skepticism.

H. The lack of plague in local animals was a significant benefit of the Kansas location.

In the figure below, the area of the rectangle is 24 square centimetres.

What is the ratio of the area of the coloured region of the rectangle to the area of the uncoloured region?

Angela, working at a constant rate, can make 10 bracelets in 10 minutes.

George, working at a constant rate, can make 10 bracelets in 5 minutes.

How many minutes will it take the two of them working together, each at their respective constant rates, to make 10 bracelets?

The current ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in the Chess Club is 10 to 1.

If 18 boys and 3 girls will join the Chess Club, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in the Chess Club will be 7 to 1.

How many boys are currently in the Chess Club?

Three-fourths of the students in a certain group are Juniors and the remainder are Seniors. 

If 1/3 of the Juniors are boys and 20 percent of the Seniors are boys, what percent of the entire group are boys?

Lisa, working at a constant rate, can make 120 widgets in 10 minutes. 

Andrew, working at a constant rate, can make 100 widgets in 15 minutes.

If the two of them worked together, each at their respective constant rates, how many minutes would it take for them to make a total of 140 widgets?

Donald originally has twice as many baseball cards as Peter. 

After Donald gave Peter 6 baseball cards, he still has 8 more baseball cards than Peter.

How many baseball cards did Donald originally have?

Cassandra took a 240-kilometre road trip. 

Her car averages 40 kilometres per litre of petrol, and petrol costs an average of $3.85 per litre, how much did Cassandra spend on petrol on her road trip?

A restaurant can consume a sack of potatoes in 30 days. 

If the restaurant’s potato consumption is increased by 50 percent, how many days will the restaurant consume a sack of potatoes?

Tom gave 1/2 of his marbles to Jerry, and he gave 1/4 of the remaining marbles to Victor. 

He was left with only 6 marbles.

How many marbles did Tom originally have?

The degree measures of the interior angles of a triangle are in the ratio of 1:5:9. 

What is the degree measure of the smallest angle?

• Being hard working is a genetically determined characteristic people are either born with or not.

Which of the following best describes as:

A. fails to take into account that unhappiness can vary in intensity or significance

B. relies on an assumption that is tantamount to assuming that the conclusion is true

C. mischaracterizes what Brandon says

D. conflates two different types of risk

A. attempts to use a statement about the consequences of actions to disprove a statement about the actions themselves

B. treats a statement about the consequences of an action as though it were instead about the consequences of everyone believing the statement

C. contradicts itself by treating a statement that the arguer does not believe as though it were a statement believed by everyone

D. attempts to undermine a statement by calling into question the character of the person making the statement