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The dark bordered beauty moth is heading towards extinction at its last site in England, new research has found. The tiny, rare insect is now found only on Strensall Common, an area of protected lowland heath near York, having been lost from Newham Bog in Northumberland. But scientists have found that even in its last stronghold numbers have (A) by over 90% in the last seven years, with only 50-100 thought to remain.
The centimetre-wide moths rely on the creeping willow bush to feed their caterpillars but an accidental heath fire destroyed a key area of the bushes in 2009. nother factor is likely to be increased grazing by sheep. This is intended to preserve the heathland by preventing the growth of trees and tall shrubs but appears to have unwittingly damaged the fortunes of a rare species that the heath management is ultimately designed to protect.
Female dark bordered beauty moths prefer to lay their eggs on large, (B) creeping willows in July, so the shortening or loss of the plants by grazing means there are fewer good sites for egg laying and a subsequent decline in moth numbers. The sheep may even be eating the moth eggs as they graze, as the eggs stay on the plant until late spring before they hatch.
“The dark bordered beauty is a very special and (C) moth, which has been observed and admired at Strensall Common for well over a century,” said a researcher “It has long been part of the natural history (D) of England and of Yorkshire,” he said. “Because of the loss of populations elsewhere in England, the loss of the population at Strensall Common would mean (E) of the moth in England as a whole.” The moth is known at three sites in Scotland.
1 Choose the correct option for (A)
01. tumble
02. thrust
03. ascend
04. plunged
05. retreat
2 Choose the correct option for (B)
01. boisterous
02. lethargic
03. robust
04. impotent
05. wobbly
3 Choose the correct option for (C)
01. charismatic
02. hypnotic
03. repelling
04. baneful
05. lovely
4 Choose the correct option for (D)
01. bygone
02. fashionable
03. wholesome
04. descent
05. heritage
5 Choose the correct option for (E)
01. extinction
02. destruction
03. construction
04. abduction
05. alteration
6-10. Which of the Phrases (1), (2) (3) and (4) given below each sentence should replace the phrases given in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, mark (5) as the answer.
6 Trees are being felled to way for the road
01. felled to make way
02. felled to the way
03. fell to make way
04. fell ways to
05. No correction required
7 The policy will had several provisions for promoting private investor participation in solar power production.
01. will has several provisions
02. will have several provision
03. will have several provisions
04. will had provisionally several
05. No correction required
8 Lose in temperature has resulted in increased patients of bronchial asthma
01. Dropping temperature
02. Drop in temperature
03. Drops of temperature
04. Dip as temperature
05. No correction required
9 Steroids for long have been linked to improving sports performance.
01. link to improved
02. improved link
03. linking to improving
04. links to improve
05. No correction required
10 No one expects police to provide rounded-the-clock security to every citizen
01. The-clock- round security
02. The-rounded-clock security
03. Security around the clock
04. Round-the- clock security
05. No correction required
Answers:-
Q.1 (4)
Q.2 (3)
Q.3 (1)
Q.4 (5)
Q.5 (1)
Q.6 (1)
Q.7 (2)
Q.8 (3)
Q.9 (5)
Q.10 (4)
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