THE BIG CATS AT THE BREEDING CENTRE SHARJAH It is one of the FEW places where you will thể spot at the same time add all ... the Arabian wolf, an African cheetah, leopard Arabian police, an oryx, a Gazelle. These are just some of the animals, mà, on the brink of extinction, are now getting a new lease of life thanks to the work being done at the Exemplary Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife printing Sharjah. Sharjah is one of the seven Emirates mà make up the United Arab Emirates. The Breeding Centre's Expertise and facilities have made it a prime destination for illegally imported animals confiscated by UAE and Sharjah Authorities. In the last four years, mammals and reptiles more coal and 969 900 birds have Arrived at the center, 25 North African cheetahs gồm, Houbara bustard and Falcons, lions, a baby crocodile and a Burmese python Nile mà car was left in a rental at the airport. The 25 cheetahs là all imported illegally intercepted là Into the UAE and the UAE at the harbor and airport entry points. Nearly all Arrived They malnourished, dehydrated and highly stressed after voyages stuffed dragon Into boxes, crates and suitcases. Now bright and full of chúng energy. The Centre's efforts into have cũng được rewarded khi first cheetah mating took place at the end of 2002. Playing Matchmaker with những Beautiful Creatures is no easy task - successful breeding requires Considerable patience and intimate knowledge of each animal's personality, and it is the result of intensive and expert management of each animal as well as trong group as a whole of the group. Because this group was still young and inexperienced print courtship matters, the Keepers hda to make the introductions only after careful planning and management, much like the lead in a Jane Austen novel role. The female cheetahs initially intimidated by the presence là of the male; Tuy nhiên, As They advance to oestrus, the roles are reversed and the male cheetah too wary to approach khi Becomes the female's Most receptive phase of the cycle. It is the Responsibility of the keeper to monitor each of the individual and therefore to thể Respond to any indication from the cheetahs rằng Introducing time is right for a pair. The close bond develops invariably mà giữa keeper and the keeper to spot the cheetahs bật thậm The Most subtle signs from the animals trong care. The trust the between keeper and animal has am also allowed the opportunity to study cellular changes in the sexual Organs of the females khi the hormonal cycles mà occur prior to Reproduction. The Breeding Centre's cheetahs cũng Participants in the European breeding Programme, mà AIMS to Ensure mà the genetic diversity of this endangered species is maintained and expanded by breeding as many animals as possible The founders to introduce new bloodlines Into the captive population. In this way, the group at the center giữ plays a very important, role in the future health of the international captive population, as chúng Potentially all new founders. Also very important, for the Sharjah Breeding Centre is the leopard-breeding Programme. Academic Test first; Page 8 © ieltshelpnow.com The Arabian leopard, Panthera pardus nimr, is critically endangered around the world and in the Arabian peninsula Particularly, where it was once found throughout the coastal mountain ranges. Activities like hunting, trapping and habitat destruction has reduced range chúng isolated and fragmented to vài print Populations Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. In the 1980s, a captive breeding Programme was established near Muscat with the capture of three leopards print southwestern Oman. The breeding Programme in the UAE was by the Arabian Leopard Trust INITIATED and with the arrival of two khởi mature specimens: a male Arabian leopard from Yemen and a female on breeding loan from 1995. The arrival of Oman print những two animals led to the construction of the Breeding Centre chứa leopard has played the role of flagship species. Today there are twelve leopards at the Breeding center, eight of mà được born at the center since 1998. Once the first cub print more, the secret to the center's success is the close relationship the between animal and keeper. The leopard is shy and secretive with người Thường around, but here chúng React positively to the presence of Their Keepers, approaching the fence than chúng thể Talked to or scratched behind an ear. The bond is Particularly important, breeding season khi, khi Keepers decide to introduce to each other pairs. Male leopards are known to have Killed có partners on introduction, considering it is essential for the keeper to hiểu the leopards' behavior to decide khi is safe to due so. The trust is important, if Keepers need cũng to enter dens to check on and monitor the cub's Growth. Leopard females được known to kill cubs if the dens chúng được disturbed, but the center's leopards are quite comfortable with the staff handling the new generation of cubs. Questions 1. 