WRITTEN RECEPTION (100 points)

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Read the text below and then answer questions 1–10.

SAVING LARGE ANIMALS

I When Pat Craig was 19 years old, he heard
that there were lions, tigers, and other large animals
living in terrible conditions in a zoo near his home.
He wanted to save them. So he decided to build a
5 safe place for these animals. He put a huge fence
around his family's farm in Colorado in the U.S.A.
and brought some of the animals there. The family's
farm became Craig's first animal shelter*.
II Today, Craig works as the head of an
10 organization that has a big animal shelter in the
U.S.A. The organization has volunteers who help save large animals living in terrible conditions.
For example, many of the animals in the shelter used to live in circuses or zoos. In those places
they were locked up in cages all the time. Their cages were often dirty and there was very little food.
As a result, many of the animals were sick when they came to the shelter.
15 III The organization's activities cost a lot of money so it cannot save as many animals as it would
like to. For example, the volunteers heard once about many bears living in terrible conditions in a
zoo in Korea. Unfortunately, the organization could hire only one small plane. As a result, the
volunteers could take only some of those bears to the U.S.A. But at least the bears that they did manage
to save are now safe, and they aren't living in cages anymore. They can go swimming, climb trees, or
20 sleep all day in the shade.
IV Another time, the organization saved 25 lions from a circus in South America and brought
them to Craig's shelter. In the circus, these lions lived only in cages, so they did not know how to
live in nature. Now they walk around the shelter and enjoy the lakes and the fresh air.
V Craig's organization has successfully saved hundreds of large animals from zoos and circuses
25 in the past 40 years. He believes that animals have the right to feel the green grass under their feet
and to enjoy nature around them. Therefore, he plans to create many more animal shelters in the future.

* animal shelter – מחסה, מקלט לחיות

<small>בטופס המקורי ההסבר מופיע גם בערבית.</small>

<small>בטופס המקורי יש ליד הקטע תמונה עם הכיתוב: "A bear in a cage Photo by B. Severyn". התמונה לא נדרשת כדי לענות על השאלות.</small>

<u>QUESTIONS</u> (100 points)
Answer questions 1–10 in <u>English</u> according to the text. In questions 1, 2, 6, 8 and 9, circle the number of the correct answer. In the other questions, follow the instructions.