Task. Read the text carefully. Three sentences are missing in the text. Choose from the sentences
A-D the one which fits each gap 1-3. There is one extra sentence that you do not need.
Monarch without a kingdom
I. This November a hundred million butterflies will drop from the sky over Mexico, like autumn
leaves. But for how long? Genetically modified maize could mean extinction for this beautiful
butterfly. Rafael Ruiz reports.
In November, millions of Monarchs fall like bright, golden rain onto the forests in the mountains of
central Mexico. In the silence of these mountains you can hear a strange flapping of wings, as the
Monarchs arrive at their destinations. 1) _
III. Before reaching their journey’s end they have faced strong winds, rain and snowstorms and
they do not all manage to reach their destination. When the winters are really bad, perhaps 70 per
cent of them will not survive. Their long journey to Mexico is thought to be one of the most
amazing events in the whole of the American continent. When they get there they will stay until the
beginning of April, when their internal calendar tells them that it is time to go back.
2)_.
IV. These delicate creatures now face danger of another kind – from scientific progress.
3) _. Laboratory experiments have shown that half of the
butterflies which feed on the leaves of genetically modified maize die within 48 hours. Not all
experts agree that this variety of maize is responsible for the threat to the Monarchs. In spite of
these doubts, the European Union has refused to approve new crops of genetically modified maize
until further investigations have been carried out.
In the US, millions of farms grow genetically modified maize which is pure poison for the butterfly.
In the mountains, which reach a height of 3,000 metres, the butterflies are safe.

According to the investigations of the European Union, the Monarch butterfly may disappear
in several decades.
The long journey, with all its dangers, begins again.
[3]
Find words in the text which have a similar meaning to these definitions.
Example: An organism containing genetic material that has been artificially altered genetically
modified.
4. when a particular kind of animal no longer exists (paragraph I) _ [1]
5. the noise wings make as they move (paragraph II) _ [1]
6. what a scientist does in order to find something out (paragraph IV) _ [1]