8 Source: The Gulf News, UAE Use the information in the text to match the statements (1-8) with the animals (A - D). Write the letter the appropriate (A - D) in boxes 1-8 trên answer sheet. Write: A if the statement Refers To cheetahs at the Breeding Centre. B if the statement Refers To leopards at the Breeding Centre. C if the statement cheetahs and leopards Refers To cả at the Breeding Centre. D If the statement nor Refers To liên cheetahs leopards at the Breeding Centre. Example Answer These animals are endangered C 1 These animals smuggled là Into the UAE. 2 At first những did not adapt to life animals at the Sharjah Breeding Centre 3 These animals are Regarded as the Most important, at the Centre animal . 4 Half of này là animals born at the Breeding Centre. Academic Test 1; Page 9 © ieltshelpnow.com 5 These animals can be dangerous to one another. 6 The role of the keeper is Vital in the Programme of những breeding animals. 7 The first of animals at the Breeding Centre này là Relatively young. 8 It is Difficult for Humans to approach thường những animals. Questions 9-13 Complete the summary below. Choose your answers from the box below the summary and write add print boxes 9 - 12 On Your answer sheet. NB There are more spaces coal words, than you will not use added at all. Example Answer The Sharjah Breeding Centre now has a variety of __________ gồm animals birds ... SUMMARY The Sharjah Breeding Centre now has a variety of animals gồm birds, mammals and (9) __________. As its name đề nghị, the Centre is chính print INVOLVED breeding and (10) the numbers of the species __________ housed there whilst still Maintaining the (11) _________ of bloodlines để retain genetic health. In spite of problems involving the complex (12) __________ of the animals, a fair amount of (13) __________ Đã with North African cheetahs Achieved and Arabian leopards. reptiles success variety tạo behavior difficulty expanding habitat diversity action change working fish season Programme Academic Test 1; Page 10 © ieltshelpnow.com READING PASSAGE 2 Questions 14-27 Spend about 20 minutes Cần on Questions 14-27 are based on Reading Passage mà 2 on the following pages. Insomnia - THE ENEMY OF SLEEP A It is not unusual to have sleep troubles from time to time. But, if you feel you do not get enough sleep or satisfying sleep, you unfortunately have insomnia, a sleep disorder. People with insomnia have one or more of the sau: difficulty falling asleep, waking up often Do khi the night and having trouble going back to sleep, waking up too early in the morning and unrefreshing sleep. Insomnia is not defined by the number of hours you sleep every night. The amount of sleep a person needs varies. While Most People Need the between 7 and 8 hours of sleep a night, some người so well with less, and some need more. B Insomnia Most Frequently Occurs over age 60 người print, print with a history of depression người, and print women, Especially after menopause. Severe emotional trauma can cause, insomnia cũng with divorced, separated người Widowed and being the Most likely to Suffer from this sleep disorder. Stress, anxiety, sleep disorders other illness and the Restless legs syndrome như Are The Most Common Causes of insomnia. An irregular work schedule, jet lag or brain damage from a stroke or Alzheimer's disease can cause, insomnia as well as cũng excessive use of alcohol or illicit drugs. It can accompany a variety of mental cũng illnesses. C The mechanism is not known mà induces sleep. When it Becomes dark, the pineal gland secretes a hormone in the brain gọi melatonin, thought to induce sleep mà. Exactly why is sleep for good health and efficient cần mental functioning is unknown. We know mà sleep due Consists of two very khác states: rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and REM sleep non-. In REM sleep, dreams occur, the eyes move under the closed lids and there is an oxygen consumption tăng print, blood flow and neural activity. REM sleep four or five times Occurs khi a night. Beginning about ten to fifteen last periods but the periods get longer minutes as the night goes on. The periods of REM sleep alternate with longer periods of non-REM sleep, khi body functions slow. Non-REM sleep has four stages. During the deepest stages (3 and 4) it is hard to Rouse a sleeper. As the night goes on, the periods of non-REM sleep trở progressively lighter. Sleep in stages 1 and 2 are to be restorative Felt as khi this time the body repairs gọi hormone somatostatin a utilising Itself. Lack of stage 4 sleep is believed to be important, chronically Painful conditionsEND_SPAN như print fibromyalgia. D Healthcare providers diagnose insomnia Ways vài print. One way is to Categorize- insomnia Academic Test 1; Page 11
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