Language Use_Week 7

The Mongolian death worm is said to live in the rockiest, (1) _____ parts of the western Gobi desert.

• dry

• drier

• driest

• most driest

Reports of its appearance____, but there is a general agreement that it ____about one meter long, bright red and about as thick as a man’s arm.

• differs; are

• differ; are

• differs; is

• differ; is

This animal is (3) _____very dangerous because it spits out a powerful acid that burns everything it touches.

• consider

• considers

• considering

• considered

In addition, it can kill at ____distance using electric shock.

• zero

• a

• an

• the

This worm sleeps under the sand (5) _____most of the year and only comes to the surface after the rains that come in June and July.

• by

• in

• for

• on

After killing one, it slithers down the camel’s throat and lays _____ eggs in the camel’s stomach.

• it

• its

• it's

• their

The baby worms eat their way out after the eggs _____.

• are hatching

• is hatching

• hatches

• hatch

The people who ____ in the desert all believe that this worm exists.

• lives

• live

• lived

• is living

At present the Mongolian government does not allow scientists to enter the parts of the Gobi Desert _____ the worm is said to live, so proving or disproving ____ existence is impossible.

• in; it's

• in; its

• where; it's

• where; its

This worm is small ____ dangerous.

• and

• but

• or

• nor