Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

My most interesting visitor comes at night, when the lights are still burning- a tiny bat who prefers to fly in through the open door, and will use the window only if there is no alternative. His object in entering the house is to snap up the moths that cluster around the lamps. All the bats I have seen fly fairly high, keeping near the ceiling; but this particular bat flies in low, like a dive bomber, zooming in and out of chair legs and under tables. Once, he passed straight between my legs. Has his radar gone wrong, I wondered, or is he just plain crazy?

The bat entered the room:

• because there was no alternative

• to eat the moths round the lamps

• as it had gone mad

• as it preferred to fly in through the open door

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

My most interesting visitor comes at night, when the lights are still burning- a tiny bat who prefers to fly in through the open door, and will use the window only if there is no alternative. His object in entering the house is to snap up the moths that cluster around the lamps. All the bats I have seen fly fairly high, keeping near the ceiling; but this particular bat flies in low, like a dive bomber, zooming in and out of chair legs and under tables. Once, he passed straight between my legs. Has his radar gone wrong, I wondered, or is he just plain crazy?

After comparing the habits of the tiny bat with those of other bats, the author was:

• sure that this bat had lost its direction

• not sure of its preferences

• surprised to find that it was an expertflier

• unable to give the correct explanation for its behaviour

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

My most interesting visitor comes at night, when the lights are still burning- a tiny bat who prefers to fly in through the open door, and will use the window only if there is no alternative. His object in entering the house is to snap up the moths that cluster around the lamps. All the bats I have seen fly fairly high, keeping near the ceiling; but this particular bat flies in low, like a dive bomber, zooming in and out of chair legs and under tables. Once, he passed straight between my legs. Has his radar gone wrong, I wondered, or is he just plain crazy?

The author calls the tiny bat an "interesting visitor". This means

• the bat visits him at night

• the bat is interested in the moths

• this bat has peculiar qualities

• this bat surprises him by zooming in and out like a dive-bomber

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

My most interesting visitor comes at night, when the lights are still burning- a tiny bat who prefers to fly in through the open door, and will use the window only if there is no alternative. His object in entering the house is to snap up the moths that cluster around the lamps. All the bats I have seen fly fairly high, keeping near the ceiling; but this particular bat flies in low, like a dive bomber, zooming in and out of chair legs and under tables. Once, he passed straight between my legs. Has his radar gone wrong, I wondered, or is he just plain crazy?

What, according to you, can be the most suitable title for the passage?

• Someone visits me

• Night of Mysteries

• My Nocturnal Visitor

• A Funny Visitor

In the following question, select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the correct option.

The tired traveller ________ on in the hope of finding some resting place.

• strolled

• scurried

• paraded

• plodded

In the following question, select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the correct option.

The car was damaged beyond repair in the ________ accident.

• outrageous

• ghastly

• nasty

• heinous

In the following question, select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the correct option.

They gave a ________ dinner to celebrate the occasion, which impressed every guest.

• austere

• public

• sumptuous

• summary

In the following question, select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the correct option.

Once the ________ manuscript is received by the publishers, it is typed in double space.

• total

• full

• complete

• filled

In the following question, select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the correct option.

I am used to ________ in queues.

• stand

• standing

• stand up

• standing still