• Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). The Threats of Cheetahs The number (0) ........ leopards is decreasing (1) …….; This species is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. The loss of parts of its range, including the (2) ……. from historic northern regions and the growing fragmentation of the remaining range, contributed to the situation. Particularly (3) ……. declines occurred in the 1960s when more than 15,000 jaguars were killed for their skin in the Brazilian Amazon region each year; The 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species has (4) ……. in a sharp decline in the skin trade. Detailed work carried out under the auspices of the Wildlife Conservation Society shows the species has lost 37% of its (5) ……. range, with the status unknown in an additional 18% of its full range. bridge. More encouraging, the probability of (6) ……. survival is considered to be high at 70% of its remaining range, especially in the Amazon and adjacent Gran Chaco and Pantanal basins. From 1967 onwards, regulations laid down by (7) ……. laws and international agreements reduced reported international trade from as high as 13,000 leather in 1967, to 7,000 leather in 1969, until it became (8) ……. after 1976, although illegal (9) ……. and smuggling continued to be an issue. During this period, the largest exporters were Brazil and Paraguay, and the largest importers were the US and Germany. Example (0): A. is B. of C. for D. in (Correct answer is (B): of ) 1, A. quickly B. rapidly C. promptly D. punctually 2, A. extinction B. extirpation C. dying out D. extinct 3, A. significant B. meaningful C. noteworthy D. remarkable 4, A. issued B. consequence C. resulted D. effected 5, A. historic B. historically C. antiquity D. historical 6, A. far away B. long-term C. prolonged D. determinative 7, A. federal B. nationalities C. indigenous D. national 8, A. insignificant B. pointless C. significance D. insignificancy 9, A. trafficker B. proceedings C. trafficking D. conjugation