PART 2 – For questions 1-12, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet №1.

More than just a pretty face?

There are many stories of dolphins helping people, (0) _such_ as saving swimmers from shark attacks by gathering round them or shepherding them to safety. (1) ___________ these stories are true, are dolphins really the good guys of the deep, always ready to extend a flipper toward humans (2) _______________ distress? Why do they do it and (3) _______________ makes them behave in that way? (4) _____________ dolphins help us because they like us? Scientists (5) __________________ have studied them are not entirely sure. For dolphins to act together to save humans implies some sort of code of ethics (6) _______________ the animals share, and there is little or (7) _____________ evidence for that. The (8) _______________ likely explanation is that they instinctively respond to the appearance of predators like sharks by herding weaker members of their own group into (9) _______________ safe place – and there is proof that dolphins do cooperate with (10) ______________ other to ward off danger. Maybe they just mistake swimmers for part of their group. This explanation would contradict the suggestion that dolphins have genuine feelings of kindness towards humans. (11) _______________ may be that their smiling appearance gives people a romantic idea of their nature, but whatever (12) _____________ truth is, people remain fascinated by stories of rescue.