Polar Bears
Polar bears are in danger of dying out. (31)_____ some other endangered animals, it's not hunters that
are the problem, it's climate change. Since 1979, the ice cap at the Arctic Circle where the polar bears live has (32)_____ in size by about 30 per cent. The temperature in the Arctic has slowly been (33)_____ and this is causing the sea ice to melt, endangering the polar bears' home.
The polar bears' main (34)_____ of food are the different types of seal found in the Arctic. They catch
them by waiting next to the air holes the seals have (35)_____ in the ice. (36)_____ the bears are very
strong swimmers, they could never catch seals in the water. This means that the bears (37)_____ do rely
on the ice to hunt.
Polar bears also need sea ice to travel. They can cover a huge territory and often swim from one part of the ice to another. They have been (38)_____ to swim up to 100km, but when there is less ice, they may
have to swim further and this can (39)_____ fatal to the bears. A number of bears have drowned in the
last few years and scientists believe that it is because they were not able to (40)_____ more sea ice before
they became too tired and couldn’t swim any further. |
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Question 31: A. Opposite | B. Compared | C. Unlike | D. Different |
Question 32: A. cut | B. reduced | C. shortened | D. lost |
Question 33: A. lifting | B. gaining | C. advancing | D. rising |
Question 34: A. sources | B. means | C. origins | D. materials |
Question 35: A. placed | B. set | C. brought | D. made |
Question 36: A. Even | B. Although | C. As | D. Despite |
Question 37: A. really | B. properly | C. surely | D. fully |
Question 38: A. learnt | B. noticed | C. known | D. experienced |
Question 39: A. prove | B. happen | C. come | D. end |
Question 40: A. achieve | B. land | C. get | D. reach |
Question 31: A. Opposite
B. Compared
C. Unlike
D. Different
Question 32: A. cut
B. reduced
C. shortened
D. lost
Question 33: A. lifting
B. gaining
C. advancing
D. rising
Question 34: A. sources
B. means
C. origins
D. materials
Question 35: A. placed
B. set
C. brought
D. made
Question 36: A. Even
B. Although
C. As
D. Despite
Question 37: A. really
B. properly
C. surely
D. fully
Question 38: A. learnt
B. noticed
C. known
D. experienced
Question 39: A. prove
B. happen
C. come
D. end
Question 40: A. achieve
B. land
C. get
D. reach
C B D A D B A C A D