Read the passage given below :
(1) The hopping kangaroo is a familiar sight in every snapshot relating to Australia. Member of the kangaroo family can be as small as a rat or as big as a man. Kangaroos are found mainly in Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea. Kangaroos which are big-footed marsupials that evolved in Australia use their short front legs like arms. The mansized kangaroos of Australia are capable of speeding up to 88 km/hr for short distances, their means of locomotion being their powerful hind legs, which carry them over the ground in jumps of 9 m or more at a time.
(2) Weighing around 70 kg they have an average lifespan of around six to eight years and a maximum lifetime of 20 years. When bothered by predators kangaroos often head for the water, standing submerged to the chest, and attempting to drown the attacker by holding him under water. Another defensive technique is to get their back to a tree and kick and their adversary with their clawed hind feet, sometimes with sucient force to kill a man. Normally shy animals, they alert other kangaroos to danger by beating on the ground with their hand feet. This loud alarm signal carries over a long distance.
(3) The tail is important for kangaroos. It holds them in balance and supports them when they sit or ght against other kangaroos. The kangaroo uses its short legs as arms. With them it scratches itself, cleans its fur and holds branches when its eats leaves. Kangaroos are marsupials and the females carry newborns in a pouch in front of their abdomens. The babies are born small and climb up into the safety of the pouch. There for the next 225 days or so, they eat, sleep, and grow. Once they reach full development they leave the pouch. A young kangaroo that leaves the pouch is called a 'joey'. To keep from getting too hot the kangaroos take naps in the afternoon and do most of their gazing at night. But the best stay-cool secret of these creatures is the spit bath ! Kangaroos drool and lick saliva all over their faces and bodies to cool down.
1.1 On the basis of your reading of the above passage, complete the following sentences with appropriate words/phrases.
a) When followed by predators kangaroos submerge __________ and __________.
b) The powerful hind legs help kangaroos to __________.
c) Kangaroos are mainly found in Australia and are __________.
d) They use their front legs to __________.
e) Kangaroos warn others of danger by __________.
f) The secret of kangaroos to stay cool is __________.
g) They use their tails to __________.
h) Before becoming 'joeys' the young ones stay in the __________ and __________.
Answers
a) When followed by predators kangaroos submerge their chest in water and attempt to drown them by holding them under water.
b) The powerful hind legs help kangaroos to carry people with a speed up to 88km/hr.
c) Kangaroos are mainly found in Australia and are big footed marsupials.
d) They use their front legs to scratch itself, clean their furs and hold branches while they eat leaves..
e) Kangaroos warn others of danger by signalling with the noise of beating the ground with their hind feet.
f) The secret of kangaroos to stay cool is drooling and licking all over its body by itself.
g) They use their tails to support themselves when they sit against other kangaroos.
h) Before becoming 'joeys' the young ones stay in the pouch and once they reach full development they come out of the pouch.