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WorksheetsRational Cloze- Poaching
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
The main threat to endangered animals is poaching. Poaching refers to the illegal hunting or killing of wild animals (1)___________ land that is not one's own.
at
on
off
of
The international illegal wildlife trade is (2)__________ to be worth between RM 29 billion and RM 94 billion annually.
estimated
estimating
estimation
estimate
Animals such as tigers, elephants, bears and rhinos are sought as talisman as well as for their (3)___________ value.
medical
meditation
medicinal
medicine
As long as there is a demand (4)___________ exotic animal parts and meat, poaching will continue to thrive.
about
for
of
at
To make matters (5)____________, most of the endangered animals (5)_____________slow birth rates.
bad, has
worse, have
worsen, having
worst, had
Elephants give birth to one calf every 5 to 8 years, while tigers give birth to 3 or 4 cubs per litter every 3 to 4 years. There are fewer than 1000 Sumatran rhinos in the world (6)___________ they are on the verge of becoming extinct.
but
or
and
yet
Moreover, these rhinos do not breed well in (7)___________. Besides this, loving animals can also cause a species to go into extinction.
detention
cage
jail
captivity
One would think that loving animals would help a species to (8)____________, but no, the very opposite happens!
persist
last
live
continue
Wildlife is loved to extinction! This happens when people buy exotic pets but (9)___________ buy endangered animals that have been taken out of the wild.
deliberately
purposely
carelessly
unknowingly
Parrots, for example have been hard hit by LOVE from pet owners and the illegal wildlife trade. Parrots have been taken out of the wild and sold for thousands of dollars to individuals. As a result, some species have become extinct or are surviving in very small (10)_________. This is also the case with rare turtles, tropical fishes, tigers, apes and chimpanzees.
numbers
statistics
amounts
charts
