CAE essentials test 3

Experts (0 ) ........ that the nine-spotted ladybug, or ladybird as it is known in some countries, was becoming extinct.

• bothered

• feared

• cared

• wondered

Then, in 2011, Peter Priolo, a volunteer ladybug hunter, (1) ........ one sitting on a sunflower in New York

• regarded

• glanced

• observed

• considered

The ladybug population had once been so (2) ........ in the state of New York that it was the 'official state insect',

• widespread

• thorough

• overall

• comprehensive

but the last (3 ) ........ sighting of one had been almost 30 years before. Priolo was thrilled.

• accounted

• recorded

• marked

• entered

So was the Lost Ladybug Project, which studies different species of North American ladybugs with the assistance of ordinary people, a (4 ) ........ known as 'crowdsourcing'.

• ritual

• habit

• manner

• practice

One reason for the ladybug's (5 ) ........ may be that other imported insects

• recession

• drop

• decline

• letdown

may be that other imported insects have (6) ........ its habitat and are eating its food.

• interfered

• invaded

• interrupted

• involved

(7 ) ........ up ordinary citizens isn't new to science.

• signing

• drawing

• bringing

• meeting

Amateur astronomers , weather watchers, and other hobbyists going back to the 1700s have all (8) ........ a part in the development of science.

• put

• done

• added

• played

Many people (0) ........ are building their own homes or renovating existing buildings these days prefer to buy certain things like doors and fireplaces second-hand.