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Exercise "Life of a cuckoo", created by eos17 (a free exercise to learn English):
Results of the 352 people who have taken this test:
Average mark: 67 / 100 Share


Latest member with a 100/100 (perfect mark): pati65 / FRANCE, on Tuesday 30 October - 20:51:
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Stats (352 candidates)
Question 1 passed: 60.5 %
The cuculus canorus or European cuckoo is a bird that is easily recognizable with its * call : "cuckoo-cuckoo."

Question 2 passed: 67.9 %
This is a medium-sized bird with grayish *, pointed wings, and a long tail.

Question 3 passed: 45.2 %
It has a bad reputation because we consider that bird a * parasite.

Question 4 passed: 70.2 %
The cuckoo usually lays its eggs in the * of other birds.

Question 5 passed: 70.5 %
The * chooses nests where eggs are alike its own ones,

Question 6 passed: 61.1 %
because clever *, it only puts one egg in each of them.

Question 7 passed: 56 %
The cuckoo egg * earlier than the host's eggs.

Question 8 passed: 56.5 %
The * grows faster

Question 9 passed: 52.6 %
and * the other eggs out of the nest.

Question 10 passed: 97.4 %
It has a hearty appetite and it is often bigger than its * parents.

Question 11 passed: 74.7 %
Then it * to Africa to spend winter.

Question 12 passed: 70.2 %
So bad * turns us away from the beauty of this bird.

Question 13 passed: 70.7 %
The cuckoo redeems itself with the * adage which says :

Question 14 passed: 69.9 %
" If you hear the first cuckoo of the year with money in the pocket, you will be * all the year."


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