CAE Practice Test

After years studying North America's black bears in the _____ way wildlife biologist Luke Robertson felt no closer to understanding the creatures.

• straight

• common

• everyday

• conventional

He realised that he had to _____ their trust. Abandoning scientific detachment, he took the daring step of forming relationships with the animals, bringing them food to gain their acceptance.

• catch

• win

• achieve

• receive

The ____ this has given him into their behaviour has allowed him to dispel certain myths about bears.

• perception

• awareness

• insight

• vision

_____ to popular belief, he contends that bears do not care as much for fruit as previously supposed.

• Opposite

• Opposed

• Contrary

• Contradictory

He also _____ that they are ferocious.

• concludes

• disputes

• reasons

• argues

He says that people should not be _____ by behaviour such as swatting paws on the ground as this is a defensive rather than an aggresive act.

• misguided

• misled

• misdirected

• misinformed

However, Robertson is no sentimentalist. After devoting years of his life to bears, he is under no _____ about their feelings for him.

• error

• doubt

• illusion

• impression

It is clear that their interest in him does not _____ beyond the food he brings.

• expand

• spread

• widen

• extend