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Choose the best answer from the options A, B, C and D.

 
The biggest animal in the world lives in the sea. The whale is often mistaken for a ___1___ because it lives in the sea and ___2___ like a fish. actually, it is a mammal.

Like man, it is warm-blooded and does not ___3___ through gills. The whale need airs so it swims to the ___4___ for air from time to time to breathe. When it does so, warm air is ___5___ out. When this warm air mixes with the surrounding cold air, a ___6___ is produced. The spout is actually a spray of mist.

The biggest ___7___ of whale is the blue whale. Although it is large it does not ___8___ on smaller fish or other sea creatures. Instead it fees ___9___ plankton. On the other ___10___, the killer whale, which is the smallest species of whale, feeds on fish, seals, penguins and even other whales. ___11___ interesting fact about killer whales is they can be ___12___ in captivity. Killer whales have been trained to ___13___ in a number of marine parks or waterworlds all over the world. They are indeed clever at performing tricks. They have also been featured in movies, one of which as 'Free Willy'.

                 
1.   (A) animal   8.   (A) eat
(B) mammal     (B)

feed

    (C)

fish

      (C) cling
    (D) dolphin       (D) swallow
                 
2.   (A) moves   9.   (A) by
(B)

looks

    (B)

on

    (C) wriggles       (C) with
    (D) travels       (D) for
                 
3.   (A) breath   10.   (A)

hand

(B)

breathe

    (B) angle
    (C) perspire       (C) corner
    (D) sniff       (D) instance
                 
4.   (A)

surface

  11.   (A) That
(B) top     (B)

An

    (C) summit       (C) A
    (D) sea       (D)  --
                 
5.   (A) washed   12.   (A)

tamed

    (B) taken       (B) organized
    (C) sniffed       (C) tied
    (D)

blown

      (D) killed
                 
6.   (A) fountain   13.   (A) dance
    (B)

spout

      (B)

perform

    (C) spray       (C) action
    (D) mist       (D) advice
                 
7.   (A) group          
    (B) hybrid          
    (C) type          
    (D)

species

         
                 

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