LISTENING GAP FILL

Exercise 1 : Listen to the text and answer the following questions :

1. Who is the author?
2. What or who is he fascinated with?
3. What worries him?
Exercise 2: Listen to the text and complete the sentences:
I’m ______________________ lover. I’m fascinated by the whole animal ___________.
I loved animals when ______________________ . I used to read every book I could find on
animals. I knew all the different ______________________ . The most exciting thing for me
was going to the zoo. I ________________ hours just watching the animals walk around, sit,
______________________ . When I was older, I went on a safari to Tanzania. I
______________________ animals in the wild. Everyone should do this once in their lives.
Looking at animals ______________________ habitat is a real honour. Now I’m
______________________ the future of many animals. Some of my favourite animals are
______________________ dying out. We really need to change our ___________ so our
children can have ______________________ seeing animals in the wild.
Exercise 3: Name the animals that are shown in the pictures and answer the questions

below.

1.What are these animals domestic

or wild?
2.What do cats eat?
3.Which animal is man's best friend?
4.How old do cats live?
5.How old do dogs live?
6.What do cows eat?
7.How many teeth does a dog have?
a) 32; b) 36; c) 42;
Exercise 4: Write about your attitude towards animals.
Exercise 5: Choose one pet from exercise 3 and describe it.