A Kenyan Teen’s Discovery: Let There Be Lights to Save Lions

Which of the following best explains why the conflict between the locals and the lions began?

• A. The locals’ livestock escaped into the nearby park, where the lions attacked them.

• B. The locals do not like living next to the lions.

• C. The lions are attacking the local people who live near the park.

• D. The lions that live in the nearby park see the local livestock to be easy targets.

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What is most closely the meaning of the word critically as it is used in the following passage (paragraph 3)?

Lions are the top tourist attraction to Kenya, especially in the Nairobi National Park, which is near where Richard lives. Lions are also considered critically endangered in Kenya.

• A. To a potentially disastrous degree

• B. In a way that relates to an analysis of something artistic

• C. In a way that relates to forming judgment

• D. In a way that expresses disapproval

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The following passage from the text (paragraph 4) mainly shows that ____________.

The Kenya Wildlife Service estimates there are just 2,000 lions left in the country. One of the main causes of their demise, “is that people kill them in retaliation for lions attacking their livestock,” says Paula Kahumbu, executive director of Wildlife Direct, a wildlife conservation organization in Africa.

• A. there is nothing they can do to help the endangered lions

• B. Wildlife Direct is failing in their conservation efforts for the lion population

• C. if the lions are stopped from attacking livestock, they could survive

• D. there are so few lions because they are moving to another area

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What is most closely the meaning of conflict as it is used in paragraph 5 of the text?

She has been studying the conflict between humans and lions, and her work led her to Richard. In one week, she monitored over 50 cases where lions attacked livestock. “It's a very, very serious problem,” she says.

• A. noun | a prolonged armed struggle

• B. verb | to clash with another

• C. noun | a serious and prolonged disagreement or argument

• D. noun | a difference between two or more opinions, principles, or interests

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Which of these inferences about Richard is best supported by the text?

• A. Richard is sad about the endangered lions.

• B. Richard hopes to invent many new things.

• C. Richard is not protective of his cows.

• D. Richard is very observant.

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Which sentence from the text best supports the correct answer to Question 5?

• A. “His system is made from broken flashlight parts and an indicator box from a motorcycle.”

• B. “One night he was walking around with a flashlight and discovered the lions were scared of a moving light.”

• C. “’From ages 6 to 9, I started looking after my father’s cows,’ Richard says.”

• D. “He installed the lights for [his neighbors] and for six other homes in his community.”

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Which of the following inferences about the locals is best supported by the text?

• A. None of the locals care about killing the lions.

• B. Many of the other locals are also concerned with the effect the conflict is having on the endangered lions.

• C. The locals are not that concerned about the lions because there have not been many attacks.

• D. The locals think they can find better solutions than Richard’s invention.

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Which of the following passages best supports the answer to Question 7?

• A. “The Kenya Wildlife Service estimates there are just 2,000 lions left in the country. One of the main causes of their demise, ‘is that people kill them in retaliation for lions attacking their livestock,’ says Paula Kahumbu, executive director of Wildlife Direct, a wildlife conservation organization in Africa.”

• B. “’There have been a lot of efforts to try to protect the lions,’ Kahumbu says. ‘It’s a crisis and everyone is looking for a solution. One idea was land leases, another was lion-proof fences. And basically no one even knew that Richard had already come up with something that worked.’”

• C. “He installed the lights for them and for six other homes in his community. From there, the lights spread and are now being used all around Kenya. Someone in India is trying them out for tigers. In Zambia and Tanzania they’re being used, as well.”

• D. “She has been studying the conflict between humans and lions, and her work led her to Richard. In one week, she monitored over 50 cases where lions attacked livestock. ‘It’s a very, very serious problem,’ she says.”

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Reorder the following

• Richard’s invention becomes so popular that his neighbors and people in other countries use them as well.

• Using his idea and the materials around him, Richard invents Lion Lights to keep the lions away from livestock.

• Richard notices that the lions are afraid of his flashlight when he is out walking at night.

• A conflict begins between locals who own livestock and the lions that attack the livestock, resulting in more lion deaths.

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Match the following vocabulary words with their definition

• the preservation and protection of the natural environment

• mimic

• a state of opposition between persons, ideas, or interests; a disagreement

• monitor

• to check, track, and observe

• conflict

• to copy or imitate

• conservation

• in a serious manner

• critically

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