영어1 능률 김성곤 3과 본문 영어 변형문제

Turn Off the Lights and Save a Tiger

You can ___________ tigers simply by switching off the lights.

This may ___________ strange, but it is actually true.

An everyday action that ___________ us save energy can also help save an endangered species.

How ________ this work? Let’s take a look.

A Species in Danger

Tigers, one of the world’s largest __________ species, have long been the kings of Asia’s forests.

___________ being the dominant predators of their habitats, they move silently and remain unseen most of the time.

Imagine how ancient people must have ____________ when encountering tigers in the wild!

It is no surprise that tigers have been feared and worshipped by humans for centuries, ___________ as symbols of power and courage.

The fact that ancient rock paintings feature images of tigers shows how _________ tigers have been related to humans throughout history.

At one time, tigers ____________ all across Asia, from Korea to Turkey.

다음 단어 중 의미가 다른 하나는?

However, the world’s tiger population has been ___________ rapidly.

Illegal hunting and habitat loss ________ the main reasons behind this decrease.

At the start of the 20th century, it was ____________ that there were approximately 100,000 wild tigers.

In recent years, however, three of the nine subspecies of tigers have become _____________.

In fact, it is now estimated that there are fewer than 4,000 tigers __________ in the wild.

Some experts even __________ that the last of the world’s wild tigers will disappear within the next 10 years.

Our Interconnected World

It would be very sad if there __________ no more wild tigers.

Would it really __________, though?

After all, we could still see them in zoos or ___________ programs about them on TV.

Shouldn’t we be more ___________ about protecting human beings?

The fact is, however, ________ we need to protect tigers in order to protect ourselves.

This is _____________ all of Earth’s species are interconnected.

Think about what would happen __________ tigers became extinct.

Existing at the top of the food chain, they maintain the populations of animals they ________ on, such as deer and boar.

다음 중 빈칸에 들어갈 단어로 어색한 것은?

Without tigers, these species would rapidly ____________ in number.

As a result, their food source, vegetation, would ___________ to disappear.

This would cause birds and insects ____________ their homes, and bigger animals that prey on them would soon run out of food.

Eventually, the entire ecosystem would be _____________.

다음 중 빈칸에 들어갈 단어로 어색한 것은?

Humans are no exception, as we _________ on nature for everything we need to survive, including air, food, and water.

This is how the disappearance of a single species can _____________ the whole planet.

Now imagine what would happen if we __________ the effort to save tigers.

Tigers ______________ an “umbrella species.”

This is an ecological term ___________ to species that live in a large area containing a variety of different ecosystems.

If we choose to protect these species, we must ___________ their habitat.

As a result, the other species that share this habitat, including trees and insects, are protected too, as if there were a large umbrella _____________ over them.

Now, it is ___________ that we must protect tigers.

You may, however, still ___________ how switching off the lights helps.

Well, the lights in our homes __________ electricity, and more than half of the world’s electricity is created by burning fossil fuels.

When fossil fuels are burned, carbon dioxide is ____________ into the air, and this contributes to climate change.

Climate change has ________ number of negative effects, including rising sea levels that threaten many parts of the world.

One of these __________, called the Sundarbans, is an area on the coast of Bangladesh inhabited by a large number of tigers.

If Earth’s oceans continue to __________, this area could be wiped out and its tiger population could be reduced by as much as 96%.

By conserving energy, however, we can slow climate change, and this will __________ the rise of the oceans.

So keep switching off the lights whenever you’re the _________ person to leave a room!

You can also __________ tigers when shopping.

Many popular products, including chocolate, instant noodles, and soap, are made ______ palm oil.

Unfortunately, forests __________ tigers live are being destroyed to build more and more palm oil plantations.

Some palm oil, however, is produced in a more _____________ way.

Products that _________ this environmentally friendly palm oil usually have a special mark on the label.

Look ________ it the next time you go shopping!

Get Involved

There are many other things you can do to protect tigers and other _______________ species.

You could volunteer at a nonprofit organization or ___________ important information on social networking sites.

However _____________________, they can help make a big difference.

Most importantly, you must ______________ that we all share the same planet.

If a single species disappears, every other living ______________, including human beings, could be affected.