Teacher: The callous attitude of man towards the animals has put their existence in peril. Killing animals for food, fun and sport has endangered many a species. Listen to this text on the dangers to wildlife. As you listen, tick the correct choice to complete the sentences. Wild animals are under constant danger of extinction due to many reasons. Fewer and fewer natural wildlife habitat areas are available to the wild animals each year. The forests and bushy lands that remain now are so damaged, they do not look like the wild areas which existed in the past. Loss of forests due to cutting down of trees is the main threat to the survival of wildlife. Another reason is global warming. Due to this, the summer days are getting hotter. There is more rainfall. Flooding of rivers has become heavier due to more rain. Storms are getting stronger. Heat, floods and storms are also causing dangerous changes to our world. Illegal hunting of wild animals is another cause behind the loss of wildlife. Pollution released into the environment affect wild animals in exactly the same way those affect the humans. Pesticides and chemicals make the environment toxic for all wild animals. What can we do to change such a situation? What can improve the size and the conditions of our forests? 1. Tick the correct answers as you listen. Complete the sentences using the correct answers after you have listened to the passage. (a) For many reasons, __________________ (forests/wild animals) are under constant threat. (b) The natural wildlife habitat is ____________________ (decreasing/remaining) in size. (c) The other reasons that threaten wildlife are _________________________________________________ (hotter summer days and floods, wild areas). (d) People kill wild animals _________________ (illegally/ legally). (e) The environment for all the wild animals has become toxic because of __________________________ and ______________________ (pesticides, flood water, chemicals, hot wind).
Answers
The correct fill in the blanks are -
(a) For many reasons, wild animals are under constant threat.
(b) The natural wildlife habitat is decreasing in size.
(c) The other reasons that threaten wildlife are the hotter summer days and floods
(d) People kill wild animals illegally.
(e) The environment for all the wild animals has become toxic because of pesticides and chemicals.
Answer:
The correct answers are given below:
(a) For many reasons, _____forests_____ (forests/wild animals) are under constant threat. Here, forests is the right answer.
(b) The natural wildlife habitat is _____decreasing________ (decreasing/remaining) in size. The right answer is decreasing.
(c) The other reasons that threaten wildlife are ______hotter summer days and floods________ (hotter summer days and floods, wild areas). The correct answer is hotter summer days and floods.
(d) People kill wild animals _____illegally______ (illegally/ legally). The answer has to be illegally.
(e) The environment for all the wild animals has become toxic because of _______pesticides______ and ____chemicals_____ (pesticides, flood water, chemicals, hot wind). The right answers are pesticides and chemicals.