Herons - relative cranes. However, unlike cranes flying with outstretched neck, they bend the neck and tighten the head to the shoulders. There are about 60 species of herons. There they are on all continents except Antarctica.The most common kind in Europe - a gray heron. Now its population severely diminished. First herons were shot because of their addiction to fish today, they suffer from the reduction of wetlands and wet areas. To still surviving herons could safely grow offspring, forbidden to go into their nests.Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) is different from the gray in that the upper part of the head, back and goiter in her wine-ocher color. This bird prefers to live in the vast swampy meadows. In the thick vegetation it builds a large nest of reed panicles. Masonry consists of 4-5 eggs.More than a century ago, the great white egret (Egretta alba) was almost destroyed because of the fashion egret - long feathers that adorned ladies' hats. For example, in 1898 only one in Venezuela, according to consular records, was removed from the egretok 1.5 million. Egrets.Installed in the 20-ies of XX century security egret with complete prohibition of hunting for it led to the restoration of the strength of this bird so that, for example, in our country it has become quite normal, and sometimes even a large bird.Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) spends the daylight hours in the reeds or trees and only at dusk goes in search of food. Especially a lot of these birds in the Volga delta.
1 Please, give me ___ beetroots. *
1)much
2)a little
3)a few
2 There weren't___ peaches. Only two. *
1)a little
2)much
3)many
3 Вставьте нужное слово: What ___ of ice cream would you prefer? *
1)ingredient sauce
2)flavour
3)main
4 Вставьте нужное слово: Sabira makes dymdama according to her ___ recipe. *
1)chops
2)flavour
3)unique
5 I a stranger ___ you a personal questions, ___ your name and adress. *
1)asks; don't tell
2)asks; not tell
3)ask; not tell
6 If you ___ to cut yourself, avoid sharp objects and broken glass. *
1)don't want
2)not want
3)doesn't want
7 That was ___ movie I've ever seen. *
1)scary
2)scarier
3)the scariest
8 Fred's bedroom is ___ than mine. *
1)clean
2)cleaner
3)the cleanest
9 Marina is having cereals. I'll probably have cereals ___. *
1)also
2)too
10 I bought a beautiful dress. I ___ got a good pair of jeans. *
1)also
2)too
11 Выберите слово к определению: A large amount of mud sliding down a mountain, often destroying buildings and injuring or killing people below. *
1)mudflows
2)landslides
cattle overgrazing
12 Выберите слово к определению: The process of dissapearing of grass on the lands for grazing the cattle. *
1)cattle overgrazing
2)mudflows
3)soil pollution
13 Make nouns of the words in brackets: There is no ___ (use) of this old battery. Throw it away. *
1)use
2)useful
3)useless
14 Make nouns of the words in brackets: Unfortunately, most elderly people lose their ___ (able) to walk without help. *
1)ability
2)able
3)abilition
15 Write down the correct form, adjective or adverb: Come ___. We need your help. *
1)quick
2)quickly
16 Write down the correct form, adjective or adverb: Jypara is a very ___ student. *
1)slow
2)slowly
17 Write down the correct form, adjective or adverb: The old man walks very ___. *
1)slow
2)slowly
18 Choose right comparative or superlative degrees of adjectives and adverbs: Cheetahs run ___ than horses. *
1)fast
2)faster
3)the fastest
19 Choose right comparative or superlative degrees of adjectives and adverbs: My mother wakes up ___ than my father. *
1)early
2)earlier
3)the earliest
20 Arthur works ___ of all in our class. *
1)harder
2)the hardest
3)hard