The last orangutans - Module 2

C2 Proficiency · Word Formation · Expert Proficiency Resource Book, Pearson Education

For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning.

COUNT

FORGET

QUICKEN

REHABILITATE

ACCESS

LIGHT

COURAGE

TOUCH

The orangutan is our closest living (0) ___ among the animal species. There is just a two percent difference in our DNA and this perhaps (1) ___ for the number of tourists flocking to the rainforests of south-east Asia in the hope of seeing the creatures in close proximity. Just approaching is an (2) ___ experience. With logging and oil-palm production destroying their precious habitat at an ever (3) ___ pace, the animal is on the brink of extinction. Mass tourism itself must take part of the blame for the creatures' demise, but for anyone determined to see one, a (4) ___ centre offers the chance to do so in a regulated environment. The recent discovery of a new population of orangutans in a largely (5) ___ area of Borneo is a bit of positive news in an otherwise bleak situation. A team of conservationists has (6) ___ the need to protect the group, both by (7) ___ unwanted tourism, and by ensuring the remote region remains (8) ___ by the sort of development that has done so much damage elsewhere.

The last orangutans

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