Golden lion tamarin
One of the victims of the appear (1) of the Atlantic forest in Brazil is the golden lion tamarin, a rarely (2) species of monkey in extinction. Ecology (3) became aware of the tamarin’s situation when this once number (4) species was reduced to a few hundreds. They try to reverse the disaster (5) process by breeding them in zoos. Their introduce (6) into the rainforests was difficult because the first generate (7) was not very adapted. Their children do better, but they are also under threat. They need protect (8) from hunters eager to capture them since the legal (9) trade in rare animals is prosperity (10) multi-million business.
5. Образуйте соответствующее однокоренное слово.
The american eagle
America’s national symbol is a great bird which is known as the bald eagle. Yet, the number of this spectacle (1) species dropped from 50,000 in the 1940’s to about 300 today. Lucky (2), America has taken measures by starting to breed them. This project is implement (3) at a research centre in Oklahoma, where 300 have been breed (4) and then released into the wild. The eggs are taken from wild eagles’ nests, found in the country, and are flown straight to the centre by aeroplane. During the fly (5), they are kept warm in a special contain (6) protecting them from sunlight, which could easily kill them.
Once they are at the centre, they are continue (7) supervised until they hatch. Eight hours after the birds’ emerge (8), they are given their first meal, consist (9) of little pieces of a special meat. At the age of 6 weeks, they are taken outside to get custom (10) to the cooler temperatures.
The final stages of the birds’ introduce (11) to the wild takes place at the top of a tower where they are kept in a big cage and fed on fish. As time goes by, the cages are move (12) and the young eagles are event (13) encouraged to fly. All would agree that the see (14) of these beautiful birds flying high in the skies makes all the trouble worth (15).
6. Выберите подходящее слово из предложенных трех вариантов.
Vanishing horses
A
lthough
the Przewalski
horse
once (1)
___
of Mongolia, the Ukraine and China became (2)
___
in the wild in the 1960s, a genetically
(3) ___ and
stable population has been successfully (4)
___
during the past 100 years thanks to the efficient (5)
___ among
the zoos in Europe and the US. Today the (6)
___
population of Przewalski
horse
stands at approximately 1500 (7)
___.
In the past few years a number of them have been successfully (8)
___
into their natural environment of the (9)
___
countries. In return for being allowed to (10)
___ freely
in a semi-reserve in
70 000 hectare (11) ___ the Przewalski horse keeps the native grass short thereby helping to (12) ___ the future of the Hungarian steppe known as Puszta.
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1
A domestic
B national
C native
2
A exhausted
B extinct
C declining
3
A diverse
B different
C versatile
4
A founded
B established
C stabilized
5
A exchange
B interrelation
C cooperation
6
A worldwide
B worldly
C planetary
7
A heads
B items
C individuals
8
A reappeared
B reintroduced
C reinforced
9
A respective
B respectful
C respected
10
A wander
B wonder
C stroll
11
A closure
B inclusion
C enclosure
12
A seclude
B secure
C sustain
7. Заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами из предложенного списка.