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A : Humans puts in danger mountain gorillas.

3 big / can / How / gorillas / female / be / mountain?

Q : How big can be female mountain gorillas?

A : They can be up to 5 ft tall

4 live / do / mountain / Where / gorillas?

Q : Where do mountain gorillas live?

A : They live in rain forests in Central Africa

5 they/do/eat/What?

Q : What do they eat?

A : They eat mostly plants, some fruit tree bark

6 many / How / left / are / gorillas / in / the / mountain / world?

Q : How many mountain gorillas are left in the world?

A : Around 320 mountain gorillas are left in the world

7 like/are/they/What?

Q : What are they like?

A : They are human-like but very big and with hair all over the body

16 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

1 Last week a friend of mine, who is a naturalist, went to Africa to do research for an article about wild animals.

2 If you need any information on African wild animals, talk to Julie. She is an expert

3 The worst thing about poachers is that they hunt animals for money.

4 Can you name any other endangered animal besides gorillas and whales?

5 I love documentaries about wildlife, especially tigers.

6 My cat Kiss climbed the tallest tree in the garden. I had to call the firefighters to rescue it.

7 If you want to be a good scientist, then you have to dedicate your whole life to science.

8 There were ten people on the TV crew who were making a film about Zoo animals.

9 They were sailing a kilometre from shore when they saw a whale.

10 Naturalists study the natural world and protect it from those who destroy it.

18 Fill in the missing words.

1 We breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.

2 We have to take care of our environment because our lives depend on it.

3 Farmers and big companies are destroying rivers in South America.

4 Most countries now have laws to protect animals in danger.

5 Air pollution from factories and cars destroys people's health.

6 One of the ways to get rid of garbage is recycle.

7 The Earth is the planet we live on.

8 A great number of animals and plants have become extinct

9 A lot of oil is spilled into oceans every year.

10 Greenpeace is an organisation that tries to protect the environment.

19 Put the dialogue into its logical order. Use a dictionary if necessary.

Teacher: A group of animals and plants that live together we call a community. We also call a community its habitat, that is, where the community lives. Both of these we call an ecosystem.

A: 5 Student: What about the food chain? What's that?

B: 6 Teacher: Wei I, let's imagine a fox, a snake and an owl. They all eat rabbits, mice and voles, who in turn eat nuts, leaves, and seeds. If you kill all the snakes, there will be too many mice and voles and there will be an unbalance.