II. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0) . (15 points)
SAVING THE TIGER
In 1973, when the tiger appeared to (0) be facing extinction, the World Wide Fund for Nature and (1) _____Indian Government agreed to set (2) ______ “Operation Tiger”- a campaign (3) ______ save this threatened creature. They started by creating nine special parks (4) _____that tigers could live in safety. The first was at Ranthambhore, a region (5) _____ was quickly turning into a desert (6) _____ too much of the grass was being eaten by the local people’s cattle. At the time there (7) ______ just fourteen tigers left there. The government had to clear twelve small villages, which mean moving nearly 1,000 people and 10,000 cattle so the land (8) ______ be handed back to nature.
Today, Ranthambhore is a very different place, with grass tall (9) _____ for tigers to hide in, and there are now at (10) ______ forty of them (11) _____ the park, wandering freely about. Other animals have also benefited. For example, there are many (12) _____ deer and monkeys than before. The people (13) _______were moved are now living in better conditions. They live in new villages away (14) _____ the tiger park, with schools, temples and fresh water supplies. There are now sixteen such tiger parks in India and the animals’ future looks (15) ______little safer.
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