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2. Прочитайте текст. Для каждого предложения А–Е выберите один правильный вариант из трёх предложенных (1, 2 или 3). Elephants are the biggest land animals today. They communicate with each other us low sounds. Most of these sounds are too low for humans to hear. But elephants can hear the far away. There are three species of elephants: African Savanna (Bush), African Forest and As ears of African elephants are much larger than their cousins, whereas the ears of Asian elep shaped like the Indian subcontinent. There's also a trunk difference – African elephants 'fingers' at the tip of their trunks, whereas Asian elephants have one. The African Savanna (Bush) elephant is the world's largest land animal – with adult bull elephants, standing up to 3m high and weighing up to 6,000 kg. Males only reach their the age of 35–40 – that's well over half of their lifespan as wild elephants can live for up to 60 Elephant tusks are actually their teeth which first appear when elephants are arou old. Tusks continue growing throughout their lives. Tusks are used to help with feedi defense when fighting. Tusks are essential for elephants and are used for a variety including digging for water and salt, lifting objects, and for defense and competition for these beautiful tusks often cause elephants danger. They're made from ivory; a much desi An elephant's skin is 2.5 cm thick in most places. The folds and wrinkles in the retain up to 10 times more water than flat skin does, which helps to cool them down. their skin clean and protect themselves from sunburn by taking regular dust and mud bat A. People can't hear elephants' sounds because 1) their sounds are not high enough. 2) elephants communicate silently. 3) humans can understand only very low sounds. B. Asian elephants have ... African elephants. 1) bigger trunks than 2) smaller ears than 3) the same number of fingers at the tips of their trunks as

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Анализируем текст и выбираем подходящие варианты ответов.

A. People can't hear elephants' sounds because

В тексте сказано: "Most of these sounds are too low for humans to hear." Это означает, что звуки слишком низкие для человеческого слуха.

  1. their sounds are not high enough. (Не подходит, так как речь идет о низких звуках).
  2. elephants communicate silently. (Неверно, они общаются звуками).
  3. humans can understand only very low sounds. (Подходит, так как звуки слишком низкие для людей).

B. Asian elephants have ... African elephants.

В тексте сказано: "...whereas the ears of Asian elephants are much larger than their cousins, whereas the ears of Asian elep shaped like the Indian subcontinent." Далее: "There's also a trunk difference - African elephants 'fingers' at the tip of their trunks, whereas Asian elephants have one."

Сравнение ушей: "ears of African elephants are much larger than their cousins, whereas the ears of Asian elephants..." – Это неточно, но далее следует сравнение формы ушей. Для ушей азиатских слонов сказано: "shaped like the Indian subcontinent". Про ушей африканских слонов сказано "much larger". Это указывает на то, что уши азиатских слонов меньше.

Сравнение хоботов: "African elephants 'fingers' at the tip of their trunks, whereas Asian elephants have one." Это означает, что у африканских слонов есть "пальцы" на хоботе, а у азиатских – один "палец".

  1. bigger trunks than (В тексте нет информации о размере хоботов, только о "пальцах" на них).
  2. smaller ears than (В тексте говорится, что уши африканских слонов "much larger" чем у азиатских, что означает, что уши азиатских слонов меньше).
  3. the same number of fingers at the tips of their trunks as (Неверно, у африканских слонов "fingers", у азиатских "one" - вероятно, имеется в виду один "палец" на хоботе, тогда как у африканских их больше, либо "fingers" подразумевает наличие нескольких пальцев, а у азиатских один).

Ответ: A - 3; B - 2.