Arks or Prisons?

C2 Proficiency · Multiple Choice Cloze · Cambridge Ready original exercise

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

ruin

relic

residue

remainder

undergone

borne

sustained

withstood

lays

lies

settles

leans

reinstated

reinforced

reintroduced

reinvested

wrongly

falsely

harmfully

badly

off

down

out

away

break

melt

cut

crack

sensation

sensibility

sentimentality

sentiment

Few institutions (0) ___ such polarised opinions as the modern zoo. To its critics, keeping wild animals in captivity is an anachronism, a (1) ___ of an age when exotic creatures were displayed purely for public amusement. To its defenders, the zoo has (2) ___ a profound transformation, reinventing itself as a centre for conservation and research. The truth, as so often, (3) ___ somewhere in between. Breeding programmes have undoubtedly saved several species from extinction, and some have been successfully (4) ___ into the wild. At the same time, large, wide-ranging animals such as elephants often fare (5) ___ in confinement, displaying repetitive behaviours that suggest chronic stress. Many zoos have responded by phasing (6) ___ such species altogether, concentrating instead on animals that can thrive in the space available. Whether this compromise will (7) ___ much ice with the critics remains to be seen. What is clear is that the zoo of the future will have to justify its existence on grounds other than mere spectacle, and that public (8) ___ will play a decisive part in shaping it.