CLOZE TEST: TURTLES

Here you have a cloze test, fill in the gaps with the correct word, the key is below the test.

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TURTLES

          According to biologists in the south of France, hundreds of tiny turtles bought as children´s pets are turning into monsters. Flushed down toilets or (1) ________ lakes, the little green terrapins, only a few centimetres (2) ________, are growing into creatures weighing up (3) ________ five kilos and over 30 cm in length. They are appearing in waters all (4) ________ the South of France, (5) ________ fish and threatening swimmers. One holidaymaker has already (6) ________ bitten while bathing in a lake near Cannes. The situation is (7) ________ bad that the lake (8) ________ supplies the Riviera with its drinking water may (9) ________ to be emptied and cleared of the turtles. Biologists say the hot climate and lack (10) ________ natural enemies are the main reasons the turtles (11) ________ mutating. 

          A biologist at Marineland, a tourist attraction at Antibes, said, “They are ferocious, very aggressive and dangerous. An adult turtle (12) ________ chop off a child´s foot (13) ________ one bite. Now the real problem is (14) ________ they are beginning to breed”. Sales of turtles in France are estimated to be (15) ________ 200,000 and 300,000 (16) ________ year. Most are miniature green terrapins imported (17) ________ Florida, but some shops have (18) ________ selling a Canadian version known (19) ________ the Serpentine turtle. In adult form, it can (20) ________ as much as 75 lbs. 

KEY 

1. into 

2. long 

3. to 

4. over 

5. eating/attacking/ destroying 

6. been 

7. so 

8. which/that 

9. have/need 

10. of 

11. are 

12. can 

13. with 

14. that 

15. between 

16. a/per 

17. from 

18. been/begun/started 

19. as 

20. weigh