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2. WILDLIFE IN DANGER

One of the major (0) e n v ỉ r o n m e n t a l concerns in today’s ENVIRONMENT
world is the grovving list of (1)______plants, birds and animals. DANGER
The (2)______threat of all to wildlife is, of course, Man, who BIG
must take action now to prevent the (3)______of these species. APPEAR
Whales, tigers and elephants all require greater (4)______ PROTECT
as (5)______threaten to drive them to extinction. Similarly, HUNT
more (6)______measures are required to stop global vvarming, EEEECT
which has led to the loss of important (7)______habitats. Fish NATURE
too, are (8)______at risk from high levels of river and sea INCREASE
(9)______, caused hy oil spills and toxic eíĩluent. Stricter POLLUTE
government Controls will help in the fight to save our wildlife,
but so too will a greater public (10)______of the issues involved. AWARE

3. EXPLORATION
In 1979 the (0) e x p l o r e r Sir Ranulph Piennes entered an EXPLORE
area of Antarctica (1)______than Great Britain where no BIG
human being had set foot before. “It was an (2)______
experience,” he says, “knowing that we were mapping the EXCITE
ẽirea for the first time. Now, of course, satellites can do the
same job ĩ a r more (3)______Technology, it seems, and EASY
the growth in adventure tourism, may soon see the end of
(4)______exploration, as fewer and fewer human challenges TRADITION
remain. There are now (5)______expeditions every year to NUMBER
places like Everest, where keen but (6)______climbers are EXPERIENCE
virtually pulled up the mountain by their guides. (7)______, EORTUNATE
the increase in this new trend at tourism is (8)______the THREAT
natural beauty or even the remotest parts of the globe,
as (9)______and other adventurers leave MOUNTAIN
(10) _ of their visit in the form of oxygen bottles and EVIDENT
other rubbish.

4. TENNIS

The (0) e a r l ỉ e s t form of tennis was played in the thirteenth EARLY
century, when (1)______hit the ball with their hands, PARTICIPATE
instead of racquets. French monks were enthusiastic
(2)______of the game, but the Pope at the time strongly PLAY
(3)__ of it, and it was banned for being too frivolous. APPROVE
The religious authorities, however, were (4) to ABLE
prevent the growing (5 )______of the game and hy the SUCCEED
sixteenth century it had evolved into the sport of Real Tennis,
which was played on an indoor court. The ílrst tennis balls

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