SIBERIA
Somewhere in Siberia 40 million years ago the sabre-toothed tiger flourished. It became extinct only about 10,000 years ago, and its descendants, the true tigers, began to extend their range, moving southward in search of more suitable habitats as successive phases of the Ice Age made Northern Asia uninhabitable.
Today, deep in the snows of the Soviet Far East, 200 tigers still roam, and a few thousand of its relatives patrol surviving pockets of the forest from India to Indonesia. Wherever the tiger lived, it exercised a deep and lasting effect on the indigenous people, who traditionally revered it as God and protector of the forest and co-existed with it in an atmosphere of mutual harmony and respect.
But Western civilization has taken its toll on the tiger. Thousands were shot for sport, and much of their habitat has been destroyed to make way for the demands of industry and increasing populations. The tiger has now reached a crisis. It faces extinction if we do not recognize that recent conservation efforts have failed and that the future of the tiger lies in the hands of the people whose land it shares
On the basis of your reading of the passage, complete the following sentences in the space provided : (a) The true tigers, the descendants of the sabre-toothed tiger, moved southward for ————-(b) Today we find a few thousands of tigers in————-(c) More than being the finest of the fauna, the tiger is also treated as ——————————–Man has been cruel to the tiger by (d)———————————————————————and(e)———————————————————————————————————————The tiger faces the problem of (f) ————— and the future of the tiger depends on (g) ————————(h) Give a suitable title for the passage————————————————————–
Answers
(a) more suitable habitats.
(b) the pockets of the forest from India to Indonesia
(c) God and protector of forest
(d) shooting it for sport
(e) destroying its habitat.
(f) extinction
(g) the people whose land it shares.
(h) Save the Tiger
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