Read the text below

III. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

FOLLOWING SWALLOWS

Bert Cook’s job doesn’t immediately strike you as (60) ……………………………… He sits inside a small construction made of cloth and wire and watches birds: swallows, in fact, whose (61) ……………………………… in Britain after a dangerous flight marks the (62) ……………………………… of summer. The severe weather caused by (63) ……………………………… warming makes their journey tougher each year.

One of their main (64) ……………………………… is getting enough to eat. Insect numbers have declined (65) ………………………………, and if the birds do make it to Britain, they may still die of (66) ………………………………

Farm buildings such as barns have been converted into houses, and as a result, there are now fewer places for birds to nest. Bert finds it (67) ……………………………… to say with any precision how far the numbers of swallows have declined in the area under (68) ……………………………… Bird populations can increase considerably if swallows have had a good breeding season, and for the moment at least, scientists are not overly worried.

EXCITE 

ARRIVE 

BEGIN 

GLOBE 

DIFFICULT 

SHARP

HUNGRY

POSSIBLE 

OBSERVE