Review 2

The price of fresh fruit and vegetables .............. considerably throughout the whole year.

• rises

• peaks

• fluctuates

• decreases

The population of wild birds peaked .......... approximately 400,000 before falling rapidly.

• at

• for

• in

• of

My first job was to arrange the files into ................ order from the oldest to the most recent.

• alphabetical

• chronological

• numerical

• historical

The train whistle warned us of its ........... departure.

• previous

• imminent

• subsequent

• former

The majority of cave art was created in prehistoric ...........

• time

• stage

• era

• times

Computer viruses are a modern...................... problem.

• day

• era

• times

• time

I much prefer life in the twenty-first ................ to that of the Middle Ages.

• age

• era

• years

• century

It can take ............ time for people to get used to a new system.

• long

• along

• so long

• too long

Many people are fascinated by the native .................... of Australia, especially koalas and kangaroos.

• fauna

• flora

• agriculture

• vegetation

The mother bird carries food back to the nest in its ...... ........

• feather

• wing

• beak

• paw