Ecl english Practice Tests for Level C1

particularly lengthy care, lasting 15 to 18 months.
Males, on the other hand, are largely absent fathers. ..6.., and then abscond to forage and rest.
"..7..," Schmidt said. "If males breed with a close relative, they lose little because they have
so many other females to choose from." However, male hyenas must go along with the mating
preferences of the socially dominant females, ..8...
Kyle Laurent of Columbia University commented that the female mate choice rule proposed
by the study team "is very simple and very plausible, and ..9.., but the level of male sex-biased
dispersal in natural populations of other species is not yet clear."
Laurent added that the study "supports a hypothesis many of us have favored for many
years—that ..10..."

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Reading Tests
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A) investigated the migration patterns of male hyenas
B) no young males are allowed to join the group
C) whose bizarre genitalia make forced sex almost impossible
D) the rule requires males to have entered the group
E) after the mating is successfully accomplished
F) females invest greatly in their young
G) but may be widespread among other species that live in groups
H) encouraging male relatives to look elsewhere for sex
I) males typically perform the sexual act
J) so might apply to other social or nonsocial mammals as well
K) female mate choice is all-important in this species
L) favoring those that had courted them for several years
M) inbred offsprings are vulnerable to disease
DO NOT MAKE CORRECTIONS IN THE BOXES.
Any correction in the grid will be considered a mistake.
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