Tigers as Pets - Unit 3

C2 Proficiency · Multiple Choice Cloze · Objective Proficiency 2nd Edition Workbook, Cambridge University Press

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

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They may be (0) ___ extinction in India, China and Siberia, but in the US, tigers have found a new lease of life – after a fashion. More than 12,000 are kept as pets – double the number thought to exist in the wild. The craze persists (1) ___ concern among politicians and animal welfare groups. Various reputable organisations promote ownership of endangered species. Prices are not particularly (2) ___ :

,000 for a generic cub, $3,500 for a pair of Bengal tigers. The private trade originated in zoos. Tiger cubs (3) ___ so popular with the public that zoos started breeding more than they needed and sold the (4) ___ to private breeders. The US Endangered Species Act of 1973 outlaws the taking of endangered animals from the wild, but does not (5) ___ what happens to the offspring of animals captured before the law was (6) ___ . Many owners believe they are saving an endangered species. But their cubs have no (7) ___ among wild tigers. They are a mixture of, (8) ___ , Sumatran, Siberian and Bengal tigers, which would not survive in the wild.

Tigers as Pets

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