PAPER 1 - READING
TEST 4
PART 4 Questions 21-25
Read the text and questions below. For each question mark the correct letter A B Cord
Koala Bears
Athen called the Roaldeart this caddy
ya
bisa masual or pouched
mammalkealanges and like langaroos a female koala
her baby in her pouch for about six months
alive in states only in eastern Australia where the
eucalpeus trees they love are most plencial. In fact, they
ray leave these trees, their sharp cows easily keeping
shemalt
These pluma, fuzzy mammals were widely hunted during
the 1920s and 1930s and their populations plunged. Helped
by reintroduction they have repared over much of their
former range, but the populations are smaller and scattered
Koalas need a lot of space about a hundred tres per animal
which is a pressing problem as Australa's woodlands con
thue to stk because the trees they live on are being out
down to make farms. Alle forest fires caused by heat waves.
attributed to global climate change, are destroying the
forests the koalas live in
It has been estimated that there are only 100.000 Koalas left
in the wild with the lowest estimates being no more than
43,000. The Koala can only eat eucalyptus leaves and lives
nowhere else except Australia so in order to survive, human
impact on is limited environment must be controlled, or this
charming Creature faces certain extinction
During the day they dese sleeping for up to 18 hours. When
sleep, they feed on eucalyptus leaves, especially night
Koals do not drink much water as they get most of their
moisture from these leaves. Each animal eats a tremendous
amount for is size-about 2 and a half pounds (one kilogram)
of leaves a day even storing snacis of leaves in pouches in
chair cheeks
25. Which would be a good advertisement for a school
Save the Koala' campaign?
21. What is the writer trying to do in this text?
A give us all the facts about Koalas
B explain that Koalas are not bears
c emphasise that Koalas are endangered
D. explain Koalas eating habits
22. What is NOT true about Koalas?
A They eat only Eucalyptus leaves
B. They have small appetites
C. They sleep most of the day
D. They use their claws to hold on to trees.
A Help the Koalas
Save their natural habitat by planting palm and other trees for
them to eat.
Every donation buys a tree!
B. Koala Bear Fund
Help this lovely little bear survive! Al money will be used to
help the smallest bear in the world.
23. Before the 1920s,
A the Koala population was smaller.
B. Koalas were hunted
C. there were more Koalas.
D. Koalas were endangered.
C. Koala Reforestation Campaign
Do you want to help Koalas?
Every euro goes towards planting a Eucalyptus tree in Australia!
Give a euro - stve a Koala!
D. Save the Koala's Habitat
Forests are being cut down for roads
Tell the Australian Government to stop this destruction!
Sign the petition
24. Why are Koalas endangered?
A Farmers use the trees to feed their animals.
B. Their survival depends on a very limited environment.
C Farmers are burning the trees they live on.
D. Koalas can't adapt to global warming.