Gateway to the World A2 Unit 7 Reading

Which of the following countries are associated with elephants?

• Ecuador, Costa Rica

• Zimbabwe, Namibia

• Mexico, Panama

• Galapagos, Honduras

Which of the following countries are associated with turtles?

• Ecuador, Costa Rica

• Australia, Brazil

• Kenya, South Africa

• Sri Lanka, Botswana

According to the article, the main reason to become a wildlife volunteer is ...

• to make money.

• to travel.

• to help animals.

The number of elephants is getting smaller because ...

• elephants destroy people's farms.

• they don't have the amount of food they need.

• they don't have the amount of space they need.

People at the elephant project ...

• help baby elephants without mothers.

• give a home to adult elephants.

• keep elephants on farmland.

The number of sea turtles is getting smaller because ...

• they don't lay the amount of eggs they need.

• there aren't enough safe places for their eggs.

• they are getting sick.

People at the sea turtle project ...

• check the number of wild turtles

• put turtle eggs into the ocean

• keep turtles away from the ocean

According to the article, volunteering can help you to ...

• make friends in other countries.

• get useful job experience.

• understand animals.

Match the underlined words in the text to the definitions.

• important

• track

• find out the size of something

• measure

• give food to someone or something

• valuable

• the long white teeth on both sides of an elephant’s nose

• feed

• follow

• tusks

The hard protective cover of a sea animal