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    Reading Skills Practice: Are Zoos A Good Thing? - Exercises: Preparation

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    Zoos are controversial because they keep animals in captivity rather than their natural habitats. While zoos argue they provide education and conservation benefits, others believe captivity is inhumane and stressful for animals. The document discusses arguments on both sides, such as whether zoos can replicate natural habitats and if captive breeding programs are effective. It also has readers evaluate statements about zoos and complete vocabulary exercises related to habitats, species, and animal welfare.

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    Zoos are controversial because they keep animals in captivity rather than their natural habitats. While zoos argue they provide education and conservation benefits, others believe captivity is inhumane and stressful for animals. The document discusses arguments on both sides, such as whether zoos can replicate natural habitats and if captive breeding programs are effective. It also has readers evaluate statements about zoos and complete vocabulary exercises related to habitats, species, and animal welfare.

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    Reading Skills Practice: Are Zoos A Good Thing? - Exercises: Preparation

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    Zoos are controversial because they keep animals in captivity rather than their natural habitats. While zoos argue they provide education and conservation benefits, others believe captivity is inhumane and stressful for animals. The document discusses arguments on both sides, such as whether zoos can replicate natural habitats and if captive breeding programs are effective. It also has readers evaluate statements about zoos and complete vocabulary exercises related to habitats, species, and animal welfare.

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    Reading skills practice: Are zoos a good thing?

    – exercises
    How do you feel about keeping animals in zoos? Read both sides of the argument to help you decide.

    Preparation
    Put the animals in their natural habitats.
    bison walrus polar bear seal giraffe penguin lizard ostrich camel zebra meerkat

    elephant

    Polar Grassland Desert

    Polar bear Bison Ostrich


    Seal Walrus Camel
    Penguin Giraffe Meerkat
    Lizard
    Zebra
    Elephant

    Reading skills practice: Are zoos a good thing? – exercises


    1. Check your understanding: true or false
    Circle True or False for these sentences.

    1. Modern zoos can offer animals a living environment that is as good as their natural habitats. True
    False

    2. One of the reasons zoo animals become distressed is because they are separated from their families.
    True False

    3. Dolphins and whales usually live longer in zoos than in the wild. True False

    4. People who have visited zoos are more likely to support animal conservation and protection. True
    False

    5. Zoos protect animals from being used for scientific research. True False

    6. Endangered animals kept in zoos are less likely to meet a mate and breed. True False

    7. In their natural habitats, animals suffer problems related to human activity. True False

    8. Endangered species often lack genetic diversity in their population. True False

    9. Zoos promote genetic diversity by breeding animals and then releasing them back into the wild. True
    False
    Reading skills practice: Are zoos a good thing? – exercises

    10. If zoos have more animals than they can look after, they always give them to another zoo or release

    them back into the wild. True False

    11. Animals that have been bred in captivity quickly adapt to life in hunting ranches. True False
    12. The author thinks that, on balance, zoos are generally a good thing. True False

    2. Check your vocabulary: gap fill


    Complete the gaps with a word from the box.
    habitat suicide tricks illnesses mate wild environment species

    1. Even the best artificial environments cannot come close to an animal's natural

    __habitat_____________.

    2. Whales and dolphins in zoos are often made to perform ____tricks___________.

    3. Distressed and depressed zoo animals sometimes try to commit ____suicide___________.

    4. Zoos can provide a safe ___environment____________ for animals that have been mistreated or

    abandoned.

    5. Zoos carry out important research into how to treat ___illnesses____________.

    6. International breeding programmes are particularly important for endangered

    ___species____________.

    7. In the wild, some of the rarest species have difficulty finding a ____mate___________.

    8. One criticism of breeding programmes is that they do not always release animals back into the
    ______wild_________.
    Discussion

    Have you ever been to a zoo?


    What do you think about zoos? Are they a good thing, or is it cruel to keep animals in captivity?

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